Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-16
sTEUBESVILLE GOSSIP.

Special Correspondence Of The S,nldGy REGISTER
STEUBENvILLE, December 15.-It is
now almost certainty that the c l.. &
W. Railroad Company viii build an ex-
tension of their line up the river from
Martins Ferry to Stsubenyille. The ap-
plicstion for a charter had bsen signed by
w. &. Donaldson, Winfield Scott, r. G..
Richards, Robt. MCGOWAN and Geo. A.
Maxwell. It is said that the B. q 0 is
backing the c., L. & W, also that the w.
/ & L +. is interested in the matter, and
that the new road will be built TO Beaver,
where it will connect with that read. O1e
of the principal things that Steubsnville
has been in need Of for years Was a COM
netting line of railroad. and if this new line
of road is built it will fdrnish an outlet in
dependent of the Pennsylvania eystem that
will enable our anu'acturers and the
public 10 general to obtain rates that will
pot them on an equal footing with other
cities. As it has been in the past,
they had TO accept what was offered with
ont indulgi0g in any back talk whether it
suited them or not. There is 20 doubt in
the word but there is plenty OF business
along the river to make new line Of rail-
road Daripg investment, and with tie
stimulus that will be given to business by
the competition that will be afforded, the
patronage will be greatly increased. As
the G. * 7. cannot handle the business it
al .esdy has. there is no iuduCeme1: to
manufacturers to increase their capacity CT
build new works, and this is the principal
reason why Steubenville has not advanced
mere than it has in past years. With q
competing line Of railroad and our nature |
advantages the boom that the Ohio Valley
will experience will be a surprise TO out
side people and a joy to those inside.
The sale of the AllikaDna Iron Works 10
the National Tube Works Company, of
McKeesport, Pa, was one Of the most for
tunate strokes Of business that we have had
for lOrg time. The purchasers are solid
business men, already operating large in
dustry, and rs they have pledged them
selves to exrend large sum Of money in
improving the plant, there is no doubt but
thst they intend 10 run 1t on more ex-
tended scale than il has ever before been.
A force Of men were put to wOlk immed!-
ately after the transfer was made, and the
old deserted appearance OF the place bas
disappeared. 1t is not known what sort
OF iron will he manufactured.
George Given, of Toronto, who drilled
most OF the wells in the Turkey Foot oil
region over the river, and who is largely
interested, having purchased end leased
considerable land, expresses himself as
still being oatis6ed it is good producing oil
| territory, nctwt hstandirg tie busters"
that have been struck recently. Litigs-
ton has been comm enced in the c5urts at
Wheeling over the Consnt farm, where
attorneys for the Van,'eg1ifts, who had
leased the farm fiom Eocch K. Allison
prior 10 his death, for a period Of five
years, have applied for an injunction to
prevent McKeon from conn., leting the
wells which are now being drilled on the
land.
The Riverside Brick Paving Company,
of Rush Run, on Thursday made an assign
ment to P. P. Lewis, Esq., for the benefit
of its creditors. The concern ia est m sted
to be worth $4,000. The assignee gave
bond in the sum of $25, goo, =
The cars on the Electri; Street Railway