Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-21
TOBU|LD MOUNTAINS.
B. & O. to Construct New Line
Across the AIleghaDIes,
ALL DOUBT HAS BEEN REMOVED
Rights Of Way Have Been Secured Bot Presi-
dent Loree Was Holding Up the
Project.

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
project to build a new line over the
Allegheny Mountains will be carried
out. All doubt was removed yestor-
day BY . atauent from an official
source that decision had been reached
to push the project TO a successful con
clusion.
1t has been generally understood that
option has been secured for nearly all
of the rights-of- way, these options ex-
tending from 90 DAYS to two years. and
with oil Of tie more important pro
liminary details completed it was IN
derstood that the entire matter was in
the hands of President Loree as to
whether he would take advantage of
the opportunity and rush the building
OF the line by giving his sanction, SO
that contracts might be let.
President Loree is at present in the
South. but Mr.. George M. Shriver.
secretary to the chief executive of tn
road. expressed no hesitancy in saying
that the line cast over the mountains
would be built. "Ihe line will be
built, !" said Mr.. Shriver THAT is
what we have had in view in making
the surveys. etc. Mr.. Shriyer fur
ther stated. in answer to q question as
TO when the contracts for the work
would be awarded that it would pro-
baby be some little time before this
step would be taken. He further stat
ed that at the present time the details
of the matter could not be entered in
to, but that there WAS no doubt that
the line would be constructed.
LOREE NOT OPPOSED.
The announcement is of considerable
interest in view of the fact that while
be main rights-of-way had been Sc
cured by option and other details had
been worked out general report was
to the effect that Mr.. Loree, while
personally favo. ing the line, was with
holding his official consent. The an
nouheement that the road will he
built, therefore, Goes away with the
story that President Loree is Low op-
posed 10 the road, even from the stand
point Of official policy. and thus the
WAY is LAID for the awarding Of con
tracts. While no official figures have
been given out it is estimated that the
lie will cost 1T least 500, 900, 600.
The following special dispatch from
Pittsburg gives some interesting de-
bils of the improvement
"Tho proposed new line east to the
cid South Penn location on Sewick-
lev Greek darts off from the Pittsburg
and Connellsville at DeXter-once
named Saltsburg-tunneling the huge
river hills at that oint. Once through
this hill the line strikes Crooked Run,
then another tunuel to a branch to
and the new route makes its way east
ward to S~ewickley Greek at a point
about midway between Irwin, on the
Pennsylvania aud the present location
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