The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-06-12
and Maps and Profiles
& Made and Recorded Give the
Route of the Pittsburg. Elk
and Southern Railroad
Which is Part of
Wabash System
Runs FROM BROWNSVILLE
VIA CLARksBuRG TO BELINGToN
Company Organized and President EIected--Work
Alone Tygarfs Valley Route Will Likely Abandoned
For the Route Selected TO Touch clarksburg.

The most important development In
the Railroad situation in West vir-
ginia. relative to the Wabash line
from Pittsburg to the West Virginia
Central ut Belington, occurred Thurs
day when the maps and profilcs OF The
Pittsburg. Elk and Southern Railway
Company. were admitted to record in
the ofiice of the Clerk of the County
Court of Harrison County, here. The
charter of the new railroad calls for n
line Beginning On the border of West
Virginia and Pennsylvania. near the
town of Blacksvilie, in the County of
Manongalia, and running, thence, by
the most practicable route to point
at or near the City of Clarksburg, in
the County OF Harrison: thence, up
Elk Creek to the Brushy Fork there
of, and thence. along Brushy Fork
Greek, by the most practicable route,
TO the head-waters thereof, and
thence, by the most practicable route,
TO the junction OF the Buckhannon
and Tygarts Valley Rivers; thence, to
the town Of Belington, in the County
, Of Barbour"
The map of this railroad, as fled In
the ONCE of the Clerk of the County
Court of Harrison County, at Clarks-
burg shows the survey running
from the town of Adamston. through
the City Of Clarksburg. and up Elk
Greek to the town Of Quiet Dell;
there TIE survey leaves Fix Creek and
s,foilows the Brushy Fork OF Elk to its
headwaters; there 1t crosses through a
low gap, and follows down Stuart's
Run to Elk again. and from the head
waters OF Elk to Buckhannon River.
and down Buckhannon River to its
junction with the Tygarts Valley
River. This map covers the location
i'm Harrison County. The surveys
from Adamston, down through the
lower part of Harrison, Bonongalia
and Marion Counties. have not yet
gon ON record, but will probably be
filed in day or two.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
have survey running from Clarks-
burg up Elk to the Buckhannon
River, on the side of Elk Creek, and
the Short Line Railroad also has a
survey on the opposite side, which now
belongs to the B. S o. IL has always
been thought that these two lines,
owned by the B. S o. occupied the
only possible route between Clarks-
burg and Belington. but the map fled
Thursday by The Pittsburg. Elk and
Southern Railway Company, shows a
route. as above described, which is not
pre-empted by either OF the B. s o..
|, ssnrveys, and gives the lons hoped for
connection between Clarksburg and
Belinrton. 1t will. at once, be OBJ
served, by reference to the map. that
this is direct route from Pittsburgh
TO the West Virginia Central, a part
OF the Wabash system: it is, there
fore, in all probability, the one to be
adopted by the Gould people.
This line from BlacksyEle, runs
from the Pennsylvania line through
solid pittsburg coal all the way, until
It reaches the Buckhannon River. The
great Pittsburg vein, through the
eeion OF this survey stands up solid
like ledge OF granite, and makes on,
OF the greatest coal fields in the
world; consequently. this railroad
route will have PIttsburg coal opera
lions along Its line to ITS entire length
and would put the Wabash through
kcrhe very heart Of the Fairmont Goa
Region.
II will be observed that the lii
abandoned by the Wabash, runnin,
along the Little Kanawha and through
Braxton ana GIImer counties, passe,
only for limited distance throua