The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
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More About Tie Black Dia-
nlOnd System.
Wheeling IielIIgeneer.
Anew railroad system from CHI.
cago eastward TO Norfolk, Va, via
Ohio aud this State, and haying
an outlet 10 New York via the
Erie system, viii be commenced on
April !. o. as soon thereafter as
the right Of way is secured for the
0bioline. Theroad is called the
Black Diamond Line, andth work
Of construction has been undersa-
ken,t the United States General
Contracting Company, Of New Jer.
sfy, which has the contract and
will do the work under the direct
ION Of President aud General Man.
ager Albert 3. Boone, and Chief
Engineer Col. Edward A. Green.
The line will be bnttwo feet above
the food marks Of 1883, withbridgeI
piers 80 arranged as 10 resist any
burden Of ice or drift. The line
will accordingly be the only high.
water line Of Ohio. In connections
this system 10 Ohio has the best
touching or crossing the trunk
line system Of America. It's Ohio.
mileage is AS, and takes in a bi.
luminous coal territory Of 1,100
square miles, and camel coal dis
trictof 25 miles, while saltand iron
districts will be tapped in various
sections. The capital stock Of the
company is s20,00O,OOO, and the
enterprise is backed BY members
Of the Stock Exchange, New York,
Ohio and Pennsylvania capitalists.
The Marietta, GAINESVILLE and
McCcnnellsyille papers are full Of
the project, aud they say among
other things that the company
owns @,0O0 acres Of coal lands
along Br.sh Creek, Ohio, which,
with the $4,000 acres owned in
Virginia and West Virginia, will
Tie operated on the same plan as
those owned by the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad. Its officers are:
President and General Manager,
Albert =, Boone; Vice President,
George NJ. Jewett; Treasurer Chas.
Andrews; Chief Engineer, Col.
Edward A. Greene. The charter
of the line, the GAINESVILLE, McCon,
nellsyille 4 Pomeroy Railway Co.,
since the company intend having
an air line between Chicago and
Norfolk, Va, as well as one from
Chicago to New York, via the
Erie system.
Their West Virginia and Vir.
GINA extension will be commenced
July next The line as laid out
is between Parkersburg, W. Va,
and Clifton Forge, va.,-210 miles
and will be known as the "Key.
stone Route" Its connections at
Parkersburg will be with the Black
Diamond Route, where it will com.
pete against the Garrett system for
business. Clifton Forge il can
have u choice Of rontes to Norfolk,
Va, via either the Chesapeake and
Ohio or Richmond & Allegheny
and Norfolk Western lines. This
line will traverse a valuable tim.
Der, cOal iron and stone country,
whose supply is said to be in.
exhaustible, covering a territory Of
200 miles long and % miles wide.
The directory will be composed Of
stockholders from Ohio, Virginia
aud West Virginia. When it is
considered that this, with the
Black Diamond, forms an air line
between Chicago and Norfolk, Va,
and New York and Chicago, hay.
ing superior advantages over all
other Ohio lines, its future must be
great.
According to contract 100 miles,
and as much more as possible,
must be constructed during the
year 1884.
Mr.. Chas. Andrews writes to o
Marietta gentleman; "Col. A. E.
Boone will be on the ground, and |
sincerely hoped he will find the
people ready to meet him half way.
You can positively assure the
people that, if they FIX up the
right Of way matter, a road will be
running there within a year.
When | make such a promise l
realize that there is not a moment
to spare, and hope the property
holders will realize it too, and
make short work of granting the
right ofway,"