The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-24
EVIDENCES
THAT A THROUGH LINE
WILL BE BUILT.
All the Gaps Are Now Being
Closed Up.

The Sentinel says: In spite Of the
denials which have been made i'm the
press OF the story that the Wabash
system was planning the construction
of seabord trunk line, which will
pass through the coal fields of West
Virginia, everything points to the
establishment Of a through line from
the Great Lakes to the seabnard
with which the Wabash system will
be in close touch Five gaps will
need to be filled up to complete the
the line. OF these four are under
construction, or the preliminary
work is being done.
The Webash system reaches t.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. From there to the
Ohio river gap is to be filled in.
There is no secret that the Wabash
system was bidder for the Ohio and
Little Kanawha road recently, the
road extending to Marietta, on the
Ohio river, The road was secured
by the Baltimore d Ohio and new
company was chartered to build a
line from GAINESVILLE 10 Parkersburg.
T.. j. Blair who recently purchased
the Little Kanawha Railroad from
Parkersburg to Palestine, in West
Virginia, is director and leading
spirit in the company which i to
build from GAINESVILLE 10 Parkersburg,
and says the two roads will be oper-
ated together. Engineers are al
ready at work on this first gap be-
tween GAINESVILLE and Parkersburg,
The second gap is from Palestine
the present terminus of the Little
Kanawha road, to a connection with
the West Virginia Contra road near
EIkins. Three engineer corps are in
the field for the Little Kanawha
road, and one is working for the
West Virginia Central, both Of which
roads have coal lands in GIlmer and
Braxton counties which they wish to
develop, and where they will meet.
President Blair states openly that
the Baltimore and Ohio is making
every attempt to head off his road
into Braxton county and to prevent a
connection with the West Virginia
Central, but as both these roads are
at work on the connection it may be
reasonably expected that they will
succeed.
The third gap is from West Vir.
ginia Central to connection with
the Chesapeake ~ Western road in
Virginia. The Chesapeake x West.
ern road hes been growing Westward
all Summer and Fall toward a con
pection with the w. Va. Central
and that road is working on an ex.
tension to connect with the Chesa-
apeake d Western.
The fourth link is eastward from
Elkton, the eastern terminus Of the
Chesapeake IL Western, aud engin.
GERS are now a. work locating the
best route for this extension.
From Fredericksburg, ga. to tide.
water at Gloucester Point, at the
month of York river, which is said TO
furnish one 81 the finest harbors on
the entire Atlantic coast, Is gap
which can be built comparatively
easily, being down grade all the way,
in valley which will obviatc any
grades or tunnels.
With work actually in progress on
four OF the five links necessary 10
complete the through line from the
seuboard; with the Could interests,
which are identical with the Wabash
system, owning land for tine termi.
mails and yards which would be neces.
sary 40 lbe 'eaboard terminus, and
with the Baltimore a. Ohio fighting
as IT, would not fight merely local
road there is evidence apparent Shat
che Wabash is backing The through
line and that 10 will be constructed