Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-03-23
P. Y. &C.R.R R. EXTENSION
The Route will be Completed
From West Brownsville to
West Virginia


Work to be Commenced In Short time
The Line will Cross the Mononga-
hela Mt Millsboro and Penetrate vast
Undeveloped Coal Territory in Wash
ington. Greene and Fayette Counties
Id MiIlsboro will Become a Center Of
Great Business Activity Many OPP
tons on Coal Lands Being taken In
East Bethlehem Township--Con
vile and Wheeling Road up Wheel
ing and Down Ten Mile Creeks likely
to be Built this summer.
Washington Observer.
George Dorsey, of East Pike Run
township, was ia town Friday, and
in conversation with an Observer
representative stated that the extern
sion of the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston railroad from West
Brownsville up the Monongahela
valley to West Virginia was an as
sured fact Mr.. Dorsey has been
engaged in taking rights of way for
the company, and be believes. that
the work will be begun during the
spring months and pushed to
speedy completion.
The engineers have made surveys
on both the eastern and western
banks of the river and their reports
are now before the officers of the
company for action. IL is probable
that the route adopted will be as
follows. From West Brownsville
south on the west bank Of the Mo-
nongahela river for distance of ten
miles to Millsboro at the mouth of
Ten Mile creek. where bridge
across the river will carry the road
to the Fayette county side. The
road will likely keep to the eastern
bank as far south as the Dunkard
creek, where it will cross to the
Greene county side and keep on the
western bank for the balance of the
way into West Virginia.
The road will certainly be built to
Morgantown during the present sea-
son and may possibly be pushed TO
Fairmont and Clarksburg The dis
lance from West Brownsville TO
Morgantown is 50 miles Extensive
improvements are also TO be made
on the So miles which are already in
operation between West Brownsville
and Pittsburg, More than half Of
this has already been double
tracked and the remainder will be
put in the same condition at an early
date.
One reason for crossing the river
at Millsboro is to secure the heavy
coal traffic, which is sure to result
from the opening Of several extern
sive mines on the Fayette county
side, where many thousand acres Of
coal have recently been sold to Chi
cago and Cleveland capitalists at
5000 per acre. These new mines will
have facilities for shipping both by
rail and river. Two new mines have
also been recently opened on the
Washington county side between
West Brownsville and Frederick
town. Nearly all the coal in East
Bethlehem township has been sold
and these mines will be operated
actively and this coal taken OUT rap
idly as soon as the extension is com
pleted. 1t is probable that Mills
boro will become an important and
fourishing town The road project
ed from Wheeling to the Connellsville
coke region, which was surveyed up
the Wheeling creek and down the
Ten Mile creek, will If completed
also cross the Monongahela at Mills
boro
1t is not unlikely that the Wander
bilt system which operates the Pitts
burg, McKeesport and Yonghioghe-
ny road up the eastern bank of the
Monongahela to Fayette city will
push that line on to the south in or
der to get their share Of the coal
from the upper Monongahela valley
II this be done it will be necessary
for the F., Nick. and Y to cross the
river at Millsboro from the eastern
to the western bank. Some railroad
men are predicting that within 5
years there will be two lines Of rail-
road running north and south past
Millsboro.