Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-14
OUR RAILROAD WORK,
A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE UNION BRIU6B
WORK AND PLANS.
Surveys Begun for the Proposed Bridge at Eleventh
Street.-The Wheeling Oil G.-Ths Nal
Association NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The New York Engineering Nelrs, oil
March 9th, contains long article relating
to the plans Of the Wheeling Railway
Bridge and Terminal Company and the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railroad Com
pany. and the progress Of operations here
The wriler is Chief Engineer JOB Abbott,
and the article goss into details in very
interesting way. Among other things the
article says:
tine charter was taken out by party
Of Z ,stern capitalists, in no way connected
sith any particular railway company, for
the purpose Of building railway bridge
over the Ohio river, and terminal facilities
in Wheeling and Martins Ferry, o, to-
give ample and equal connections
10 all railway lines terminal
ing on either side of the Ohio
river It these points. Among those inter
estsd in this terpriae are Captain ]. B.
Thomas. of Boston; Col. George P. Bis
sell of Hartford; Geo e Ripley and K. II.
stsarns, of Boston; Jacob Rogers, OF Low
ell. Mass. and Henry f. Russell, L. B.
HAYES, Charles NJ. Fry, and others, OF New
York. The contract for the grading, tun-
uel work, masonry, ballast and track-lay-
inc for the entire lire has been let to
Paige, Carey & Co of New York. The
contract for the Ohio river bridge and It's
approaches has been let to the Edge Moore
Bridge Works, of Wilmington, Del. ana
the Wrough. Iron Bridge Company oil Can
ton. O.. have the contract for the bridge
over Wheeling creek and all smaller spans
end trestlss on the lines. All the work Is
10 be completed ready for the running OF
trains By January /, 1890
''Tae line now under construction be-
gins AZ the northern line Of the city OF
Martins Ferry, where connection can be
made with the Cleveland, LOrain and
Wheeling Cleveland and Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and Lake E'ie, and Cleveland,
Canton and Southern railways. The line
is to be double tracked from this northera
terminus for about three miles 10 the Pen
insula bsck of Wheeling, where connee-
ton can b. made with a line 70 the Con-
nellsville coke regions TIE single track
line from this point, about three miles
long. runs dOgn Wheeling creek and
through IN 500 feet tunu ei 20 South Wheel
irg. where connections can be made with
the Baltimore and Ohio, and Ohio river,
and Pittsburgh. Wheeling and Kentucky
railways and the principal manufacturing
establishments 10 Wheeling.
Tine entire line is to be of fret class
construction, s;one-ballasted, laid with
72-pound rails, and with all stone or steel
bridges, culverts aud trestles. The Ohio
river and Wheeling creek bridges will be
double track steel structures. The first
will have one 525-ft, three 25O-ft, and
one l5O-H. through spans, with two
trusses plsced 30 feet apart on centres and
with four lines of steel stringers under
each track. The will be abOut 35O-it. OF
deck approaches on steel trestles, in spans
of 30 to 10 feet, on each side OF the river
spans. The Wheeling creek bridge will
have two 125-ft. deck spans with two
uusses placed p feet apart, nine lines OF
steel striugers under each track, and one
50 IT. deck span over the Wheeling and
Elm Grove Railway. The line has two
double track tunnels, about 700 ard l,2OO
feet lOng respectively, between the ONO
river and creek bridges, and q single track
tunnel about 500 fsat long 10 South
Wheeling The whole work, including
lands. station houses, and equipment, Is
estimated 10 cost about S., 500, 600.