Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-07-15
TWO CENTS
BIDS ASKED FOR.
Wabash is Getting Ready to
Start Construction.

Thirty Seven Niles of Road to be Let
South Through Greene and into This
County Slight Change In Plans
Made to the Disadvantage of Nor
gantown.
The following special has been re-
ceived from Pittsburg:
James w. Patterson, President of
the Pittsburg, Carnegie n Western
| railroad, issued circular invitations
yesterday TO contractors Tor pro
posals for the construction OF 81
miles of the Greene county railroad
at cost of 100000. Two remain
| ing sections are also TO be let at once
at an estimated cost of 81 100000
The circulars were not issued in re
spouse to any special orders from
George j. Gould, but because the
surveys which have been under re-
vision were completed last week.
The BIDS are 10 b. submitted within
the next tvo weeks. and Joseph
Ramsey ,Jr., Pre- sl4eat II The Wabash.
will probably award lte zen "a
The luNitailnn sLitasl,t,s iltat III
work is to- h compl. ted s,t..n nine
months
The first stctio iHclnd, t ewe-i.
boand line OF the re ~ "a fe,i4tn f,
Hickory, on tn, main liza a. Ire
Pittsburg, Crneeie d W,s err, -
Tl lerdale, near Washingten sn1 :.
yon 10 Waspe,hnrg A. tsluae
"Y'' will he m ode wi u the east
bound line, , mi - 10 Bishop "a
the main line This section vi
cost $500 900, according to the rn-
gineer's estimates, and another sec
ton of 2 miles will extend the line
from Waynesburg to the West Vir-
ginia State line. This section will
cost approximately 100000. At
the West Virginia line connection
will be made with the Buckhannon
d Northern, extending into Beling-
ton.
During the last few months a
complete revision of the Greene
county road has been made. 1t was
originally intended that the extern
sion into West Virginia should run
south along the Monongahela river
from the line along Ten Mile into
Uniontown. This was abandoned in
an effort to secure a shorter and
better route, saving of Is miles
having thus been made. The line
as projected will run from Hickory
and Bishop through CHARTERS valley
to Washington to Waynesbnrg.
South of that Smiths creek will be
followed up to Paw Paw, which will
be paralleled to Fairmont. The
Tygarts valley will be traced into
Belington. Three tunnels will be
necessary, none of them long. Can.
onsburg will not be touched unless
certain right of way angles are
settled.
One important reason for the
change of line was that Mr.. Gould
desired to reach more directly the
tract of $1,000 acres of coal near
Fairmont purchased from Colonel
James M. Guffy of Pittsburg. The
new line will divide it. 1t was also
the intention to connect with the
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg
at Henry, short distance east of
Belington, in order to eliminate un-
usually heavy grades between Henry
and Belington, but it was found i'm
possible to obtain the low grades
President Ramsey desired. Along
the entire line is one continuous
tract of the best bituminous coal.
Many developments will result from
the construction of the line. It is
this road which the Goulds hope to
make second Pittsburg d Lake
Erie, as it reaches the finest coking
and steam coal in Western Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia.
George j. Gould and his party
left Pittsburg at 1920 o'clock yester-
day morning in special of thrce
private cars over the Baltimore Il
Ohio. Andrew Robertson, Superin-
tendent ofthe Middle division of the
Wabrsh at Decatur, Ill, and F. H.
Tristan, Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent of the Wabash at Pitts-
burg, were the only additions to the
party as it was composed upon the
arrival in Pittsburg from the West.