The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-05-04
WABASH COMING
THIS way SURE
President Blair Announces That L it
tie Kanawha River Extension
to BurnsviIIe is Abandoned
and Contractors and
Men Transferred.
Green County Line by Way of FairmOnt TO Buck
hannOn Will be BuiIt--The Proposed Route
Will Doubtless be by Way of
CIarksburg.

! All work has been stopped on the
BurnsyiIle extension Of the Little Kan
aFha railroads The contractors have
been notified and today the i5OO. men
who have been engaged at work on tun-
ncls, cuts and grading are idle.
This statement IS absolutely true and
comes from no less an authority that
President ]. 7. Blair, of the Little Kan
awha railroad, who Is at Pittsburg.
President Blair wants the people 70
know that all work on the Little Kan
swha railroad has been stopped and
that there is no immediate prospect of
it being begun again very soon.
The tightness in the money market is
one of the causes assigned and other
business reasons are given. Up till
the last, al the Pittsburg conference that
was held last week, in which George
Gould, President Ramsey, of the Wa
bash. President Blair and other high Of
ficals of the Wabash interests particle
pated, President Blair contended for a
continuation OF The plans that had been
entered upon. President Ramsey, too,
assisted him in his contention. but Mr..
Gould decided The fate Of the Little
Kanawha railroad for the present at
least, and by his orders all work is
stopped. Nor Is there any prospect in
sight Of it again being resumed soon.
The stopping Of work on the Little
Kanawha railroad does not involve a
change in the Wabash plans with refer
ence to its Green county line. That will
be built at once. This is the projected
road that win connect Pittsburg and
Belington, ". Va, unning down through
Fairmont, probably ClarIlsburg and
Buckhannon, and connecting with the
West Virginia Genital at Belingtoa This
line, when completed, win give the Wa
bash an outlet east from Pittsburg, as
Is 10 be plainly seen, and win traverse
a very rich coal and timber section Of
West Virginia. Rhinehart 4 Dennis. the
contractors who, with Macarthur Bros,
have been at work on the Burnsville ex-
tension Of the Little Ranawha railroad,
win at once move their men and equip
ment to the Green county line, and are
given their choice Of a. much oi the
construction work on that road as they
want. Macarthur Bros. win 60 to Zanes-
VILE and viii construct some fifteen
miles Of new road between Evansville
and Siarpsburg. o., connecting with the
Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland, and
With the Wabash's Wheeling and Lake
Erie At GAINESVILLE.
Wien this decision to stop work on
the extension Of tie Little Kanawha
railroad was made BY Mr. Could at the
Pittsburg conference, President Blair
inquired Of him whether or not he should
return to Parkersbmg and sell the Va
rious properties, representing thousands
Of dollars invested, owned by the Little
Kanavha railroad company, he was told
that the property should not be sold,
but should be held and the Little KAN
avha railroad. from ParIsersburg 70 Pal
estine, should be continued to u operat-
ed as it Is now.
President Blair stated that there was
at least one hopeful sign. and that while
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