The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-25
BOGUE
DAD Will
BE BUII, T
INsPEcTIoN PART,, WILL GO
oNER EVERY FOOT OF. PRO
sS PoSED8RoUTE.
ouNTY5RoADs is NEcEs
SAB LINK SsANDSsvILL&BEEco CON-
SsE55STRUCTEp
PRoMlsESls ls MADE that THE
sRoAD Will BE BUlLT NEXT

ROAD lILL#BE e sUlLT NEXT
YEAR
@Hs.ASHENGTON,s Nov 255-."tIf the
ityas sof# Wheeling had granted the
nchises for terminal facilities thai
would have secured the Wheel.
49, NYaynesburg@ & Eastern railroad. :
hisS,ya as the statement of Virgil
Bogue; consulting engineer OF the
Wabash Railroad Company, of New
ork,Sl last. hight: Engineer BogUe.
ho55isS regarded as an authority OF
1lrcad Reconstruction with a party OF
zgSsSabasharaifroad officials, is now IL
specting the route of the Greene coun-
road,, Is the :tidewater road of TIE
5sSs reats Could railroad syndicate. Mr..
BoglessW 81 be remembered as having
been88oyerS the, proposed route Of the
sssssNV heeling,5A 5ANaynesburg 6 Eastern road
"a aboutstWo years ago when tile build
sssin Got that road was being agitated,
especially in Wheeling, where ternli-
nal entries were being asked for by
t hes company. In an Interview, Mr.
Bogues said:
sssssaF he Wheeling, Waynesburg 8
Easternr railroad will be built and the
ime#i is not far distant. The line:
would have been completed by this
sstfmesa and the city Of Wheeling granted
the criminal franchis Without
hese# tights the road would be i'm
acticable am confident that the
road viii be built. I think that Greene
county has great future and they
eonsnaed more ailroads for its
sdeVe1opmen -
The Party.
#zsSt5 til Ehgineer. Bogue and Engineers
Of ittsburg; and j. G..
Cumberland, Md, III
AIcGIevert, "a representative of the
lsewssYo ork syndicate that viii finance
g1heSconstructionso of the Greene county
raj ilroad, Sis also in the party. J. W.
terson r, presidentof of the Wabash
Company, formerly known
the burg, Carnegie & Western E5ri
accompanied thesparty as far as Z
35sSVashin gton- Owing to pressing bust
ness ma tiers he returned to Pitts
burg The party is driving overland :
overt the surveyed route of the Greene :
county road. The start was made at q q
NIil1s, at the Junction with I:
LhessEVabash Terminal into Mingos and =
they are now inspecting the West u =
Virginia end of the road into Fair = =
mont: "a close and minute inspection =
Iss being mad OF. the topography of - -
theaSc countrys through which the road y =
lsEsto run, and especially where tun- = -
nels@ and bridges will be constructed
Van Buren, Washingto county, e
a1uehfofS the time was spent at what Is = =
snoWn$ as the Van Buren, divide, sep ee
erafing the headwaters of the Ten .
Vile Vii and CHARTERS creeks The par 5=
pents some time in Waynesburg ii,
conference " ith S DR.. ], W. Mckay,
;ight way agent for the Wabash a5
sonpanys and then proceeded on their w
va into the State of West Virginia
5hesSmen{ composing the party are
gell supplied with maps and profles
fsthe $roadsand these are Kept in view
zhiies]sg going over. every foot of the
oad.s Along Smith creek, in Greene cei
ountys much time was spent. 1T hal of
een8Iearned Officially that this is the tht
ST ection of. the Greene county ag;
oad by the Wabash company. With to
ie& e&completion of this Inspection tbs lisl
zen nsSgyill repair to New Y York, where ais
report will be made some time dur len
gssthe8 coming year, which viii deter.
Ine$thes bull ding of the road and II
favorable ereport is made work upon
ee#road vii l$start at once. \
US S7aso 2 isss asn system. cial
Engineer Bogue, in speaking of the bell
seene count ty road, said: The the
zeene# county road is: alinl1 that il NAL
;dI needed by the Wabash system 4Por
dsSsxil llSSsure1 y be built. The trip Il
esof in spection and we expect to Iswill
t mus uchs$Va1u Bile inform ion that 5wor