Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-04-04
CIRCLES ARE INTERESTED.
In Respect to the Recent Trips
Through Coal Region
OTHER RAILROAD RUMBLINGS
Great Significance is Attached TO Mr. Bears
Trip With Mr.. Loree-0ther News Of
Interest Along the Railroads.

through the Connellsville, Qnemahon-
ing and Myersdale coal reeions q
Pennsylvania By President George r.
Baer Of the Reading Railroad with
President T.. +. Loree and First Vice
President Oscar &. Murray OF the
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad is puz-
zling railroad circles
That the trip was something more
than recreation or to give President
Bier a chance to see the great coal
properties ,eacbed by the Baltimore
and Ohio is accepted as certain by
shrewd railroad men. 1t Is believed
TO f~oreshadow the development OF some
important plans that will bring the
relationship established BY the Balti-
more and Ohio purchase OF Reading
stock into practical benefit. An ex-
tension of the Reading into these coal
regions is figured to be ON the card.
and the trip Of the railroad officials
made is thought to have something to
do with such a proposition.
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assigned BY railroad men for such an
extension. The two leading ones are /:
First. to make the Reading indie
pendent Of its hard coal traffic, and
second. to clineh the control that the
Pennsylvania Railroad, In conjunction
with the Baltimore and Ohio. exercises
over the soft coal regions Of Pennsyl-
-vania by the entrance of the Reading.
1t so happens that the Baltimore
and Ohio is overwhelmed with the
demand for sofs coal, aad cannot sup.
ply more than 50 per cent. Of the re-
quirementsi The Pennsylvania Rail
road is also oyertaxed. Both systems
are at the limit Of their facilities to
handle the business that is offering.
There is plenty OF coal. but the rail
roads are powerless to handle it as
rapidly as the market calls for this
product. They would prefer to han
die more high class freights, with the
greater profits involved, but are forced
to DELAY these in order to keep MP
the coal supply. The situation has
forced the management of both to find
some permanent relief. The building
of the South Penn Railroad is one
means already decided upon. Balti-
more and Ohio circles made light Of
this gossip about the purpose of PTesi-
dent Baer's visit. The explanation
given in these sources as TO the object
of the visit is that the Reading Coal
and Iron Company owns a large
amount of coal lands in Som rset
county, Pennsylvania. and President
.Baer went up with the Baltimore and
Ohio officials in connection with their
development. 1t is pointed out that
the b. &. 0. would hardly consent to
the invasion of it's territory by the
Reading, however friendly their rela-
lions NAV be. and that with the rela-
tionship between the Pennsylvania and
the Baltimore and Ohio there is nc
such a thing rs an invasion Of each
others territory.
The Cumberland VALLEY Railroad
Company hauled over 600 cars of
freight out Of this city on Sunday.
All of the trains were run double
head and the mount was moved in
twelve hours and made a great de-
crease in the congested condition of
the transfer wards in this city.
MI. Frank Shook, of Greencastle,
resigned his position with the West
ern Union and has accepted a position
with the C. V. at that place.
The Cumberland Valley bridge neal
this city which crosses the b. & O.
tracks. which was lately condemned
bv the company, is being repaired anC
strengthened. On account of the IN
safe condition of the bridge, all of tn,
trains have to slow up in crossing it.
The tunnel at Point of Rocks ant
known by that name, has been com.
plcted. the new arch being all in shap,
for the LAYING of the second track
which will be made OF new rails unC
ties that are now or the ground.
West bound B & 0. trains were rul
in two sections on Sunday night. TIL.
second section Of them was used il
conveying several hundred of emf
grants to the West. 2
Elmer Morgan, the B. and o. engi
neer, who was injured in the Cherr
Run wreck Saturday morning, die,
Sunday night IN the Western Mary
land hospital in Cumberland. Hi
right leg was |amputated at the hi
BY b. and o, surgeons owing to III
lacerated condition Of the flesh an,
muscles Of the limb.
b. and O. Yard Flagman Jane
Harper had the small bones in his foo
broken by being thrown from an en-
gine in the Grafton wards yesterday
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