The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-03-03
PUSHING on TO MoRGAsTows.
The p. v. & C. to Extend its Line Prom
Brownsville on the West Side.

4
1t begins to appear that the New
DoMIN1ox's prophecy of a railroad
on the West Side is goirg to mater
alize. The following glowing pre-
vision to that effect is taken from
the Pittsburg Post, and is interest
ing. The article says: The Pitts
burg, Virginia q Charleston railroad
has ordered the Thompson distilling
company, a few miles above Browns
vile, on the west side of the Monon-
gahela, to vacate lis mills because it
stands directly on the survey line
which was iun through last summer.
This again opens the question OF the
extension of the Pittshurg, Virginia
& Charleston railroad from Browns
vile, the terminus of the up river
run, on through to Morgantown, w.
Va, distance of So miles. Last
summer party of engineers from
the east, in the employ OF the Penn
sylvania railroad, surveyed the west
side of the Monongahela between
Brownsville and Morgantown, and it
was the purpose of the company to
rapidly push the work to compile
ton, but, because of the general
slump in railroad business, the pro-
ject for the time was dropped, and
the fact that the distilling company
has been ordered to vacate it's mill,
which stands on the survey line,
gives color to the prediction that the
work will be commenced at the first
signs of better times.
This project will probably be
among the first taken up, as its i'm
portance is generally recognized. A
line from Brownsville to Morgan
town promises to open up coal fields
equally as valuable as those below
have proved to be, not to say any
thing of iron ore which is known to
exist in paying quantities in and
about Morgantown, and also timber
regions running back from both
sides of the river. Besides these
three industries there are a large
number of smaller towns ON both
sides of the river between the two
places, to which the products of the
rich backlying farming country are
brought for shipment by boat.
The packet line carries an enor-
nous amount Of freight from points
between Brownsville and Morgan
town to downriver points, and all
this would doubtless be secured by
the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charles
ton railroad if its line were pushed
into the territory Moreover, people
living along the river between these
places have no other means of trav-
ell than by boat, which they would
doubtless abandon in favor of trans
portation by rail. Then there are
number of distillerles along the
river which buy grain IN large
quantities and are obliged to ship
their products by boat. At present,
in order to 90 from Brownsville to
Morgantown by rail, one must take
the Uniontown branch of the Pitts
burg, Virginia & Charlestown rail
road to Uniontown and thence by
the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad to
Morgantown via Fairchance, which
is a wide detour and time lost.
When business was booming the
Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston
railroad brought down from 125 to
$50 cars of coal daily from the works
between here and Brownsville. and
it is estimated that this shipment
would be almost double if the line
were extended to Morgantown. AS
the west side of the river seems to
be the most practicable route, a
bridge spanning the Monogahela
would be necessary to get into Nor
gantown. 1t is certainly only ques-
ton of time until there will be
through railway connection to the
pretty West Virginia town.
Notification is lent to the above
by the following, which is taken
from the Waynesburg Independent;
The contract for grading and fur
nishing the ties for fifteen miles of
the p, V. d c. Railroad has been let,
which will put that road to about
Davidson's Ferry. If this be true,
it is fair to presume the road will
not stop at the completion Of the Is
miles, but will be pushed on to its
objective point This road will open
up the upper Monongahela Valley,
and because of its advent that valley
will be made to blossom as the
rose" 1t will greatly help the east
ern part of this county, giving the
farmers additional travelling and
shipping facilities, and placing them
within a few hours ride of one of the
best markets in the country-Pitts-
burg. In addition it will open up
the coal interests all along the val
ley, and the farmer who owns coal
lands adjacent to the river is fortu
nate indeed, for he can dispose of it
in the near future at a good round
price This road has long been pro
jected, and it is hoped the summer
of 1894 will see it completed.