The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-11
RAILROAD ACTIVITY.
Bollairc, GAINESVILLE & Cincinnati
rs q Lake Coal Carrier.
THIRD THROUGH LINE TO THE LIKE
From tho Eastern Ohio Coal Fields.
Tho New Limo will DO Longer Than
tho others-;rhe Wheeling Il Lake
Erlo and tho Valley Road-ohlo
River Road to Put on Shoppers, Says
q Dispatch From Wheeling.

II is said On good authority that tho
work OF changing tho B~cllaire, Zanoa.
vile & Cincinnati railroads tracks from
narrow to standard guago will DO com.
menced as soon as tho weather will
permit, and that before tho summer has
passed this road in connection with tho
Columbus. Sandusky & Hooking will DO
IN active competition with tho Clevo.
land, Lorain & Wheeling and Wheeling
&Lako Erie roads rs coal carriers from
the coal fields Of Eastern Ohio to Lake
Eric. President S. L. Mooney. OF tho
BIZ & @, has boon buying and leasing
coal lands for some time past and when
his road has boen changed to standard
gauge tho coal produc. along that limo
will be very large.
Compared with tho two othor roads
mentioned. howevor, this limo will be
considerably longer. Tho Bellairc,
lanesvillo It Cincinnati. running from
Bellaire to ZanOsvil!a has u mileage Of
ITO miles. and the Columbus, Sandusky
q Hooking, running via Columbus to
sandusky on Lake Eric is liz miles
long, making tho distance from Bellaire
to the lake, eS7 miles. The length Of
Wheeling & Lake Erie from Wheeling
to Toledo 10 80 miles, and that Of tho
Cleveland. Lorain & Wheeling TO Glove
land is l75 miles. In addition, ii tho
Wheeling 4 Lake Erie secures tho VAL
ley road, 1t will have the shortest line
from the Ohio river to the laGcs. as fol-
lowe: Distance from Wheeling to VAL
ley Junction 81 miles; Valley junction
to Cleveland, IS miles; total Ill miles.
or "a miles shorter than the Cleveland.
Lorain & Wheeling, and less than half
as long as the new coal route to San.
dusky.
The annual meeting OF the Wheeling
&Laks Erie stockholders, by the way,
takes place at Toledo tomorrow, and
the results Of the meeting will be
watched with more interest than any
meeting OF the stockholders OF this road
for years past The question OF the pur-
chase OF the Valley road will be the
principal piece OF business, and the rail.
road world will await the action OF the
company with breath!ess interest. II
the directors OF the company are author
lzad to buy the Valley, the Wheeling &
Lake Erie will have the best route from
the Ohio river to Lake Erie. the dis.
lance from Steubenville to Cleveland
being only 40 miles. At this meeting
there may be developments regarding
the trunk line to the east, mention OF
which was made in these columns SOW
eral weeks ago.
Periodically tho rumor goes forth that
the Ohio River road will put on through
fast trains with sleepers. parlor and
buffet cars stopping only at importan,
points on the line, probably Sis,ersville,
Parkersburg, Ra~venswood, Point Pleas
ant, Huntington and kenova- Like
many rumors. however. they have al
ways been denied by the officials and
laughed at by well posted railway men.
Possibly the iollowin. dispatch. sent to
the Cleveland Leader from Wheeling.
10 ] n the same category:
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. l0.-The
Ohio River Railroad, running from
this city to Huntington, and making
close connections between the Pennsvl.
vania system here, and the Cheapoake
x Ohio at Huntington. and the Ohio
Central lines at Point Pleasant. will, on
April l, put on two fast through trains,
making only important stops. and car.
rying p%arlor, sleeper, and buffet cars.
The service is designed to afford quick
connections for points to the south, and
for central Ohio cities.