The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-24
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Ee-G Goyernof AiacC Corlsl ~ 4 Of West Vir-;:
gtnlas State sena tor sproule, Of Pennsyl-
vania, residen u Of & Phila dslphia u ex-At.
torney- General iatts, g Of West
Virginia owners 81 stock g the Coal
River ailroad. and Il Ch ief Eng gineer and
General K Manage Mel Dermot 1, h Of the
Coal 5RiYer;R Road. were h the 81 tyS this
week. and n reason tos believe
that sthe hey:s, have AZ egotts sed az are about
to- consiinmate neKot tia9ions FOR the sale
81 that road and q ;s ast fors d great
Ohio Railroad The Coal ai III arEE Road rs
but ighteen miles long, BUT 1t is the be
ginning OF "a 4 still greater line extending
entirely across the State OF West ~ Virginia
to theE Ohio River, on the one side, and
|Branlwell9 and connection with the IN or!
folk and Western, on the ther, touching
the main line OF the Chesapeake ke and Ohio
at s st. .ss AZ bans, ,a,N twelve miles east Of
Char arlest ton.8 ia: II; 8
1T is known that Bthe Chesap AXE and
Ohio wants the pro pert q and q here Us
excellent reasons for the bel ief that they
have been offered 1t, but whether the
prospective vendors and yendees have
agreed upon terms Is not yet positlv lvely
known. ,sf5 s88gS sss
Is a Big Deal. 5ss3
The deal II cons unima ted Is a big one
1t Involves the key to the richest coal y
bearing region for its area In the world
That reg ion Is in terrltory regard ded by
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railrod as nat.
urally and logically its own. At the
same time the projected line to Bran
well already chartered, would max tisD
road a. desirable ext ension 8of y he I N Nortoik
and Western Road. With the two roads
competing for#sthe property, and Il the
chesapeake and Ohio offered a. chance
to- buy,5itsis not difficult to believe that
these gentlemen appreciate the ,value OF
their opportunity, "a
# ,Ex- Governor 81 Mac Corlkle, NE Hon. C.5A G.
Watts and others were ecentlyf granted q
charter fora line from Point Plesanat at
THE junction Of the Ohio and the Great
Kanawha, to st. Albans. the juno ton With
the Chesapeake and Ohio, &amnd nd thence sto
3BramWell, Z, Mercer county III the Poca-
hontasS M . Sc coal field, already penetrated BY
the Norfolk and West terIl. The Coal River
Railroad extends .alrcad dy5 from st. a bans
a$ d lstance. OF ii eighteen miles mp Coal
River, Thence the route Of the projected
road lis Rup Little Coal r River to the head
or that stream and through Walnut Gap
Mountansto tho Guyando dottetR RI liver; thence
up Pinnack Fork Of the Gllyandott tie and
across the l3lueStoneE ltlYeHF HFtttttoiuLlAWcH,
where a. connection with the N Norfolk and
Western Is had. NorthwestwardS5f from
ST ~ Adams \ the projected "a road would
reacl, Point Pleasant on the Ohio BY The
most feasible route.
Richest Of Coal Fields.
d, The value Of this Coal River Road and
Its projccted extension from both ends
to connection lies chiefly In the fact
that a great and rich coal bed extends
from tho forks OF Coal River through ito
8Bramwell /. These coal beds are reliably
rreputed @t to lie the richest In tho world
There are said to be ten BILE coal {,
veins above tho wnter level along Coal
River. lis said that NJ, D'lnyal g 2
eminent French engineer, about & q year
ago. made a5,report to the chesapeake
ana and Ohio Railroad that the Coal River
field Was tho richest coal section ~
America. 4, 4. 8 H. !, },
NJ The prominent gentleme9 named were ys
ali hers last Tuesday. with the exception
al MI Watts, who had been here the
previous week. aud they lledNon Presl. .
dent dent stevens, of tho chesapeak ke y and 1. Y
ohio. EIt is believed that they negotl-
|lated as SALE or begnll nego tlons Tor y
one, The prize Is q rich one ana wen
worth possessing,
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