The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-02
NEW ROUTE FOB WABASH.
Gets Line to Sea Through Pennsyl.
vania and New Jersey-eould
Drops Ramsey's Route.

sPITTsBURG, June 2.-The most
astounding bit OF Wabash news since
| the announcement that Joseph Ram.
sey, Jr., had decided to withhold from
George j. Gould tie control Of the Lit.
lie Kanawha syndicate and the route
to the sea via West Virginia and Mary.
land was made public here, when II
became known that the Wabash had
a new route to ttidewater through
Pennsylvania and New Jersey and
that the route Of Ramsey has been
passed up entirely.
George j. Gould and the men asso.
ciated with him in the Wabash rail.
road ventures are not satisfied with
their present line into Pittsburg. They
afnew route to tidewater through
the center Of the State, and after two
years OF patient, quiet work on sur.
|yeys and the occupation Of strategic
points, details Of the projected line
from Pittsburg through Westmoreland
Indiana. Clearfleld, Center. Union and
Snyder and other counties have heen
revealed. The project contemplates
the building Of a through trunk line
from Pittsburg to New York. with con
INJECTIONS through allied railroad inter
ests with Buffalo and the Lakes aud
New England.
Result Of Two Years Work.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, which
has been working for two years in al
attempt to block the Wabash and has
had agents in. the northern and cen
trail districts Of this State. for somt
time leasing coal lands, has practically
given up all hope Of preventing ttc
Wabash from building road through
tie heart of Pennsylvania, and prom
inent officials of that company admit
that II is now impossible to block The
|way Of the Wabash.
The route surveyed from Allegheny
to the East has the advantage of The
lowest grade crossing of the Allegheny
Mountains In this State at Cherr,
Tree, and the surveys that have Ius
been completed indicate that while
the road will be high.grade line, cut
4 Ting through the hills well toward thei
tops instead Of following the valley
i closely, itwill have practically a wat
er grade for its entire length and vii
|, shorten the distance of the haul 70
/ the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsbur
, Coal and Iron Company mas acquire
; in that territory to the Valley of Two
/ lick creek, which is followed to
point above Pine Flats. where til
line cuts through the last hills be
4 tween this stream and the headwater
of the Susquehanna, striking tina
stream at Cherry Tree, the crossin
being some 400 feet lower than tina
=
. of the Pennsylvania at Cresson
Taps Rich Coal Territory.
From Cherry Tree the line follow
/ in a general way. the ives. branch {
the Susquehanna TO Dowley Junction
connections being made all throug
!, Indiana and Clearfleld counties wit
the coal developing roads built by II
: Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg an
= New York Central interests. Fro
a Dowley Junction the road goes
II Sunbury, tapping the Pennsylvan
= anthracite region. From there c
eastwardly, the route has not been q
lowed to leak out, but It is known
be the intention of tho company
= get within striking distance of Phil
: delphia and the Delaware river no
isation points, and thence 10 mo,
!. on toward New York. to which e
/ trance will be secured presumab
: over the lines of some friendly ra
: road INTEREST E