The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-22
Railroad Company
Chartered to Build Line
Up " heeling Creek Valley
WHEELING COAL COMPANY PILES
INCORPORATION PAPERS
SATURDAY.
Is Backed BY Pennsylvania system.
Fight for Supremacy in Matter of
Rights OF Way 70 Promised.


Following closely upon the announce.
tn"ut last week OF IA, tentative orgaui-
cation OF the Wheeling and Eastern
railroad Company tor the purpose OF
constructing a railroad between this
city and the Conu,IsViII. ia. coal 70
gion. q charter was filed SATURDAY. after
noon with the CLERK - tn county court.
by the Wheeling C,al Railroad Com
pany. This Was organized and
received a charter last week from the
secretary of state. ard b. given author-
lty TO construct n railroad up the Wheel
ing Creek valley and to the Mononga-
hcla river.
This indicates that there will b. "A
bitter Tight FOR supremacy In rights OF
way along the Wheeling Creek valley.
II was said saturday that the Peuusyl-
Nania Railroad system rs backing ths
Wheeling Coal Railroad Company and
intends 10 construct the line at once. IL
u practically impossible 20 build two
railroads along the proposed route. amt
with both the Wheeling and Eastern and
The wheeling Coal Railroad Companies
getting into the field simultaneously for
achieving the same object. an interest
ing situation BE- promised.
Won't Stand BIuffing.
one ~ the promoters or the Wheeling
and Eastern railroad. IN speaking of the
to So" that "a railroad Is built up the
Wheeling Greek Ntlls1 Co the Mononga-
h,ia river. u does not matter So much
VIE" builds o.. he said. SO long as d. Is
constructed soon. fIc said they Will Not
stand Tor any bluff" and that II tho
i'nnsNl'auiS system does not build the
line soon. th'l viii build II themselves.
The Wheeling Coat Railroad Company
b. Incorporated by y. l.. Morgan. ". =
Bates. }. a. ~omm,rVili.. E. y. SOM
m'rNtllc and e. e. trqdttdt. all promi-
u'nilN connected with, Ia. Htuusy lNauia
Railroad Company.
Routes Almost Identical.
While Oh. - h'.IuE Coal Railroad
'runIth' proposed route differs some
what from th1t ut tho Wheeling y East
'fu u as western terminus. ma the
Nh''liuE district. tho rout, otherwise u.s.
said Go u' Identical. Ile Wheeling ~
Eastern company prupus.s Goo start from
Wh,rliuL Terminal system. Uut Eogs-
Kun ana across tin count Co th. Elr
" h',.lnE crock and th'usc eastward Go
ih' Mnu"uruh'iA river over appToNi-
mtf'IN the ruut, surveyed for th, oil
NNttI1uE y tuuu'l.-EIll' railroad Com
rHuN. Tho Nh''ItuE Coat Railroad Com
pluN. ur The other hand. would start
from O. Junction with tn' Terminal ou
ih' T. riu-u.l. thence eastward. Vie Film,
Grove. r'I,D|us lIH is. Inns creek val
l't Fut Iuuuiue along that valley Co
'uu. lu the north r-f.lu conner uf Mar
Sha.l Cuuutt and thence eastward
through 'r,Uu' county Hl-" along tn.
odd Nh''liua a. '..u''!S.il. railroad
route tu tho Nsuuaa.tl. l, valley. wh-r,
connection would % ulI3. with tho net
work eft I'russI,uiIt lines ou both
start Surveys To-day
When asked hy o. representative of
che i~ut,ilE,no'r s- Co whether the ac-
tl"u an Incorporating Do N'h.liuE 'utI
Railroad Comp DO 90. interest of ths
Pennsylvania ..i.". west uf Pittsburgh
nHd l''u FASTENED b. tu" entry OF Co...
NuDcliuE Jld Eastern. 40. ru.y a.. d.
SoWW'rNil... l.-ul "pr.-. I-.- OF tho
Pennsylvania. ruu uI. uI OIL. Iu,Hrpuru-
tors ot Ga, Wheeling Coal. refused Co
udmit this Boz 500 many words. hut II
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