The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-04-11
IepIdts Of Wabash
Are Confirmed

WIZ sident Ramsey. Who says
ths hin line will be through
West Virginia.
Ii as.the intention Of the Goulds
sd ebe Wabash to build to Philadel-
hiaand New York II they are sue
esxftlin obtaining an entrance into
saitimore by. means. Of the Western
faryland.
itdssbated positively that an outlet
d ths seaboard will be built should
he Fuller syndicate not be successful
( Snaining the Western Maryland.
PRESIDENT Ramsey said, however, that
he priperty was desired first. It IS
he intention to make the West Vir-
EI6ia route the main line east.
preside Ramseyswas in New York
Satbfdsy in conference with George J.
Gould, Winslow 8. Pierce, Col. Myron
ii. Herrick and Others connected with
tl,e various Wabash syndicates.
PRECEDENT Ramsey said that the
Gould syndicates now own over 200
e00 acres of the finest Of West Viz
einia coal, and that this immense fuel
body Win be opened when the, trunk
Ike is completed.
Shipments will be made east and
vest. President Ramsey thought the
prospects Of the trans-West Virginia
line were remarkably bright. practic-
|ally as good as the Chesapeake and
|Ohio, which is one Of the best coal
hauling roads in the United States.
s.ItIisthe intention of the Little
I X anayha syndicate, nsaid Mr.. Ram
/ sey s.whichis underwritten for 49,
EO0O 600 with G. j. Gould, myself and
William Guy, Of St. Louis, as syndi-
scate managers, to build west of the
egheDy mountains to a connection
/ I: iSh the wheeling s Lake Erie at
gainesville. We already have the Lit
Sc Kanawha railroad, running to
Rarkersburg, and have purchased an
Immense body of coal.
isThe idea is to haul the coal west OF
Elklns to the West. j. t. Blair,
former general manager of the Pitts
burg. Shenango y Lake Erie, is IN
charge as president of the Little Kan
awha. and Mr.. Brady Is making sur
yeys and preparing the right of way for
Z for the ieESing Of contracts some time
this spring. We have found that we
cansecure grades to Petersburg of 50
I feet to the mile and less with the coal
haul, and in Ohioof only % feet TO
the mile. These are much better
than the grades OF the Baltimore &
Ohio. The Little Kanawha syndicate
owns the Little Kanawha railroad and
the coal AN will be owned directly
by the railroad.
& .sThe proper name Of the syndicate
which has purchased the West Vir-
sinia Central Is the Vest, Virginia
Central sypdicate, although II Is popu-
lsrly known n the Fsller syndicate.
the syndicate now seeking TO purchase
the Western Maryland railroad. It is
4 bona tide project. III is our inten-
zion. il we secure the Baltimore road,
70 connect the West Virginia Central
With 4 new line from Cumberland to
! cherry Run. reduce the AIDES Of both
I rf,ads and make each as modern ~
possible.
Z ..We propose to build the docks At
baltimore and develop part OF our
I large coal acreage Through shipments
"a tidewater. The West Virginia
Central now owns all ofthe coal along
its line, and Baltimore will be made
the shipping port for this great field
m the eastern side OF the mountains
We can get good grades. The West
virginia Central syndicate owns both
!; the coal and railroad. and win make
heavy improvements to the seaboard.
srGsT y-IRGIN1A's FUTURE.
Our West. Virginia route will run
thfdpgh one OF the richest mineral
seStI0ns d che United States. A great
I i1t1re awaits West Virginia. 1t is
rich In coal and timer, and we believe
sf,aRE We can build u line under Us IA
i IDLE circumstances as those under
iiieli the Chesapeake s Ohio ia op.
Grated. While the route may be a
ilEtie longer than the Baltimore y
Ohio, twill give better grades and
psrmttpi more economical operation.
ave are making surveys in- West
Virginianow. and We hope to let con-
tracts this spring. We shall be as
5 snereeticas we have been or the ex-
\ tsnsion;into Pittshurg. We intend to
( ret to tie Atlantic seaboard. II we
do hotFeach tidewater by means Of
the western Maryland weshall perfect
other plans. It is our first desire,
howeyerto get into BALTIMORE.