The sun., 1891-01-05
NEWS OF THE RAILROADA
Latest Iafsrnasion OF Interest Frsn An
Quartorp.


Senator J. N. Camden. has completed the pur-
chase In tho neighborhood OF Covington, Va.
Of 10000 acres OF land. which covers Q continu.
GUS bed Of iron ore. over twenty-five miles
long. Tho orc bed lies on both sides Of Potts
Crock. This purchase implies an immediate
extension OF tho West Virginia and Pittsburgh
Railroad from its extreme southern terminus
on Williams River to . conjunction with the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Oovington,
Va: conjunction Of Potts Crock with Jack.
son River. distance OF sixty miles or moro,
furnishing through tho West Virginia and
Pittsburgh Railroad line direct from Covine.
ana Ohio to nSpSs SEsF ns
pittsburgh, reaching the latter city down tho
shs Ssmore .nS aar SSio
Railroad. Tho short gar, to connect the Nor.
ssph s i: .l..a1 e s
2t construction, This road extending no the
MS1p9Sneshsls Mi Se valley ana through g 69yinSon:
Virginia. 1t embraces tho Mononashsla Rivss
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ssaat5i ae asSd.a sss ssG e .ss.S TS:
tinuoysiy over thirty miles alons Il. fsos oi ;
shs Ss e.lers ssns 9%nsdi
by company, n'srs.tsd in W .l railroad: M.
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3, Hsns1 b.s sS s:na s:n
B. Elkins. Senator Don Cameron, and other
Fa0as 1hs 5oa 5S% o,1 yasy
y ,hs Of e.:s2 ana AID wsm: r2sl eu
q vs1e
,s%s River to 6syond s a.ulay great .rs9t Of
e.
g as @ q, tRs sRs
most valuable timber land: With 10000 aSres
81 sSs :d s tts Th
Covington. Va. and the sxtension which viii
snS .ss sGSaa 81 % W. W.:
Ginla This brings together In one oontinuoue
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prise Of the past quarter 81 3 century.
road Bsss ss syi IL. ssRs. R.v VIZ; ;
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HiiuSO suos 10 uOW U0luR ,Uult ~ EOES EOIt
1t next touches Harvey.s Lake. which It 10 In:
tended to make popular summer resort. and
then plunRes northward into an unopsnsd
mountainous region that abounds In timber
Afterward It will strike Tunkhsnnock. cfoss
the SusQuehanna again, and there connect
with the Montrose narroY gauge road. which
Is already practically under the Valleys con.
troly This road viii be made TO conform 10 the
stsndard gauge and from its termlnus at
Montrose an entirely new line viii b con.
structed through rich agricultural region to
Binghamton. which point the Valley Company
has Tor years been desirous Of reaching. The
right Of way has already boon secured 10 many
places"
q An o%aAhs H. dispat9a says ths resisn.tion I
Fort Worth Division Of the Union Pacific road
was on ciAly announced yesterday. II 10 under
stood that tho General Managers of tho other
four divisions OF the road will be asked to fol.
low Mr.. Meeks example. There 10 to be but
the ono General Manager Of the entiro system,
and the divisions viii Be placed In the hands OF
General Superintendents.
After building eighty miles Of railroad thevan-
derbilts will be IN position to compete with the
Pennsylvania Railroad system. Last woek .
lease was filed In the Centre county Recordsrs
office conveying the Beech Creek Railroad TO
the New York Central and Hudson River Rail
road for 900 years. This with the eighty miles
to be built were the missing links Of the VAn.
derbllt competing line.