The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-01-31
The giaels Diam cad Railroad.

i The Wheeling Register states that al
o io firm has taken the contract for thu
C nstl ucsion of what is known as TIE
'sB ack Diamond Railroad in West Vir
GINA, and that the company has decided t.
issus bonds to the amount of $4,000 Oo'
to in ure the speedy completion of the en-
tarprise 1t is further stated that The
bonds have been placed, and work will bt
prosecuted rs soon as the season opens
Referring to the projected ROAD. the Reg
lister says
"Thls road is a gigantic enterprise, and mes nj
a great deal fof West Virginia. Ittraverses the
| State from east to west, running for the entire
way through region rich In coal and timber
| natural resources which up to this time have
] rem lined practically untouched because Of the
| difficulty OF getting the stuff to market. And
not only Is there vast wealth in this shape
| lying along the line which has been surveyed
but the country traversed is very largely an
excellent one for agricultural pursuits, the nu-
merons valleys icing rich In soil, and peculiarly
adapted to raising large crops, while there is q
great extent OF grazing territory.
'It Is contemplated TO start the line from
Parkeisburg, whence it will run up the valley
! of the Little Kanawha, and thence through the
counties of Writ. Calhoun. Glmer. Braxton,
; Webster, PCcahontas, and thence to and across
the Virginia State line into I'ath co. whence 1t
passes on into Allegheny county. and has Its
eastern terminus at Clifton Forge, where 1t has
several tide water connections. At Parkers-
burg the road viii cross the Ohio, it there hay
ing numerous connections on both sides Of the
river. and giving shippers wide choice of
routes and every advantage of competition.
AT the Virginia end of the line the same thing
is true. Gentlemen who have lately been over
u very coz siderable portion of the line say the
road will be q comparative y easy one to con-
struct, the route following rivers and creeks
for almost the entire distance, about the only
exception to this being on The divide in cross
Ing over TO Elk river from the Little Kanawha,
ami again Ii crossing to the valley of the Green
bier river, in Pocahontas county There are
very few tunnels, and while there are a con-
siderable number of bridges none of them will
be long Or costly.
1.-The capitalists who behind this enter
prise appreciate at its full worth the great
boom the completion OF The road will cause in
the interior counties to which as yet the lion
horse has not penetrated, and they are said TO
have purchased immense tracts of coal aud
timber land along the line, with the certainty
IN View that their property will become very
NaltdUic tHfou51 Tue opening up OF commune
cation with coal and lumber markets.
''What is true OF this syndicates property is
equally true of all other realty along the line,
and the people of every county traverged will
warmly welcome this enterprise, which seems
about TO be pushed TO q contamination after
years of uncertainty"
The direction given to this road and the
counties through which it is stated it will
pass as above. more correctly indicates its
proposed route than former statements did.
1t will penetrate and accommodate very
rich Gndeveloped territory in West Vir-
ginia and Virginia and will develop min
eral and timber wealth of vast proportions.
Reasoning from the natural advantages
existing, we are forced to the conclusion
that there is something real in the move.
ment and that we may expect the con-
struction Of the road On the line marked
out.