The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-17
8CARNEGIE'S RAILROAD
VIII Probably Be Extended Down
the Monongahela Valley Into West
4. Virginia md THENCE to Tidewater.l

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Virginia and Thence to Tidewater.
Readers wilsrecall that more than q
year ago, It was stated that the Car
negie" railroad was projected into the
upper Monongahela Valley. Work has
been and is now in progress that VIII
give a short line Into the very heart OF
the connellsville region, and over which
the Frick Coke Company. now merged
Into the greater Carnegie Company, as
is the railroad, will ship It's product, to
the west In so far rs 1t can do SO un-
less buyers direct a different route for
delivery. The energy being expended
| in the construction OF this line is due to
the fact that the original Carnegie"
Illne is spending over $500 a day in
hauling empty ore cars back to the
docks ut the Connecticut harbor from
the furnaces Of the steel division OF
the company, and it desires to stop this
expense by commanding d back haul. In
addition to this, It is desired to be in
position to make deliveries of coke to
the west that will enable the coke de-
partment to sell coke which will be
hunting market when the big rivals
of the Carnegie Steel Company are pro-
ducing their own coke. which they are
In part now doing and which they are
preparing to do entirely. When that
time comes, which will be next year.
the Prick company will have q large.
output that 1t will be obliged to find
customers for. The general manage
ment Of the associated companies Is
anxious to forestall this condition by
preparing to find new customers, and,
to insure them. to be able to deliver
coke at, western points at q price. that
will create large demand for. coke for
domestic use. Producers and shippers
and dealers In anthracite coal will find
1t worth their attention to look into
whatever possibilities this information
may have for them. Crushed coke is
being used more and more in lieu OF
both soft and hard coal, and especially
for heating furnaces in private dwell.
ings, public buildings and for steam
making In places where 1t Is desired or
commanded that the smoke nuisance
shall be abated.
The Carnegie" line will not stop In
the coke region, however, says the Coal
Trade Journal. The men at the, head of
the associated companies to which 1t
belongs are too well acquainted with
the economic conditions and future
possibilities Of American commerce,
and particularly Of the coal trade, to
stop at a halfway point. 1t will be re-
membered that Andrew Carnegie was
one of the promoters and leaders in the
South Penn railroad, the projection and
smothering of which has occupied SO
much space In railroad history during
the last fifteen years. On q recent
visit to this city he said that the South
Penn road was sold out by the Vandee,
bits through the pressure made on
them by the Pennsylvania people. as a
matter OF MISREPRESENTATION, but that
the South Penn scheme was SO good a
one that 1t would still be carried out
some day. Well. there is no constitu-
tlonal barrier to the Carnegie line be-
Ing extended from the Connellsville re-
gionsto the seaboard. tapping the rich
territory through which the.s South
Penn was surveyed. parallell!ng 1t
where 1t cannot use the original survey.
1t Is said that It is nice question OF
law as to whether or not the charter Of
the South Penn, which Is controlled by
the Pennsylvania and the Vanderbilts.
will control the question Of the right Of
eminent domain for another road which
wants the right of way for actual rath-
er, than obstructive utility. Judge
Reed. president OF the Carnegie line, is
an ex-United States jurlst, and in this
section OF the country Is esteemed to
have pretty good knowledge OF the
law as 1t applies to railway corpora
lions. as the Vanderbilt people them
selves are able to testify.
It is not among the improoabilities,
therefore, in view OF what is. intimated.
rather than set down positively, that
the Carnegie line will be extended to
the seaboard, with terminus either at
a nevigable point for deep sea vessels
on the Potomac or on the shores OF
Chesapeake Bay, within the next three
years In order to engage extensively
in oversee trading upon the most fav-
orable conditions. and In this the Car
negIe concerns have been pioneers, It is
deemed necessary to have line over
which steel and allied products can be
laid down at tide water at the lowest
possible cost In order to meet the
competition Of Germany and Asatlc
countries; for It is not Ignored that
China Is destined to become large
producer OF Iron and steel In the years
that are to come. This is the more pro-
missing an investment because OF the
fact that the Carnegie Steel Company
interest buy large tonnages OF ore.
Manganese, magnesite, magneslte bricks
and other minerals and products from
all parts OF the world. and that. the
men at the council board OF the COM
pany are not taking any chances on
the possibilities that are cnwrapped In
the large enterprise Of Mr.. Whitney
and the Canadian capitalists. in, Nova
Scotia. and the influence these may
have on international trade In steel
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and allied products.
The Board Of Trade.