The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-12-03
FORTY LINES
Of RI 70 ad have Been Project
ed In West Virginia
This Year and Some of Them are being
Built-The State Leads all Other
States in Extent of Railroad Build
ing-Many Of These Lines are Of
Vital Interest to us.

States in Extent of Railroad Build
ing-Many Of These Lines are o
Vital Interest to us.
| 1t is reasonable to believe that there
is not another state In the Union il
which so much railroad building has
been done and planned within one
year as has been the case In West
Virginia. There has been much &C
tivity in this respect so far, and 1t il
likely TO continue next year on broad
eeplans.
There have beenleither incorporated
or begun since January last forty lines
all of which are to be operated by
electricity will be standard guage
steam roads Outside OF the street
railway projects, the enterprises rep
resent more than 1000 miles OF line.
Among the railroad work the Wa
bashs extensions are probably more
interesting than any other construc-
tion now In progress, for the reason
that they will bring another large sys-
TEN into the state. These extensions
will be In connection with the Little
Kanawha and West Virginia Central
railways and to build them several
com panies have been incorporated in
GLIDING the Burnsville & Eastern, the
GAINESVILLE, Marietta s. Parkersburg,
the Parkersburg Bridge Terminal
Railroad and the Buckhannon &
Northern. The huntsville & Eastern
is to be about sixty miles long, and
will make the connection between the
Little Kanawha and the West Vir-
ginia Central. Mr.. S. d. Brady, Of
Parkersburg, is the chief engineer.
The Buckhannon s. Northern, about
thirty five miles long will extend
from a point near Buckhannon and
connect with the Baltimore & Ohio
at Fairmont.
A group of railroad companies, in
which John L. McGraw, M. d. Post
and Others of Grafton are interested,
have been incorporated. They are the
Greenbrier, Monongahela and Pitts
burg railway, chartered to build from
Pocahontas county to Parsons and to
Point Marion, about eighty miles; the
Rowiesburg & Parsons railway, to
build from Powellton to Parsons, 1l5
miles, the Elk Valley & Midland rail-
road to build from Centralia, on the
Baltimore s. Ohio along Elk river via
Addison to Glover Lick forty miles,
ard the Holly River s. Addison rail-
road TO extend about ten miles. The
Cheat River railway to build from
Parsons to Rowlesburg and thence to
a point near Cheat Haven, Pa, about
fifty miles; Wesley Mollohan, OF Char
lesion and associates.
Among the different pieces OF work
in progress are the following: The
Campbells Greek Coal. Company, Of
Dana, is building thirteen miles of
line from the Kanawha liver to near
Charleston, ]. e. Dana superintend-
ent. James &. Davis OF Williams
port, Pa, and ]. M. Guffey of Pitts
burg, are interested in completing
line down the Cheat River to Point
Marion. The Cherokee Colliery Com
pany of WEIGH, is building railroad
at the head of the North Fork branch.
The Glover Run Lumber Company OF
Parsons, is building six and one half
miles of line and will go on to St.
George. The Pocahontas, Coal River
Il Kanawha railroad has thirteen
miles of new line under contract,
From Elkins it is reported that Sena-
tor S. B. Elkins will build a railway
from newly purchased coal land to
connect with the Baltimore & Ohio at
Rowlesburg. The Morgantown s.
Kingwood railroad will it is state d be
extended from Reedsvilie to Beling-
ton, about thirty five miles. George
G. Sturgiss of Morgantown is presi-
dent.