Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-26
RAILROAD WORK,
BECOMING VERY ACTIVE THROUGHOUT WEST
VIRGINIA.
Some Of the Things Transpiring Along the Routes Of
Both Existing and Projected Lines
IL This State.

rs the spring advances, railroad con-
struction and Improvement plans begin
20 crop ont prominently through the in
terror of the State, and the season prom
Uses to be an unusually active one along
the line One of the chief scenes of
railroad enterprise during the coming
summer will De along the line of the ex-
tension Of the Norfolk and Western to
the Ohio river, the contracts for which
have been let. as heretofore announced
i'm the REGISTER. In Wayne county
proceedings are being instituted to con-
denim the right Of way in cases where
the agents of the company have been
unable to acquire the land wanted by
purchase. and Commissioners will be
appointed at the coming April term of
Court Notices to landowners are now
being prepared and sent out.
I'm Monongalia county, the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie engineers have reached
q point about two miles from Point
Marion, and West Morgantown will be
reached In few days From Morgan
town they will proceed up the river To
FairmOut and thence ON up the West
Fork river toward the centre of the
State. I'm Pittsburg the report is that
this line is To be- built and the rolling
stock put ON within the coming eight
months OF course, this seems to be
too short a time, but it illustrates the
general confidence i'm the enterprise.
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Last week work was commenced ON
the double track for the Chesapeake and
Ohio road The headquarters of the
working force will be near Hinton for
the present. but will be moved from time
Go time. as necessity makes desirable.
President Ingalls, is determined to dou-
bile track this line clear through West
Virginia as soon as possible. 1t Is ru-
morcd i'm the Western portion of the
State that line will soon be graded To
Raleigh c. IL.
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II is the general opinion through Cal
hOm and Gilmcr counties that the pro-
posed line TO GrantSville will soon ma
terializc. Hon. II. ). Wilson is prcSi-
dent of this Company. and he is doing
very energetic work The line starts
from Cairo ON the Il. Il O. and is now
projected thirty-fvc miles southwark TO
GrantSyillc. Ii is already built over rs
far as the Staunton pike. and will be
pushed along as rapidly as possible TO
it's projected terminus. The line As far
as now built is laid with steel rails, and
the work has an been done i'm iirSt-claSS
STYLE IL is partly done for a distance
of seventeen and one-half miles from the
starting point When completed and
opened up 10 will develop new section
of country and open markets all the
year around To- the timber people in that
region The entire line passes through
q heavily timbered country. whose pro-
ducts are ripe for the energetic investor.
The NcSSrS. Wilson have undertaken to
complete the line. and their well known
business push and means inSurcS that IL
will bee speedily done. These gentle
men are among the largest timber deal
el.s and mill men in the valley, and their
interest in thi, line Of road insureS its
completion within reasonable time.
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Contracts have been let for the very
extensive railroad improvements at st.
Adams. and work has already begun.
A round house will be built at once and
extensive machine shops erected. a
double track will be laid from St.AlbanS
10 Charleston. and new bridge built
over Coal river. 1t is understood the
work laid ont will keep large force of
mon busy I'm that ueighbOrhOOd for
three wears TO come. The early con-
Struction of the long-talked-of road up
the Coal and Elk rivers will liNly bee
the next thing I'M order i'm the vicinity
of Charleston.
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The locating surveys for the Ravens
wood. Spencer and Chenille railroad
have been finished. and the construction
of this very important feeder of the ONO
River road will shortly be commenced.
Twenty-Five men were lately dis
charged from the Il. x O. machine shops
40 Parkcrsburg in consequence of the
receipt of orders to discontinue rebuild
/ ing engines at that point. The order
has been countcrmanded. and more ma
chiniSts are employed there now than
/ for many years
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The directors of the Grafton and
Grcenbricr Company met at Philippi
last Tuesday. The object of the meet
| ing was To discus the proposed widen
/ ing of the guage and the extension OF
the line To ElkinS. The indications
are that the work will bee done during
| the coming summer
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The b. Il O. directors are called to
meet the last day of the present month
to consider the recent proposition To
/ lease the West Virginia Central for a
term of 800 years. Some OF the stock
holders of the b. x O. are making big
| fight against the move.
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The Baltimore n Ohio Railroad Is
about To add fifty new baggage and day
coaches to the 800 it already has in
use.
Two more of the new consolidated
engines for the Shenandoah Valley
/ Railroad. Nos. 53 and 81, were received
land nut i'm service last week.
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