Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
OUT THE ELM GROVE.
A Ride ON the Motor-HOw the New
Track Is Progressing.

Have you been on the steam motors on
the Elm Grove railway asked a gentle
man of reporter yesterday. Having been
answered in the negative, the gentleman
informed him for novelty and pleasure,
nothing in the vicinity equaled it." Taking
this advice the scribe FASTENED to the rail.
way company's office and boarded horse
car After very pleasant ride to Frank
Walters Two Mile House, the motor was
met. and the long wished-for ride was at
hand. Well, the motor certainly is nov
city. You get into a car similar to those
used on any horse railway, the only dlner'
ence being, these cars are much wider
and allow the passengers chance to
is not visible to the passengers in
the car; the only thing seen is a
man sitting in little compartment at the
head of the car, handling several levers.
OF course you can hear the steam escaping
from the cylinder, and if it were not for
that no person sitting in the car could tell
what was making il move along so rapidly.
A ride from Frank Walters TWO mile house
10 the terminus of the road, Hornbrook's
Park, is a very pleasant one. 1t IS true
tho road is new and the motor cannot be
very rough in places, but any person that
has not had the pleasure of riding on these
motors had better embrace the opportunity
as soon as possible, as they are far superior
to the old horse cars. On the return trip,
towards the city, the scribbler stopped off
the cars al the intersection OF
the Bethany pike and the railway
for the purpose of gaining some inGorms.
tion as to how the work was prh crossing
on the laying of the new road etc.
The company have several Ia ge gangs Of
workmen strung along the new route. The
first gang is working at the Bethany cross
ing, putting in flooring in the track and
building cattle guards at each side to keep
cattle out of the fields lining tie road; and
q little further this way gang was buSily
engaged laying track, with portion OF the
men laying ties just ahe'd OF them. AT
tie other side of the new bridge over
Woods rua. men were filing up the road
bed and dig-.ng trenches al either side.
The bridge l. nearly completed. and Is an
inexpensive looking structure, though one
of the wCrkmen informed the reporter
that it was a very stout ard substantial
bridge. All the wood work on top OF the
abutment will be fastened 10 the stone
work, so that it will be almost impossible
to wash l. away. The abutments are stone,
10 feet high and feet thick, the bridge
span being about 20 feet,
Mr.. Fred Happy being on the ground he
was approached by the reporter with the
Guerv, How soon will you have the
bridge completed?" He replied, 1T will
net take US over three days to complete
it,
The road will run straight from the
bridge, crossing the pike at right angles
and interesting the present road at or
"a n
and will then follow the present track to
Fulton, at which village Cyl will be
built, to turn the motors on. Fulton will
be the terminal point of the horse cars,
and also the steam motors. Superintend-
ent kleeh has control OF the
entire work, and is pushing the CA
struCton along as fast as possible.
A force of men and carts are engaged in
digging dirt out of the hill on the west side
of the National pike for the purpose OF
making the necessary fill at the bridge
across Woods run. The superintendent
informed the scribbter that as soon as the
bridge is completed he will put on as large
a force OF men as can work to advantage
and push the work of construction to com.
plerion as soon as possible.
When will you have the motors running
to Fulton"
I'VE will have them running to that
point not later than Monday week. OF
course / expect to have it completed, ex.
cepting the "I' at Fulton before that time,
but if bad weather sets il it will detain u.s."
This company are using the very best OF
material on the new road, and when COM
pleted and the road bed firmly settled, it
will be the best road in this vicinity. Quite
a number of vehicles were passed by the
motor, while the reporter was on board
yesterday, and with the exception OF one
young horse, none of them showed any
signs OF fear at its approach.