The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-19
ROUTE TO pENNsYLyANIA,
The Rival Roads Pushing Titiuks-Thc
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Ii d O.'s Interest. ~
During the past week satisfactory progress
has been MADE oy the different railroad com.
panieH in completing their surveys and locat.
Ing their routes between Morgantown and
Fairmont. The bad weather and other I'D.
verse circumstance have not been a!lowrd
10 delay the work. The surveying corps have
pushed onward In very business Ike mat
uer. Tho New Dominion says:
The West Virginia Il Pennsylvania COM
pany has completed the surveys between this
point and Fairmont. It is understood that
they have located their road on the west side
OF The river from Fairmont down to point
about three miles above Morsantown, where
they will build bridge and come down on
the east side. They report also, that lall, OF
nearly all questions OF rights OF way have
been settled. They propose holding q meet.
Ing OF their stockholders in few days rati.
Tying their contract with the Pennsylvania
company, and then putting the construction
OF the road under contract at once. Work
will be begun at this end OF the line and
they promise that We will have road TO Nor
gantown within the present year. -
- Ga the other hand the Baltimore & Ohio
Company have also completed their SURVEYS.
located their road, and not to be behind,
have, We understand, hsd it admitted TO re-.
cord. Those on the inside allege that this
company will be ut work before many weeks
and will close the gap between Fairmont and
Uniontown 80 q lickly that 1t will make our
eyes snap. Representative of the B. &c O.
company were here last Saturday attending
to some details Of their enterprise. ~
I'm the meantime, the projectors OF the
Iron Valley K Morgantown road, up Deck.
er's creek, have not been idle. 1t Is under
stood that the Is. q .; company want their
route also and will either help them build II
or buy them out and build on their own me-.
count. At this writing representatives Of
the Iron Valley Company are at. Bali.
more comforting with the i. 4 y. Company
upon some propositions of this Character
Tho Fairmont I,lder has the following on
the situation: "Since our last issue the mys.
terry surrounding the identity OF the moving
power behind the F., NJ. & P. has been solysd.
and there Is no longer any reason 10 doubt
that the corporation is In fact only another
name for the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad, W.
n. Clements, Master of Transportation of the
b. 0. K. r., came here In his private car
last Saturday morRipgt and In company with
James Morrow, j., and some other gentle.
men, left In sleigh for Morgsutown. The
party returned Sunday evening. having, M
was generally understood, taken a view of
the situation and secured several options on
valuable properly at that point. MI Clen,.
ents left for the East, accompanied by
Messrs. Morrow, sturgiss, W. @. McGraw and
J. NJ. Hagans. the three last named gentle
men being directors in the West Virginia
Midland and Iron Valley l. Morrantown
Railroads. the rights and franchises Of which
roads (and especially the first namely The B.
y o. people are DESTROYS OF Purchasing, The
West Virginia Midland begins at Morgan
town and ,uns down the river to The
Pennsylvania State line, and It's directors
have procured al the rights OF way and le-
Gated their road between those two points.
we learn that negotiations we're entered into
between Messrs. sinrgiss, McGrew' and itIIa-
gans and the Baltimore l. Ohio at Baltimore
on Iuesday, but before they. were concluded
Mr.. Stnrglss lett Tor Philadelphia to ascertain,
II possible, what terms he might expect from
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad for the
Benz. Wilson, representing the West Virginia
& Pennsylvania Railroad, ara also in Pnila.
delphia, tnr the purpose Of having further
With the Pennsylvania Central
officials. II the Baltimore & Ohio peonIe
succeed In obtaining the West Virginia Mid.
land route It may result In change in tho
line OF the West Virginia & Pannsylyauia
as the latter company has all along
counted on securing this route from and be.
low MorKantown. In that event 1t Ia beliey.
cd by many that the West Virginia a. Penn.
Bylvania will continue down the west sido NJ
the river 10 the State line. It is probable
that this question will be settled within The
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