Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-02
BUILDING And PROSPECTIVE
List of Railroads for this Sec
ton of the State.

Railroad Gazette Publishes very In
teresting Review What ahas Taken
Place in the State Last Year What
may be Expected During the Coming
Months in Nearby Counties.
Although the year 1899 added but a
little more than forty miles to the
sailroad mileage of the state Of West
Virginia, the present year bids fair to
peat all records of the past, with pos
)ibly the exception of 1890 and 1891.
when the great Norfolk s. Western
lystem was extended through the
lower end of the state to the Ohio riv-
! r at Kenoya. The record for 1899 in
ailroad construction was as follows:
WEST VIRGINIA.
Central of West Virginia-Mor-
! gantown to end of track -. 4
)soeat Valley-End of track to
/ Whetsell
chesapeake & Ohio-Greenbrier
extension from Whitcomb up
Greenbrier river ....... 4
BLADE Creek s. Raleigh-Beayer
Molly River & Addison-Point
5.5 miles beyond Holly to
Heckmer l1.5
Jaeger & Southern-Iaeger TO
Crane Greek .......... 40
Iorgantown & Kingwood-
rrnntnxur IN naap IIolloU
Pennsylvania Company-Kenil-
worth to Chester ...... -.
Preston Hutton to Aurora. =. s
Total .... A. !
The Railroad Gazette has compiled
be following information, detailing
he many railroad enterprises now be-
lg pushed from one end of West Vir-
Snia to the other. Paragraphs pre-
|ixed with the asterisk (*) show roads
That are now in process of construc-
ion, or for which contracts have been
let:
BALTIMORE & OHlo-The Federal
Steel Company has let contract to
build a railroad from Smithf1eld, Pa,
Southwest about twenty-five miles to
Morgantown, w. Va, both points on
khe Baltimore & Ohio, to tap large
toaf tract owned by the Federal Steel
Company.
BELINGToN & NORTHERN New
&ine in West Virginia, January 3,
rom Charleston, to run northeast
,bout l25 miles to Morgantown, on
ha po1t O. Nhin Tnnnrrnro tod
January 3, 1900. N. T. Arnold,
aidgway, Pa, and Floyd Teter, Bel
pgton, w. Va, incorporators.
*CENTRAL OF WEST VIR GINA
New line from Morgantown, W. Va.
ia Reedsville, Gainesville, Inoepen-
[ence and Meadowville, to BelIngton,
Graded for ten miles and four miles Of
rack laid. George c. Sturgiss, of
1organtown, is president.
*CHEAT VALLEY-New line from
Point Marion, Pa, southeast 70 miles
|lp Cheat River to Parsons, w. Va;
rack laid from Rowlesburg, W. Va,
10 Whetsell, eight miles. Nearly all
Traded. j. M. Guffey, Pittsburg, Pa.
PRESIDENT.
GREENBRIER s. CHEAT RIVER
lew line from the forks of Greenbrier
yer north about 80 miles to Rowles-
urg, w. Va, on the Baltimore &
khio. Incorporated November IL,
E99, Joseph Bass, Tyrone, Pa; d. L.
uke, Piedmont. w. Va, and G. f.
oore, Covington. w. Va, incorpora-
prs.
*MoRGANTowN & KINGwooD-
ew line from Morgantown, W. Va,
through Dellslow, Masontown and
peedsyille to Kingwood, twenty-six
niles. Incorporated January, 1899.
Trading completed to Skaters, ten
lilies, and five miles of track laid.
ection to Masontown, thirteen miles,
lder contract. There are 200 men
I'D twenty teams at work. There
ill be no further letting of contracts
ltil nextspring. George G. Sturgiss,
Morgantown, is president.
Pittsburgh Virginia & Charleston
tension from West Brownsville, Pa.
tn 1ifty-two miles, to Morgantown,
Va, and thence to Clarksburg,
Va. Building.
Extension of the Monongahela River
from Enterprise, w Va, north
L about fifteen miles up Bingamon
ELK via Wyatt to Smithfield, to
meet with the new West Virginia
it line now building. Maps fled
punty clerks office at Clarksburg,
Va.
WEST VIRGINIA. New line from
ecil, w. Va, northeast thirty miles
Sinclair and the coal fields of
the Preston Coal & Coke Company, to
Rowlesburg Incorporated January,
1899. Surveyed. Building was to be
begun in January. John Sliney,
KiDgwood, w. Va, general manager.
*WEsT VIRGINIA SHORT LINE. -
New line from Clarksburg, w. Va.