Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Mem IERM|Al[ ROAD
APPLICATION FOR A CHARTER

WassGauc 1e8tGEday-Io De 10Y
az the Benwood and wheeling
Connecting neutrality-suspicious. Of the
Projectors-The Contemplated In
dustriaI Scheme for Upper Benz
+ wood to be Determined Within q
Few Days.
Yesterday application was made to
-the Secretary Of State at Charleston
for a charter for the Benwood &
Wheeling Connecting Railway. The
authorized capital stock is $1,000, 600.
The principal Office of the company
will be in Benwood. The incorpora-
tors are as follows: Frank ]. Hearne,
496 shares; J. N. Vance, J. d. Gull
b~ertson, l.. E. Sands. and N. B. Scott,
one share each. The object of the
railway is partially revealed by it's
title. 1t is formed in anticipation of
the contemplated Industrial improve
ments in upper Benwood. Wch are
familiar facts to readers the Reg
lister.
The tracks Of the projected company
will connectswih the tracks of the Bal
timore and Ohio. Ohio River. Pam
Handle, and possibly other roads. 1t
may also connect with the Waynes-
burg, Uniontown and Wheeling rail-
road, for which Mr.. w. H. Hearne, of.
this city, applied for a charter last
week, for athe Pittsburg parties who
are interested. 1t is understood that
the tracks of this company will come
down Boggs' Run. There are other
possibilities in connection with the
new railroad enterprise. which the pro-
~jectors will not discuss at present.
THE new road is expected to be Of
great benefit to the Benwood indus
trial plants. The Independent road
will give equal switching facilities to
all the companies with whose tracks
connection is made. The Benwood
and Wheeling Connecting Railway
tracks. will be in Marshall and Ohio
counties.
The application for a charter for this
| company may fairly be regarded as an
indication that the contemplated Inn
| provement in upper Benwood will be
carried out. The new railway COM
pany was not organized for the pur-
pose of condemning property for use
by the National Tube Company, but the
projectors Of the railway enterprise
anticipate condemnation proceedings
on account of excessive prices placed
| upon property which it desires to ac-
! auire for track purposes. Mrt W. H.
| Hearne stated last night that in all
probability some property will be con-
| demned soon after the charter arrives.
In connection with the railroad pro-
ject, it is given out from official
/, sources that it will be definitely de-
termined within a few days whether or
not the industrial improvements will
be made in upper Benwood. Options
have been taken upon considerable
property, with a view to forming a
foundation upon which to build esti-
mates of the cost of the improvements,
etc.
The MAGNITUDE of the North Ben
wood industrial enterprise, has not
been exaggerated in any publications
which have been made in local news.
papers. The company is separate and
distinct from the National Tube COM
pany, but is in some manner connected
with.it. 1t is understood that all the
plans have been made, and are nov in
the hands of Mr.. Frank ]. Hearne.s
They contemplate an expenditure of
not less than $ 1000, 900, and as a mat
ter of course the new plants would
furnish employment for a small army
of men.
In the event that it is decided to
| go ahead with the improvements,
which now seems extremely probable,
work will be commenced in the spring
upon the industrial plants, and the
railroad improvements as well.
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