 Besides Ross and McHugh, William M. McLaughlin and Charles O. Kruger were added to the board; Hicks, Clement, and James I. Higbee, of Watsontown, remained of the previous directors.Gephart was appointed general superintendent and placed in charge of construction in June 1893.The eastern extension to White Deer was never built, but from 1892 to 1893, the route from Mill Hall to Bellefonte was constructed, and the line opened on December 2, 1893.