The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04

ganized efforts were made to secure
them, but it required vastly more capi-
tai to carry out the scheme than the To-
cal organizers could command.
At length Judge R. II. Cochran, who,
while resident Of Wheeling and after
wards, had seen enough OF the possibil-
tiles Of such a system to have conf
dence in its proftableness, enlisted with
him number Of eastern capitalists,
and the work was begun which Is now
approaching completion.
WHAT THE SYSTEM ACCOMPLISHED.
Without discussing the possibilities
of the local bridge and tracks as con-
Meeting link in great trunk line, it is
difficult to overestimate the value to the
community of the Terminal system as q
local terminal system only. It gives
several new railroads equal facilities
with the most fayorahly situated old
ones, and It places every large manu-
featuring establishment practically on
every line of road that enters the city.
1t gives Wheeling railroad facilities
surpassed in no city, and which she
could not obtain in any other way than
by such q system OF tracks, owing 10
her hemmed.in position.
The system connects all 1.-The railroads
on both sides Of the river, furnishes
switching and terminal facilities for
them, and enables them to reach al!
the more important manufacturing and
shipping points in Wheeling, Fulton
and Benwood, w. Va, and Martins
Ferry, Bridgeport and Bellaire, Ohio,
and It reaches out to and commands all
the available railroad approaches to the
city Of Wheeling. It is also designed
and constructed to form connecting
link between the proposed South Penn
sylvania railroad and the various roads
in Ohio terminating opposite Wheeling
and leading to Fairport, Cleveland,
Lorain, Huron and Toledo, and puts
tho city OF Wheeling on q line from
New York to Chicago about 100 TAi!es
shorter than the Pennsylvania railroad,
and 1870 miles shorter than the Lake
Shore 4 Michigan Southern railroad.
The company is incorporated under,the
lawsof West Virginia, is Independent
OF and not allied with any other COM
pany, and the use of its system is open
TO all railroads upon equal terms.
TIE GREAT UNION BErpeE.
The channel span of this massive, but
graceful structure, is near the Wheeling
shore, and is 52S feet long between the
centre piers, the top plato or sky lines
being i75 feet above the river, and the
lower chord line being 02 feet above Low
water mark. Nextit on the Ohio sideare
threespanso OF f250fcet each, over the river,
and trestlc viaduct OF S53 feet In 50 to
70 feet spans, on tho Ohio side, and on
the West YirginiG side there Is ono lP2
feet river span and four land spans Of
IA to los feet lengths, making o con-
tinuous steel structure z, 100 feet long.
A novel form OF Viaduct is built on
the Ohio side to pass over two streets
and two railways at right angles, and
over the street IN line with and directly
under the Viaduct, tho viaduct forming
an arch over the latter street, and many
novel features arc involved In carrying
the structures over the railway, street
and mill on the Wheoling side.
Tho upper chord or sky line OF the
channel spun Is in the form Of para
bolic arc springing from the piers TO 9
height OF IS fe0t above. Tho total
weight Of this span Is 4,00Q, 900 pounds
! or 1000 tons, apd3t is the newest
.