The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-01

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Although the year 1899 added but lit
tie more than forty miles 10 the railroad
mileage OF the state OF West Virginia.
the present year bids fair to beat all
records Of the past, with possibly the
exception of 1890 and 1891, when the
great Norfolk & Western system was
extended through the lower end Of the
state to the Ohio river at Kenova- The
record for 1888 In railroad construction
was as follows:
West Virginia.
Central Of Wsst Virginia Morgan
town 10 end OF track ,..:......:.,;;..:'
Cheat Valley-End Of track 70 Whet-
cbesa1eaEe 4 o-Greenbrier ex-
tension from Whitcomo UP Green
Glade Creek d Raleigh-Beaver to
Holly River 4 XddIson-PoInt IS miles
beyond Holly 10 Hechmer ..,.'ss...... liz
Jaeger 4 southern-Jaeger 10 Crane
MoFGantoyn 10 Kingwood-MorBan-
town 10 Deep Hollow ....;;:...;;;;.....;.
Pennsylvania Company : kenHWorth
to Chester ......,.....'s'.....''s'ss'
Pregton-Hutton TO Aurora '''''''''''
Total .................. .................. al
the Railroad Gazette has complied
the following information, detailing the
many railroad enterprises now being
pushed from one end of West Virginia
to the other. Paragraphs prehxed with
the asterisk % show roads that are now
IN process Of construction, or for which
contracts have been let:
BALTIMORE & oHIo-The Federal
Steel Company has let a contract TO
build a railroad from Smlthneid, Pa,
southwest about twenty-five miles 70
Morgantown, W. Va, both points on tne
Baltimore e. Ohio, to tap q large coal
tract owned by the Federal Steel Com
pany.
PACKERS Run branch in Barbour
county, W. Va, from a point on the
main line two miles from Phillppi, to
run down the valley Of Run to new coal
feldH Wade Barns & Company, Bal
ttmorc. No, contractors.
Extension o. the Monongahela RiVer
line from Enterprise, w. Va, north
west about fifteen miles up BingRmon
Creek via. Wyatt to Smithfield, to con-
nect with the new West Virginia short
line now building. Maps filed in county
clerks Office at Clarksburg, w. Va.
'Sharp curves at Lineberg, w. Va,
on the second division. are being re-
placed by tangent, eliminating about "A
degrees Of curvature.
Cut-oh in Marshall county, W. Va,
to the Ohio River, and thence to
Barnesville. about forty miles, to avoid
heavy grades between LittletOn and
MoundsVille. One or two short tunnels
and q number OF bridges acros3 Fish
creek. The preliminary work not yet
completed, and nothing definite deter
mined as to building.
BELINGToN & BEAVER CREEK
New line from Bellngton, W. Va, to
Beaver Greek. Incorporated November
g. 1888. Contract 10 be let soon. The
Roaring Greek & Charleston interested.
A. G. Dayton, OF Phllippi, w. Va, Is
BELINGToN & NoRTHERN,-New
line in West Virginia, January 3, from
Charleston, to run northeast about l25
miles to Morgantown, on the Baltimore
& Ohio Incorporated January 3, 1900.
N. T. Arnold, Ridgway, Pa, and Floyd
Teter, Belington, w. Va, Incorporators.
BIG SANDY & CUMBERLAND
New line in Virginia from a point on
the state line between Virginia and
Kentucky, to run through the counties
OF Dickinson or Buchanan, and thence
through Tazewell county to the Clinch
river, or to q connection with the Nor
folk & Western. Bill passed january,
1900, by Virginia legislature. c. w.
Adams and Isaac T. Mann, incorpora-
tors.
BUCKHANNoN RIVER.-New line
from Newlonton. W. Va, on the West
Virginia & Pittsburgh. to run southeast
Into Randolph county to the head Of
Helvetia Fork to the Buckhannon river.
Incorporated September, 1899. D. P. Nor
rlson, Indian Camp. and Henry Lewis,
Jr.. Of Newlonton, incorporators.
CAIRO & KANAWHA VALLEY
Extension from Cairo, w. Va. on the
Baltimore & Ohio, northwest about
twenty miles, to WilliamstOwn, opposite
Marietta. Surveyed.
'CENTRAL OF WEST VIRGINIA.
New line from Morgantown. w. Va, via
Reedsville, Gladesville, Independence
and MeadowvilIe. to Belington. Graded
for ten miles and four miles Of track
laid George C. sturglss. OF Morgan
town. Is president.
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA-New
line from Bartlett Station. in Harrison
county, W. Va, to the head OF jocks
Run, Incorporated In April, 1899. Carl
II. Hunter, Clarksburg, W. Va, an In
'cHARLEsToN. cLENDENNIN &