The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-16
THE HEnpF1ELD ExrEssIoS.:
PIospec'so OF Its Co'npletionat at ny Early
n Date ny Possible. s{fs

PIospec's or Its Completion at ~ Early {
Date ny Possible.
me lSrELLldEScER has already announced /
the iact that work on the extension OF the I
Hempisld railroad to connellsyiile would I
begin in short time. The Washington Re. I
porter has the following: Since the publica-7
ton Of the article, Mr.. i. B. NicCabe, one Of 4
the contractors for the first five miles Of; tho
load, beginning at this place, has arrived in I
town. We called on him at the Aud House,
on Monday He stats > that half
dozen men, bosses OF the difrsreut gangs. 4
are afro dy Mt work and that In about EiS
weeks thrCs hundred men will be at work at
Brady'a tnnuel, short distance from town. /;
II z the intention to work from both ends
OF mo tunnel towards the centre ard finish It Z
and lhe road 10 II point n5out three and 2
nall miles ont, where 1t ssyikts The Pitts
burgh Southern, as soon as possible, The !
tunuo! will not bs srched with brick at
present, but will be timbsred. This Is done
LOT the purpose ofgetting tho use OF 1t sooner j
Ihe arching can then :bs done ae tho leisure I
Of the contractors and while the cars are run
ming througo II. which will probably be In 5;
about eighteen month";. This tu qne Is about
si1hcn hundred feet long. aad ihiziy.six or
thirty EIGHT feet wide In the clear, allowing
room Tor double track Two car loads OF
horses from Baltimore, and !tsgeral horses, 7
car's and cara fromi Counelsvlle will arrive j
In few days. ,Tne Messss. McCabe, L. B. &
J. r.. will remova their families to this place !
inashort time. as they expect to be at work
IN the neiehborhood for Two or three yearp, =
oa Monday afternoon 40. G. Ripple, street
surveyor, set OF the lines for the company at Z
the Ess: Maiden street crossing, in thia
borough, preparatory 10 tearing down the
old bridge, with It's aDutment.. A wider and !.
more substantial ono will be erected in az
short time =,.F 3. : ~ ,.5,5i Z ;4{s
s. P kre,z,r, an assistant to Chief Engineer
lrwiu, is still In this county. He Is whole !
souied fellow aud hGa made many warm. /
friends here. He end Col. boyd have secur-
ed ths right OF way over nearly tho entire /
route. n. +. II. HarrisJp, the engineer hav-
ing IN charge the first seven miles OF the road,
Is nlso here. All tho gentleman we have 4
met, who IRA connected with the road are "A
clever fellows and Mr.. Harrison Is no e1cep., !,
ton. g%s. h = Il; nm ! ,If,3 s 3,'rI5S
Col. Jas. N. Boyd, Of Boyi'a station, Mary
iand, arrived on Mondsy evening" He has I
just recovered from tiSgs OF sickness that
has pulled him down thirty pounds or more 4
|.Wo are glad 10 welcome him baok. SHe
speaks very highly Of Sthe Messrs. .DcCabe :
and ssys thoss Of our citizens who have DEAL I,
ings with them will find: hem gentlemen in +
every respect. Col. Bo!d and party drove !
out to tho tunnel on Tuesduv. where the
Colonc! bad probsblya hundred tons Of rail- 1
road iron, ua:k, II lot Of I u y, tE,.,. besides Z
two or three houses. which he hss disposed
Of 70 the Massrs. McCabo, who will make use Z:
Of them Oh the road. ) /. g,F ;,.yY37 9ff..ss:
Work has been commenced several times /.
on tho Brady tunnel, east OF town, the first
In 1852 and 1858 : In 1872 new start was
made. by Col. Boyd and after nearly two 4
years. work, another suspension occurred. 1
Abont two years ago work WAS resumed, but
alter fairly getting e ssart, operations ceased.
We have every assurance that tho B. l. O. /
Railroad Company meAn business this time I
and that they will prosecute the WORK, With (
out interruption, til completed. '5s - g u