The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-26

r1rwnatan, station centrally located In the Pc.
down the valley OF Elkhorn creek to i,s cnnMvs
euce with Tug fe rk of Big Sandy river at " eicS
from the point OF beginning OF foIirte.n miles
Thence the line follows down the valley of .rns
river to the mouth OF Pigeon creek at Nan9a,ncIs
a distance IRON " clch OF eighty. five nil
iia,hed Bend the line crosses Tug river twice the
Az Sa0ssngs oeing one quarter OF mile apart.
~ -aauSatuck inc inc goes up the valley OF PIG.
con creek for four and one half miles, and thcnee
,nn LaWt n 10TH OF Pigeon creek for oistai CO Of
OF Laurel Creek and those OF Twelve Pole river a.
IN eM Stations thence the line follows down
river at kcnova, a distance of sixty.n,nc mii.s
ION nova the line crosse, the Ohio river and
inc state OF Ohio, distance of seven and .iobt
Wntns miles, and total distance OF lp,,G miles
sion. VI tue extern
,vha nc ,i grades may he considered as excellent
Wnen dhc rough Ghara ster of the county is con.
coal field and he Ohio river 4! for oddi s, tne
eight and a half miles in The valley Of Piseonand i
cent for distance OF 1--WE and six-tenths ,,ipa OCT
ne grades southbound are equally Favorable the
and the coal field being he ascent tn TO ONO ,h river
water OF welve Pole river for q distance NJ t,xn
miles at forty five feet mile both of the orsS.s
ture. f'"eu iof caiVa-
The valleys for the entire distance are tortuous.
auu III orocr 10 avoid too excessive curyntnre
rs 4uent crossings OF the streams were necsssaiv'
This is best indicated by giving the n9mS s q
m n I'm
streams, these crossing being 40 follows:
kikhorn fork, thirteen timcs, Tug fork OF Rio
Sanuy nxcr ten times; Pigeon creek once; Laure1
thirty four times. o'oi Ner
~, nc ne, genera, character Of the construction OF
inc iine may DO considered as, CT cchcnt and this
IL particularly 30 regards the ouiv rio and
nn,oges. Very careful studies were made of the
wafer areas tributary to tho varipu, onenings
an" inc openings were designed nccJr.,ing7v'
Ir, a. care was taken to ascertain cxfr me high
wnt IN the various streams, andtiu /. ,eit that
wh'.e the line is valley line ior il. entire dis
.ahec, nhl nttlc trouble may he anticipated from,
the action OF Hoods Very great enre :. ~ cxnrp
cised in the selection or stone, ans tho mnsonrv
t,hInushont may he characterized, as t,rst class
ooth III design and construction >'ss'
The bridges were designed for h.nvv l. aiding
unaer e. tnc general specifications OF the .,oriolf
ana ana Western Railroad Company and were built
anu Inspection. The line laid With new rails,
w sag sixty-sevcn pounds per- ward. with
tue gap near the Ct inter- OF the line which conId
not be fully baasted previous to openinr for
broken Stone we" "r r naasted throughout with
the line not fully ballasted Is In GOOD line and
surIaee' ana the work of ballasting IL being
Iherc are eight tunnels on the line, four az thes,
oua !, at ~, snnrn bends on Elkhorn and Tug Forks
Fork OF Pigeon and Twelve Pole River tho nrin.
clpal tunnel being the one at the divide above 70
Inc surveys for this line and he location. were
attgnaea WIN many prvations to tho CORDS in the.
aed principally on account OF the in ,cccssabiljty
road from abe localities now Known IA E,ThSS un
tbo ior short distance in the Vicinity of
Tug s.utloh now known williamson from
points now known as Naugatnck and Lcnorc. AMI
h h.om .nG ono river, abont forty miles up the
roads, only tn. mcrest trails upon which one
couM ride. The writer or this article speaks
was on horsebacR twcni, two DAYS in this Conn.
Try, without I, a guide and ia winter weather.
referred to, tho final location ma secctsd aoo.o
e enS U .lom. .Ietious 10 this time tho Norfolk
ar sstesn mad Tor two or three years conducted
river. Tho engineers In the field were obllrod.
a mSsmg camp to transport their OUTFIT by tho
upon the streams, by packing upon horses, hS
Aeuaang with oxen, or, AZ was necessary In,
outfit upoA their own shonldeis Tbe i;b v.H s,
constructed and built, hears testimony tn their
aIa,m. perIormamce of duty under very adverse
circumstances The construction OF the limo was.
also. Tor the same reasons. n tended with Sreat
uS"my, ana the forwarding or supplies into tho
however, the work has gone steadily on until The
road Is no| completed and ready foo operation.
business which it is reasonable to sapposc MIL
pass oyer is line connecting 1t docs, the
Sate that I'VE with th- sencoas 4 is antici
, wan " tt,u large and constantly growing
gano s ca principally IN timber and coal
gLmncc nc the map will indicate the large area
tributary to this lne and the small amount of
orahch line construction necessary to develop the
epnntry branch line twelve miles long from
the Twelve Pole summit will reach the fiuyan-
aottc river mt Logan Conrt House aud the uppor
wn. andoste can oe made easily Tributary by this
my o ood AZ Is NOT evaporation To say that there
are N.ooo square miles OF practically virgin
forest OF walnut, poplar, beech, birch, white and
eneslnnt oaks and hcmlock tributary 10 this road
ana that the coal fields are so vast thai they car,
hot DC adequately treated In this article
W ME VIC nave cscribed thi- line u, the Ohio
extension or the Norfolk and Western, railroad
we nave only referred TO tho connecting line re,
urm.H y oniit between the main system and the
extension otthe Norfolk and Western may he
considered as leaving its main line at Radford,
a,u exlcnuing thence 10 Columbus o.. n distance
OF Az miles the total distance from tho seaconst M
Norioik 10 Columbus being 10 miles.