The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-03-18
PRESIDENT BLAIR
Talks Of the B. & N. and Wa
bash Plans.
Right Of Way Through Fairmont-B.
IN. will Be Built-That will Put
MorgantOwn ON the Line-Will be OF
IncalcuIable Value to the Country.
Fairmont Times

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IncalcuIable Value to the Country.
Fairmont Times
In a conversation over the long
distance telephone with Times re
porter tnis morning, j. I. Blair, o.
Parkersburg, w. Va, who is presi
dent of the Blair Syndicate, which
Everybody knows is part of tnt
I Wabash Railroad System, said al
follows:
please say to the people of Fair
mont over my signature that the
Buckhannon and Northern Railroad
is owned and controlled by the Wa
bash System, and that the granting
of the franchise asked for by the
Buckhannon and Northern through
the city of Fairmont is part of the
Wabash plans.
Please say also that the Wabash
Railroad is preparing TO build the
Buckhannon and Northern. and very
soon too. You may further say in
answer to reports that President
Ramsey, of the Wabash, while in
Fairmont talked about the railroad
to certain man there, that this il
positively o mistake. Mr.. Ramsey
told me that he was in Fairmont to
look personally at the town and its
prospects, and that while there he
did not talk to single man about
railroads.
"About Mr.. Griffith, who is re.
ported as saying that the Buckhan-
non and Northern is not connected
with the Wabash you will please
say that Mr.. Griffith is only coal
expert, and that he does not know
anything OF the plans of the Wabash
Company. Anything he might say
about the matter would consequent
ly have no weight
These words were spoken by Mr..
Blair TO the reporter this morning.
MIR. Blair was in Parkersburg and
the reporter was in the Office of Mr..
C. E. Hawker, secretary of the Buck
harmon and Northern Company.
Mr.. c. E. Conway being out OF
the city, Mr.. Hawker decided to
take this method of refuting an an
|onymous letter which appeared in
the Times of Monday, which sought
to show that the Bnckhannon and
Northern was trying to hold up the
Wabash.
In reference to the letter Mr..
Hawkins said:
1.-THE Buckhannon and Northern
is not trying to hold up the Wabash,
but certain lengthy letter writer
wouldbe glad to hold up the Buck
harmon and Northern for about
$40, 900 for a piece of First Ward
property which he wanted to sell
two years ago for $1,000. That's
just half there is to it. The other
half-as to the source of the anony-
nous letter writer's inspiration to SO
strenuously oppose the road-will
be made public at the right time.
Now, I've told you where the 'hold
up" comes in, and if you don't think
SO. just investigate it and you'll find
out"
"The opposition to this new road
comes as piece OF exceeding bail
form on the part of some of the men
who are engaged in it, and the time
is only short way of when they
will probably discover il.
GAIL the talk about objectlng to
the franchise because it is not known
whether it's the Wabash or the Texas
Pacific or they get six prices for
their real estate"
II firmly believe that Water street
properly owners are in the most part
honest in their efforts to keep the
road off that street. But the car of
progress cannot roll forward without
disturbing an occasional mossback.
The latest amendment to the ordi
nance shuts the road from Water
street, but even that does not satisfy
some of the people over there. I'll
tell you how it can be settled In ten
minutes: Simply pay $4,000 for a
piece of Water street property, "for
depot" and all opposition from
that source will cease"
"Who is j. T. Blair? Mr. Blair is
the president of the Little Kanawha
Railroad Company, now building; OF
the Parkersburg Bridge and Termi-
nal Company, now building; Of the
Brownsville and Eastern Railroad
Company, the Buckhannon and
Northern Railroad Company"
Cali of these are West Virginia
lines and are controlled and owned
by the Wabash Railroad Compa-
MES"