Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-18
COL. ALBERT E. BOONE.
The "Biack Diamond" Railway Protector,
Wen known in This city.


Wen Known in This city.
The GAINESVILLE Press Of the 18th inst.
contains an exhaustive bi0graphical
sketch of Col. Albert +. Boone. the we'll
known BLACK Diamond" railway pro-
jecl0r, who has spent q number of years
of hard work in an endeav0r TO secure
the construction of a through line Of
railroad, with many collateral branches
and feeders. from Chicago 10 Atlanta,
Ga, touching Wheeling, Pittsburg,
Columbus, Indianapolis, and other inn
portant points The article says, in
part
For the past fourteen years the figure
of Col Albert Z. Boone could be seen at
intervals upon the streets Of GAINESVILLE.
We all knew that Col. Boone was at
work upon new railway enterprises. but
% what extent and purposes he was try
Ing 90 carry ont but few people had the
least conception. We now for the first
time have been able 10 get hold Of the
inside working plans of the great rail-
way missionary. and we give them 60
our readers with the hope that the plans
herein outlined viii be thoroughly look
cd over in connection with map show
ing the United States east of the
Mississippi river. Stretch a line upon
the map from Chicago 60 the sea at
Savannah. Ga. and it will show that the
chain OF roads that goes TO make up the
line between indianapolis and Savan-
nah is not over fifteen miles out of an
air line
This speaks well for this route does
i- note Then GENES the line from Co
l~mhus intercopting the line between
indianapolis and Savannah at Big
Creek Gap U.afOllette p. o. in Camp
bell county. Tenn. some fOrty-tive miles
north of Knoxville Tenn, which is also
practically an air line; for Columbus,
Ohio is only two degrees, or say 40
miles due west of q north and south
line drawn from Columbus to Savannah.
This speaks we'll for the planning of
this outlet. does it not? Our readers
are aware the Piusburg and Wheeling
are the seats of the iron industry of the
north. Consumes a great tonnage of
raw material and i'm consequence turn
ont am immense traffic for railroads 10
transport Here we see the plans of
Col. Boone well laid and all taken 10
secure for his system of railways an
entrance to both of these cities and at
the same time through a section of
West Virginia and Pennsylvania badly
needing railroad facilities for their coal
and oil interests.
Then comes the outlet to Lake Erie,
Fair Port Harbor. I'm Lake county, Ohio,
)now the principal lake port Of the Bal
timCre and Ohio railway SYSTEM which
line passes through the great coal fields
of Southeastern Ohio. Neigs creek coal
fields and also opens up thousands of
square miles of the Pittsburg vein of
c0als-thus ensuriug for many genera
tons 90 come an the coal output the
Black Diamond system can handle to
the great lakes.
BY examining the plans submitted
here, the reader can see that the coal
field of Southeastern Ohio is to be en-
crCled by a belt road TO be called the
Black Diamond Belt" This belt Will
be constructed by two corporations,
viz. The Southeastern Ohio Black Dia-
m0nd Belt and Terminal Railway Com
rauv and the Lake Erie Ohio and
South Atlantic Railway Company. the
Ohio Valley Division of the latter
company forming some ninety miles Of
The BLACK Diamond Belt and at the
same time connects with the main line
from Columbus 10 the sea at Ports
mouth. Ohio.
Our readers should understand one
thing before making up their minds as
t0 the chances of success of attending
Colonel BOOue's plans for the building
of this great railway system 20 cover
fully two thousand miles of trackage
Col Boone takes the position that as
these roads are the peoples roads that
ir is them that their good intentions
that will be the cause of the building
COL Boone only acting as the mission
airy or cas- our friend and felOw-towns-
man. Mr. j. II. Coke. named Col. Boone
MS "the Railway Pathfinder which
has stuck close to- Col. Boone ever
since. a few of the things Col. Boone
saws must Doe done from now ON to get
.aui-aIists 10 put their money into new
railroads.
Surveys must De made and line
located for construction. together with
an details as to cost of construction and
depot sites.
;. Rights of way, either secured or
contracts made guaranteeing same
without any expense TO the railway
corporation
g. Traffic arrangements secured by con-
tract from those holding mineral lands,
which will give for so years TO come.
after the road is open for traffic,
the haul of at least Oue-haif of their
whole output. These traffic agreements
no. cover % strip of territory fully five
miles each side of the contemplated
road.
Colonel Boone says thar when the
above guarantees can De fulfilled TO the
letter he will De able TO float all the
hands needed 10 build every mile of
road herein outlined. Col Boone says
re has faith that it can be done and il
DE can afford t0 give his time and tall
ents t0 help aid The communities that
will enjoy the fruits Of his la5ors,
the people composing those counties TO
r- benefited should see the importance
of doing their fun share, besides fur
uishfng their proportion of the work
and means needed tO bring about what
+bev all desire 90 have carried out.
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