Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-04
RAILROAD RUMBLBs
B and o. TO Have High Bridge
over Cheat.

Trains will be zig feet over the Water
How Entrance will be Gained to
Morgantown- Pittsburg Helps Wa
bash-HOw the Wabash beat the b.
Il D. in Central Part of State.
The corps OF surveyors who have
been working on the extension of the
B. & 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 ZIP feet above the water. The
tunnel on this side of Cheat will be
about a quarter of mile long
Coming ia by way OF Easton the
road will 90 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 a junction with the f. NJ
and 2. 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
.dinance giving the road all that it
asks in entering the 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 aseertained tonight that
those back of the plans of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad to prevent the
extension Of the Wabash system in
West Virginia and to make impossi-
bic through line from Pittsburg,
have been outwitted by the Glover
Run Lumber company, whose harm
less Denetrations of the wilderness sec
tions 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
gained 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 we'll known Wa
bash contractor, arrived at Parsons
this morning, accompanied by Chief
Engineer j. r. Elliott, e. G. Baker,
J. II. Barthley, G. s. Wells and S. Fl.
Mowery all of PittsDurg compris-
ing a surveying corps that goes into
the field Monday
Morgan & Hassett, the contractors,
were given immediate charge and
want 1000 laborers at once. They
now have 200 rushing things. The
line to be built goes from Parsons to
Belington, where junction is made
with the West Virginia Central
From Parsons at the other end, the
line runs through Rowlesburg along
the Cheat river survey. 1t goes
through Preston county to Morgan
town & Kingwood road, which Sena-
tor Elkins disinterestingly got hold
of last October,