The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-01-24
Progress and Prospects OF the
Ohio River Il. d.

The engineer at work on the esti.
mates br the Ohio River Railroad,
has notified the directors that every
thing sill be ready by the fret Of
next month to put the construction
Of he Foad under contract.
Thee is still part Of the route over
which The company has not yet Sc.
cured ihe right Of way, but in alE
such grses condemnation proceedings
have Teen instituted and it is only a
mattel Of time when these shall be
settled and the building of the road
will MT he delayed thereby.
WhG the construction Of the road
is begun it will go forward with all
possible dispatch. There will be no
delays such as are incident to lack
Of mean or other like complications,
The nectssarycapital is provided; the
men VIII will undertake the build
ing Of tb road are railroad men, who
make ita business; it is their inter.
est, when once they begin to expend
their capital on ii to have the invest.
ment binging them a return, and
they Will allow no trihes to interfere
with tie progress of the work. Moth
ing bit the most unfavorable weather
or canes that human enterprise can
not control will impede the most rap.
id COMPLETION Of the road.
The pad, too, will be constructed
in the most substantial and skillful
manner. The best grades, the best
rails andthe best workmanship will
be employed to make Il in all respects
first class road. II will also be
built upon business principles that
will put liz cost at the minimum, So
that the cost Of construction will not
stand in thu way Of dividends on the
investment. Eoroad in the State
could be built or a like distance at
so small cost pr mile. The grad.
ing, except fey points, will be az
easy as in manyIof the level States
in the West.
Moreover, the company propose to
make it a road tIat will foster and
build up the while section Of coun.
try upon which II depeuds for its
support. Whileits through business
will constitute n,small part of its in,
come, in view Of the important con.
nections north atd south at its inter.
minal points, yetthore will be special
facilities afforded for the aCcommoda
tim Of all the tialiic that comes to it
from every point on the line. There
will be no raidiHg and robbing Of 10.
cal interests; no unfair and unbasi.
ness-like Determinations against To-
cal trade; there win be accommoda.
ton trains sufficient to meet every
demand Of business and traveFon the
line. 1t is to be a West Virginia
road for West Virginia people.
In this visw, We repeat what We
have said heretofore, that there is no
railroad now entering or projected
into this city from which we will de.
rive so much benefit as The Ohio Riv.
er road. 1t will build up trade and
traffic between our own citizens and
sections Of our own State, that no 9th.
er road has or can do. 1t unites by a
direct line the antipodes of the State,
and makes US one,people in our bus,
mess and social concerns.
Nor will it be many years until
numerous branches will penetrate
into tho interior from theline Of this
road, following thehne of the streams
which come down from the noun.
tains to empty,into the Ohio river.
Thus the road will become a basil
structure for the "gridiron" VS. have
so long been wanting to spread over
the state.-H heSltng Register.