The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-19
pHEKANAWHAiVALLEY
GAUGE RAlLRoAo,. 4: CO.
Granted = Charter b. the Secretary Of Stats-i
Preliminary survty 10 be hadt, and The
y {Csaa.iss 10 b. Asi.d to Vote sabseslp. s z.
t,fH tlops-vsrlous Matters Ia State.

Secretary Of State B.Alnaker yesterday Ia.
hucd certificate Of incorporation 10 the
Kanawha Valley Railroad Company, corpo.
ration having III principal Office ut Parkers.
burg and which proposes to build railroad
from Parkeisburg by the moat practicable
ronis through The counties Ct Wood and
Writ passing through or near Writ Court
House, thence by the most practicable ront
70 point at Or near Speacer, Roane county,
themes by the most expeditions route
through the counties Of Calhoun and Gil.
mer, BY way OF Gleaville, to Weston, lewis
county. Tho capital stock Ii 81, 000. 900, In
shares q $?o each, and the corpoia!ors are
the following named gentlemen, each Of
Mr.. laaao Scott Of Parkershurg, who holds
four: Charles 8. Dtspard, Paskersbusr; ",
N. Chancellor, Parkersburg; u. H. Leonard,
Pa.kersburg; O.. Is. Taverner, Parkersburg;
N. HOLMAN, Witt Cour. House; V. b.
Archer, Writ Court House; Thomas Foster,
Writ Court HOUSE; J. II. Dumgarner, Wir.
Court House; Marahall Depue, Rosne coun.
y; jeff Simmons, Roane county; A. knots,
Calhoun county. oa5 .lgs6s
4 MEkrIno IN THE INrERrsr CT THE Project,
The Petersburg Journal ba, an account
Of u meeting at Wilt court House on Tues.
day IN the Interest Of this project. The com.
mlttee WATCH had been appointed at Burn.
Ing Springs TO collect funds to prosecute a
preliminary survey, reported that nothing
had been done by them. s IA
At this point the question OF the proprioty
Of making preliminary survey owe Tic pro
posed route from Parkersburg 10 Spencer was
sprung. A lengthy and interesting discus.
sion took place, which was participated In
by Messrs. Grimes, Vernon, Welsh, Casio,
ravesncr, Rogers, and ssothers. This wns
thought by some to be entirely unnecessary,
as such q survey had already been made fjr
the Ohio River Railroad company aud 1t was
thought that the resulta Of this survey could
DO utilized In the present instance. Major
Mcdonnell, who had tuperintcnded one oil
the aforementioned surveying CORDS, nude
the statement that under the instructions oil
the engiuCer-!n. and other authorities
OF the road, no accurate report had been
made by the corps, none, ut least, that would
be OF actual benefit 10 q company intending
to project and operate road, even were thG
papers at the command OF this enterprise. I,
was further stated by Major Mcconnell, thai
the cost OF accurate survey and correct pro-
file Of the road would amount to $35 or S4C
per mile, from Parkersburg 10 Spencer. On
this estimate the cos. Of tho survey aud pro.
file OF the proposed route from Parkersburp
would be-$l 40. Captain s. +. Shaw, o.
Wood county, on this hypothesis, prepared
An estimate OF the relative amounts thai
each county should raise, al follows: WOOD
county, $780,; Roane county, 500; VIII
county, $40. E. r' ~
A suggestion was made BY D. II. Leonard
that committee be appointed by the con
vsntion for each county, along the proposed
route, to wait upon the County Courts o.
their several counties and to see that al
early opportunity was given the people tc
vote upon the question OF financial aid to tht
enterprise; also that the said committee BE-
instructed TO raise funds necessary 10 adyes
tise and canvas the merits OF the question
and to arrange all matters 80 as to tiscl itatt
the construction Of the road. This suggs stlon
was adopted. -