The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-30

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Fairmont. Incorporated June 1900.
John r. McGFaw and Charles n. Dur
bin. Grafton, ", Va. interested. "
Rockingham & West yirglnia-New
line from Gorlonsvi,le. Va. on tho
Chesapeake & Ohio. TO run west about
two hundred miles, via Elkton, Harri-
sonburs and Franklin. w. Va. The
section of the Chesapeake & Western,
between Elkton and HRrrlsonburg. It
is stated, will form u portion of the
lline. Surveyed from Harrisonburg TO
the summit of the Shenandoah Noun
tatnss twenty-three miles. James s.
NegleyiI141 Broadway. New York, for
merly8ofathc Richmond. Petersburg S:
carolinapline Of the seaboard Air Line,
president
Unlontown. Wayneshurg & West
tNirginia-Ncw line in West Virginia.
from wheeling to Wheeling Creek, on
the pehRsylvanin state line. The line
Is! to run from Uniontown, Pa. west
seventy-one milas. via, Wayncsburg.
'RogersvlIle and Bristoria, Pa, and VI
olG ;anp Elm Grove. w. Va, to Wheel
liing; WSWa. Surveyed and contract 10
be let soon. Incorporated January s.
1900. August lutte, Pittsburgh, Pa,
president; j.. f. Bedel, Putnam. Pa,
chief engineer. &
Victoria & Kingwood-New line in
West Virginia from Hardman's to
Reedsville. Incorporated In January.
1900 A. H. Whitsett, OF Whitsett, Pa;
Henry De BlllIer, Kingwood, W. Va;
D. p. Whitsett, shelbourne, Ind, In
corporators.
West Nirglnia-New line from Cecil,
w. Va. northeast thirty-eight miles
through Sinclair and the coal fields Of
the Preston Coal & Coke Co.. to
Rowlesburg. Incorporated January.
1899. Surveyed. John silney, King
wood. W. Va, general manager.
West Virginia & Pittsburgh-Exten
sion. from Camden-on-G auley, w. Va.
south twelve miles to BENEFITS. Track
laid to Cherry river. nine miles. J..
Fuccy, Weston. w. Va, contractor.
';H'West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh
Coal G. Iron extension from Elkins,
W.7Va., south forty-six miles to the
forks of Grecnbrier river. Rosser, Cole.
man & Hoge. Walton, Purcell Moor.
man & Co.. both Of Elkins. W. Va, con-
tractors. Building. C. II. Latrobe, Sls
Merchants Bank building. Baltimore,
Nd, consulting engineer.
West Virginia Northern-Extensiv
Improvements projected In this line
from Tunnelton. W. Va, to Kingwood,
1915 miles. including change to standard
gauge, shortening OF curves and reduc-
ton of grades, with four miles of new
road. -.
'West Virginia Roads-The Leather
wood Lumber Company, Of Ciay C. H,
w. Va, is building q railroad along
Leatherwood Creek about nine miles.
w. ". Steortz, Coined. W., Va, con-
tractor for grading. Track laying by
company Two miles laid.
New line from Kingwood, W. Va, to
Hardman's Station. Being organized
by a. II. Whitsett, Whitsett. Pa.
New lire from FaIrmont north fifteen
miles via Rivssville to Falrvlew. T.
w. Fleming. Is president; O. S. McKin-
I ney, secretary, and A. Howard Flem-
Ing, treasurer, all OF FaIrmont.
The business men OF Fayetteville are
reported to have taken up plan to
build railroad from that city to Fay
cite station, on the Chesapeake & Ohio,
about five miles. Estimates being Sc
cured A.. B.!Preston and CIV. Dillon,
:ef'Fayetteville, Interested. 81 Il
James B. Caldwell, of Keyser. w. Va.
is reported to have completed prelim-
mary survey for railroad from that
city on the Baltimore & Ohio, to run
south about thirty miles, via Maysville
and Petersburg to MoorAeld. Said to
be for the United States Leather Co.
New line from the mouth OF Boggs'
Run, near Wheeling. TO run east cigh-
teen miles to the Pennsylvania state
line. Franchise given to w. II. Shat
fer and w. II. Ullum by the Marshall
county court.
!, West Virginia Short Line-New line
from Clarks5urg, w. Va. northwest
sixty miles to New MartInsville on the
Ohio River railroad, which Is back OF
the project. Gooch. Rinehart & Dem
mis-. of Richmond. Va. contractors. Be-
ing built by the Mountain State Con-
struction Company. of West Virginia.
Nearly graded. To be completed Janu-
airy l.. 1900. George A. Burt, Parkers-
burg. W. Va. president: ]. V. Davies,
u Nassau street, New York, chief en-
g!neer. 5
Branch from Iumbcrport, w. Va, to
Falrmont. Proposed
Branch from mouth OF Little Ten
Mile Greek 10. SardIs. Proposed.
wheeling & Lake Erie-Grade re-
ductlons between Massillon. Ohio, and
smithville, twenty-one miles, and be-
tween Valley Junction and Navarro,
fourteen miles. Building.
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