The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
RAILWAY WAR
" SOUTHWEST |:
a Race Between the Railroads
ior5tl,e Coal
Fields.
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OUTLET
sClinchport, a Little Tow, OH the
& Clincll River, Becomes a
City in, a Might.
Special 10 The .rlme..tlspa,ch.


z NORTON. VA, Dec. 3..-1he wonder
fnl activity in railway cicles for the
past month lnis been FAR from meaning
nothing as was supposed by many IN
the race for the conl field Of the South
west traces have been stretched to the
utmost tension. 1t has beer said of
ClIncliport, little town on tho Cllnch,
y that It became city In a night. " might
Z also be said Il conl field born In n day.
The sleeping hills have suddenly been
awakened. What Is tho cause OF all this
domination? A definite answer would he
most interesting reading for thousands OF
anxious individuals. Ono thing Is GER
lain-tho Southwest Virginia coal field
to have at least one or two trunk lines
leading 10 Southern aens--jnst what II
has lacked all these years past IN make
81 1T the greatest field on earth In coal
mining. 3Sts
Y Tho writer viii cndcnvor 10 give your
readers some facts and logical concu-
Hions which lave not appeared s IN tho
many newspaper articles on the subject.
Much guessing has been done. Why this I
sudden Stir In railway circles, all tending
TO tho Virginia coal field? There nrc
several causes. The chief OF which IL the
Z
some months since Your correspondent
Having been In thla field four years and
interested III coal property. confidently
expected and predicted Just what has
happened.
TILE PANAMA lanai.
This coal fold Is so situated ns to be.
lin direct line With tho dig canal touch
Ing by the shortest route tile smooth
seas off the coast OF tho Carollnas, and
south OF the stormy 1datteras. Tho keen
eye of capital took in the situation, at a
glance. q
This is the one great storehouse OF
nature capable Of supplying the marietta
of the world which tho canal will even
tltally open Not only foreign; but home
The coast aud interior Of California and
other States can easily become It's pa trtn.
Tho direct line south insnres cheaper:
rate of freight than heretofore realized
by the interior Of several Southern States
tile Carolinas, Georgia, Florida. Ala ba MA.
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
The unlimited capacity Of the Virginia
territory Is not the only inducoment It
holds out to trunk lines, but the rqualtys
and variety OF tho coal measures is a
most important consideration. There arc
from two to five coal seams to be found
In the mountain sides of Southwest yir-
Sinia-na me,y the I'm bofen." the Lower
and Upper Banners the Kennedy
Bile RIBBON COKE.
Z Tho first named Is tho famous cokins /
seam which carried off the blue ribbons
;,t tho st. Louis Exposition not only,
us the best coIting coal IN, the United
States, bit in the; world. 50 far as known.
For steamng purposes there arc yir-
7Sinia operators who stand ready to place
one ton. ora hundred tons, on govern
,nent vessels for test With Pennsyl
yania or West Virginia. In this group OF
seams may be- found tho very best Of
sflitting coal. for which the government
is OH the alert With not over one-half
or one per cent. IN sulphur. high III car
bon, and having the advantage OF jsniting