The Greenbrier River Railroad is a proposed railroad

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  John T. McGraw, representing the land owners of the counties of Greenbrier and Pocahontas, has won a contract with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company to build the Greenbrier River Railroad.
• The contract stipulates that McGraw will furnish the complete right of way and pay all costs and damages, from the Chesapeake and Ohio line at Ronceverte to the forks of the Greenbrier River in Pocahontas County, a distance of ninety-six miles.
• In return, the railroad company agrees to build the road through the Greenbrier Valley, and to have it completed to Marlinton on the first of October next.
• This deal gives to the State of West Virginia the entire road, and will develop the rich resources of the Greenbrier Valley.
• The contract has been met with some opposition from those who wanted the road to be built from Covington to the timber lands at the head of the Greenbrier River, by way of Jackson River.
• However, the contract has been finalized and work will begin on the road in a few days.

Here are some of the key points from the text:

• The Greenbrier River Railroad is a proposed railroad that would connect the counties of Greenbrier and Pocahontas in West Virginia.
• The railroad was originally supposed to be built from Covington, Virginia, to the timber lands at the head of the Greenbrier River, by way of Jackson River.
• However, John T. McGraw, representing the land owners of the counties of Greenbrier and Pocahontas, was able to secure a contract with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company to build the road through the Greenbrier Valley instead.
• This deal gives to the State of West Virginia the entire road, and will develop the rich resources of the Greenbrier Valley.
• Work on the road is scheduled to begin in a few days.