The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1905-09-15
LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, SEPTEMBER ,s 1905.

The surveys and much OF the rights
d way up every creek that leads
10 the workable viens Of the big
coal fields belong TO John c. c. Mayo |
Gnd his associates. some partners in
private and some stockholders in !
the Northern Coal and Coke Company,
which represents vast investment
in Kentucky coal of several rich /
men. Those surveys and rights-ot-
way up the creeks are organized IN
70 numerous railroad enterprises
under different names.
Getting into the country with
main line Of railroad is only the
beginning. although necessarily an
essential point Getting up the
creeks will require many branches.
/ Upon the understanding between the
coal operators and the railroads will
depend the building Of these branches.
either by the operators themselves,
or by the railroads, and upon the at
titude Of the railroad will depend
the tonnage If the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton and Dayton comes in harmony
with the South and West railroad
the development of mines and set
Element Of population in eastern
Kentucky may be considered under
way and needing nothing but time
TO aid their growth.
Only cne route now seems practic-
able for the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton 70 follow from Ashland. That
, is the line Of the RockcastIe sur
vey The survey Of the Ashland
! and Tug Fork road parallels The
i Chesapeake and Ohio all the way
7 to Elkhorn, following the opposite
. bank OF the Big Sandy. The route
1 Of the Rockcastle line from Ashland
e is considered more feasible and less
Objectionable to both the new road
4 lnnd the Chesapeake and Ohio. u
+ goss from Ashland to Louisa, through
II the East Fork country, thirty-fouI
r miles OF farming district in Louisa
/ This takes it from Ashland through
IA the center Of Boyd county TO ths
4, eactern edge Of Lawrence county Z
5. Louisa. From Louisa 10 the Break
,p Of Sandy the new line parallels wit
F. the Chesapeake and Ohio holdinI
BJ the opposite bank of the river. Thes
Ir. two routes we're selected by me
L. who know every foot Of the eountrl
IN They say there is no other way ii
D. to these hills. 1t is clear that an
NJ railroad must follow the river an
he the lowlands, since it cannot be pra
ny ncal to keep piercing the mmountail
he and retraolng its way. Neither can
is main line Of railroad strike the co
ey- in lis workable beds in the highlan
of Of the creeks
ct What the Cincinnati, Hamilton a
], DAYTON IS going to do, then depen
The updn the feeling Of the other roa'
3ad The Chesapeake and Ohio has p'
oal tested 60 the coal operators agail
en- the admission of paralleled Il
cky TIL. Chesapeake and Ohio has b'
the in hut il has not reached the c,
hat The South and West is a formida
AXIS rival in anything ii undertakes,
iyer II is practically the Seaboard
ines Line itself. With Tidewater and
Pine the Eastern markets behind 1t, IT
pro,,fbly make traffic arrangemt
raa- 20 It's own liking or so through
ts-ot she Ohio river on its own hook,
line When the Cincinnati, Hamilton
ites- DAYTON comes from Ashland it Sc
J, It's indispensable that it should
an Eastern outlet at The Bre
Nten- The South and West road can
and ish it il ii wants to, but it is
! Is there is already a traffic arrange'
heart between the South and West anC
feel Chesapeake and Ohio Whether
IN is excludes the Cincinnati, Hamilton
amy Dayton remains to be seen.
build The coal men have answered
Iamil- they will encourage all the rail
lights they can get, and that every
{ the road will get all the coal it can
a peo- Matters do not rest here. not 1
I will hands Of one or all Of the IA
a sur men. The coal men are pow
that enough in themselves TO provide
tween facilities are needed to carry the
Ash duct of the mines. So far they
i'd the been waiting upon the promis
thai railroads. all Of which have
ng in made good up to this time.
n SAYS say they do not care who n
layton the coal but they want iron
Gin agreements that it will be G
offic- ant before they begin arrange
project IN mine it on u large scale
their say they do not care whethe
railroads build branches or
lilroad They are willing TO build m6n
shland. themselves ON agreements
cinein- Justify them.
is not The Northern Coal and Coke
ic cor pany owns sOO.OO acres of coal
bridge company is practically owne
'innati' former United States senator
ronion Q Camden, Of West virginia.
known 4 c. Mayo, OF Kentucky, and J
n and zimmerman, representing the
" real ngo. Hamilton and naytsn
depot senator Camden and Mr. MiS'
paeeu' control
ashland senator Camden is reported q
have a us told Mr., Zimmerman that
happily ,r his company did no, want l.
r,er OF This railroad at once that Ne
allroed' ,,or camden and his associates
Is for euid Il. II Is considered p'
af Ash bio for the Noqhern Coal an'
company alone \io Issue boz
rk and ia coal pgoper1x In kenlnc
which an amount sutilalcV, to 81
through and oQulp ar hs fram n
projects horn dlslrlu q b 1uAnd Nj
men Of NORMAN ans q tha, hla a
y ~ kt,f