The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-29
u US s. LANDsTREET SAYS THERE
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Ssfss TERMINAL. 30
WABASH HAS NO CONNECTION
s.sSSWITH#THET iDEWATER
ROUTE.
WILL HAVE ALL HARBoR FAciE-
tiles IT NEEDS AT BAL
5ssS5 TiMORE.
SlNTENTIoN is TO GO AHEAD
ALONG THE ORIGINAL
~ LINES.

Wheeling News yesterday says: Mr..
f. s. Landstreet, vice president OF
the Western Maryland Railroad. which
lis to form the eastern outlet at BATH
more tidewater of the Gould system OF
/ railroads, disposss in an interview IL
this weeks issue of the Manufactur-
eFs' Record Of the rllmors that the
@Goulds have any idea Of going TO
Hampton Roads or elsewhere on the
coast for another eastern tidewater
terminal When asked whether there
was any connection between the Wa
bash and the lately announced Tide
Szwater-Deep Water Railway plan to
build a railroad from the West Nlr-
sinia coal regions to Hampton Roads.
or with the late Norfolk & Southern
deal, he said:
There is not the least connection.
Our purpose"is being carried QUITO
4 make Baltimore our terminal ~ tide
water, and it would be ~':ery foolish
B for US to be also seeking another out
let further dowp.<the bay: This point
lis as good as could be desired The
Baltimore & Ohio has found it good
enough, and if harbor conditions
ShOuIu- ever UCCCule 81 SciASS'o'CN 49,
i to demand that we have more room
we could get it without going Tar.
The B. & 0. did not find it necessary
to go farther than Curtis Bay, ana
there is plenty of unoccupied land
on ssthe south side of the Patapsaco.
With this all before us, it would be
& silly for US to build line parallel
with the Chesapeake to some point
\ further down. It would only give us
that much farther to haul coal before
loading it on vessels.
SS5.l No. continued Mr. Landstreet,
1--WE have no connection with that
new line, nor with any possible tide
water extension of the Coal & Coke
Railway. Our plans are to get
through line into Baltimore and we
are working on them steadily. our
relations with the road you mention
are very friendly, but that is all
This reference to the Coal & Coke
Railway was caused by an allus1on
made by the interviewer to the recent
report from West Virginia that former
Senator Henry G. Davis was planning
to build line called the Central Rail
way of Virginia from some point in
4Pendleton county, West Virginia.
across the State of Virginia to the
Chesapeake, for the purpose OF taking
2 to the coast the coal and coke pro-
duced along his line of road, which
has for some time been making sur
yeys in Randolph and Pendleton coun-
ties Concerning this report the Sen
ator recently said that although the
prospect of building to the sea had
been considered, nothing definite had
been decided. Mr.. Landsueet was
also asked about the progress on the
Buckhannon and Northern Railroad,
E which is the name of the Wabash's
line in West Virginia north from Be
lington towards Pjttsburg, the Penn
sylvania end Of the proposition being
called the Greene County Railroad
mo work is now being done on the
Buckhannon & Northern" replied Mr.
Landstreet About so or 40 miles OF
grading are done. and as soon as some
matters in litigation there are settled
it will be resumed, and then pushed
through as fast as possible. This Will
enable the contractors to 90 RAPID
work, for all will then be plain SAILING.
Had there not been delays here and
there by litigation and condemnation
proceedings, the contractors wou1o
have completed our South Side eS-
tension in Baltimore by February list
of this year.