Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-03
THE RAILROADS.
The Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
to BE Built to morgautown

The Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
to BE Built to morgautown
The extension OF the Pittsburg, Vir-
ginia and Charleston railroad from
West Brownsville through Greensboro
TO Morgantown is q sure 90 and the
present condition Of matters indicate
that all will be in readiness for the
Initial train about the latter part Of the
year. A corps of surveyors has been
at work in Greensboro and a complete
survey has been made from Browns
vile to Greensboro on both sides OF the
river. The west side is regarded as be-
Ing better for a railroad bed, and this
will not necessitate the erection OF
bridge on the Upper MonoDgah-ia. A
report from Waynesburg states that a
committee of the leading citi-
liens of that place had a conference
with the officials Of the 2. V. 81 Z. h:
| r. last week, in which II was stated
that the reports Of the surveys showed
that the cost of building the road on the
west side would be cheaper than on the
east side. The only towns through
which the road would pass by river
route between Brownsville and Green's
boro are MiIlsboro, Fredericktown and
| Rice's Landing. The citizens OF Point
Marion have been making every effort
to get the road to pass through that
place, claiming that the passenger and
freight traffic would be very large and
would compensate the company. The
railroad officials have given out scarce
~ anything regarding the matter, but
those who claim to know are building
strongly on the prospects.
The b. & 0. tunnnl through the foot
of Maryland Heights, at Harper's Ferry,
which will be something over eight
hundred feet in length, is within about
one hundred feet of being cut through.
The piers for the new bridge are well
advanced toward completion, and the
work Of erecting the superstructure will
be begun In August. A large part OF
the new roadbed along the old armory
yard and base of the hill on the Har-
per's Ferry side has been made, and the
side of the hill has been cut out well
I'D toward Island Park. What will be
done with the old bridge has not yet
been divuged. The railroad portion
may be removed and only the wagon
bridge left, or the whole may be taken
away and lighter and heater wagon
brldge substituted. The new station
building, it is predicted, will be not
only roomy and convenient, TT hand
some aud creditable in appearance.
Hallock Bros. had a hard contract
cribbing, at Boggs' Run last week, to
get ready for the pile driving for the
Terminal Railroad extension there this
morning. Near the run the extension
will leave the river bank and cross to-
wards the B. 81 o. The road will again
wind over the Riverside mill bottom TO
the river bank at the rear OF the mill.
Through this bottom forty foot piles
will be used. 1t is calculated that in
three weeks the pile driving will be
completed.
A gentleman who is now connected
with the work on the F., NJ. & p. extern
sion, and knows whereof he speaks, said
to Dominion reporter: 81 can give you
this much information, which | know TO
be fact, trains will be running between
Morgantown and Uniontown by the first
OF September. The company intends to
push the work on the road and it will
not take over six weeks to lay the
track, "-NetO Dominion.
That prince Of engineers, John Cum
minis, OF No. SIS, and VIM. Johnston, Of
$50, ran their trains backward from Lit
tleton to Grafton last Saturday when 1t
was learned that they could not get by
the wreck. 1t was quite difficult feat,
but then John and Willie are just
the boys to do the difficult thing. -Grdf-
| ton Sentinel.
george Williams, charged with wreck
ing q passenger train on the w. Va. IL
p. railroad few weeks ago at Weston,
and who has since been in the Lewis
county Jail, has been released from GUS
tody, the grand jury having failed TO
| indict him.
A few days ago the o. R. r. began to
run trains for the first time to Central
City, two and half miles beyond Hunt
ington. AT present Central City is the
! terminus of the road.