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

The good times in West Virginia are
having result that could be expected
"a boom in railroad construction. Acc
cording to the seml-annual construc-
ton supplement of the Railroad Ca
zette. there are thirty-seven railroad
projects under way in West Virginia,
and these are enumerated below in this
mornings Intelligencer. Two Of these
projects include roads from southwest
erp Pennsylvania into Wheeling. One
Of the most important is the West Viz
ginia Short Line, from Clarlsburg to
New Martinsvllle, and which Dame
Rumor has 1t will be built horthward
into Ohio to a connection with one OF
the lake roads thus giving another coal
carrying line from interior West Vlr-
ginih to the lakes.
ArbuclSle & Wolf creek-In Fayette
county, Va, from the headWaters Of
white Oak and Arbuckle creeks,
through the Wolf Creek Valley to the
Great Kanawha river. incorporated
January, 1899. j. NJ. Richards, Oak
Hill, W. Va. an incorporation.
Cairo & Kanawha Valley
from Cairo. w. Va. on the Baltimore &
Ohio, north about fifteen miles to the
Ohio River railroad, either at st. Mary's
or waverly.
Central Railroad of West Virginia
Reedsvllle, w. Va, on the new Morgan
town & Klngwood southwest through
the counties Of Preston, Taylor. Bar
bour, Upshur and Braxton to the Elk
river, and thence to Charleston. Cap
tain C. NJ. Whltescarver, of Grafton,
w. Va, and II. L. Devrles, of Wheeling,
also connected with the Morgantown &
Klngwood, are interested.
Central West virginia-Bartlett Sta
tIon, in Harrison county, w. Va. to the
head of Jacks run. Incorporated In
April. 1899. Carl H. Hunter, clarks-
burg, w. Va, an incorporation.
Charleston, Clendennin & Sutton
Extension from Clay Court House, w.
Va, northeast fifty miles to Sutton.
May be built soon.
Cheat ValIey-Projected from Point
Marion. Pa, southeast seventy-three
miles up Cheat river TO Carson's. w.
Va. Completed from Rowlesburg, W.
Va, to whetsel. eight miles. Work re-
sumed this spring. ]. ]. stoer, 5l4 Ger
ard Building, Philadelphia. president.
Chesapeake & ohio-Extension from
Prince, w. Va, southwest, thirteen
miles, across New river to Beckley,
county seat of Raleigh. c. D. Lang
horne. Greenwood, Va, contractor. Now
building.
Chesapeake & ohio-Greenbrier
branch from whItcomb, on the main
line, to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va,
To run up Greenblrer river about ninety
hve miles through Warrington (fifty-
I'VE miles, to the forks. Location made
ON ffty-six miles and contracts let, as
follows: shanahan, serpell * Co., and
Lane Bros. Louisville. KY; Douglass &
Co, Baltimore, Md; Wright & Co.,
Richmond.
Chesapeake & ohlo-Extension from
Gordonsville. Va, northwest about thlr-
ty miles to Elkton. on the Norfolk &
Western. Negotiations reported under
way.
Clear Fork & Pocahontas Coal-From
the Norfolk & Western at Gordon Sta
ton, w. Va, at the mouth of Clear
Fork creek, to run to cooper's Creek
with branch up Jacobs Fork and
down Dry Fork to the Virginia line and
in another branch down Dry Fork to
Peeryville, In Mcdowell! county. In
corporated April Il. 1893. Charles f.
Richie, of Akron, o., an incorporation.
Coal River & southwestern-st. AL
bans, W. Va, to connect with the Nor
folk & Western in Mercer county, about
fifty miles. Incorporated in October,
1898. james Booth, Huntington, viva,
an incorporation.
eepwater-Robson, W. Va, on the
Kanawha & Michigan, west twenty-five
miles up Lower Loop Creek TO Glen
Jean. Four miles completed. The eau
ley Mountain Coal Co., of Ansted W.
Va, builders.
Guyandotte vaIley-HuntIngton, w,
Va, southeast about seventy-ive miles
up the Guyandotte river to Plneville,
wyoming county. Incorporated March
/, 1893. ]. L. Caldwell, OF Huntington
w. Va, Interested.
Huntington connecing-Formed In
Huntington, W. Va. in February, 1899.
to build a freight line around the sub
urbs, connecting the various railroads
entering the city. and the principal fac
tories. John w. Ensign, OF Huntington,
director.
Little Ranawha-ElIzabeth, w. Va.'
east elghty-Gve miles to huntsville.
Completed to Palestine, four miles.
Grading in progress.
Mcdonald & MISUNDERSTANDING, w.
Va. south about fifty miles through
BeckIey. on the Glade Creek & Raleigh,
to BIucneld, connecting with the Nor
folk & Western. Incorporated In June,
1899. symlngton Mcdonald, Of Nc
Donald, and Enoch NJ. Smith, of Char
lesion, w. Va. incorporators.
Morgantown & ACKNOWLEDGMENT
town, W. Va, through pellslow. Nea-
sentown and Reedsvllle to KingwOod,
twenty-seven miles. Surveys completed
and the company expects to begin
building In the spring. Work will be
done BY local contractors. Incorpo-
rated January. 1899. Aid voted by Nor