The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-21
AlN|.5...I|IM'I.P!ORTANT
RAILWAY DEAL
NOW PENDING in. /;
Is the Acquisition Of the Troll Pro-
ject In Belmont and Harrison *
Counties by =
THE WHEELING & LAKE ERIE.
This Would Give the Uniontown,
# Waynesburg 6 West Virginia
Its Desired Outlet.

ts The Intelllgencer learns from St.
q Ciairsvilles gentleman who is. keeping
+ posted on local railroad developments,
that the project Of building railroad
z from Bellaire northward through Bel
mont and Harrison counties, passing
through st.s:lairsville and cndiz, and
having Its northern terminus at VAL
3 ley Junction. is slikely to be taken over
by the Wheeling 6: Lake Erie Railroad
Company In the very near future. The
project was put forth by the Trolls, Of
4 st. 5Clairsville, and other coal operators
who have been at the mercy OF one
raiIroad-thet Baltimore & oh!o-for
: years, and claim that they have been
! untustly treated in the matter OF rates
& They went over east some time ago and
+ received excellent encouragement, in
fact. 1t was stated that the enterprise
{ was in a fair way to be financed in
i short order.
Good Move for w. & L. e..
" s r-ah. -
IS The information that the Wheeling &
! Lake Erie Will interest itself in the
Z construction Of this railroad comes as
surprising bit of information, but the
sIntelligencer's informant believes It to
/ be correct, and predicts that coming
Developments in the near future Will
bear him out. 1t is good move for
Z the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie from sew
z eral points OF view as matters now
: stand. and taking into consideration the
Z railroad map of the future 1t is bet
ter move. As matters are now, It Will
: give the Wheeling s. Lake. Erie It's own
: entrance into Bellaire, which 1t has long
sought, but has been prevented from
I securing through inability to build
through or. around Bridgeport along
I the, river front. In addition, It would
open up for the Wheeling & Lake Erie
: lake coal business from region that is
rich fiji undeveioped coal:
Uniontown Road Interested.
Looking into the future, this road
]. would mean a juncture OF the Wheeling
& Lake Erie and the Unlontown,
Waynesburg & West Virginia at, Bel
lalre. 1t would give the latter road the
western and lake outlet that 1t must
have here before the plans of the
Juttes can be carried out. Such stu
iEation would revive the recent talk OF
the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the
4 Untontown, Waynesburg & West vir-
.glnia coming into an alliance with the
Wabash system. But even without
the. Wabash. the Wheeling & Lake Erie
and the coke road would in themselves
be able to lay down coke at the lake
ports. II the Wheeling & Lake Erie
takes over the Troll road. 1t may be
taken to mean that there Is an ar
rangement for the building OF the I'm
.iontown road to Wheeling and Bellaire.
The two roads would be the short line
coke carriers from the coke fields to the
lakes, and would be in position to
command tremendous traffic.
To Begin Grading.
In railroad circles the opinion is
general that the Pittsburgh, connells-
4 Vile G Wheeling road. which 1, now
appears pretty well assured Is to be
built, will not give Wheeling users of
coke the desired relief from "A high
freight rate--in other words. 1t Is UNI
derstood that this road Is a Pennsyl-
vania project. It Is said the work OF
construction on the West Virginia end
OF the line will begin within few
weeks, and the grading will start In
: the vicinity. Of Elm Grove.
Wheeling people have heard nothing
recently from Mr.. lutte. the principal
promoter of the Uniontown. Waynes-
burg & West Virginia line, but he Is
quoted as having assured a Waynes-
burg man few days ago that the
/. road would undoubtedly be built. Mr..
lutte is In the condition so aptly de-
scribed by the word, sore" over the
!, defeat OF his ordinance In Ohio county.
but the opinion Is general that he can
not afford TO hold up his project on ac-
4 count of failure to secure paltry
100000 at the hands OF the people OF
I Ohio county, when he ought TO be able
( TO get private subscriptions without
I any trouble on the great showing he
makes as 10 the earning capacities OF
the road. 1t Is said the Uniontown
4 people are encounterlng trouble In ac-
( qu!ring right-of-way along the location
they had made, owing. 1t Is said, to the
opposition Of the Pennsylvania and
) Baltimore & Ohio interests, both OF
which. Of course. are desperately an
(. xIous to'head off the building of line
. that wifi deprive them OF practically nil
the coke shipments into. the Wheeling
district.
To-night's Concert.