Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-06-05
ABOUT The C. AND M. R. R.
A Most Interesting Talk with
Chief Engineer Gaffney.
What the Cassville aud Monongahela
Railroad Proposes to Do Rights Of
Way Next to be Secured Something
of the Immense Plant to be Installed
Near Usage.

of the Immense Plant to be Installed
Near Usage.
The Cassyille and Monongahela
Railroad Company has filed with
the clerk OF the County Court their
plans for the road from a junction
with the B. d O. To Cassville through
their coal field on the west side of
the river. A copy has also been
sent to the Secretary OF State under
/ the new law which requires this to
be done.
Mr.. Gaffney was seen in his office
BY representative of the NEW
/ DOMINION and asked about the new
road and the plans OF the Company
in reference to it and their mines
He said that at present nothing was
being done for various reasons, One
Of these was that the right Of way
i had not been secured for the road
except in the places where the prop
erty had been purchased outright
Mr. Milholland was here TO look
after this but owing TO the illness
of Mrs. Boyers who had been too
sick to attended TO it and to the alb
sence of another Interested party
from town nothing could be done.
He has gone to New York where he
will see number of the officials in
the company and when he returns
here next week some more definite
information can be given out.
Mr.. Gatiney stated that he did
not know whether the construction
would be let BY contract or done by
the company. They are perfectly
well equipped to do this but the ex-
pence Of moving their force from
/ Cumberland mieat out weigh the
advantages to be gained by the
move. However all this is to be de.
ternined after the right OF way is
secured
For the present at least the road
will run from junction with the i.
d @. at some point below Robinson $
Run to Usage The junction will be
at Vanv oorhis The road will rur
up the cast bank of the river on the
east side Of the B. q O and the
Monongahela river The former
will be crossed at an elevation Of 30
feet and the latter at sixty-fve feet.
Soundiugs have been taken Of the
river in the vicinity of the antic
ipated location Of the bridge but the
exact spot has not yet been selected.
When it is picked out Major Chas.
f. Powell who is the e. S. Engi
neer in charge will be informed as
to the location the height of the
] bridge, the width OF spans and all
other information that may be need
ed. He has informed the railroad
people that the bridge must be at
least So feet above the river and
that the channel span must be at
least $50 feet. They propose to
make the bridge IS feet high and to
have the center span 800 feet long.
The side spans will be 80 each
Mr. Gaffney stated that he was in
/ formed that the Bellaire bridge was
/ to be brought here and put in but he
/ did not know when it was To be done.
This too will have to wait until per-
manent plans are made.
4 He was asked about the magnitude
Of the works. He said that the COM
pany expected to transfer their opera
tions from the Georges creek region
/ to Monongalia county. At the pres
ent rate Of working they will exhaust
the supply near Cumberland in five
/ years. In the meantime they will
! open the mines here and take hold Of
/ the trade gradually replacing the
| Georges Creek coal with that mined
in this section. The production OF
the George creek region has averaged
million tons a year.
/ Here they are making calculations
1 TO mine ten thousand tons a day the
year round. This is three times the
/ production at present. To do this
one thousand men will be engaged
with the latest mining machinery
using electricity and compressed air.
! The power plant will be at Usage
/ where the mine will be opened.
The company will drive long entries
/ into the coal field which they have,
make rooms ready for working and
get ready TO start in when their plans
/ are perfected. The statement that
! they had sold out for million dollars
! profit was laughed at as was the one
i TO the effect that their railroad had
sold out to the 3. & O. Neither Of
these moves will even be considered
nor has any suggestion of them been
made to the officials.
At the rate OF mining given above
the company has enough coal in its
| field to run it for two hundred years.
That they would give thisup for
million dollars and go out Of business
is not TO be thought of for moment.
The location of the coke plants has
] not been decided. They may be either
at Usage or on the property which
they have purchased along the river.