The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-29
ON TO CONNELLSVILLE.
A Report that Work on the New
Railroad is to be Commenced
BEFORE THE SPRINGTIME COMES
Robs up AGnin..-It is so Persistent
that there may bc More IN it than
tho Public has ThouSllt...Somc of
tho Current Talk Along tho Line OF
tho Proposed Road.

The report that the survey now being
made OF tho proposed limo OF tho
Wheeling & Connellsvile railroad Is
moro than mere preliminary recon-
motoring OF tho different lines comes up
once week or 80, and from SO many
sources that one cannot help but Won
der il there is not something in it after
all. twas stated before tho present
survey began that tho road would bo
commenced in the coming spring, but
this report was always pronounced
premature. Now tho Waynesburg In
dependent comes to tho front with some
interesting talk about the road, with all
the circumstantialityo could wish, in
which this rumor Is repeated, and the
authority given. Tho story OF tho hide.
pendent is rs follows:
The inquiry has been frequent from
persons along tho line Of tho Wheeling
4 Conncllsvillo (of course We mean tho
Waynesburg route) where arc the Gu.
Gineers aud where arc tho prospects?
The great interest that is manifested OIL
tho part OF tho people Of this county
prompts these and kindred questions,
and shows that our people arc thor
oughly aroused 10 tho interests OF this
enterprise.
Mr.. John Call, who has been working
on u now process mill at Majorsville, W.
Va, village on tho limo Of this road,
situated on Wheeling creek, and lust at
tho Greene and Washington county
line4,- arrived hero Friday evening,
bringing tidings OF the movements OF
the surveyors. He said they had word
from the surveyors every few days. On
Thursday last they were about q mile
from Majorsvillc, and 4 member OF tho
corps engaged boarding for them at
Samuel I. Alleys, and that they would
be at his house Friday evening.
They spent Sunday in Maiorsville,
and the last wo heard from them they
were at Thomas Stcele's, Monday, on
Acllcy creek, in Richhill township,
about ono and orc-half miles from the
state line. They were heading for Acl.-
lcy's, and were making about a mile 4
day. They expect to spend Sunday at
that point. 1t Will be remembered that
when this corps OF engineers were put
on tho line they were given instruc-
tons to find the most practical line to
Waynesburg. Four surveys have been
made which center at Ackley's, three OF
which go through this county. Which
way they will come by tho Brushy forl;
OF Browns fork or Gray's fork OF Ten
Mile remains to be seen. The former
is by way OF Nincvch and the latter by
way OF Rogersville.
We are informed that the work being
done is very thorough, and the stakes
placed with great care. 1t is the opinion
OF some that it is final survey, and
the road is being located. The work is
SO accurate that it has taken the sur
veyors about four weeks to do the work
from Elm Grove to Majorsville, dis
lance OF twelve miles. 4 part OF this
line had never been run before, how
ever. After the 1.-The has been intersect-
cd in this county, the work will, doubt
less, not be SO tedious, as the company
already has very accurate survey and
complete drafts rs made by the South
Penn about nine years ago, and also
survey made by Frick & Mellon about
two years ago. We may expect to sec
the surveyors pulling into this place
soon. Our informant said that it
was talked fro ely in that section, and
with seeming authority, that the
work OF construction would commence
about April !. This, however, is mere
conjecture, as the company would not
likely make public any such informa-
ton until the right OF way had been Sc
cured and the route. adopted. 1t is fair
to presume, however, that tho road will
be built this year, but over what route
is the question. The Wayncsburg route
is the most practical, and is by fnr the
most beneficial 10 the business interests
OF Wheeling, SO much so that all other
routes sink into insignificancc. The
business men OF Wheeling realize what
this route means for them, in the way
OF divcrting q rich trade to that city.
We have all confidence in this enter
prise, and We feel like impressing on
our people the importance OF them do.
ing their duty in giving the right OF
. way and all possible encou ragement
they can. We must have tho road.