The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28
WHAT HA7PIEED
TIE Underwater
a. (Con.lnhel .losn IcIrat 80

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contemplated the purchase or the Charles
ton. Clcrdcrnia and Sutton. the Davis
Elkins road the bul!d:nafof y connecting
Ink 70 Palestine. and the percnas or CON 4
s.ruc:.on or a rood from I'arkcrsDurg 10
tie lakes. Joseph Ramsey, president of /
the Wabash with tho Standard OF Cora
,,any. IL behind the Ttdcwntcr enterprise,
purchased the Little Knmawha. but be-
.s-n he had time TO turn II over 70 J.
Goald. who controls he Wabash. the two
fell out, and Ramsey was forced to re-
lire from the preside ncy. He then sold
the road 10 the Pittsnurs and Lake Erie.
raining out Of PariSeraburs to the lakea
ana controlled b. tho Nandcrbilts. VINO
are hostile 10 Could The hope OF a lake
&C injection FOR the Tidcwater By way OF
ParlscrsburE. titus disappeared.
VandcrbiIt's Plans.
The report that the Vnnderbilts con-
template the extension Of the Llttle IA
nnw;la, through tho yirginins is again
current It Is said that the Vanderb'its
contemplate the construction OF the road
to the Atlantic Seaboard. through that
scope Of territory lying between the Ches-
apeake and Ohio on the south, ana the
Baltimore and Ohio on tho north. a rousn
country. indeed, but a country rich N
mineral resources
The F,lkins-Dayis syndicate built the
West Virginia Central, and sold 1t to
tho Gould interests. It was the INTENTION
OF the syndicate to bring the road on
across the mountain. and tap the SCUM
crn ut Harrisonburg, Va. inc ElKlhs-s
Davis people had had frequent CONFER
ences with tho management OF tho Soutn-
crn, and 1t Is believed plans Tor the com
pletion Of the rond into virginia "eIs
We'll under way when the Gould interest,"
cot control. Since that time the fsih!hs7
Davis syndicate has built the Shariestoh'
ClendennIn and Sutton, ana Is shio " "
planning TO build n inne OF my ,it'es
connect the later road WIN ne
Little Kanawha at some POM nv ' - 1r -
OF sutton In Braaton county
Only Keep Charter Alive:
In the last few years the synaieale
| has secured rights Of way thfoush .Iel'-
dleton on the virginia border. and mas
aa,,Ia,,,naa land for a tunnel through
Iho Shenandoah Mountain at Dry river
"a, Tn Virginia the road ia known az
~. Central railroad of Virginia, cor
,,or,tIon chartered to build road across
v,ra,ni, md OF which w. H. Rickard, OF
1ra ~, sonh,rc. lis president. Some work
e do,a On the tunnel every year to
,,aon The charter alive. Recently, every
Available foot Of timber ana snlne'ai iahu
wing between E1lletns and the tunnel was
nurchascd By representatives. o. .ne
~, via- Ell;ins syndicate. It has been the
7,n,,c,, ~ this syndicate to develop rail
r road properties that is build inc roads'
ana then sell them .,,.o,, 49,.
The chesepeako Western Hailrohn runs
60, +ho little town Of Elkton, IN ROCK
ira county, on the Shenandoah val
i ,as ',,rnnch OF the Norfolk and Western,
-! noro IS the county OF Rockingham TO tho
go If the Blue Ridge, In Augusta coun-
~, !, distance OF forty two miles The
r ry,,5T was begun anu completed as far ms
pridecwater, in 1895. Work was stopped
THEN. but In 1901, WAS resumed and was
NOT suspended until Dry River Gap was
/ reached. There has been no work done
since. Nor are there signs that the ROAD
! will be further extended.
rho Vanderbilts may conclude 10 build
! the railroad into Virginia and connect
/. with the Southern at Harrisonbulg, and
1 eventually to deep water on tho Poto
or Chesapeake BAY. 1t Is more likely.
! however, that they would seek salt water
BY way OF the Chesapeake and ONO and
l Newport News,
Placing Him,
Eyes, he's aparterback n \, college"