The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-22
G0ULDS PUSHING PLANS
West Virginia the Scene of Consid-
cradle Activity In Railroad
Building.
NfST Va. (fkTRAL TO Be EXTENDED
The Baltimore and Ohio Said to he Work
ing Hard to Block Projects of the
wabash and Allied Lines-May Reach
New York.

The developm ent of the Gould
plans in West Virginia is now attract
ing attention What has been an
nounced is that the West Virginia
Central will be extended through to
Evansville, Ohio, to connect with the
Wabash, striking at that place the
Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad.
To make up this extension a new line
will be built from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to
Parkersburg, w. Va. At Parkers-
burg the Little Kauawha railroad,
which has been acquired, is being ex-
tended east to meet the West Virginia
Central.
1t is now said that the Buckhann0n
and Northern, also acquired in the
interest of the Goulds, will be extend
eel so as TO carry the Goulds into the
rich COnnellsyille region, where the
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania
railroads are now supreme. This re-
veals project TO give the Wabash a
short line into the West Virginia coal
fields from Pittsburg and secure an
equal footing in this respect with the
Baltimore and Ohio. Surveys have
been made south from Pittsburg
through Greene county, Pa, and
MonongaheIa county, W. Va. 1t is
said that this project includes a
branch to reach Morgantown, where
connection is made with the Morgan
town and Kingwood, and then south
ward to Fairmont, where it joins the
Buck bannon and Northern. Another
line is surveyed up Cheat River from
Point Marion to Rowlesburg and to a
junction with the West Virginia Cen
trail.
Talking of the projected system of
Gould lines in West Virginia and
dealing with the subject from trunk
line viewpoint, President Ramsey of
the Wabash said that the primary
object was to construct lines, each
and every one of which wOdld drain
a territory that would render each in
dividual road self.supporting. Ia king
the system of new lines as a whole, he
said, when completed they would
compare favorably with the Balti-
more and Ohio rs a trunk line in that
section.
fNha Ealtit,.,ra Ohio ,Nla,,u tf.
extend the Confluence and Oakland
railroad through to q Junction with Il
line it has surveyed along Cheat
River, and to a connec ton with the
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pitts
burg railroad at Morgantown. This
move is recognized as an attempt to
block the Gould project.
President Ramsey, in commenting
on rumor that the Wabash would
soon get the property, said: The
Wabash is not trying to secure con
troll of the Buffalo, Rochester and
fittsburg." He adds that, while the
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsbufg is
an excellent railroad property and Il
highly desirable system, the Goulds
are not in any way endeavoring to
bring it under the influence of the
Wabash. Mr.. Ramsey says that moth
ing more than II traffic arrangement
has been talked of.
Rumors continue to declare that
the GOulds are moving in u plan to
reach New York. Incited by the re-
port which started at York, Pa, seY-
eral weeks ago, circumstantial story
is being recited to show the alleged
plans of the Goulds. An extension
from New York to Marietta, Pa, of
the Western Maryland is, according
to these reports, to fit in with the
scheme for the building of the Phila-
delphia and Western railroad, VIII ich
is planned to extend from Philadel-
phia in westerly direction to Park
ersburg, in Chester county, distance
of A miles. The charter for this road
is also said to permit of its extension
eastwardly from Phi lila dtlpIia to the
Delaware River.
The Philadelphia North american
says that for nearly u month past
men have been at work securing OPP
tions on land near Morrisville. with
the evident purpose of carrying the
Philadelphia and Western railroad TO
the Delaware river. This same pub
LEGATION says that the actual con-
struction of double-tracked railroad
supposedly for the Philadelphia and
Western, is in progress in Chester
county.
Reference is made to the possible
use of the Trenton and New Bruins
wick railroad, which is planned as a
trolley line, but has steam railroad