Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-20
BELLAIRE RAILROADS.
THE {. Il. & ". PUSHING ITS EXTENSION TC
THRCITY.
What Our Bellaire Man Thinks Of the Railroad
Business in that City and its Future.
Prospects.

The C. L. & W. road is pushing Its
extensions to this city, Track has been
laid and is in use rs far down as Morgan's
Ferry. Two pile drivers are kept contln-
ually at work, on the river bank, near
Bogg's Island. The II OF the new.
road is such that it will necessitate the
moving of Mr.. Merits residence, which IS
situated inst north OF town. MI. Mertz
had provided for this, having erected a
handsome house some distance to the west
of his present home. The extension will
be built as far down as the steal plant,
where it will connect with q branch of the
B. & O., which was completed to. that
point some time since. With the c. l.. &
w. railroad in the city, Bellaire can
boast of four railroads, viz; B. q
O., C. & p, and C. l.. & w. Be
side these it is not improbable that the
Cannon Ball line from Toledo will have
its terminus here. That road will strike
the Ohio somewhere in this section, &C
cordIng to the outline as at present laid
out, and it is reasonable to suppose that
it will want cross the river or find a con-
Meeting point where its freight can be
transported cheaply over another road,
eastward. Bellaire, or rather the B. x o.,
has the bridge, which isa great boon, as
the new railroads will surely hunt 1t.
When a bridge was talked of to cross the
Ohio at Wheeling, our citizens felt some
what irritated. but later events have dis
PEELED this feeling.
There is another line that will soma
day be of benefit to Bellaire, the Ohio
Valley Railroad. Years ago the right of
way was secured by accompany rs far as
Marietta, but very little work was done
except some grading and the like. Later
General Warner took an interest IN the
road with the intention, as was supposed,
of seeing that it was built. He called
public meeting in this city and secured
the subscription he asked. The same
success, except in one or two instances,
crowned his endeavors all along the line.
workmen were set at work soon
after, and a year later. the Ohio
Valley track extended as far down rs the
creek, since when work has languished and
the extentiOn has proceeded exceedingly
slow-In fact it has taken two or three
years to build the road to the southern
limits of the city. 1t is understood that
the Pennsylvania Company is paying for
the labor that is performed and that the
| Ohio Valley Will be simply a continuation
of the present C.. x. p, when finished.
Since the late ~gerrymandcr of the State,
Gen. Warner has ceased to be connected
with the district in which Belmont
county is contained we fear that he
will not take the interest in our road that
he has in the past, but i'll this we may be
mistaken.
But, allowing the subject Of new rail-
roads to pass, let us be thankful for the
present railroad facilities with which we
are blest. In Il sense, the b. x o., former
" the Central Ohio, was the making OF
Bellaire. 1t gave us our elegant bridge,
and but for it our city would likely never
have been anything like it is to-day, To
the G. & F., and the ''dinkey" B., H. ~ &.
we owe our thanks. The latter has had
many ups and downs of a financial
character, and, indeed, has them yet, but
this fact is not 10 be considered when
one desires to place justice and praise
where it belongs. These things are due
because Bellaire receives most of her pro-
duce and country trade from out the
gague. Since the road passed into the
hands a receiver arrangements have been
made to thorOuhhly overhaul and furnish
it with equipments.