Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-10-15
TWENTY MILES CF Road RlAEY.

road Company, which is building
railroad from Romney to Peters
burg, distance Of for y miles, has
twenty miles OF road ready for the
ties and rails. Seven hundred men
are at work throwing dirt on the
remaining twenty miles. Accord
ing to the present plans locomo-
tives ere to be running into Peter
burg by the first day Of January.
For railroad in West Virginia
the Hampshire Southern is a re-
markable one. The maximum
grade of the road is one-half of one
per cent. and the maximum curve
is six degrees. The railroads of
West Virginia are noted for their
heavy grades and sharp curves, but
here is an exception to the rule.
There will be three bridges, two OF
which are under construction, with
all Of the material on the ground.
While at present the road is only
being built to Petersburg, it will
not stop there. Thery are three
routes by which it can be prohta-
| bly, extended. One outlet for the
road is the route up the north fork
of the river crossing the mountains
and connecting with the Western
Maryland and the Chesapeake q
Ohio railroads at Durbin. Anoth-
er outlet is the continuation of the
line from Petersburg by way of
Franklin on to Monterey, Va,
down Jackson's river to the Deep
water railroad. The third outlet
is taking the south fork of the riv-
er from Moorefeld. skirting the
Virginia border to the south and
crossing over to Harrisonburg,
there connecting with the Cumber-
land Valley railroad. The Harri-
sonburg people, representing the
financial interests of the upper
Shenandoah valley, are making
strenuous efforts to procure the ex-
tension of the road in their diiec-
ton. The company will decide
which of these outlets will be TAX
en- when the proper time comes for
such action.
Hon. VIM. B. Cornwell, of this
city, is president Of the Hampshire
Southern Railroad Company. He
has moved to Cumberland, and will
make this city his temporary resi-
dence. He will be here about one
wear, when he will move to Moore
field, where he will erect hand
some home. 1t is understood that
| the general offices of the Hamp-
shire Southern will be built at
Moorefeld.
Mr.. Cornwell is enthusiastic over
the future Importance of the town
of Moorefeld. At lot sale held
there September 18th, S23 900
worth of lots were sold. This sale
was attended by four thousand
people.
The Hamshire Southern will tap
the rich iron ore deposits in Hardy,
Grant and Pendleton counties.
Moorefeld will only be q miles
from the great gas line that will be
laid from Lewis county to Baltl-
more. The actual work will be
started on this line in less than a
month. This proposed gas line
passes through the corporate limits
of Romney.
Moore6eld has one of the largest
tanneries in the world, owned and
operated by the United States
Leather Company Edgar 10y,
formerly of Romney, is starting a
large nursery. He will grow thou
sands of trees for the immense or
chards that will be planted. Al
ready the farmers are converting
their farms into orchards. 1t is
estimated that a half million peach
trees will be planted in that vicini-
ty within the next three years. So
quietly has the work been going on
that Cumberland is just getting
awake to the fact that the railroad
will be great benefit to this city.
Cumberland is the nearest large
town and for some time the ship
ping will be down the valley to
Greenspring. The Western Mary
land metropolis will richly share in
the great West Virginia store house
that will be tapped by the Hamp-
shire Southern railroad. = Cumber-
land (Md.) News of September
9th.