The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-30
TIE STATE LINE RAILROAD,

a ihiJ IA Eromineht capitalists inter.
ested In 1t In tha City-A Conference with
the Chamber Of Commerce to.dny.
Eleven gentlemen interested in the
State Line Railroad project arrived in
the city last evening, and are at the Nc.
Lure house. Their mission here is to
consult with prominent manufacturers
aud business men with reference to the
Wheeling end OF their project, and with
this view meeting Of the Chamber OF
Commerce will be held this forenoon at
10 o'clock.
The gentlemen in the party are Charles
Meyran, President OF the Pittsburgh,
Cancnsburg 4 State Line Railroad, who
is also President OF the Cauonsburg Iron
aud Steel Company and OF the Germania
Savings Bank, Of Pittsburgh; II. II. Me.
man, President OF the Fifth avenue
Bank, Of Pittsburgh; DR.. Joseph Able,
a leading glass manufacturer OF Pitts.
burgh; Z. II. Myers. II leading pork
packer Of Pittsburgh; L. L. Wood, Jr.,
OF tho MonongAhela Navigation Com.
pany, and also interested in the new
bridge over the kanawha ct Charleston
DR.. John Donaldson, Of Canousburv
John F. Budke, Superintendent of the
Canonsburg Iron and Steel works; L. r.
McCully, Chief Engineer OF the Pitts.
burgh, Canonsburg 4 State Line road
5. George, Of Wellsburg, President oil
the Wheeling. Welisburg & State Line
road, and A. B. PAUL., Secretary OF that
road.
The road, it will be remembered, was
first projected by two companies, the
Wheeling, Wellsburg & State Line Rail.
load Company covering the line from
this city to the Pennsylvania line, and
the Pittsburgh, Caronsburg 4 State Line
road from that point to Pittsburgh and
the Connellsville coke fields. The two
have, however been consolidated, The
transfer OF the rights OF way and fran.
chises OF the Wheeling, Wellsburv (
State Line Railroad Company to the
new company was agreed upon, nothias
now remaining to be done but the exc
cn.ing and recording OF the necessary
papers, which will be done in few
days. The Pittsburgh, Canousburg &
State Line Railroad Company assume.
all the obligations conferred on the orig
inal company, aud will be known a!
such hereafter.
An lNTELLIGEScER reporter called on
the visitors last evening and had u Ions
talk as to their plans and desires. Mr.
Meyran, the President, says that the
company has secured an entrance into
Pittsburgh which, while it requires some
pretty costly work, including tunnel
is one Of the most desirable approache,
to the city. 1t also has line to tht
Connellsville coke field. The line iron
Wheeling to Pittsburgh is five milel
shorter than any other road. It run!
for great part Of tho way from Wells
burg to Canousburg about equi
distant from tho Panhandle nnt
Baltimore l. Ohio roads, and pierces ont
OF the best sections OF country to b,
found anywhere, passing as it does Beth
any, West Middletown and other cen
tres Of rs rich an agricultural region a
exists between the two oceans. A
Canonsburg it crosses the Chartierl
branch Of the.Pan Handle road, and be
yond that point is again about midwa,
between the two lines. The Canons
burg Iron and Steel Company alone pay
the Pennsylvania Company about S20,O0
in ireichts yearly. AS the town is aitu
ated, all west.bound freight must 90 frs
TO Pittsburgh. A road westward vi
Wheeling and the Union bridge woul,
naturally take all this and other simila
freight, and besides this, the new lin
will give Wheeling a competing line +
the coke fields, "a consummation dc
voutly to be wished"
The field which the State Limo roa,
will open to Wheeling is worth her el
forts to secure, and if the project is proE
erly broached at the conference thi
morning the business men OF this cit
must be favorably impressed.
Mr.. Meynn said in answer to m II
quiry that this end OF the road woul
probably be expected to furnish III
right Of way to Wellsburg, and perhar
some local aid in Wheeling. ii
thought Wheeling and Ohio count