Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-28

The Suburban Railway Company.
composed, as is we'll known, of Mr..
Anton Reymann and number of his
intimate business associates, yesterday
made an application the Board OF Com
missioners for a right of way which, If
granted. as it almost certainly will be,
will mean a great deal for the people
living along the line of the National
road and in the interior of Ohio county
generally.
When the present line Of the Subur-
ban Railway Company was originally
projected, from the east side of the b.
& o. track at Elm Grove to the east end
of the town of Triadelphia. a distance
of two miles. the feasibility OF ex-
tending the line to West Alexander, at
the Pennsylvania State line. was point
ed out, and some Of the advantages OF
such railway to the people along the
route were related in the Register
at some length. At that time, how
ever. the Suburban Sompany appeared
to have no intention of building the line
any further east than Triadelphla
town, and this was all that was asked
for in the ordinance presented to the
Beard of Commissioners and passed by
that body a month ago. Since that
time, however. the gentlemen interested
in the new project appear to have dis
cussed the extension Of the road clear
through the county and to have become
convinced of it's value and general de-
STABILITY. and as result an ordinance
was presented at yesterdays special
session of the Board, asking for the
right of way for an electric road along
the side of the National pike, from the
present terminus of the line at the east
end of Triadelphia town to the county
line at West Alexander. a distance OF
about eight or nine miles. The matter
was discussed informally for a time,
and then. on motion of Mr. Fritz, 1t
was laid aside until the regular meet
ing next Monday. and the Board passed
a resolution to go over the route Fri
day of the present week. with Engineer
Gilmore Browne and others interested
the proposed location of the track in
detail.
In case the ordinance is passed, as ap-
pears pretty certain, it is likely that the
work of constructing the road will be
commenced at once, and pushed with
the same energy characterizing the
work now going on between Elm Grove
and Triadelphia town, and that the line
would be in running order by autumn
of the present year.
Ii is hardly necessary to dwell upon
the advantages this road would hold
out to the people all along the pike, and
for a long distance on either side of it,
nor of the increased value it would give
to real estate in the section of country
traversed The benefits are apparent
to even the casual reader The road
would also be an immense addition to
the suburban systems leading out of
Wheeling in various directions. With
the completion of the Benwood and
Moundsville road to Moundsville, the
construction of the proposed line from
Triadelphia to West Alexander, and
the existing electric roads on the Ohio
system of rapid and cheap transporta-
ton not exceeded anywhere in the coun-
try. and the net result would ultimately
be very beneficial to the entire COM
munity.
But there are other things within
view. Given a road in successful
operation from Elm Grove to West AL
eXander, its extension to Claysville
and Washington, Pa. would be but a
question Of a few years. and then the
ultimate extension of the line, or its
connection with another Company.
running through to a connection with
the Pittsburg suburban system would
come in the fulluess of time. The Su-
burban Ccmpany's original proposition
to build a road from Elm Grove to
Triadelphia was but the germ out Of
which much may come in the next few
years. The extension proposed now,
from Triadelphia to West Alexander, il
Illustrates the thought in a practical
way. There may be nc thought at pres
ent of any further extension. but there
will eventually be an electric road, on
through to Washington and Pittsburg,
built by somebody with faith in the
future. and Mr.. Reymann and his as
sociates are now prepared 10 do their
share of big thing. Ohio county can
do some of it, however, by granting the
right of way asked for.