Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-31
SURVEY MADE. ROUTE
GIVEN BELOW.
Reasons Why the Road Should be
Built as Proposed.

a preliminary survey. This survey
Is not the permanent one bnt the
road will be built substantially as
1t Is now laid ont by the engineers.
We had the pleasure last night OF
looking over a blue print OF the
route from this city to Middle
bourne and also from Sistersville
to'New Martinsville.
The route follows the north side
or upper side ofthe macadam turn
pike 10 the foot of the hill or Iron
bridge. In this distance the pike
Is crossed only one time. The
railroad track will not interfere In
any ways whatever with the macad
am pike. The bend at the first
toll gate, across Nathan Saulsber-
rvs farm will not be crossed. 1t
was found to 60 across this ravine
with a trestle would not do as the
rise In the land Is too much to
bridge over, so the road will 60
around this bend and on the upper
side Of the macadam road. From
Sistersville to the loot of the iron
bridge the road follows the rnacad-
am pike and will not 60 through
any mans farm.
From the iron bridge the road
goes through the land Of Ben Shri
yer, thence through the land of DR..
| J. L. Thistle, III. G. Evans, J. w.
Keller where bend In the road Is
made; thence through the lands of
M E. Evans Archer heirs, 9. E.
Evans, A. and George and the
Thomas heirs lands thence across
the creek and through the lands be-
longing to Mrs. M. E Thistle and
into Middlebourne. Two bridges
will be built acros, Middle Island
creek by this route. The distance
by actual survey Is eight and eight
tenths miles from Sistersville to
| Middlebourne The grade on this
route according to the preliminary
survey at the very steepest point
is only fraction over four per
cent and there are no bad curves
This grade will be made much
lower when the permanent location
Is made. Mr.. Miller will 60 over
the route In q very few days, per-
haps this week, to secure rights of
way and we earnestly hope no land
owner will be so unwise as to re-
fuse a right of way 1t will make
every farm worth double what 1t Is
now worth and In ten years time
or less the land will be worth three
or four times what 1t will sell for
now.
Mr. Miller and his civil engineers
have driven over the route as talked
about from New Martiusville to
Middlebourne. They say to us
that In their judgment the route is
not practicable. In the first place
the route Is fifteen miles long the
shortest way to 60. II goes over a
very rough country and to build
the road would be very expensive
to get a track that would not be
flooded by the creeks. They SAY
Us impracticable because Middle
bourne can be reached from Sisters
Vile so much, nearer and cheaper.
Again, they say In making this
long drive from New Martinsville
to Middlebourne they PASSED only
FIVE teams and they were hauling
casing from one location to another
while In driving from StStersvtlle
10 Middlebourne they will pass
from twenty FIVE to fifty teams, the
majority of which are hauling dry
goods, groceries and supplies OF all
kinds showing that the people do
not market. at New Martinsville but
in Slstersville. The railroad COM
pany expects to get to haul the ma
jority at least OF the freight hat
goes out into the interior, and it
will do so.
By the survey from New Mar
tinsville to SistersVille and from
SisteIsville to Middlebourne the
distance Is 10 round numbers
traction less than seventeen
rules. By this ioute the railroad
taps Martinsville, Sardis, Paden's
VALLEY, Slstersville, Pursley and
Middlebourde and all the towns 10
the county just the same as If 1t
went from Martinsville to Middle
bourne. II the company would 90