The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
DECLARES MAN DEEPLY INTER
eSTEO IN RAILROAD
PROJECT
Says Announcement OF Pennsylvania
System Is Merely Bluff
Survey Begins Yesterday

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Survey Begins Yesterday
Not taking seriously the
ment OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
company that IL intends to build "a coal
railroad up Big Wheeling Greek. in
inenual persons backing the proposed
w wheeling n Eastern Railroad are 20
ing ahead with their plans and declare
they viii carry them TO completion. Re
gardless OF the action of the Pennsyl-
vania or any other railroad system.
We are not in the least disturbed
over the intimation that the Pennsyl
Nania company will probably build a
railroad up the creek said "A man who
has taken a leading part in the move
ment Tor a new railroad to Councils
vile coal region. In fact he con-
tinued, To an lntclligencer reporter.
yesterday. "we'were expecting H.. We
are surprised. and. incidentally. flat
tered. that II came at this time.
Bluff Worked Before
In the past. whenever the project
OF building such "A railroad was men
toned. the Pennsylvania system has
always jumped In with the declaration
that II will build the line. They usu-
was under way n then would buy OFF
some Of the promoters or otherwise
stop the work. The fact that they are
opposing US right at the start. is evi
u'Aifs I NuAlks NlAN lnNA hlOM We
mean business. BECAUSE they assert
they will contest with Us for the rights
OF way.
The Pennsylvania company has
been promising to build the road for
the past t~hlrty-iivc years he contin-
ued. Doubtless. their former promises
were made in As good faith a. is his
one. w hin their activity at This
time is merely 10 bluff Us out. Anv.
way. II won't have hat effect. as we
are going ahead with our plans. re-
CARELESS of the Pennsylvania com
pany.'
Probably Means Spur
He pointed out that the charter
which was filed Saturday was issued
to the Wheeling Coal Railroad com
pany, and authorizes the construction
of a railroad TO MajorsVille. This
probably means a spur or branch built
up the creek Tor the purpose OF haul
ing coal, such as was started up Buff
ialo Greek a few years ago" he said.
on the other hand. we propose 20
build a railroad for general purposes.
a well equipped main line which can
be used as a trunk line. II may later
be double tracked
Wheeling Needs Main Line.
Wheeling has always been on a
spur,-it L. now time she had a run
line. The b. A O. has run a spur up
aHA' W ~ ''NH " 81 NAAf n AAA 4
yania system has run a spur down
from Wheeling Junction. opposite
~Steubenville Certainly the city de-
serves a main line.
Wheeling. he continued. has been
in the grip Of the railroads for years.
At a conservative estimate. the indus
trial concerns OF the Wheeling district
, consume 1000. 600 ton OF coke annual
ly. Up until about two years ago. We
paid Sl.3O per ton freight. low We pay
! Sl-2O q ton. \ fair rate on the propos-
ed wheeling and Eastern road would
be 80 cents a ton. The Wheeling dis
trict is now paying ~ cents a ton In
freight more han We would with prop
er railroad facilities. This has been
I going on for years and will continue
for many years TO come. unless the
Wheeling and Eastern D. built.
Pennsylvania Raises Rates.
The Pennsylvania railroad, ne add
ed, lis responsible for the increase IN
ore rates to the Wheeling district As
result. this Industrial section b. Charg.
before. The Pennsylvania railroad sys-
TEN b. responsible for the recent al
tempt 10 charge for wasting Stag. Il
l. certainly time the business and
manufacturing interests of Wheeling
did something 90 put this section IN q
position 20 compete with Youngstown,
Cleveland. Gary. and other points
which az present are more favored
than Wheeling. because OF independent
competition among the railroads.
"THhe people along the proposed
route would understand that 10 q rail
road is 10 D., built o. will be- by the
q Wheeling and Eastern. and NOT bN the
Pennsylvania company "" expect 10
receive 30 cooperation or all interests
along the line And : wish 10 en-.
phasizc that the Pennsylvania COM
b pany would not have started the bluu
that they intend 90 build "a line if We
had not planned fo. and Furthermore.
that they would not have started 20
oppose as az this time ~ they did not
think We mean business
Engineers al Work.
Yesterday morning two parties ~
I engineers iu he employ Of the Penn
tylEauid Lines West Of Pittsburgh
began The work of making the hanl
-urvo through Ohio and Marshall
countI"- for The line of 'h, Wheeling
Coal railroad one party of six men
began ~ the Peninsula east of the
CITY. and D. progressing eastward
toward MaJ0rstilIe. st fh. Pcnusyl.
vania state line. The other party of
Sis started from NsIOr-gIllD. and be-
cumiur westward toward tho PENN
-uIt n BIZ expected that the two
parties 0f surveyor. will meet about
midway along the valley of BIE Wheel
Declared sonshde
81 r~'rrr.enfIfite uf fht Intelligence.
boo tho course of a flIF with one uf the
s~nllnD'r.. was informed that tho
Wheeling coal railroad project #
bou1hlr. and r was predicted that
within "a short time fhp work Of talk.
iug 900 right. OF was viii boz begun. and
fh. actual construction OF Tho railroad
soon f0 follow Do rIrIm Already.
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