Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-05-03
DIVISION TO BE REMOVED.
The ~. & o. 10 Change Division END
From Cumberland TO Keyser-shops
Also to he Thesc-Keyser ito be
HaffrOnd Center.

Also 10 be There eyser ito be a
| Baffroad Center.
/ Recent developments in railroad
circles are centering npon Keyser as a
railroad center and with them also
come rumors OF the ends OF the Balti.
more and Ohio divisions being moved
back to this city.
| The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
will be to Keyser what the Penn
sylvania line has been 10 Al
toona-it will make Keyser great
railroad center. BY reason of the
cnt-of from Pinto, Md, TO Patter-
sons Greek. below Cumberland IT
will be necessary for the Baltimore
and Ohio to have a terminal point be-
tween Cumberland and Grafton. for,
when In q few weeks this cuto off is
opened, freight traffic will be carried
around instead Of through Cumber-
land. General Super1ntendent Fitz
gerald, OF the Baltimore and Ohio.
ecently stated before a committee Of
leading citizens that this terminal
would be at Keyser; that plans for
q roundhouse, machine and car shops
employing large number Of men
had already been completed and work
would be commenced within short
time. Several months ago, through
its land department. the company Sc
cured options aud purchased the
ground necessary for the contemplate
ed improvements.
There are those who believe that
the b. g. o. will never do any thing
more bv which Martinsburg will be
benefited. but 1t is an undoubted
fact that with the removal Of the di-
vision terminus from Cumberland TO
Keyser the prospects for Martinsburg
again becoming division terminus
When the Pinto cutoff is completed
the division from Brunswick to Key
ser will be III miles in length, while
the division froml Brunswick to Balti-
more will be only "a miles in length.
With the divisions terminating In
Martinsburg thew would be more
evenly divided in length and then,
too, a large number of the railroad
men still have their homes here, not
wlthstanding that they start out on
their runs from Brunswick.
Col L. B. Davis is quoted by his
friends as saying that it Is part of
the policy of the West Virginia Gen.
trail in securing an outlet to the sea-
board to double track the road and
establish terminal point immedi-
atelv across the river from Kevser
including machine and repair shops,
should the West Virginia Central not
get the Western Maryland
announcement has already been
made that the Cumberland and Penn
sylvania road will establish their ter
minal at Keyser instead of at Pied
mont. Then trains Will be run from
Piedmont to Keyser on the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks.
Ground will be broken on the Kew
ser. P"eahonias and Petersburg Rail
road as soon as the weather sett les.
This road will extend from Keyser
to Petersburg, with a branch line
to MooretiC Id, and thence to Frank.
lin, where it VIII connect with the
Seaboard Air Line extension TO the
coast. A large portion of the country
thus traversed is covered with virgin
timber. and is rich in coal and iron.
The company is under the control OF
the United States Leather Company.
ard IS chartered under the laws of
the state. Surveys and options
along the proposed route were made
last summer and fall.