The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-11
RAILROAD RUMBLES
B. and o. to Have High Bridge
over Cheat.
Trains will be gig feet over the Water
How Entrance will be Gained to
Pittsburg Helps Wa
bash-How the Wabash beat the b.
l. D. in Central Part Of State.

Dasn-H0W the WABASH Deaf the Is.
| 80. in Central Part Of State.
The corps OF surveyors who have
been working on the extension of the
B. s. o. from Oakland through by
way of Cheat TO Morgantown have
started back over their route. They
are now making their final location.
The road as has been explained in this
paper heretofore comes in by way OF
Sandy Creek and Cheat River from
Oakland and Confluence.
1t crosses Cheat at Squirrel Rock.
Here an immense bridge is to be built.
1t is to be 200 feet above the water
and the bridge will be twelve feet
from the bottom to the top OF the
structure. This will throw the
trains PIP feet above the water. The
tunnel On this side of Cheat will be
about quarter OF mile long.
Coming Ia by way Of Easto1 the
road will 20 out through the West
Run country and will cross to the rive
near the residence of the late Thos.
W. Haldeman. Thence it will follow
the river hill until it can be brought
down to junction with the +. M.
and P. somewhere near town.
The engineers in charge OF the work
Of course do not know whether the
road will be built or not but they
feel satisfied that it will be built.
1t is stated that Guffy has sold his
Cheat river survey to the B. & o. and
that be is to build several miles OF
track as one OF the conditions OF the
purchase.
Pittsburg councils have determined
to give the Wabash square deal
The Select council has passed the or
finance giving the road all that it
asks 10 entering che city. The rest
OF council is expected to pass the or
dinance this evening. President
Ramsey has ordered the work to be re-
sumed on the construction of the
road into the city. This was stopped
some time ago.
The following interesting special
has been received from Parsons. 1t has
local flavor and explains some things
that few people did not already un-
derstand:
1t was ascertained tonight that
those back of the plans of the Balti-
more Il Ohio railroad 10 prevent the
extension of the Wabash system 10
West Virginia and to make impossi-
Bile through line from Pittsburg.
have been outwitted by the Clover
Run Lumber company. whose harm
less Denetrations of the wilderness sec
tons Of Tucker and Barbour counties,
w. Va, turns out to be the link in
the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg purchase to Wheeling.
The Glover Run company was or
ganized last May by George W.
Coates, backed by Pittsburg people,
whose names were not known until
the past few days. A standard
gauge seven and one half miles 10
length was graded and partly built
from Parsons to Valley Furnace. Then
the operations stopped, presumably on
account of winter.
M. S. Moran, the well known Wa
bash contractor, arrived at Parsons
this morning, accompanied by Chief
Engineer J. r. Elliott. e. G. Baker,
]. II. Barthley, G. S. Wells and 5. II
Mowery all of PittsDurg c0mpris-
ing surveying corps that goes into
the field Monday.
Morgan & Hassett, the contractors,
were given Immediate charge aud
want 900 lat,orers at on e. They
now have 200 rushing things. The
line TO be built goes from Parsons to
Belington. where junction Is made
with the West Virgini, Central.
From Parsons az the other end. the
line runs through Rowiesburg along
the Cheat river survey 1t goes
through Preston county to Morgan
town Il Kingwuod road, which Srna-
tor Elkins disinter, stingly got hold
Of last October.