The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-20
WHERE IllL ", 4 L. 4, is NOW,
Martins Ferry Can be Easily Reached.
nUIlairC Not 50 Easily.

Martins Ferry Can be Easily RcHcled,
IIUllaiTC Not ~ Easily.
The prelent temporary eastern tor
minus oil the Wheeling & Lake Erie
road is in the vast and rich coal Gelds In
the southern part OF Jefferson county,
less than two miles from Portland, a
point on the river about seven miles
above Martins Ferry. The right Of way
from Portland into the very business
heart Of SteubenVille has practically
been secured -bo the Wheeling & Lake
Erie, ut leagt such Is the well verified
report. 1t Is further Understood that
the company has secured the right oil
way at all the narrow points between
Portland aud Martins Ferry, which
may be sald TO compromise the greater
portion OF that distance. u can be seen
from this brief recital OF where the
Wheeling 4 Like Erie Is and what II
has, that II is not likely to experience
much difficulty In reaching the business
aimed for At Steubenyille.
To reach the Wheeling business that
~ bu uhh1 ycuta Ueou Vu0 " wy HNu
objects OF the Wheeling 4 Lake Eric
people, and by Wheeling business II -
mraut 10 include everything in this
immediate vicinity, the company would
have but 10 build about nine milps OF
road aud that over a natural route, 70
to reach tho Union bridge and It's ter.
minal system. This, 1t appears from tile
special dispatch from Toledo, the stock
holders have decided not 10 do, prefer
ring instead 10 make Bellaire the eQst-
ern terminus.
During the past elk weeks large force
OF engineers have been at work survey.
lug a route from Adena, a email settle
mpnt In Harrison county, near the edge
Of jefferson, to st. ClairSville, distance
OF about fifteen miles. This route runs
up aud down over the bills that divide
tlU several small water courses which
make theiLway To the Ohio Valley, and
Ia not such q one 40 road would select
under ordinary circumstances, partiCu
larly when another 90 much more ptac'
tiCabp as the One from Portland TO Mar
tih'B Ferry IL open. AtSt. Olalrsville a
connection Is made with the Baltimore
4 OHIO, and Bellaire and Wheeling
cesGhpd as outlined In Colonel Wood
fOrd's talk, IA reported ID The Toledo y 10
patch, Doubtless Martins Ferryest alb
liShWents could be reached over The
Cleveland, LOrain 4 Wheeling from Bell
Atre, ~ thu Baltimore 4 Ohio now gets
to that point.
BY what other route, il any, than the
onU lrOnl AdenR, the Wheeling 4 Lake
Erie proposes Ia make Btllaire its east.
srg terminus, IL not known. None other
has been surveyed.
II ia Thought by some that the Wheel
Ing \ Lake RrlU people are making I
Rtand blutl that they aud the UnioL
bridge ppoplu are perfectly harmonious
aud undCfStand each other perfectly, ant
that part VI that understanding Is tha
thu rOad Is to Cotne into Wheeling oYei
thO Dniun bridge aud use lw terlnina
hyst6u 70 gGt 10 where II YanH 10 gC
VIA !ls l!fsht. Others 'aRtu' ay 'thh
lntrO y war to The knife between u;
Sp Tho number Of those who appeal
70 nave Straight tlpbV relative TO Nj,
situation Ia this particular, 10 wonderful
II will be remembered that q oondi
uun upon which the Union Bridge OOm
pAhy iE 10 receive thv last 100000 o
tht $3OO,O0O voted W II by 0GiO county
Ia that II Ahall have CarB running over
line TO bB constructed from BoWentoT
10 Wheeling via tho bridge. The Unlj
natural route iroih MAttln's Perry 4
BoWpbtonis up the Ohio Short Cfeel
yallCy, which ID now occupied by III
Wheeling 4 Lake EtlB road, "Thl
would seem 10 Indicate that there Ii al
understanding between the two, iot 'th
Wheeling 4 lake Erie was taf down III
river when WORK on tile bridge and Lel
initials WRA begun, and business nen
such Rs those Interested In the bridge
are not likely 10 invest In % expshsiy
an enterprise 10 that without beein
way open Al both ends,
In THIS connection there are lhot
Who say that many oi The wheeling
Lake Etlp's rights oi way 10 the Sho
sfetk valley were transferred 70 thel
w those who are now 10 the tfidl
company and further, that tue ehglI
eefb Oi the two companies conferred Y