The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-25

as tho BenWood and Southern, Con-
meets with the Wheeling Electrical rail.
way at the %latter's southern terminus
in BenWood, and follows the county road
to q point just north Of the Mounds.
vile camp grounds, where it Weryes to
tho left, passes the gates Of the camp
grounds, crosses the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad on u tTestle forty feet in
height, onters MoundaVille, aud pur,
suss Its course to its terminus between
the Baltimore & Ohio and Ohio River
railroad stations In that city. When
completed tho road will be one Of the
bost equipped electrical roads In the
country. Tho track, a large portion Of
which is laid, is Of steel sixty and sew
enty pound rails, with heavy cross ties,
and 10 so!idly bRllRsted, Though 1t run
over q billy country much Of the dis
lance, notable and pleasing features OF
the road are tho easy curves and grades,
None OF the former are sharp and ierky
and all OF the latter are gradual.
TUE POWER HOUSE.
At tho mouth OF Jim's run, about
half the length OF the road, 10 located
tho power house and electrical plant OF
the company. Il is y model in its way,
and electrical experts who have in,
spected il aud its machinery have said
that there Is none better equipped In
the country. Itis q double plant. There
are two dynRmos, OF $50 horse power
each, run by two i75 horse power Buck.
eye engines, which arc now being placed
In position, and no moro beautiful
pieces OF machinery were ever built
The generators are not yet on tho
ground, but ara expected this week.
The work OF placing tho power lnachin'
cry Is in charge OF MeSsra. WareAam
and Hughes, who represent the Frank
Pearson Company, OF Beaver Falls, Pa.
Tho power house and car ahopa are
fire proof, aud are built entirely OF cor
rugated iron. Their dimensions are S5E
10 feet, aud their cost, with contentI,
$4,000. The car house will accommO.
date nine cars, the number that will DO
operated at first, it being contemplated
to run the cars between BenWood and
M%ouudsYille tsn,,minuteS apart, each car
makiag u round trip in an hour and 4
half. Just here ii may be mentioned
thatit is calculated 10 ruu'the cars at .
speed which will admit oil 4 passenger
making the round trip from the cOntre
OF Wheeling TO the terminus in Mounds
vile aud return in two hours.
Tho power furnished by the plant
will DO sufficient to enable the company
to supply tho town OF MCMechen with
electric lights, an arrangement which
will probably be made.
THE NEW PARK.
Before leaving the power house the
INrELLIoEScER reporter took q view Of
the land on which the new park has
been located. It lies on the east side Of
the road and is one otthe loveliest spots
in all this country. The name chosen
for the new resort, "Rivervie W." is most
appropriate. for it would be hard to linz
agins one securing anywhere q more dc.
liahtfuI Wow OF the Ohio river, Nature
has been bountiful hero. Tho thousands
Of people who have driven along tho
road to Moundsyille in past years have
remarked upon the beauty Of the scene
presented BY the gap between the hills
at the mouth VI inns Run, the tower
ing points on either side, and the wild,
romantic glen that presents itself 10
view. From the point or the right
there 10 a magnificent view up and down
the river and OF tho splendid panorama
OF Ohio fields and hills opposite. It Is
upon this spot that the syndicate,
which Is comprised Of the same gentle
men who form the railway company,
propose to build q modern summer
hotel, to coat In the ne%ighborhood Of
$4,000. From the broad piazzRs Of
this hotel will be presented q command.
ing view OF the surrounding scenery.
The park is a sure 90. 1t Isn't a thing
on paper. President Peabody informed
the l"STELLIGENcER reporter yesterday
that the purchase OF the I01.acre tract
Of land had been contaminated, and
that the work Of converting 1t into q
park will begin at once. Many OF the
improvements will be made before the
snow flies; the hotel will be built before
the opening Of next summers season,
and almost before they know 1t Wheel
ing people will have within q brief
times ride a now resort that will BIO a
formidable rival Of tho two beautiful
parks they already enjoy. A feature OF
Riverviow Park will he a lake covering
ten acres, q place Tor which nature has
provided. This enterprise is no sudden
inspiration. The gentlemen back oil II
have had ii in contemplation for moro
than q year, but 1t wal not until yosier.
day that their plans wore sufficiently
m6tured to make thom public. 1t can
be now authoritatively announced that
tho deal ior tho land has been COIN.
ploted and that tho park will DO q real
ization before another summon comes
OVER THE NARRowS
To realize fully the magnitude Of the
enterprise Of the promoters Of the Bon.
wood & Southern Electric Railway, aud
tho onormlty Of tho undertaking, tho
reader should take q trip over The
Narrows." Possibly no has done 80 In
q slower carriage thnn tho ono tho rail-
way company will provide him with, as
tho lS]rELmdGSCRR did yesterday. II
Ito has, hO has noted how tho narrow
road winds up over tho hill, almost a
maHntain; how Oh his LETT 10 has be.
held only a tall hillside, almost porpen.
diCular In some places, while on Ills
right was tho steep descent, also almost
perpendicular in somo %ulacei, to tho
baltimore s. Ohio aud Ohio River rail.
road lracka far below; aud ho Inns 70.
marked with q shuddor how u slip OF
tho road or u shy Of his horse might
prccipitalO him to the bottom. There
would bo no chance for his lilo. II no
nnsn't been entirely absorbed in those
reflections hu has found tilno to enjoy
thu nnsufnn,scd scenery that Is pro.