The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-10-19
THE P.T.&C. EXTENSION
Contemplated through to Lynch
burg, Va. by the Penna..
Company.

Ii Would Be Great Trunk Line. A
Contract Let E0r Building Part Of this
Pittsburg, Monongahela & Wheeling
Road.
West Virginia is to have another
new railroad extending through Ifs
coal fields, from Brownsville, Pa, tc
Lynchburg, Va. The report come:
from Philadelphia according to the
Pittsburg Post that the Pennsvlva
MIA is contemplating an extension Of
the Pittsburg, Virginia d Charles
ton Disvision To build such an ex
tension it is said that the company
will expend 100000 Two hun
dred and thirty miles of new road
would have to be constructed, and
part of it would necessarily lie in a
territory where there are two sepa
rate roads competing for the bust
ness at present. The officials in this
end of the State say they know moth
ing about such an extension, but
they would not likely know much
about it as most of the important
plans Of the company are arranged
and discussed at the general offices
at Philadelphia. There may posi-
bly, be more than rumor in the report
because a direct southern line out OF
Pittsburg is badly needed, and as
such line would pass through a
thickly settled country for the great
er part of the way, and penetrate a
rich mineral region, there is no rea-
son for entertaining the belief that
1t would not eventually prove a pro-
fiGable venture. The Pittsburg, Vir-
GINA d Charleston road as at pres
ent operated is only SO miles in
length, but it is one of the best pay
ing lines owned by the Pennsylva-
MIA. The grades are very favorable
for heavy traffic. At the west end
of the Panhandle bridge in Pitts
burg, where the line properly begins,
the elevation is at $50 feet above
tide, and at Twelfth street, which is
the highest point on the entire road,
it stands 1876 feet on the summit.
From that point all the way to
Brownsville there is an almost uni
formly level grade, the greatest var
iations not exceeding 20 feet. 1t is
said that equally good grades could
be obtained by extending the road
along the Monongahela river to
Kingwood, W. Va. From that point
south the grade would be heavy, and
in order to reach ,Lynchbnrg the
Allegheny and Blue ridge noun
tains would have to be crossed. At
Lynehburg connection could be
made with the Norfolk & Western
and the Richmond q Danville sys-
tens, and direct through line to
Pittsburg, and by means of the
Cleveland IL Pittsburg railroad a
through line from the Atlantic coast
to the great lakes would be estab-
lished. Such route would be one
of the greatest parts Of the Pennsyl.
vania system, as it would have a
heavy freight and passenger bust
ness all the time. 1t would be OF
immense advantage to Pittsburg, as
it would place this city on the route
of the greatest trunk line leading
from the North to the South.
The contract for building the riv-
er bridge and the construction of road
bed of the Pittsburg, MonongaheIa
d Wheeling railroad up Pigeon
creek has been awarded to Contract
or Granni of Pittsburg The con
tractor has already gone to work
sr4a is getting out stone in his Beav-
er quarries for the bridge piers and
abutments, the purpose being to get
out of the way of the lie before it
comes. The contract calls for the
completion of the bridge and 25
miles of road bed by June 10th,
1896. The survey for the road thus
far made is from Monongahea to
Ten Mile creek, near Zollarville, the
distance being just 25 miles. 1t will
be seen from the above that work
on the present contract will bring
the road up to the Greene county
line. Beyond the point mentioned
no survey has been made. The
Waynesburg Republican saws. "May
there not still be possibility that
the road will be continued by way
of Waynesburg to Wheeling? At
least there is a probability of a
branch road going south through
Waynesburg."