The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
rrsEvILLE AROUSED.
Tho Application of the w. va, p. q T. r.
K. for the Right Of Way Along Its
Principal Street Causes Con-
siderable Excitement
Proposed Extcn-
slons OF tho
Road.
Correspondence Of the posr.l

| PISEvILLE, Oct. I've have had cOnsid-
cradle excitement here over the effort Of
the W Va, P. g. T. R. R. to secure the
right Of way along Cumberland avenue.
The favorable action Of the council and
mayor were necessary and the opposition
was so strong that the mayor deemed it
proper to call mass meeting and discuss
the matter There were many speeches
pro uRd ron. the speakers became heated
in their arguments and there is no telling
what the meeting might have resulted in
had not darkness put an end to the con-
hict As might have been expected, no
conclusion was reached and no action
taken.
According to the report of the Pincvillc
Messenger the West Virginia. Pincvillc d
Tennessee railroad, which was originally
intended to be used by the Pine Mountain
Iron e. Coal company as short line to
connect the properties of the company in
and about Pincville, is to be extended and
promises to turn out to he quite an i'm
portant connecting road. New blood and
new capital has been put into the W. Va,
F. & T. company, and the lines of the road
will be extended on all sides. The first
branch Of the road which was put under
constructions which is the line up Straight
creek, is now nearly completed, the work
of putting on the iron having been begun.
Plans for a big iron bridge for the road
across the Cumberland have been made
and quite good portion of the road has
,l,l aid fNu Il
up to Clear creek bottom. The company
has determined to put under construction
Mt once five miles of this road up Clear
creek The survey has been made and
the line located. 1t has been located to
point about half mile beyond Clear
Creek springs. 1t is contemplated ulti-
matcly to extend the road on up Big Clear
creek to JclicO, or through Big Greek
gap 4 branch line up Little creek to
Middlcsborough, is also among the proba
bilitics Of the near future.
The Importance of a northern outlet for
the road is also appreciated, and il is said
that there arc several schemes OH foot
which will be productive of at least ono
line to connect with some of the great
railway systems to the north of this par
ticular section. That a road will be built
from Pincville up the Left Fork to Beatty
vile, in the near future, is considered a
certainty by n number of persons in a
position TO know There has been great
deal of capital invested in the rich noun
tain lands which lie between this point
and the three forks of Kentucky river,
and to develop these lands so as to make
a yield Oh the investment, it becomes an
II IN 1;un
running through the territory.
Another line which is to he an extension
of the W. Va, 7. & T. road, is contem-
plated. 1t will run along the north side
of Pine mountain to Whitesburgh, so as
to connect with c. p. Huntington's great
road, the Chattaroi.
The only other news Of interest here is
the arrest of James Mahoney and Thomas
Howard, of Mead county, and the seizure
of their distilierv property by internal
revenue officers They are accused of
crooked work in avoiding paying the gov
crnmcnt tax.
The seizure, which is the largest in the
history of the Office for many years, in
cludes the following items: Five hundred
acres Of land, the distillery, cooper shop,
barrel sheds, warehouse, seventy-nine
barrels of whisky, two-huc boiler,
twenty horsc- power engine, shafting and
pulleys, wooden and copper still, 400
feet of copper pipe, 200 feet Of iron pipe,
a gristmill, several horses, wagons and
other attachments.
The iron work of the county bridge
across the river in the narrows is now
being put up, and in few weeks the
bridge will be ready for use.