The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-26
THROUGH THE State.
The B, & H, R, R, to Open Up
West Vlrginia's Resources.
1T is NOW BEING SURVEYED
Tho Long Talked OF dir Line from
Pittsburgh to Charleston To he
Completed Neat Summer.
News from the State.

Yesterdays Pittsburgh Times contain
ed the following:
An air line from Pittsburgh to the
great resources Of the South Is the latest
thing in railroad circles, The connect
ing link to complete this line il the
Buckhannon & Holly River Railroad,
plans for which are now being made,
and tue road will be commenced in the
spring, The road is made up US follows:
The Baltimore 4 OHIO now has lines liu-
ished or under construction from Pitts
burgh through Fairchance to Morgan'
town, W, Va, where the new oil field
has been discovered. From there ii
runs to Clarksbnrg by way Of F4irmOnt,
taxing in the Warrington oil district.
FROM there to Weston the route is cover
cd by the Clarksburg 4 Weston road.
The road couueCLs ~ Weston with the
one now under construction by Senator
Camden, TO BraxtUn Court House. The
Buck harmon 4 Holly River road then
starts frum Braxton and contacts the
Virginia Genital with the Virginia Mid.
land, makinga through rOutel " Charles
ton, West Virginia,
The BuckhannOn 4 Holly River Rail-
road is being surveyed and viii bu built
ind put in operation III soon Us posi-.
BILE, IRON Hraxton Court House, W, Va,
down the Elk river to Charleston, where
il will connect with the chesapeake 4
Ohio, Kauawha & Ohio and the Big
Four roads to all points South and
West. This will also give another
linU from Pittsburgh to Chicago.
The road commences 1T PhIlippi, in
Barbour county, West Virginia, aud
follow tho BuCkhauuOn river up past
tho town OF the same name, and passes
through the mountains ut llulI'S Gap,
From there 1t follows tho back fork Vi
the Elk river and Sugar creek to Web.
ster Court House. A branch OF the
road begins at BraXton Court House aud
runs up the Elk river to the mouth OF
the Holly, then toa pass Known ~ Ny
er's Gap, which will be crossed by Il
tunnel 1000 to 1900 feet in length. he
lbutG tllNh AulAh No"h VIZ huAnh Avt N
aud interseCts the main line on the
BuckhrnnUn river, near MCColley's,
The road will be III miles long and
standard gauge.
The above facts have been cleaned
from All interview with ". A. Edeburn,
Of Edeburn K Cooper, civil and mining
engineers. Mr.. Edrburn has Just re-.
turned from West Virginia, wnuro he
has had corps OF engineers surveying
the new route and for the past few days
in making map and profile Of. His
engineers are still at work down there
under the charge Of W. +. Waters, Of
Neville Island, who IL one OF the inCor.
porators OF tho road.
Mr.. Edeburn refused to give the names
Of the iuCOrpomtOrs Of the road, but out.
side 1t was learned that among them are
". L. Walters, Of Neville Island; Coun.
Gilman Hugh Ferguson, Of the Sixteenth
ward; Benjamin Vandergrlft, John n.
Nusser, Richard DIETRICH aud b. G.
Chrsty. II is also understood that the
company holds thousands Of acres Of this
land and have options on thousands
more. Arrangements have been made
10 have the bonds for the building Of
the road put in the hands Of Eastern
capitalists,