The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-28
WHEELING EXTENSION
Of the Wheeling and Lake Erie
from Bowerston
TO BE COMPLETED AT ONCE.
a Party Of omcIals of the Company
Visit Wheeling and Martins
Ferry on Important Bush
ness--.TaIk oran Officer.

Hon. John G. Warrick, OF Massilon;
Major G. NJ. Anderson, of Toledo; NJ.
D. Woodford, Esq, Of Toledo, and Mr..
Alex. Fuller, Of Streator, H., were in
the city yesterday. They are quartered
at Martins Ferry, where they arrived
yesterday about noon by carriage from
Bowerston, and took rooms at the
Hotel haywood.
Mr.. NJ. D. Woodford is Vice President
and General Manager of the Wheeling
& Lake Erie Railway Company, and has
made the trip from Leesville, near
Bowerton, to Martins Ferry for the
purpose of securing personal knowledge
bearing on the completion of the Wheel
ing division OF the Wheeling & Lake
Erie road.
Mr.. Fuller has for several weeks been
in the vicinity OF Mt. Pleasant buying
up ali the available coal for the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie Company, in the land
lying on the proposed route OF the road.
Mr.. Warrick is the representative OF the
company in Massilon. Major Anderson,
OF Toledo, will locate in Martins Ferry
for several days to look after and secure
rights OF way from there toward
Bowerston.
Mr.. Woodford was interviewed by an
INTELLIaENeER reporter yesterday after
noon, when it was learned that the long
talked OF Wheeling division OF the
Wheeling & Lake Erie would surely be
built, II money could build il, and that
work has been commenced. Mr.. Wood
ford also stated that the Wheeling &
Lake Erie Railway Company has issued
bonds for Sl,5OO,0OO, the money to be
used solely in the construction OF the
Wheeling extension.
"Now," said Mr.. Woodford, "the
Wheeling& Lake Erie Railway Company
have 1877 miles OF railroad now in use,
which last year earned $4,000 net.
That amount alone will more than pay
the interest on the $l,500,000, and II
necessary the entire sum will be used in
building the extension. We now have
a corps OF engineers who started to work
ut Bowerston on Monday last to make
the final survey for the location OF the
extension. They are making about five
miles week, at which rate it will take
them little over eight weeks to reach
Martins Ferry. We have our agents at
present buying all lands along the route
and securing rights Of way from Bowers
ton here. l propose to put Major Ander-
son ut work at once securing right OF way
from here, until he meets our agent
coming this way. We do this that we
may consume as little time as possible.
"When we get here to the river we
will want bridge, and bridge will be
built"
~ may infer then that the completion
OF the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie to Wheel
ing is m assured fact?"
ayes, sir; if money can build it it will
not be long coming. If We are met with
any recognition whatever in Martins
Ferry, SO much the better for the city.
We will build n depot here as well us
one in Wheeling, and it is quite proba-
bic that one OF our railroad shops and
engine houses will be erected ut this end"
The party OF gentlemen will leave this
morning over this end OF the proposed
route OF the extension on their way to
Bowerston.
The above will be good news for Mar
tins Ferrians who have almost given up
the thought OF ever seeing the Wheeling
d Lake Eric extension.