Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-06
OPENED THE ROAD.
The Pittsburg and Moon Run Railroad
Thrown Open to Travel-Many Railway
officials Present at the he,Ceremony-opens
Oil and Cpo1 r opde

The Pittsburg and Moon Run Railroad
Thrown Open to Travel-Many Railway
Officials Present at theCeremony-Opens
Oil and Coal Lands.
One of the neatest little lateral railways
in this country, the Pittsburg and Moon
Run, was opened yesterday. 1t has traffnc
connection with the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railway and connects with the latter
at Groveton, about eight miles below the
city. The length of the Pittsburg and Moon
Run road is six miles, the southwestern
terminus being at the Steubenville pike,
near Remington postoffice. At that end is
fine farming country underlaid with e1-
cellent coal, which hitherto could not be
gotten to market. The road will be a great
help to farmers up Moon Run and petrol.
cum operators in the McCurdv field.
The principal men interested, that is
those who put the most money into the
road, are General j. Easement, of Paines-
vile, O.. and Peter NJ. Hitchcock, of Cleve-
land. Mr.. Hitchcock is Treasurer, and Mr..
Il. L. Easement, son of the General, Secre-
tary, and Mr.. n. Sanford, General Manager
A party of about 80 left the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie Railway depot at 10:45 A. NJ,
and arrived at Groveton at II, where they
had lunch furnished by Caterer Kennedy.
After being refreshed they started over the
line in a special train and inspected it. The
tipple near the Steubenville pike is pro-
nounced the most perfect thing of the Kind
in the country. The company has four pits
open, and in a few days will be able to put
out all the coal wanted. Three passenger
trains daily will connect at Groveton with
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie. Among those
present at the opening and inspection were,
of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway:
John G. Robinson, Secretary and Treas
urer; Frank A. Dean, General Freight
Agent; j. b. Yohe, Master Of Transporta-
tion Il. Evans, Purchasing Agent; s. Fos-
ter, Chief Clerk and General Superintend-
ent; Fred NJ. Kennedy, Freight Agent, and
Mr.. Mackey, Chief Clerk in the Treasurer's
Office.
The F.. c. s. st. L. Railway was repre-
.sented by G. S. Davidson, General Super
intendent; r. I. Hill, Secretary and Treas
urer, and J. p. Hough, Train Master. w.
A. Anderson, General Manager of the
Clinton Railway, represented that COM
pany. For the Western Union Telegraph
Company appeared C. o. Rowe, Superin-
tendent, and Thomas Bennett, Superin-
tendent of Construction.
The l.. S. s. NJ. S. representatives were
II. j. Lawrence, General Agent, and
H. VI ".
On behalf of the n. Y, z. s. o. Railway
Company appeared S. p. Woodside, Gen
eral Agent, and George L. Hodges, Special
Agent.
There were also number of coal COM
panies' representatives present, among
them J. I. Hosack and w. T. Bonny,
and Soliciting Agents. Mr..
Hartley, of Hartley & Marshall, appeared
on behalf of the Saw Mill Run Company,
and Mr.. Patterson, for the Panhandle Coal
Company.
The special train on the Moon Run part |
of the trip was under the command of Con- |
ductor Robinson and Engineer Davis.
Nature departed from her usual plan in this
section by making the greater portion of
Moon Run straight and without any tunnel. |
ing and no cutting Of consequence. the road |
is so nearly straight that more than half of |
it can be seen while standing at some points
on the line.