Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
NEW WEST VIRGINIA LINE.
TO Start At Charleston and Run To-
ward PittsburE.

ward PittsburE.
Regarding the new West Virginia rail-
road, of which mention has been made in
the Sum- the Parkersburg CIV. Na) SEN
tinel says:
-,.'Another big railroad system is to be
constructed in West Virginia. separate
and distinct from the Pennsylvania, the
Baltimore and Ohio, the Norfolk and
Western, and the Wabash systems. 1t is
to be a through line from Charleston to
Morgantown and thence to Pittsburg,
and will be built through entirely I'M
opened country, which is filled with coal
and timber of value greater perhaps than
any yet reached by the existing railroads
Of the State.
The sale of the Charleston. Clendenin
and Sutton road to ex-senator Henry G.
Davis, reported Saturday from Pittsburg.
is to figure in the construction of the
system, and that road, already construct
ed for a distance of about seventy miles
up the Elk river from Charleston, is
to be a part of the new line. while Sena-
tor Elkins and Senator Davis and their
associates are to be the owners of the
road. Senator Elkins is not known in the
purchase OF the Charleston. Ciendnn and
Sutton railroad, nor is Senator Davis
known in the purchase by Senator Elk
ms, of the NTorgantown and kingwood
to be connected and become part OF the
same great swstem.
when Senators Davis and EIkins sold
their holdings in the West Virginia Cen
trail road to the Wabash syndicate they
were practically without any railroad
holdings for the first time in many years,
and at the same time had pocketfui
Of idle money waiting for investment
They longed for a. new railroad. and
quietly began to prepare for one which
would be an Independent outlet for their.
coal holdings and would pass through
territory in which they might invest
afresh. The result is the purchase by
them of several links which will be con-
nected UP to make one line from Charles
ton to Pittsburg, by way of the Elk
river, Beiinstou. Grafton. Norgantown,
and Mononsahela Valley
Senator Davis some time ago purctas-
ed the Roaring Creek and Charleston
railroad, from Belington. at the junction
of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Wa
bash roads, some forty miles into the
woods. he now has 400 men a work ex-
tending the road in the direction of the
Elk river and it will become a part of the
new system. The line, as contemplated
will follow the Charleston. Glendenin
and Sutton from Charleston to the termi-
nus of that road, seventy miles up the
river.
HC IOdu VIII DC DullL lItLl tIlSES 10
Sutton and Palmer. at both of which
places it will connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio. and al Palmer it Will leave the
Elk river and pass TIP the Holly river
over the Holly River railroad. owned by
John T. McGraw. who is to be interested
in the new railroad. Some ten miles or
SO of this road. will be used and link
will then be constructed from there to
the Roaring Creek and Charleston ex-
tension, being built now TO meet ii. At
Belington the road viii be met by the
Elkins road, the Morgantown and King
wood. which has already been built for
some distance out of Morgantown. II
will follow this road to Morgantown
From there to Pittsburg the route has
not yet been selected. or if selected it
has not been made public
The road will open up what has been
pronounced to be the richest coal field in
West Virginia, and will pass for most
of the distance through territory en-
tirely undeveloped.