The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-16
Local RArIsoAD NEWS Evfnr.


PusHlNG RIGHT ALoNs--TnE Penn
srLyANIA IN Coon SHArE-THE F.,
Nj. d z. OReANIzE AND ELECT OsrI-
Railroad news this week are
still encouraging, Mr.. Ruhl and
A. G. Smith, Of the W. Va. & Pa,
are here and are working like beavers
to get all the preliminary work CON-
pleted before Spring. And we can
say That part is almost through now.
Before many weeks the grading will
be in the hands of contractors and
the real railroad dirt will be flying
and our people all happy. The work
will be commenced at the Pennsyl-
vania line and Morgantown will be
the first point reached The Penn
sylvania company. have agreed to
build to the State line at once and
have exacted a contract from the
home company TO have their. part of
the work ready for use. that operation
may not be delayed. III. conversation
with some officials of that road yes
terday, we were assured that this
company would be running its trains
into Morgantown before another Win
ter overlook us. o sgs. "a
The F., NJ. & p. company held its
meeting on Monday in Fairmont
The meeting was announced, to be
held on Saturday, but the floods had
so disarranged the running of trains
that important papers and some gen
tlemen. from the East did not arrive.
On Monday everything was arranged
and the meeting held. A special
dispatch of that date to the IateiH-
gencer says of the meeting: The
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pitts
burgh railroad was organized here
today and the following officers and
directors elected: w. NJ. Clements,
President: w. {. McGrew, Vice Pres
ent; and James Morrow, Jr., G. b..
Carney, r. T. Devries, S. Spencer, j.
w. Mason, John BRADSHAW, and A.
Fairchild, Directors. A portion Of.
the road will be at once put, under
contract, and the remaining por-
tions as rapidly as circumstances will
allow. es* ae'i7sHe=
The w. Va. d p. company have.
served notices Of condemn alton upon
all the parties with whom they have
not arranged for rights of way, and
we learn commissioners will be APP
pointed at the present session of
court to assess their damages !. In
most cases the amount that can be
secured from the company is more
than what will be awarded by com
mission.
Sham work is still progressing
slowly at nnmber Of points on both
roads. 1t will soon be time to begin
the real work of construction. \
The West Va. d. Pa. Co. still has
a strong force along the line solicit
ing rights of way and doing all else
it can to forward the enterprise
Progress is the word from every
quarter. We have great faith in the
menwlio are managing the affairs Of
this company, and we believe that
the money for the building of the
road will all be secured before the
preliminarics are completed. 1t will
soon be apparent that those who are
standing back and refusing to give
the rights of way through their
farms are the only obstacles that
confront the company.--We est sTyirl
ginidn.
The right of way matters of the w.
Va. and, Pa. are. all settled except
those that will be condemned. The
preliminary work is about all com
'plcted. Some solid developments
may be expected in a few days. i
"a EAA II - - ---EF q ~ tI
The FLOODS IN THE OHIO AppALL-
ING LOSSES AND SUFFERING FROM
WHEELING TO NNAm.-The chief
topic of conversation outside of home
news for days past has been the
floods in the lower rivers. At Wheel
ing the muddy sea has subsidized, but
leaves its marks upon the houses it
did not carry away. At Cincinnati
and points above 1t lis still raging.
At all the towns in this State on the
Ohio river the loss and suffering is
almost incalculable, and many lives
have been lost. Aid is being sent
by the Government and from other
cities. Below are few paragraphs
from late dispatches:
PARKERsBURG, Feb. 12.-The food
did much damage here, as the water
ragged for several days over the great
err part Of the city. The water reached
the corner of Paxten's store Just
above the market house on Market
street, and was foot in depth on the
market house floor. The water did
some damage in Stork's store, on
Julian strect,as also the M. E. church,
Gibson's parsonage and the custom
house. The water was all along the
Cook road up to the.pottery.s On por-
tions of Judge Jackson's farm it was
very deep. The destruction of prop
erty was immense All OF the small
houses on the low grounds were en-
tirely upset or washed away. 8.
CINCINNATI, Feb. IL, l A. L. To-
day has been one of the greatest ex-
element since the food began The
stage Of high water Of last year was
passed at l o'clock this afternoon,
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