The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-30
A GREAT ENTERPRISE,
Ex-senator Camdeo's Big West
Virginia Railroad Scheme,
AN IMMEDIATE EXTENSION
Or tho Wcs, Virginia * Pittsburgh
Noad-From Cnvington, Na.,to
Fairmont, thence to Pitts.
burs! and Wheeling.


Dur:h and wheeling,
r.
iAHNEEShrNd, W. VA, Dec. @.-TEe
Daily Sentinel, Of this city, publishes an
interesting article rivinc III, dot lila ~
ox.c,ro,or c,,Io.5, - -, wv '"" "
''"'o, o''''"''' q n.s f"'Iroaa enter
PRISE particularly tho West Virginia and
Pittsburgh scheme, which Is one OF tho
most important ypnturps {, ,bo h;s,orv
~ tLo Iovo,o,., - ~
~, nj ~ Wv o'oI'''''''' VI west Virginia.
ine .9elm" Gays:
tbs learned through reliable soa,ces
that Senator Camden, with other West
Nirginians, has formed syndicate and
completed the purchase of an immpnse
ron ORG teir!tofy on iotts creek, near
tonSvs iro, or" Gaii % ~ ~ ,%ot w. tIe n'ost *
ginia. II is reported to cmbrars from
$4,000 to 10000 acres, covering coniinu-
ui1 ,,'i1oa l'oh -; , ore oens .o1 over Twenty-Five
o,as .ts ,,I,a,s ~ iestTi 4n po.lI soes OF Potts
',,.,; o'tem t".ley: ~ tn'S means M me immediate
Ntet10!o!i .t u ~ Hea' fHsshsa% flsts-
ou!Sn '"tttPnI HW.I: from us houthcth tern-
.aus ',i on Mi.ll".ns river OF the GauIey to
= IGi''ite''oh WIN the ". ~ Y. road ut
0Gitn"'S.In' '.,i,n .no !uuc'lon OF ioas cree k
WI. WIN JaG"son t; tlfef, 4 distance o! about
I,H w.. N.ej, .iu 'Ilt'salne n.. through ,hn
Mes. Sns'iii" " I1tIsonsen railroad
G.,eet LIZ; '!.!o vi io"u !roni eovihston to
'L,:, r"ii:i'oIt, uii" .nencc ta'ouSh lis con-
ti, ies:!ons WIZ wv !ne y. " Y. foGus to Iitts.
tpulsi "nu W neei'Re, feachinG pltts-
pTfgh GOWN SHa valley OF the Monon-
s"nelI W 'ie fS'fihoht anu MoEganiown
psancu s,i ol Inc D. u v. foau ana lts con-
,tCs.oIs, nfoH, uno snoFt CUP 10 connect the
!; noten'lso"H i;n ptauch WIN the h. " O.'s
.lnu nent rntIcun!ice, oe'ns already IN
course Oh construction, 10 be completed :.
next summer.
MUCH ACCOMPLISHED.
Mr., Camden il .lwovs re.icprt aho,,
b;s n,,uv or,1 !. ,,Inm :. ss.,."1.,'N. ' 'o'"'
r"' "Ns' % e'o" " eonin'''llcatc
"has ne nas III contemplation, until his
are we'll digested and the
work under way; in this way he has ar.
within short space OF timo
without attracting much attention 10
himself, 4 remarkable amount OF railroad
development IN West Virginia. This
part oil the Camden system OF roads, ex.
stcnushH up the va!ley OF the Mononga-
@ tinsd I 10 IN .4tioogn thng 70 Hovlpslon, IS aes'
est road in the State. embracinr IN" III.
Monongahela River road, from Fairmobt
70 o!arksours' and the "cst Virginia
e"u eM li''soufsT 'aiiro4d, commencing at
oiaihsoqIs ~. ahu extending southward by
way VI "esioh, bfaHton y. H., to Gau-
ley it'ef' anu lnehce 10 CoVlngton, both
IoAuh oelhe controlled by President
Camcen IN the same interests. aud form
snE part OF the same through line.
me foao from tarnontto Clarksburg
TUES Hions the iace OF n!ne loot vein
OF Goa! contlAuohsiyio Tor over thirty miles,
!. 4 urge amount Oh she coal being owned
uy company l2fmea IN the interest of
~ ~ '"iiGio, piaa;, VI "hich ar. camden ID
a.so a Ites!uen', ana winch has now in
operau0n the nnestcoal and coke plants
IN lAe S!ase. Ihe coal IS oil avery super
lor QuAliIy' ooth lof coke and tuel pur-
poses. tne success OIL the development
IL autacuns much attention, large pnr.
chases IN tue same region having since
oeen MAGE oy Senator Davis, Elkins,
oenAalof boh cameron and others.
ur THE VALLEY.
From C!arksburp the West v;r,;r;o {.
rooa o,-..,,,.,, -
:, ue' 'o''" 'en"s up Tue Valieyof
u Tue Nionongane1A Dy way oil weston and
D!axton Q. Fl. to Gauley and Williams
ri7er, where it reaches the immeneo
timber and coal property purchased by
Senator Camden aud conveyed to the
railroad company rs a basis for build
ing the road. The Immense property
owned by the West Virginia & Pit,s.
burgh road at this point comprises l35..
900 acres OF the finest timber in the
State, and also covers at least 100 900
acres Of the fine veins OF cokinr coal
found on the New river. This pronertv
reaches to within about sixty miles of
Oo''IstoH' una the extension now pro-
poir port in ~ comha.y o nui py t'ls ROAD to that
ore fields Of Viro;nia with ,ho ,mna aen iron
coal field and timber lands already conc
trolled by the company brings to1etIar
the most valuable elements ior railroah
traffic possible to be combined in n l;na
OF road OF the same length, ''A'
The roads outlined above are row,
pleted facts from Fairmont snutS Io'.i ~
Weston and Braxton NO q ~ -
and under contract and now i. La;n, u
graded from Braxton to Williams E.ns s;rars
leaving only about tixty milss sS or 1ttr, ser,
south end TO be sbuilt to reach Cnr;nn SM ,n'
ton, and as the West virginia : Iriu r;,,g
burgh road has built and Ind over ,.a onn
hundred miles OF railroad track J'i, n 1ha tho
napt wear il in only n ,aasonaIi" 'i"eh ~ the
to see this line pushed thron,L ~ iaPncs b.toea
the end of the coming year, when ''u'e ,hs
long asitated question Of conner,;n, tho tho
iron ore region Of Virginia with b;,,s' ,uo
bursh by a railroad through Wes. W.. We
ginia, will have been solved, and in omar,
alton almost before It wn4 peneypIi. ~ y,u'7
known TO be in contemplation.
VIII orry ,,yTo, n wr.,r
mi, "" ".. ,,o,,,o ,"D =, a.. """A1"'
Inc s'eaI Sa'ue OF .ais part OF the
Camden system Oh roads to the interest