Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-09
SCENIC RAILWAY.
The Morgantown Electric Road
Affords Grand Views.
River View will be Magniflcent-Cit
Can be Seen in its Beauty Roadbed
Nearly Done Concrete Culvert at
Falling Run Completed.

Scenic beauty and graceful curves
around almost precipitous banks in
the vacant and wooded suburbs, make
the route of the Morgantown Electric
Street Railway one which will be very
popular for summer evening tourists.
Few people have an idea of the diff
ficulties to be overcome by the chief
engineer, Mr.. Walter l.. Webb, 10 To-
eating this railway SO as to make a
uniform, easy grade in descending
from al extension of Beverly avenue
on Sunnyside to Eighth street in Sem
eca. That part of the Fourth ward
was all grown up with timber and
brush when the engineer first under
took location there last fall, and the
difficulties looked much bigger than
they do now.
A representative of this paper was
taken over the route Saturday morn
ing. To the layman, the engineering
feat OF descending $50 feet from Bev-
erly to Eighth street, over TWO precip-
itous ravines, and with practicable
grade, seems very remarkable Most
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mantle section of the route Cuts
and fills twenty feet deep have been
made, and very good roadbed has
been secured, with only six per cent
grade in the steepest place, and much
Of it much better than this. Dean &
Hoffman have been pushing the work
of excavating with about a hundred
men, so as to give the fresh earth time
to become solid before the tracks are
laid.
The extended view OF the city and
the river from street cars as they will
run out Beverly avenue and around
these curves will be magnificent. It
will likely be fayorite trip for the
sweltering population on warm sum-
mer nights. The Whit OF river
breezes and country air will repay one
we'll for making the trip around the
loup. Then the passage Of the car
line through the manufacturing sec
tion of Beechurst avenue, up High
street, and out past the University
buildings, will make a ride around the
whole system most interesting to
strangers. Six summer cars and six
winter cars have been purchased. The
schedule will require the cars to pass
any given place along the route every
ten minutes.
The new culvert over Falling Run
on Beechurst was completed today. 1t
consists of a concrete arch and head
walls, or copings, under which the
waters of Falling Run flow. a fill
will be made over the concrete culvert
and take the place of the old wooden
bridge now in use. The culvert is
some forty feet long, and five or six
feet in diameter. 1t was erected by
Hess & MCGEE at a cost of about $500.
The cost of a stone arch and abut-
ments as at first planned would have
been much greater than the cost Of
making cement culvert and earth
fill. Dean & Hoffman are to make
this fill in connection with their con-
tract for track laying.
The laying of stone and concrete
foundations for the power house is be-
ing pushed right along by large force
of men. 1t has been very greatly de-
layed by the difficulty 10 getting stone
and sand. Both of these commodi-
ties began arriving Saturday and the
work men seem to feel hopeful.
The building will be nearly 100 feet
long by SO wide. On top the stone
and concrete the walls will be of brick
Remarkable progress has been made
with the work all along the line of the
street railway SO far, and if there is
no bad luck the projectors Of the en-
terprise hope to have cars running by
Commencement.
Rofo NJ