Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-02

OlGys
The Piusburg papers are authority for
the statement that the long-talked-of
Pittsburg. Monongahela and Wheeling
railroad which, like many another ven
ture has existed upon paper for years.
has at last been brought to that stage
where it takes on form and substance
and that the enterprise is now to be
rushed 10 completion with all the energy
that enterprise and money can COM
mand.
From time to time the daily papers
and the purely railroad journals nave
contained references to this projected
line. and its general merits and paruc-
Mar value as a coal road have been
thoroughly exploited. No decided steps
were as far as ordinary observers could
discern. being taken to push It until
within the last three months, since when
annie capital had been induced
to take hold of the matter.
On the 11th of last October
If was stated that a contract had
been signed for the construction OF a
portion of the line, but this was prob
ably erroneous or premature as the
Pittsburg papers state that matters were
only brought to a head at a meeting
of directors and stockholders held III
that CITY last Saturday. The P-ttsourg
Times of Tuesday published a compre.-
hensive article, detailing the OBJECTS OIL
the promoters of the new road, and THIS
story in its entirety will be found De-
low.
That this road Will be welcomed to
Wheeling goes without saying. NOT
even the nose cordial supporter ana
well-w.sher of the Wheeling and Con
nellsville line will voice a regret that
ii is coming. but, on the contrary, Will
be glad TO welcome any line when
brings with it the vast commercial in
terests which appear, at present, to be
clustering around the P!ttsburg, Mon
ongahela and Wheeling. A corporation
controlling. as is represented, 1900
acres Of untouched coal, as good as the
finest mined in Pennsylvania, and which
proposes to build forty-seven miles Of
new railroad to transport the product
of its mines to the Ohio river one hun
dred miles south of Pittsburg, is pretty
sure TO do a very considerable amount
of substantial good TO the community
at the discharging end of the line, and
when such a business venture IS backed
by such men as William c. Dacey and
General c. c. Dodge, of New York. Rob
ert c. Brodbent, of Philadelphia, and
George H. Anderson, Of Pittsburg, it is
pretty sure to consist Of something be-
sides wind
A natural and general question arts
ing in the Wheeling mind will be: What
will be the effect, # any, of this new
line upon the Wheeling and Connells-
vile project? With a view TO learning
an answer to this query, the Register
yesterday telegraphed Judge R. r. Coch-
ran, at Toledo, and received the follow
ing answer:
1T will not affect the Wheeling and
Connellsville, in my judgment. Mr..
Inch is now in the East"
THIS latter sentence is supposed to
mean that Mr.. Linch is IN New York in
the interests Of the local railroad organ
izatiOn.
Mr.. Frank J. Hearn. who has from
she first been an earnest advocate of the
Wheeling and Connellsv.lle. was asked
about the new enterprise, and in reply
said he had not heard of it. al least
in the present active form II has taken
on. He did not see that t would inter
tere with the Wheeling and Connells-
vile.
The Pittsburg article, printed below.
refers TO Wheeling connections with
the Terminal, and with a view to
learning whether or not there had been
any Overtures on the part of the Pitts
burg, MOnOngahela and Wheeling a
call was made upon Manager Taussig.
OF the Terminal. In reply to questions
he said no propositions had been made
to him, and so far as he knew. none had
been made to his Company. He said
he was more or less familiar with the
PittSburg. MOnongahela and Wheeling
Company. through seeing references to
IL in railroad and other papers. but he
knew nothing of the fact that con-
tract had been let for the early con-
sJructlOn of the eastern end Of the line
A telegram to George n. McCreerv.
general counsel of the new Company.
at Pittsburg. for additional informa-
ton, and confederation of what has
been printed regarding his Company
IA 70 r1 oh
night. It being a holiday il is likely
that Mr. McCreery was not in his Of
fee. and did not receive the Registers
en- ulry
A careful examination of a large map
of Western Pennsylvania shows that
the projected line Of the new road be-
tween MonOngahela City and Wheeling
to be not only perfectly feasible, but to
possess many natural advantages,
while such a road making a connection
with the Terminal would have magnifi-
cent connections here with all rail
roads now entering the city from both
sides of the river. and could very easily
reach the river front at BenwOOd. En-
Quiries as to whether any actual op
tons had been given at or near Ben
WOOu luI tudl ouippQiS pun foSSo ulu
not result in anything tangible; yet it
is possible that such restrictions
have been laid upon those knowing the
facts as to make the matter a close Sc
cret for the present.
Gentlemen TO whom the new project
was mentioned yesterday pointed out
that the consummation Of any such en-
terprise would be a new and powerful
aid in the contemplated construction Of
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