Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-29

another railroad.
II will parallel the Norfolk and West
ern across the State aud pass through
coal fields even richer than the Flat
Top fields, the development OF which
has added many thousand people TO our
population and given s business TO the
n. & w. which taxes every resource OF
that road to handle.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company, which has been instrumental
10 the development OF so much OF the
coal land in Southern West Virginia,
has looked with jealous eyes for several
years upon the encroa chments OF It's
southern rival and aS soon as plans now
being made can DE matursd the c. g. O.
will enter into active competition with
the n. & w. and push It's line into the
territory Of the latter.
The object Of the c. & o. not only Is
to enter the rich southern coal fields
adjacent to the n. d W., but TO cut that
railroad off entirely from all the terri
tory beyond that operated now along It's
line. A railroad built along the route
projected would practically shut the n.
& w. out OF Boone. Wyoming, Logan
and adjoining counties on the north,
and would surround completely by the
c. tE o. the entire coal fields Of Fayett
Kanawha, Boone, Lincoln, Logan, w.
oming and Raleigh counties,
THE RICHEST AND THE LARGEST
in the State. The Norfolk aud Western,
| TO which the counties OF Lincoln, Logan
and Wyoming, st least, arc NATURAL
tributary, would be entirely cut o
from them and left with only the WAyi
and Mcdowell fields. and a porGCi =.
the Mercer field 10 work upon
This project OF the c. & o. Is being
pushed quietly, the surveys have been
made, large tracts OF land have been
bought up by persons interested In the
c. & o. and but for the last years
money panic at least a part OF the road
would already have been built.
| II has been known for some time thai
the c. q O. company intends 10 build
branch road up Piney creek 10 Raleigh
county, Between thirty-fye and forty
acres of land on Piney creek have been
bought mp by Drexei, Morgan ~ Co..
financial agents OF the G. & o., and ef-
forts have been made 10 secure more,
as much as S35 an acre having bsen Of
fered for lands adjoining their pnr-
chase. This property contains three
veins Of coal and most OF IL is also COW
cred with splendid white pine forests
from which the name IL given TO Piney
creek. To develop this property
branch road from the G. e. o. At some
accessible point will be constructed,
and must be built quite soon. The In
sects which has done incalculable dam.
age TO the pine forests In this state
have been at work In Raleigh, and IL
the owners OF this fine body OF white
] pine timber wish 70 save
IL, some means must bs
provided soon for getting AZ H. The
c. & o. people know this and expected
TO build the road last fall, bat money
was at. that time so tied up that rail-
road building was indefinitely post.
poned. The
SURVEYS HAD BEEN MADE
and everything is ready, Is soon as
Il
| basis. 70 20 ahead aud build the road.
| This road will reach the headwators OF
PinCy creek about the foot Of GUyan-
dotte mountains 10 the southern part
OF Raleigh county, will enter portion
| Of the Pocanontas coal field and will be
quite an encroachment on the territory
OF the n. 81 W. But that Is only small
part Of the plan.
| In another portion OF the State, the
G. & o. is working on another feeder,
the Guysndotts valley road. From tiine
20 time the REGISTER has referred 10
what was being done along the Guyan-
dotts. Several surveys have been made.
IL was said last fall that the G. q
o. was making its hnal survey
for road from Huntington 70 Logan
Court House and now IL has been given
ont that work Is soon 10 be begun upon
the road, which will b. built a. once TO
Logan G. II. Rights OF way are being
secured and Il Is said By persons who
are in a position 20 know and who have
been at work for years 70 get this rail-
road built, that success Is now IN sight
The coming sumner will doubtless see
THE WORK ~ PBoGgEss
on the new road up Guyxn. Frse right
OF way and q bonus Of half the property
wing along the proposed route u what
IL asked, and the larger property own
ers along the route have agreed TO those
terms. Lii,le difficulty is anticipated
10 bringing the others 70 the sane
terms and the people along The GnJan
nyer appear more eonfdent than ever
before that they will have railroad
soon.
But while the road IS now proposed
will stop at Logan Court Hoose, that 10
no; ~ be its fnGl terminus. Sne course
OF the Guyandotte river will be follow
| ed up through Logan and Wyoming, IN
each OF which the timber and TIE coal
are both almost untonchea, % the head
waters OF the Guyandoto >sere tun-
mel no, over three hnD <fft IN
length. cut through . large co-fsein.
vouId unite this road and toe Piney
Creek rosd above referred %.
A glance ~ the map will show "nat
sueb a road would mean for the Ches1-
pe.ke And Ohio railroad people Frscti-
eaIly 1sfaileI 10 the Norfolk aod west