Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-09
AN IMMENSE HOLE
TO BE DUG THROUGH CHAPLINB HILL FOR
TaB NBW RAILROAD.
The Tunnel Viii be Twsniy-i0ur Hundred Feet
Long-Work to b Ilauguraad Soon-Some
Interesting Railroad Information.

Interesting Railroad Information.
The loan for 81. OOO 600 made by the
Washington Trust Company, Of New York
City, to the Wheeling Bridge and Railway
Terminal Company, detailed reference to
which was made in the REGISTER of yes
terday morning, was a very general topic
Of conversation yesterday. During the
day it was abundantly shown that Wheel
ing people maintain their great interest in
the great railroad enterprise, being so
rapidly and substantially worked out in
our midst, and with a view to presenting
the latest developments and Of fOrshadow-
ing the steps to be taken by the Company
in the near future, a reporter for the REG
IsrER called upon Judge R. II. Cochran,
President of the Railway Company, last
evening.
IL reply to an intimation that the pub
lie we're much interested in the late
financial operations of the Company, and
that there was an anxiety for rews, Presi-
dent Cochran said
''Tbe loan is IN accordance with q
wellm atured plan, and the proceeds will
be used strictly to cover, as far as II will,
expenditures made and to be made upon
cur railroad, bridge and terminal system
in this city ard immediate vicinity"
The amount Of the mortgage seems to
have excited surprise in some quarters
it seems pretty large"
'Ol the contrary, it is very moderate.
Our operations here are upon very ex-
tensive scale, and our plans have been bat
partially developed so fsr Oar expeudit-
ures have been heavy, and will continue
that way in the future On the South
Side alone, the work 10 be done will ploo-
ably astonish the public. once they see
what is IN contemplation"
"Have you any objections Mr. Presi-
dent, to giving the REGISTER some idea Of
what is to be toae on the South Sidt?"
well, you can say that my visit to
New York, from which city have Just re-
turned, was to get matters in shape 10 COM
mer &c work across the creek and also to
push the work on the superstruclure Of
the bridge"
There will be & good deal Of tunneling
across the creek, judging by the way the
right-of-way purchases are shaping them
selves up2"
Eyes, sir. Oar tunnel under Chapline's
hill will be an immense affair, dwaifng
the two big holes IN the ground at the
north end of the city. As near as We can
tell, from measurements upon the surface,
the tunnel will be two Thousand four hun
dred feet long. It will enter the hill on
the line Of Twentieth street, about where
the lime-kiln is located, on the way out 10
the Whitaker mill, and will have its
southern portal about the intersection of
Wood and Tweniy-eighth streets. This
tunnel will be a double-track tunnel, like
the ones at the upper end Of the city, and
will run through the big ledge ofsand stone
rock, which crops out along the face Ofthe
bill. between Cbapline street and the
Whitaker mill It will make a magnif
cent tunnel, bat one somewhat costly to
build. Tie tunnel will slope TO the
south, aud will come cut under the River
side bar mill In addition to this NAM
moth undertaking, much other work, Of
considerable magnitude, remains TO be &C.
comp.sbed. Much of this is yet in the
rough
when will work be commenced on the
big tunnel?'
Il will say sooD, without being more
definite. Some details remain to be per
lected. but the Inauguration Of work, by
large force will not be long delayed. "
"The new tunnel, then, will be pushed
right along, through the winter"
ooh, yes, there will be no trouble about
that. The tunnel can be done az well at
one season, rs at another"
A member of the Board of Di-
rectors was asked concerning the inteu-
tions Of the company in reference to the
mortgage.
"Weu, it is to secure money to COM
plete the extension Of the belt line to Ben
wood, which includes tunnelling the hill
under the Female Seminary. You see
that expense was not figured in the oriRi-
nal estimate, and it will amount to CON
siderable, yen may depend on il"
People are talking around town that 1t
luQks ike tNSHAp W AAaffI AlS oAAAAANA
stock holders cot"
'What do the men who have invested
their capital in that company care for ne
smaller Stockholders 1t would be no
advantage to them to freeze rs out, even
if they could, and as for freezing the
county out il would be very poor policy to
do such q thing, because the company will
10 nearly all its business right hire IN
Ohio county, and it would be o foolish
thing 70 sntagonizs the county No, yen
can feel sure that there is 10 intention OF
that kind whatever. OF course the amount
Of the mortgage looks large to many peO-
PIE, and there are people who are bound to
be suspicious, whatever turns up"
What dc you think will be done In
reference 60 the roads to Bowerston and
to Counellsvi.lt?"
Il cannot say anything in reference TO
either line, because ! know nothing at this
time. Bot do think that all this talk
about the Wheeling & Lake Erie going to
this place and that, and ignoring Wheel
ing, is all hOsb. / have no idea that the
company will be so blind to its own inter
ests as topass Wheeling by for any Of the
email places mentioned.
"When our belt line is completed it will
BE- an excellent opportunity for the B. x 0.
to get of Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. They can strike our tracks at
Caldwelps Run and 90 right through,
striking their own lire again at the PENN
sula tunnel. This would give them bet
ter routa than their present one. No, do
not imagine it will be very long before
works. commenced on the lower end Ofthe
belt line"
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