Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-25
the OHIO RIVER ROAD.
The important Extension Soon to
be Made.
interesting Talk With Freight and
Passenger Agent Robinson of
This City.

Yesterdays Pittsburg Commercial Gs'
zette contained the following interesting BIZ
of railroad gossip:
Mr.. W. J. Robinson, General Freight and
Passenger Agent Of the Ohio River Road,
was in the city yesterday on his way to New
York and the East on short vacation.
Speaking Of business generally, he said:
Notwithstanding the excessive dullness
that has characterized the business Of most
roads this year, our company has doneyery
well. Indeed the freight and passenger
business has been very good from the time
the road was opened up to the public q year
ago last June. We have had considerable
COMPETITION FROM STEAMBOATS,
along our entire route, but the rapidity with
which we rush the grain, farm products,
fruits, melons and that character of freight
which requires rapid transit is in ourfaYor
and We get the majority of the business
We anticipated q much greater composition
because the boats have done the service for
over half century and it is frequently hard
to get shippers out of old ruts. The con-
venience of the road apparently recon
mended itself to many Of them at the very
start and they 90 with us. Grain, vegeta-
bles, poultry, cooper stuff, railroad ties, APP
ples, oil barrels, oil, melons, butter, eggs
and farm products are the leading articles
of freight and they are abunant. Much OF
the freight we get comes up this way. We
connect at Benwood, W. Va, with the Pan
handle road and run into Wheeling over
tracks Jointly owned and maintained by
both companies"
AN IMPORTANT EXTENSION.
blow about the extension of the road?'
We are already built and in operation
from Wheeling to ParkeTsburg, distance
of ninety-tour miles. We have a line sur
veyed and located and nearly ell of the
rights Of way arranged for to Point Pleas.
ant at the mouth Of the Great Ksnawhs
river. There we meet the West Virginia
division of the Ohio Central road, and can
either arrange for running over their road
into Charleston, where we meet the Chesa
peake and Ohio road, or can easily build
our own road up the fertile valley drained
By the ksnswha. The Point Pleasant road
will rot be commenced this season, but ]
feel confident that it will be begun and I'm
ished next year. At Charleston is choice
of three routes into
THE UNDEvELoPED MINERAL REGIONS
in West Virginia or across into the railroad
less counties OF the old State. However,
that matter will;be ATTENDED to when Charles
ton is reached"
The Ohio River road is the only one Of
Senator Camden's system Of roads that is
standard guage. He has number Of
lines OF narrow gauge roads radiating rom
Weston, near the center of the Sta'e. One
of these roads is projected down the valley
of the Elk river to Charleston. Another
one will follow the valley of the Little Ka-
nawha to Parkersburg, the present term
nus of his Ohio River road. The present
system of narrow gusges will be extended
annually through the rich mountain coun
lies of the State, and all with reference to
feeding the Ohio River road, which in its
route taps now, or will within year, the
Cincipp All & St. Lous branch of the B. &
O., the NJ. & c. (by ferry, the c. 4 o, and
the Ohio Central roads.