Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-02
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A New Railroad Proposed.

New MART1NsvILLE, w. Va, Dec.31.
To tbs Editor of the Register:
SIR-The editorial in this weeks is
sue OF the Fairmont IndeT in reference
to building a railroad from the upper
Mononrahela coal fields near Fairmont
10 the Ohio river at New Martlnsville is
aporopriate and timely. The writer has
written column after column, at inter
walls for years back, in order to call
public attention to the Importance OF
this great enterprise. There can be no
more useful and beneficial Improvement
made In the State to-day than the build
lag of this railroad, and the time Is now
at hand when the citizens should tend
all their energies to the early coNSle-
tion of this great and Important I'M
proyement. Delays are dangerous. A few
short years hence this Improvement was
practically decided upon by a syndicate
OF capitalists, but the death of one OF
the principal hackers, before the mat
ter was fully closed up, probably de-
feated the enterprise at that time. The
same conditions surrounding this i'm
proyement that existed then exists now
only they have been multiplied, prob
ably twenty fold since. 1t is useless to
write q line in reference to the extern
sive and inexhaustible upper Mononga-
hsla river coal field, because all know
what they are. 1t is useless to say any
thing about the benefits the neighbor-
ing counties and the State at large
would derive from the building OF this
railroad. because all understand them.
Now, then, think Of it for one moment.
that the building, over natural and
practical route, of forty or fifty miles
of railroad will connect the great coal
fields with the unlimited markets OF the
South and Southwest, via Ohio river.
Nothing, in fact, stands between these
great coal fields and the great markets
but forty or fifty miles OF railroad.
Build this railroad, and could anyone at
this time even conjecture to what ex-
tent this coal business would grow in
few years? Do the people realize fully
the Importance OF the enterprise? 1t Is
sincerely hoped that they do. The peo-
nile along the route would hail the en-
terprise with delight, and would be very
liberal as to rights of way, etc. The
route is natural one, following the val
lev of Fishing creek about thirty-fve
miles to the head OF the creek and to the
divide. The divide would have to be
tunneled, then down another valley
right into the heart OF the coal fields.
With this railroad completed the upper
would have many decided advantages
over the lower Monongahela river coal
fields, and could doubtless reach the
Southern markets at cheaper rate.
Again. the Ohio is often times navlgable
from New Martinsville down when 1t
is not from Pittsburg, New Martins
VILE being 100 miles lower down. All
know that the leo miles OF river
from here to Plttsburg Is the most
difficult part OF the Ohio river
that tow boats have TO navigate. We
might go In and write columns upon
the subject, but it is unnecessary as all
understand the matter. The point now
is to call the attention or capitalists TO
the enterprise and get them interested
sufficiently to build the railroad. There
IS no doubt but that capitalists can be
interested and the railroad built. The
PIttsburg coal boat people ought to be
largely interested and the matter should
be properly placed before them at once
as a preliminary in obtaining their ac-
tive cooperation. The Inder is right
when 1t says, ''our enterprising citizens
should make it the great object OF the
wear 1893" Let US all put our shoulder
to the wheel and see IL we can not en-
list capitalists sufficiently In the enter
prise to build the railroad.
In enterprises OF this character
there is always a necessary
amount OF agitation that proceeds action.
Let the good work proceed. The citi-
zens of the uppfr Monongohela win
never enjoy fully ihe benefits to be de-
rived from their rivenues until they OBJ
tain decided and i've competition In
transportation rat The profits arts
inc from the COD the MononRohela
onrht not to be( ger psrmltted to
f,ow into tho a 4 few Baltimore
naRnates. Th OF West Virginia
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