The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-30
MANY THE.
RAILROAD
PROJECTS.
invest Virginia, Covering All Sec
%tions Of the Little Noun
tain State. v.
WHEELING is THE MECCA
For, Several Of the New Roads-old
.533 Roads Preparing to Extend
H. Their Mileage.

sA Two StreaRa Oh rust ana q right or
{ way" evidently does not aptly describe
thesaverage. West Virginia railroad,
else this state would NOT pc leading all
\ the states Of the Union in number OF,
new railroad projects. Never before
were so many new lines being promoted
and certainly they are reflex of the
I, prosperity which the Little AIountala
/; state Is enjoying. Not only are the old
established lines preparing TO add to
their mileage, but ma. new roads are
being, promoted, and OF the hundred or
more in the list which follows. doubt
less a large percentage Will be under
construction within the ensuing twelve
month. Wheeling is the Mecca which
number OF these roads intend to enter.
The projects marked with an asterIsk
20 are those on which the actual work
OF construction has started. The list is
taken from the current issue of the
Railroad Gazette, and Is as follows:
Alexander. Cleveland & Charleston
New line from Alexander, W. Va, on
I, the Baltimore &: Ohio, to run, southwest
about twelve miles to Cleveland, and
thence :. to Charleston. Incorporated
April II. 1900. A. G. Griffin, OF Buck
harmon, w. Va. an incorporation.
Baltimore 6; Ohio-Extension from
Z Powhatans Point, Ohio, on the Ohio
River, to run northwest forty-eight
miles to connect with the Cleveland,
Lorain 6 Wheeling. Would furnish
short cut from the West Virginia coal
fields to the lakes. Nothing decided as
yet.
3 The Cleveland Terminal & Valley en-
tension from Valley Junction. Ohio, to
run southwest through Canal Dover. to
Newark. on the main line OF the Balti-
more & Ohio. Nothing definite decided.
Cutoff from Washington, Pa, east
about forty-fve- miles. via Coal Center,
!, to connect with the Pittsburgh & Con-
!. nellsville Division. one and one-half
miles south of Connellsville. Surveyed
and some grading done several years
ago. The line would shorten the dis
lance between Washington and Con-
nellsville by about forty miles. The
present. route is via Glenwood.
Branch from the Grafton & Beling-
ton division at the mouth OF the Buck
harmon river, w. Va, to run across
Tygart's Valley river and up the south
) side OF the Buckhannon river to the
mouth of Big run; thence up the valley
of Big Run to the coal fields Of the
Century Coal Company. in all nine
miles. Grading will probably be in OPP
Il Grafton in August.
Patterson Geek & Potomac, incor-
fpornted in West Virginia in the interest
of the Baltimore G. Ohio to build cut
off six and one-half miles long from
Patterson Creek. W. Va. on the Sec
ond division, TO point on the third d.
vision to effect saving OF ten and one
half miles. One tunnel about 1000 feet
long. Building.
n Hackers Run branch In Barbour
county, w. Va, from point on the
main line two miles from Philippi, to
run down the valley OF Hackers run to
new coal fields. Wade Burns & Co.,
Baltimore, Nd, contractors.
.Sharp curves at Lineberg,. w. Va,
on the second division. are being re-
4 placed by tangent eliminating about
twenty-four degrees OF curvature.
Fourth track building from Martins.
burg. w. Va, TO Engle's switch, about
three miles west OF Harper's Ferry.
& Branch from Salem, Harrison coun
ty, W. Va, to Williamstown In Wood
county. Nothing definite determined.
Fish Creek Incorporated to bvild n
cutoff to avoid certain heavy grades
on the fourth division between Grafton
/. and Wheeling, W. Va. No certainty of
+ building.
Extension from Newburg, w. Va. TO
coal mines In Preston county.
Z, Extension Of the AIonongahela River
line from Enterprise. w. Va. northwest
about. fifteen miles up BInsamon Creek
!, Via Wyatt TO Smithneld. to connect
with the new West Virginia Short Line
now building. Mans flied In countv
clerks office at Clarksburr. w. yn.
Cutoff In Marshall county. w. yn.
to the Ohio River, and thence 10
MoundsyIle. about forty miles IN nvoId
heavy grades between IIttIntnn and
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