The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-02
The Promoter Talks.

days of his boyhood.
The Promoter Talks.
In conclusion Mr.. sayers introduced
Mr.. Protzman, Of Pittsburgh, who is
one Of the most energetic promoters Of
the enterprise. Mr.. Protzman has won
warm place in the hearts Of the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania by his upright and
straightforward business methods and
the interest he is displaying in the
Uniontown, waynesburg & West VIr-
ginIa railroad, and every word of his
neat speech was eagerly taken in. He
said, in part:
Citizens Of Waynesburg, ask that
you look upon the building Of the Un-
iontown, waynesburg & West Virginia
railroad as aspaying investment, and
cite you to the Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie, which saved the distance Of TWEEN
ty-two miles to the lake, The stock of
this road is always up, and they are
going to make heavy Improvements
from their accrued earnings this COM
ing summer. Yours, in connection with
the building Of this road, is a parallel
case. From Uuiontown to Wheeling
over the Baltimore g. Ohio is-149 miles;
over the Pennsylvania 1876 miles. The
Unlontown, waynesburg & West VIr-
Einia railroad would be seventy-one
miles shorter than the Baltimore &
Ohio. and sixty.four miles shorter than
the Pennsylvania railroad. Besides the
difference in mileage, we would have a
/ per cent grade, allowing much more
tonnage per train than either of the
above named roads. The new coke
ovens IN the Fayette field are compell-
ed to haul their products back eight
miles to find shipping facilities. The
great west would be placed much clos
er than by the present routes. The pre-
sent method of shipping by the Monon-
Eahela river allows but one shipment to
one rise, while the proposed road with
docking facilities ut the Ohio river,
would give large shipments the year
round. The Ohio coal will do to make
steam, but manufacturers must have
the Pittsburgh coal in their furnaces.
Your natural gas would bring you
great profits In the advent Of this road.
The Carnegie Steel Company get their
gas supply from Greene county for their
Homestead, Rraddock and DuQuesne
mills, through line that aggregates
seyenty.eight miles which cost frac-
ton over S1,6OO.OOO. The Philadelphia
Company, West Virginia, and other
companies draw from Greene county's
gas supply, whose lines viii cost an
other million and half The trans
portatlon this road would AFFORD fac
tories would locate along It's lines be-
cause Of the gas advantage. There are
four gas belts in this county whose pro-
duct will likely last for twenty years.
When exhausted the plants would be
right in the great Pittsburgh coal ba-
ain. and can fall back on 1t, which I'M
derlles every part of Greene county.
Short Line to Wheeling.
In 1890 the value OF farm products in
Greene county was 1889 ,4lO; live stock,
poultry, etc, 3s.s05,2SO. To get this to
market the farmers paid S734,39S. The
vast consumption OF coal and coke at
Wheeling, Chicago and other points
and the saving in freight to the con-
sumner over this proposed road because
Of a shorter distance to carry 1t would
be an immense thing. The saving to
the Wheeling district would be fifty
cents per ton.
"stsubenvllle and MIngo Junction are
In this district. When the new blast
furnaces are completed. which are now
under contract and in course of con-
structIon, the entire capacity of the
wheeling district viii he l,25O,OOO tons
Der annum, which requires ton of
coke for a ton of pig iron, or a saving In
freight of SS25.OOO per year on the man
ufac,ure Of pig iron alone. to say moth
ing of the vast development of the
Greene county coal fields and the con-
sumption Of coat at the furnace. ~
Hon. ]. d. Donley, Hon. . S. Walton
and Mr.. Allen p. Dickey also spoke in
a. .,art,t3ga and thpiF re-