The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-20
MANY RAILROADS
To be Pushed Through to Compile.
ton in this State In '9G.
THE yIRGINIAS' RAILROAD LINE
Is Ono or the Important Projects--con-
tract for TrnULInyIns to bo Given Ont
This weeIs-Progress on tho MNocorlsio
Lime In tho Interior OF the state-whsel-
ing,s New Coal Road-A New West yir-
ginla Town-othsr Projects.

invariably an index OF prosperity This
being true, It can be said without ex-
aggcration that West Virginia seems
about to enter period OF renewed pro-
gress, as matters In railroad circles are
more active than ut any time during the
past two years. The indications are
that there will be n great deal OF rail-
road construction in this state the COM
ing season. In addition to railroad pro-
jects, proper, there ID much activity all
over the state In street railway lines.
In this end OF the state perhaps the
most important undertaking will be the
construction OF the Pittsburgh, Monon-
galleta & Wheeling road, from M0HoH-
gnhela City, on the river, TO Wheeling,
some seventy miles. A considerable
portion OF this, II IS said on pretty good
authority, will be pushed through In the
summer and fall OF '96. Work will be-
gin ut the other end, the first contract
calling for the twenty miles between
Monongahela City and Ten Mile village.
This is the more inexpensive part OF the
line: the balance, down the Middle
Wheeling creek valley to a Junction
with the Wheeling Terminal system. II
IS not expected will be completed THIS
year. In fact, the right OF way along
GuG SAGotA AAthS ASS ~ SSSh+ SSSSHH@f
One OF the most important projects,
and one that II is assured VIII material
ize, Is the YirginiRs railroad, to be built
up the GuyRndotte valley, starting at
Huntington. and passing through Ca
bell, Lincoln. Logan, Wyoming and
Mercer counties 10 the Virginia state
line or beyond. The contract for the
first thirty miles OF this road. from
Huntington 10 the Lincoln county line,
will be let next Saturday ut New York.
A meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Vtrgintas Railway Company will be
held in New York tomorrow, at which
the most important matter to be deter
mined VIII be the location OF the line AZ
ter leaving the valley OF the Guyan-
dotte. The hnnl survey for the tirBt
thirty miles has already been COM
pleted and accepted and the engineer
ing corps Is now at work beyond the
LINCOLN county line.
During the winter not much has been
done in the way OF construction on the
Charleston, Cienfennfn & Sutton road,
although work ut no time has been en-
tirely suspended. Governor MacCorlSle,
who Is the president of this company,
having made satisfactory financial ar
rangements with Philadelphia capital
lists, L Is now assured that the road Will
be extended from Clay Court House. Its
present northern terminus, TO Sutton, in
Braxton county, d distance OF nifty
miles. At Sutton this road Will connect
with the West Vlrvinia & Pittsburgh,
and thence by the MononSahela River
and baltimore & Ohio roads, through to
Pittsburgh. This will shorten the dis
lance from Charleston and interior
West Virginia points 20 Pittsburgh At
least sixty miles. Governor MacCorkle
has Intimated also. that the Charleston,
ClendInnin & Sutton line may be ex-
tended from Charleston across the ka-
nawha 10 q connection with the Nor
folk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio and
Baltimore & Ohio The road reaches a
portion OF interior West Virginia that
has not been blessed with the ndvan-
tAges Of fast transportation heretofore.
Boone county has had n small taste OF
the steel rail and seems to take TO II"
The West Virginia Southern now runs
from Brownsville. on the Chesapeake &
Ohio to the head Of Loop creek, thirteen
miles. on the first OF the coming month
Boone county is to vote on q PROPOSE
ton for $4,000 bonds TO extend the road
through the county. The country that
will be traversed by this road Is rich In
minerals and timber,
From the following. taken from the
Railroad Gazette. It would appear that
the two street railway lines, the Wheel
Ing Railway Company and the Bellaire.
Bridgeport and Martins Ferry street
RAILWAY Company, are to use Jointly
the traffic bridge to be built across the
Ohio between Benwood and Bellaire:
The work OF Surveying the hnal loca-
lions for the new RellaIre and Benwood
Bridge CompAny's bridge over the Ohio,
which Is TO connect Bellhlre and Ben
wood, was commenced last week by A,
j, Norton and corps OF engineers. The
bridge will leave the West Virginia
shore at Sixth street. in Benwood, and
land directly opposite private property
on the Ohio side. 1t will be highway
bridge, with trucks for the Wheeling
and Bellaire, bridgeport and Martins
Ferry electric railroad companies. maxi
ing for the two roads n continuous cir
cult Of twelve miles, passing through
seven towns.
A new West Virginia town will proba-
bly, be one OF the results OF the building
OF the bridge over the Ohio at East
Liverpool, up the river. The bridge is
TO connect East Liverpool with the
lands OF the Chester Land Company, IN
Hancock county. lying along the river
front. This Is being laid out In town
lots, and water works and electric
lighting plant are TO be put up at once,
followed by an electric street railway TO
East Liverpool via the bridge. The
land company's plan also contemplates
the erection of Il large pottery that VIII
employ n large number OF workmen.
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PEOPLE who live in the country
should keep Salvation OIL. the infallible
antidote for the poisonous sttngs OF