The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-03
GEORGE GOULD SEEKS
DEEP SEX TERMINAL
Plans for Extending Wabash
System to the Seaboard,
SURVEYORS NOW AT WORK
Maryland's Ancient Capital Was Sug-
gested, But the Depth of Water at
Annapolis Is Not Suficient-Drum
Point Nay Be Chosen.

NEW YORK, July George Gould is
preparing to extend his Wabash system
to the Atlantic seaboard and TO estab-
Hsh a new deep-water terminal at Drum
Point. Nd, according to information
given out yesterday by a competent To-
cal authority. The enterprise credited
to Mr.. Gould contemplates an extension
Of the Wabash eastward from Pittsburg
via Greensburg, Latrobc, Somerset. Bed
ford. and Hustontown to connection
with the Western Maryland and the
Reading near Shippensburg, in the Cum
berIand Valley
The Annapolis and Washington Short
Line and the Washington, Annapolis and
Baltimore Railroad, both owned by
Brown Brothers, are named as the nu-
cIeus for the line between Baltimore and
Drum Point. where shipping facilities
unsurpassed in America are projected.
Planning for Route.
The route outlined for the Wabash ex-
tension eastward from Pittsburg is
known to be thirty-fve miles shorter
than the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the
grade selected is reported to be only
ffty-two feet to the mile. or 1 per cent
The completion of this line guarantees
to the Wabash 1900, 900 tons Of freight
per annum from the United States Steel
Corporation alone, and protects that
trust from any further increase IN rates
on the part Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. It is understood that J. Pierpont
Morgan, acting upon the advice OF An
drew Carnegie, is using his best efforts
TO have this great trunk line Completed
for the protection of the United States
Steel Corporation.
Morgan May Be Friendly.
So pronounced have the friends Of
Mr.. Morgan been IN their advocacy Of
the greater Wabash that it has been re-
ported, with some semblance Of author
ity. that Mr. Morgan stands ready, II
necessary. to establish direct friendly
relations between the Gould interests
and tie Reading system, whereby the
Wabash, under certain conditions. can
have Philadelphia terminus, the ad-
Fantages OF which are obvious. The
persistent report that an understanding
has been reached between Mr.. Morgan
and Mr. Gould is very largely RESPONSE
bic for the recent and continued ac-
tivity OF Reading shares.
The route selected for the proposed
line from Pittsburg eastward to q
point in the Cumberland Valley is the
same as that traveTsed by the lines of
the old American Rapid Telegraph Com
Dany, built In 1880. and since taken over
BY tho Western Unica. The advantages
Of this route over that Of the PcnnsyI- !
Fania Railroad were pointed out to Mr.. |
Gould by the telegraph men who came
directly IN contact with him in the man
agement OF the Western Union, and for |
months past surveyors and engineers |
have been going over the ground pre-
pairing data preliminary 10 the actual |
working surveys and final plans
Deep Water at Drum Point.
It is an established fact that this
route from Pittsburg to the East was
first mapped out for the Pennsylvania
Railroad. but for some reason it was
abandoned for the JUniata route. The
terminal at Drum Point VIII front on |
the deepest water along the Atlantic
coast. At the lowest point of the
Point the water, by actual measure
ment. is over 80 feet deep, and the land |
ing IS perfectly adapted for the pur-
poses Of z great harbor and shipping /
station Annapolis was suggested 10 |
Mr. Gould, but investigation showed
only 10 feet Of water and far less de-
sirable landing