The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-31

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Pittsburgh, MoDongahela & Wheeling
-Monongahela City. Pa. southwest via
Bentleyville. about hfty miles to Wheel
ing, w. Va. Final surveys completed
In February. 1881 ]. N. Guhey, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and General A. n. Dodge.
New York, interested.
Preston-Hutton. Nd, southwest
eight miles via crellin to Aurora, W.
Va. Nearly completed. Rollln P. Crel-
lin. White Haven, Pa. interested.
Riverside & Falrview-Riverslde W.
Va, up Paw Paw Creek to Fair View.
about fifteen miles. Incorporated jan
uary 30. 1893. j. NJ. Guney, Pittsburgh,
Pa, an incorporation
Roaring Creek & charleston-Exten-
sion of eight miles to be built this year.
sistersyille, Pennsboro & Burnsville-
sistersvflle, W. Va. south via Penns-
boro to Burnsville, on the West Virginia
& Pittsburgh. Incorporated December
q, 1898. Final surveys made from Sis
terSville to Central Station, thirty-hve
miles, and nearly completed to Troy,
thirty miles more. Contract to be Let
soon. L. P. Wilson is president and R.
c. venable chief engineer, both Of
Pennsboro, W. Va.
South Potomac-Romney, W. Va,
southwest about sixty miles to Frank
lin in Pendleton county. Incorporated
June %, 1899. B. j. Baker, Petersburg;
w. H. Boggs, Franklin. and ]. W.
Gllkeson. MOoreheld, W. Va, incorpo-
rators.
Sugar creek-McDonald W. Va, up
Sugar Creek. down Parks Branch. then
up Pink Greek to Raleigh Court House,
fifteen miles. Partially surveyed. ].
w. Davis, Coffman, W. Va, president.
No right Of way secured.
Tug river & Elk Fork-Welch, W. Va,
southeast about twenty miles through
mcdowell county to a point near the
north and south fork of Tug river. and
thence across the line to Pocahontas,
Va. Incorporated April 20, 1899. C. L.
Ritter. OF WEIGH, and E. NJ. Watts,
Huntington. incorporators.
Virginia, Fredericksburg & Western
AIlllenbeck. Va, along the northern
neck of Virginia, to Davis, w. Va. The
Union Construction Co. u. W. Coffin. Is
Wall street, New York;. has the con-
tract. Grading suspended.
West Fork & southern-From point
on the Monongahela river line of the
Baltimore& Ohio. near Bartlett Station,
to run up Jack river to Bartlett Sulphur
Springs in the same county. Incorpo-
rated April 10. 1899. j. T. Jones, clarFs-
burg, w. Va, and j. M. Wilcox, Par
kersburg, incorporators. Principal
office, clarksburg.
West Yirginia-Cecil, w. Va, north
east twenty miles through Sinclair TO
the coal fields OF the Preston Coal &
Coke Co., which is backing the enter
prise. May be extended later northeast
six miles to Rowlesburg. Incorporated
January, 1899. Surveyed. John sllney,
Cory, Pa, general manager of the
Preston Company.
West Virginia & Kentucky-Devoa,
W. Va, south to Paw Paw, Ky. In
corporated January. 1899. Surveys
made. Work to be begun soon. F. C.
Fischer. coalgrove. o., an incorporation.
West Virginia & Pittsburgh-Exter-
sion from Conference.-The Gauley w.
Va, south nine and one-half miles to a
point near the mouth Of the Cherry
river. Grading begun March l. ].
Fucey, Weston. w. Va, contractor.
West Virginia & Pocohontas-From
WEIGH, W. Va, south up the south fork
Of Tug river, to a point at or near Its
head on the state line. incorporated
April, 1899. Isaac F. Mann, of Bran
we'll, an incorporation
West Virginia & southern-Extension
from the Boone county line south over
the mountains to Racine. the county
seat Of Ozone county. Sherman dis
trict has voted $4,000 bonus.
West Virginia Roads-Belington W.
Va, on the West Virginia Central &
Pittsburgh. northwest thirty-ive miles
to clarksburg, to connect with the new
West Virginia Short Line, now build
ing. Senator Stephen B. Elklns said to
be interested.
West Virginia Short Line-Clarks-
burg, W. Va, northwest sixty miles to
New Martinsville, on the Ohio River
railroad. which is back of the project.
Gooch, Rlnehart & Dennis. of Rich
mond. Va, contractors. Being built by
the Mountain State Construction Com
pany, of West Virginia. George A.
Burt, Parkersburg, w. Va, president;
]. V. Davies, 80 Nassau street. New
York, chief engineer Moore Jackson,
Morgantown, ". Va. Interested.