Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-02
THIRTY SEVEN ROADS.
Great Amount of Construction
now Going Forward.

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Many of These Roads are In This and
Nearby COnnties-What They are,
| Where They are Going and Who are
! Interested In Them-An interesting
Exhibit of the Boom Ahead.
! The last issue of the Railway Ga
zette tells of thirty seven railroads
that are projected for construction in
West Virginia this year and gives
num Der OF interesting facts in relation
TO each one OF them. The resume is
a most interesting one and shows
that this state is going TO take
wonderful boom as result OF the con-
struction OF these arteries OF commerce
and the consequent development of
the state.
The roads that are to be construct
ed ia this and adjoining countries are
given below Besides the ones men,
toned here the Pittsburg, Virginia
and Charleston extension TO this place
from Brownsville should be mention
ed. 1t Is TO be fifty miles long and
will ultimately reach Charleston and
the Southern end OF the state going
on through to the seaboard. The
roads mentioned are;
Central Railroad of West Virginia
Reedsville, w. Va, on the new
Morgantown & Kingwood southwest
through the counties OF Preston, Tay-
Tor, Barbour, Upshur and Braxton to
the Elk river aud thence TO Charles
ton Captain e. NJ. Whitescaryer. of
Grafton, w. Va, and II. l.. Devries,
OF Wheeling, also connected with the
Morgantown s. Kingwood are inter-
ested.
Central West Virginia. Bartlett
Station Ia Harrison county, w. Va.
to the head OF Jacks run. Ineorpo-
Clarksburg, w. Va, an incorporation
Cheat Valley-Projected from Point
Marion, Pa, southeast seyenty-three
miles up Cheat river to Carson's w.
Va. Completed from Rowelsbnrg,
w Va, to Whetsell eight miles.
Work resumed this spring. J. j.
Stoer, SD Gerard Building, philadel-
phia, president
Morgantown Il Kingwood Nor
gantown, w Va. through Dellslow,
Masontown and Reedsyile to King
wood, twenty-seyen miles. Surveys
completed aud the company expects
to begin building in the spring. Work
will be done by local contractors. In
lcorporated January 1899 Aid voted
by Morgantown people George c..
Sturgiss of Morgantown Is president
Hutton, Md, southwest
eight miles via Crellin to Aurora, w.
Va. Nearly completed. Rollin r.
Crellin, White Haven, Pa. interested.
Riverside & Fairview Riverside.
w. Va, up Paw Paw Greek to Fair
View, about fifteen miles Incorpo-
rated January 80, 1892 j. NJ. Guffey
Pittsburg. Pa, an incorporation.
West Fork e Southern From point
on the Monnngahela river line of the
Baltimore & Ohio, near BARTLETT Sta
tion to run up Jack river to BARTLETT
Sulphur Springs ia the same county.
incorporated April 10, 1899. j. T.
Jones, Clarksbnrg, W. Va, and ]. M.
Wilcox, Parkersburg incorporators.
Principal Office Clarksburg.
West Virginia Cecil, w. Va,
northeast twenty miles through Sim
clair to the coal fields of the Preston
Coal & Coke Co., which is backing the
enterprise. May be extended later
northeast six miles to Rowlesburg.
incorporated January 1899. Survey
ed. John Sliney, Cory, Pa, general
manager Of the Preston Company.
West Virginia Short Line-Clarks-
burg, w. Va, northwest sixty miles
to New Martinsyille, on the Ohio riv-
er railroad, which is back of the pro-
ject. Gooch, Rinehart & Dennis. Of
Richmond Va. contractors. Being
built by the Mountain State Construc-
ton Company, Of West Virginia,
George A. Burt, Parkersburg, w. Va.
president: J. " Davies, 32 Nassau
street New York, chief engineer.
Moore Jackson, Clarksburg. w. va.
interested.