Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-03-24
PENNSYLVANIA R. R.
Trying to Get the West Virgin
ia Central
And Thus Make Monster Monopoly
Another Story About this Road that
is not Very Probable-ShOuld the
Plan be Carried Out 1t May Affect
This Place.

Plan be Carried Out it May Affect
This Place.
A special from Cumberland of Sun
day says:
A prominent railroad man who has
been East for some weeks making
study Of the Western Maryland and
West Virginia Central railroad situa-
tion, said tonight 1.-THE Fuller peo-
people who have an option on the
West Virginia Central and who are
among the bidders for the Western
Maryland, are backed by and working
in the interest of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
1.-THE plan is to build a road start
ing at Uniontown, Pa, where the
Southwest branch ends, and running
thence across the mountain TO Fair
chance and forming a junction with
the West Virginia Central at point
between Belington and Elkins, w.
Va. This would give the West Vir-
GINA Central an inlet to PittSburg
over the Pennsylvania road by way of
Uniontown and Greensburg, and is no
doubt the plan. The Pennsylvania
road could then use the West Virginia
Central tracks from near Elkins to
this city, distance of 102 miles, and
the charter owned by the West Vir
ginia Central people for road to be
known as the Baltimore 81 Cumber
land road, obtained in 1888, could be
used for building road from Cumber-
land to join with the Western Mary
land at Cherry Run, w. Va. This
would necessitate the erection of but
one bridge, and that one to cross the
Potomac at Cherry Run.
WOULD SHUT OUT OTHER ROADS.
"This plan would enable the Penn
sylvania TO shut out any other road
from Baltimore via the Western Mary
land, and would give a shorter line
for passenger traffic than the one via
Harrisburg and the Northern Central
This plan will likely be carried out
The plan of the Varney people is to
build from Cherry Run to Cumberland
via the route surveyed by the Balti-
more & Cumberland road, and thence
along the West Virginia Central,
which will be extended to junction
with the Little Kanawha in West
Virginia and then into Pittsburg via
the Wabash,
"This is the plan which the Goulds
are believed to favor and has an al
tentative in the event the Varney PEG.
pie should not succeed in securing the
Western Maryland but should succeed
in getting the West Virginia Central
by proposed road along the line Of
the.Coal & Iron extension now being
built by the West Virginia Central to
point whence line could be built
to Harrisburg, Pa, at which point a
connection would be made with the
Chesapeake & Western.
PITTsBURG PRODUCTS DIRECT TO SEA.
s'This latter road was built by j.
n Rlnehart then of Pittsburg, but
later President of the Atchinson &
Topeka railroad. Twenty six miles
of this road has been built and it owns
charter for road from the western
terminal point in Virginia to deep
water near the town of Glouster, Va.
about 1876 miles of the route being al
ready graded. This would give Pitts
burg direct route through the two
Virginias to point near Norfolk,
Va, and would allow ocean steamers
to receive Pittsburg products on board
them over decks.
1.-THE reading railroads bid for the
Western Maryland is 6aken to mean
what is said and offers nothing for
Pittsburg, as proffers to make no ex-
tension in that direction. The Ham
ilton bid is believed to mean the part
ing by Davis and Elkins of their in
terests in the West Virginia Central
because they found themselves in a
pocket caused by the purchase of the
Baltimore & Ohio by the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad.