West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-07-14
KlNGW00D TUNNEL.
lNOIDEN rs THAT OCCURRED
DURING ITS CON-
STRUCTION.
Places OF Interest In
That Vicinity.
NpccInIto "a RcrI,trr.

and pretty as ever. The town has
a population OF over two hundred,
and is located on the B. & O. road =,
IS9 miles southeast Of Wheeling,
and 2604 miles from Baltimore, and
In the county of Preston. The ht-
Tie place has two churches, the Nj.
r. and the Catholic, each one pros
porous, and have congregation of
about one hundred. The former
has a good substantial frame edifioe,
and the latter has none. They hold
services in the school house. The
schools have an enrolment of about
60 scholars. They are first class in
every particular.
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
There arc two first class stores.
The largest is owned 10y ShaG5r and
Bonaheld, whose sales range from
$4,000 TO So. 700 per month, and who
has trade throughout the country for
a radius OF ten or twelve miles. The
other is owned by M. G. Gibson aud
Bro. They have good trade ex-
tending quite as far as the above
one. Their sales average about 81, :
500 per month. The town has one
OF he finest ioundres and machine
shops in the State. 1t is owned by
j. w. Brown & Sons who are splen-
did mechanics. One physician prac-
tices here, DR.. II w. Harr, who re-
porte the health of the town good
The principal feature here is lumber.
Ten or twelve saw mills ere located
IN the Immediate neighborhood.
They turn out from 1000 to 5 900
feet per day; give employment to
many men, and chip all thsy make
from this point. Tan barking and
shocking are followed entirely by
many citzene, all o. which IL also
shipped from this point These in
tereste are by no means small. They
are increasing and make Tunnelton
quite
SHIPPING POINT.
Tnis is an item br the b. & o. The
company receives from the town a.
bout $500 per year for tick cts sold
and goods received. The receipts
for material shiPped is, OF course, far
greater. Several persons are hero
spendIDg the summer. among whom
are Miss Maggie Foster, OF Grafton.
and Miss E3tella DeGraG and Mss
CnadeIl Watson, both OF Logan o.,
Ohio. Others are coming. This is
goo1 place TO spend the cum ner
and will, before many years, become
a resort Of some prominence. The
pIeseut hotel accommodations are
small but good aud cheap. Sjme
enterprisiDg fellow could make mon
ey by ests biisning hotel bereabouts.
The famous Buckho.u wall, on the
B. & o., and all the scenery sur
rounding it can be reached by few
minutes walk from the depot. This
~ one Of the grandest sights on the
Alieghenies.
THE GREAT TUNNEL,
the laigest on The B & O., is right
here, after hich TunneIlon is nam
ed. This great tunnel is semen
eights Of mile long or 4,l38 feet.
II was commenced on July II, 1854
and completed on Jlly 80. 1857
making three years / . its completion.
1t isknown 40 the KiDgwood tunnel,
and at the time OF it's com 2letion,
was the largest in the world. Sew
eral men were killed duriog The pro
gress OF the work. Robert Moray
was superintendent OF arcDiDg:
Wendell BalImans master Of road,
and John l. Wilson, assistant. The
excavation contractors were Dtvid
Lennon, John Cromser, Thomas
Clark and Andrew McMahon. This
work wac commenced Sept. 1st, l840
and completed May 4 b, 1852 The
carpenters were David CAss.dy and
Thomas A Armstrong; bricl layer,
Samuel Bell; mason, Geo 3 Holmes;
toremen, Peter Brann1n and Martin
Joice. Toe architecture is brick
and iron. Tie road then ran up
over the mountain, when an Old
camel back was reqaireI to pull
over one car.
BUCK HORN WALL.
Just below Tunneilon, mentioned
above. is about 100 feet high. Some
years ago, H. is SAID, buck was pre-
cipilsted over the high end steep
structure and lost his horns, 10 hon
or Of hich II VA called 'Buokhorn
Wall. Dunug lts construction in