The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-23

RAILROAD NoTEs. The carpent-
ers who are now building the Al
bany, Ohio, Depot on the Ohio Cen.
tral, will be ~ Point Pleasant to
build our Depot as soon as they are
done with their work at that point.
The frst platform station ou this
end Of the Ohio Central was built
10y MI Geo. W. Pullin, on his farm,
and donated To- the railroad.
The steel for the railroad bridge
isnow being hauled to the site Of
the bridge.
Passenger travel on the railroad
is increasing every day, both ways,
and is adding greatly to the busi-
ness Of our hotels.
The Albany depot is ia model Of
neatness and onyenience. When
completed we will give a full de.
scription ofit.-ALbany Evho.
Carpenters are at work framing
the trestle work for the steel span
over the channel on the Ohio side.
The work Of putting up the bridge
will be commenced at once. The
object is to get the channel span
finished and out Of the way Of nav.
igation while the water is down.
The great railroad bridge at this
place is to be Of steel entirely, In.
stead of iron as commonly ,suPs
posed.
Teams and men are at work gra.
ding The Ohio Central down to the
approach to the bridge. A large
force is at work in the cut through
Fishers hill.
We are told that the Depo! Of the
Ohio Central ut this place, will be
a magnificent structure.
In q week or two the cars will ar
rive aud depart from a point near
Miller's garden, instead Of at the
incline as now. This will put the
depot only a few hundred yards
from town.
We understand that Col. Patton,
Chief Engineer to the Railroad
Bridge at this place, has been call
ed by the B. & o. Railroad to en-
gineer a railroad bridge mile long
over the susquehana river. If he
accepts the position he will leave
here within the next sixty days.
The Ono CENTRAL. = Auditor
Rathburn met with the other Aud
itors along the line ofthe Ohio Cen.
trail, at Toledo last Friday, 10 ap.
praise the property Of the company.
The main line from Corning to To.
ledo was appraised at $1,000 per
mile. The Ohio River Division
from Corning tU the mouth Of Lead.
ing Creek was appraised ut $1,000
per mile, just double what the Com.
pany returned it at sidings, $500
per mile; rolling stock, $500 per
mile; road tools and supplies,
sl9,78S. The Company's buildings
in Meigs county, which consist, at
present, Of two water tanks, were
appraised at 5000. There are 22.75
miles Of the road in Meigs county,
as follows; Columbia, 8.03; Salem,
500; Rutland, S.22; Salisbury, $50.
The appraisement adds about $780,.
900 to the tax duplicate Of the
county.-Pomeroy Telegraph.
1t is rumored that a surveying
party will soon begin to survey a
route for railroad from this place
to Atlanta, Georgia.
Parties are now on this end Of
the Ohio River Railroad, securing
rights Of way.
There are sixty thousand loco.
cOmotiYes in the world; and yet
when you are in a hurry to go to
some point and miss the train you
wouldn't think there was half so
many.
The buildingof the West Virgin.
ia Central and Pittsburgh railroad
is progressing rapidly; at this time
trains go within eleven miles of
Elkins, and report says they will
get there on or before the LIST of
August
Geo. S. Richardson, Esq., Vice.