Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-09
TWO CENTS
P. AND |. B. EXTENSION.
Road will Come as far as Point
Marion.
Hardly Likely That 1t will Come to
Morgantown- arrangements Made
Between the Several Roads Tapping
the kiondike-isig Development calls
Tor more Railroad Facilities.

! Between the several Roads Tapping
| the ki0ndike--Big Development calls
/ Tor more Railroad facilities
When the new extension Of the
/ Pittsbnrg Il Lake Erie railroad is COM
pleted from Fayette City to Rrowns-
4 Vile and the Masonlown coke aeId,
considerable Of the heavy traffic will
4 be relieved from the Southwest
/ branch. This will be by an arrange
ment between the tive railroad COM
/ panies, since they will operate the
branch south OF Brownsville Jain tly.
What the new road means for the
development Of the southern end Of
Fayette county the Brownsville NJ oui-
tor sizes up as follows
by the building OF the third rail-
read to be known as the Monongahela
railroad, all the coal. coke, timber and
other material lying in the district
bounded by Uniontown and the Mo-
nongahela and Cheat rivers will be
hauled down the Monongahela river
over the pittsbure " Lake Erie rail-
road and the Monongahela division OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. The In
tenton ot the Monongahela Railroad
Company Is to build a road from
Brownsville up the Monongaheia river
TO point not fully decided upon but
at least 1t will extend 2 miles and It
is the intention OF the proprietors OF
the new road To finally extend Ii as
far as Point Marion, where ii will in
tersect the Farmonl Il Morgantown
I
branch OF the Baltimore Il Ohio.
The Pennsylvania railroad enters
the field between Uniontown and the
Cheat river by way of the Southwest
branch. The topography Of the sec
ton shows there Is a triangular piece
OF land from 40 to go miles that Is not
traversed by railroad. The triangle
| is bounded by West Brownsville,
Point Marion and Fairchance. This
district abonnds in caal and timber
aud the Monongahela railroad Il de-
signed to tap It. by building the
railroad from West Brownsville to
Point Marion, and by branch lines ex-
tending up the various valleys, this
territory can be developed with very
little expense to the railroad COM
pauies When the Pittsbuig s. Lake
Erie railroad was irst projected it was
the intention t., build as far as Nor
gantown. The route was surveyed
and the right OF way secured. How
ever, circumstances prevented the
road from being built beyond Fayette
City. Since the project has been re-
vived the Lake Erie has decided to
extend It's line from Fayette City to
Brownsville for the purpose OF con-
Meeting with the Monongahela rail-
road.
A rumor has been In circulation for
the paste few days that the Mon0n-
gahela railroad company is comprised
equally OF the owners OF the Pittsburg
q Lake EIie and the Pennsylvania
The rumor Is strengthened BY The
fact that the Lake Erie is virtually
the owner OF the right OF way from
Brownsville TO Morgantown, and that
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore s.
Ohio nave several small coal roads
reaching out from Redstone Junction
and Fairchance. For the Pennsylva-
MIA or the Baltimore & Ohio to tap
the undeveloped territory would be q
big expense, both to the railroad com
panies and the coal operators, as the
product would have to be taken by
way Of Uniontown and Connellsyille.
From the Monongahela river to Con-
nellsville.is heavy grade, and conse-
quently the railroads could not tap
the coal fields without placing high
tariff on the coal shipments.