The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-13
NEWS
OF MORE Oh LESS LOCAL INTEREST.
An important N,N Ohio snd West Virginia Rail.
road Pnj,et rsIeh Is SAID to b, on
PromIinE r%ootlus-Ths shtms Ia DsilIl.
The Cannon Dali Lac Being rushtd.

A new railroad system from Chlcsgo east.
ward TO Norfolk, Va via Ohio aud this State,
aud having an outlet to New York via tho Erle
system, will be commenced on April /, or as
soon thereafter Is tho right Of way 10 secured
for the Ohio line. The road Is called the
Black Diamond Line, aud The work Of cou.
struc.lon has been undertaken by the United
States General Contracting Company, ofEow
Jersey, which has the contrac. and will do
The work under the direction Of President
AVID General Mansger Albert E. Boone and
Chief Engineer Col. Edward A, Greene. re
iine VIII be built two ftes above the Hood
mark Of 1884. with bridge piers DO arranged
as 10 resist any burden Of Ice or drift, The
line will accordingly be the only high water
road Of Ohio. In connections thia system 10
Ohio has the best-torching or crossing the
trunk line system Of America. Us Ohio milo.
age Ia AS, and takes In q bituminous coal ter.
riiory Of 900 kupafc miles, and camel coal
district oil % mills, while salt and iron dis.
tricts will BIZ tapped In various S~ectinns The
capital stock oil the company IL 81 600 0;0.
and the enterprise Is backed by membero Of
the Stock Exchange, New York, Ohio and
Pennsylvania capitalists.
COAL TIRRiroRY.
The Marietta, 2a1es7ilio and McConuells.
Vile papers are full q tho project, and they
BAY among other things that the company
owns 5000 acres Ct coal lands along BRUSH
Creek. Ohio, which, with the 1900 aces
owned In Virginia aud West Virginia, will b.
operated OH the same plan ns those owned by
the Philadelphia 4 Reading railroad. lis
oiliceis .re: President and General Manager,
Albert L Boont; Vice President, George NJ.
Jewett; Treasurer, Charles Andrews; Chief
Engineer, Col. Edward A. Greene. The
charter Of the line, the Evansville, McCor.
nellsville & Pomeroy Railway company, will
DO changed 10 the Chicago, Ohio 4 Norfolk
Railway company, since the company intend
having AL air line between Chicsgo and Nor
folk, Va, as well as one from Chicago 10 New
York, via the Erie tystem.
t. THE HoAD rs tits STATE.
Their West Virginia and Virginia e1tsu.
sion will be commenced July next. The
line ct laid ont Is between, psrkersbarg. W,
Va, and Clifton Forge, Va ,-2l0 milesGand
| will be known as the "KsYs.ons souto.n la
connections at parksrsburG will be- with the
Black Diamondsroute, where 1t will complete
against the Garrett system for business. Al
Clifton Forge 1t can have q choice Of routes
TO Norfolk, Va via either the Chesapeake /
Ohio or Richmond 4 Allegheny ID Norfolk
Western lines. This line Will traverse a yalu.
able timber, coal, iron and s.ons couni1y,
whose supply is said to be interchangeable,
covering q territory OF eco miles long and q
miles wide. The directory will be composed
Of stockholders from Ohio, Virginia and Yves,
Virginia. Wien II Is considered that thip,
with the Black Diamond, forms an afr line
hetween Chicago and Norfolk, Va, Gnd Nav
York and Chicago, having superior advan.
tsges over. all other Ohio lines, lis future
must be great. lE, r9G =1uaS5Ff5 5a1g
PROSPECTS OF THs ROAD.
According 10 contract 100 miles, and as
much more as possible, mus. ba constructed
during the year 1854.
Mr.. Charles Andrews writes 10 q Marietta
gentleman Col. A. 4. Boone will soon b.
on the ground aud l sincerely hope he will
find the people ready to meet MIN half way,
You car positively sure the people that, ii
they will 6I up the right Of way mater, q
road will be running there within u year.
When l make such u promise I realize thai
there Is not a momsnt 70 spare and l hope
the property holders will real;zs 1t too and
make short work Of granting the right Of
way