The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-20
WHEELING COAL ROAD

In February, he said, he was IN,
lstructed To- proceed with survey ana
engaged Il. corps OF engineers ana
started to work. :
The. field work in West Virginia
was completed May lS,S' he said. ON,
May 20. I filed a complete map anu ,iaa
technical description of the entlre
route. On August S, Q, 10 and II we
visited the John Moore farm in
Marshall county and there found our
locations. We also found the stakes
OF the Wheeling Coal railroad.
! THE property bought by the Wheel
ing Coal railroad from John Moore
and wife" he testified on examination
! by Mr. McCamic, lis not the property
ion which the Wheeling Coal railroad
made its location. On Sept. II we
found that the location Of the Wheel.
! ing Coal railroad had been changed
and its stakes moved from the route
-. originally laid out"
/ Encroaches on w., o. & e. Route.
! The location of the Wheeling Coal
road through the John Moore farm,
the engineer testified, encroaches on
the Wheeling, Ohio i Eastern route
Itwo-thirds of its length through the
Moore farm as well as at other points
! in adjacent farms. At the extreme
north end OF the farm, he said, the
| Wheeling Coal roads right of way is
26S feet wide while elsewhere it is
normal and but 120 feet. the normal
width for railroad right-of-way.
AT the south end of the FARM he
testified, their center line is 500 feet
from our center line, but at the north
end it is but so feet"
Maps and profiles OF the Moore and
Wilmer McCreary and other farms ad-
joining were introduced among other
! exhibits in evidence, on which Mr..
Jacobus traced the survey Of. the
Wheeling. Ohio & Eastern railroad,
! rhe original staked-route Of the Wheel
ing Coal road and the relocations OF
the Wheeling Coal road.
! Il will ask you. Mr.. Jacobus," Mr..
McCamic enquired of the engineer at
the resumption of the hearing in the
AFTERNOON. ''if you made a survey of
the routes through the Wilmer Nc
! Creary, ct al. tract, adjoining the
Moore farm on the southeast and If
so, have you your maps?"
! Il made the survey and the maps are
here"
on record in the office OF the county
! clerk of Marshall county. made by Will
! hlcr McCreary and others to the Wheel
Ing Coal railroad. I Will ask you TO say
|
deed is the same property staked out
originally by the Wheeling Coal
| road"
1T is not"
!; blocked at Strategic Points.
! ut is at strategic points. the engl-
necrt, added. where the nature of the
! land would throw two rights, OF way
close together that the Wheeling Coal
road purchased strips OF excessive
/ that the strips purchased by the Wheel
ing Coal road block the Wheeling Ohio
I and Eastern.
tract" Mr. Mccamlc asked: What is
f! the maximum difference in the width
Of the Wheeling Coal roads original
survey and the ground purchased:
The greatest difference is 26o feet
Coming back to the Moore site. what
is the maximum difference In the orig
inal survey and the tract purchased?"
matcly San feet on the southeriy side
to so feet al the, northerly end in q
distance of approximately 1000 feet: On
the Moore tract, in this distance of 1000
feet. the Wheeling Coal roads right OF
rroximately two-thirds Of the way. On
the McCreary farm the Wheeling Coal
roads purchase at one place takes
The Wheeling Coal railroad had con-
| fined its purchases to it's original sur
yey there would havo been no inter-
! ference with our right Of way except
A crossing at the extreme southerly end
NO Occasion for Change.
From your study Of the nature or
! the ground. was there any occasion.
from the standpoint Of engineering. Tor
! the Wheeling Coal railway to change
| its location" -.
one point where our route. with sur
than the original route Of the. Wheeling
: Coal road. Moving its location nearer
the edge Of the creek. while 1t Is nee
/ essary TO maintain Its higher contour.
will have TO make n I'll Of 30 or 40 feet
10 get its grade. .,.;,
he had caused to be made. or the map Oh
the Wheeling Coal road route from
Wheeling TO the state line which he
declared to be exact with that fled by
the Wheeling Coal railroad in the coun-
| ty clerks office. His trncings or the
clared to be Identical with the route OF
the Wheeling Coal road as he had round
it staked out first instead or the route
! purchased In the right of way deeds
! by the Wheeling Coal road; ,..,eos
Thirteen feet. Mr.. Jacobus testihed,
is sufficient right-of-way for single
railroad track, and &C feet is the usual
| width of railroad OF four standard
! tracks.
The feature Of the cross-e1amination
Of Engineer JacobuS by Col. j. Is. SOM
merville was the effort OF the wheeling
Coal roads counsel TO establish guou
! reason for the difference in the clern-
| lions of the two surveys. MI Jacohus
| insisted that there was no excuse, from
| the standpoint OF engineering to move
q location ut an altitude thirty feet
| higher than the Wheeling, Ohio and
Eastern route away from the hill, re-
! curing deep I'LL.
wilmer McCreary Testifes.
, Wilmer McCreary. one of the owners
J of the McCrcary farm. identified GER
titled copy Of the deed given by himself
! and others to the Wheeling Coal rail-
4, road.
! Where is that right of way" he was
asked.
TT runs along near the waters OF
Wheeling creek"
Tell If there was an effort made by
, the Wheeling Coal railroad 10 get II
/ tract on another LOCATION before this
| purchase was madc?"
| There WAS another route staked Off.
300 to 500 feet farther from the creek
! than the route we made the deed for.
Mr. Scott Testihes.
!. VI. Scott. president of the wheeling
Steel and Iron company and one or tho
incorporators Of the Wheeling, Ohio X
Eastern railroad. was the last witness
on the stand for the petitioner.
The first Of thr year. he tcstihed'
/ Mr.. ThOnluS SwHrtz came to my Office
with Il railroad SchcE, which hc said
H., wanted me to lcnN at. He showed
from Wheeling tn WaynrShurE. told
hin, waS moi intrrCSlr I'd i'll that. but