The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-24
FROM PITTSBUR''.|G G.
TO GLOUCESTER
The GouIds Need an Outlet and Mus,
Have II.
AlLEGHANY AND CHESAPEAKE
OPTIONS Taken Along Line From Davis ci',
lnto the State Of virginit-Gloucester
Point Haven Where All
Ships Could Ride.

few weeks ago prominent radiToau
contractor. who by reason of his long eS-
perience in that Inc OF work IS able TO
divine, in measure at least, The rea:
aims Of railroad promoters. said to
reporter:
..Ycu may theorize and speculate as
much as you choose about what all this
activity in local railroad circles is about
but # you want to get the real truth as
to the situation you must recall the fact
tha. the Goulds arc into Pittsburg from
Ch-cago and the West over the Wabash;
then If you will patch up a connection
between Pittsburg and Gloucester Point,
il looks 10 me as IL you VIII nave Inc
pony that eXl,laisS il all.
Since the sale of the Ohio River Rail
road the West Virginia Central is var
tualiy -..,.oors, and as a mater OF self
preservation it will ally itself with any
movement rocking toward deep water Tor
II.
The route pursued by the Chesapeake
Western Railway is a feasible one from
P1ttsburg to Gloucester Point 1t VIII
open Up a new and undeveloped coal ana
timber region and wlIl at the same unlt
yania people are denying them.
THE GoyI6s are undoubtedly looking
toward Gloucester Point. 1t is place
which for terminal facilities Is not sur
passed by Newport News itself. The
largest vessel that sails the ocean can
find a haven there, and you VIII md
once you learn the truth, that the Goulds
are the people who are taking those op-
tons there.
-n..S ehn t2f n
gentleman just quoted comes the news
from Wall Street that a new railroad is
to be built from Davis City. which is q
railroad terminus on the West virginia
Central TO a point on the Virginia stat
line fifty miles to the south, and that
william z. Stokes is intimately associate
with the movement The name of this
road, the report further says, is to be the
Allegheny and Chesapeake.
1t we're not the most improbable thing
in the world IL The William Z. Stoke men-
toned in this connection should be the
Mr. Stoke for whom Stoke City was
named, and Stoke City was named for
one of the men who furnished the money
for the Chesapeake Western If he 5
same man, the only reasonable conclu-
sion to be arrived at would certainly be
that two movements are part of one
general move.
PfeSS dlSp2tcneS from various poihtS
have repeatedly stated that options are
being taken all along the line of the route
which would be followed should the con
Meeting links between Davis City and
Gloucester Point be established. Pitts
burg capitalists have taken extensive op-
lions in Grant, Hardy and Pendleton coun-
ties, and when one STEPS to consider H.
fact that Pittsburs capitalists built the
West Virginia Central largely, he Will
see that there is a straw in the air in
the fact
An extension Of 10y miles south, as the
reports say, will be made from Davis I'M
Ger lie name Of Allegheny and Chesa-
pcake Railway. would bring that road to
the highland county line. where 1t Dor
ders on Pendletou. 1t could be built for
the most part along the south branch of
Potomac, thereby making it a road whose
first cost would not be SO great as to be
impracticable TO say the least.
The developments Of the next few weeks
will probably reveal enough Of the plans
of the Chesapeake Western to tell wheth-
or they and the Allegheny and Chesa-
peake are hand in glove" or not.-Har-
risonburg, Va, News.