The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21
TLDEWATERELINE
EXTENSION OF LITTLE KAMA
VIVA TO THE SEA
PLANNED.
OLD RouTEsPRoPosED FOR AN.
DREW CARNEGIE ROAD
Will BE USED.
PiTTsssuRe & LAKE ERIE. PUSH
ING THROUGH THE
ROAD.

Surveys now being made for new
railroad in Fayette county are believed
TO be in the interest OF the PennsyIya.
lila and the Pittsburg C Lake Erie, In
the development and extension of the
Little Kanawha syndicate line. which
Vas recently purchased Jointly by the
Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt interests
from Joseph Ramsey and his allies,
says the Wheeling News. Within the
past few weeks, or since the closing
OF the Kanawha deal, which was con.
summated about November LIST, there
have been a number of surveying CORPS
at work in Fayette county in the vicin.
ity of the Youghiogheny river, which
are said to be in the interest Of the new
owners of the Ramsey lines. a.
The surveys now being made are
along the south bank of the Youghio.
gheny river Just east of Connellsyille
over the old road laid out by Andrew
Carnegie. when, as the head of the
steel company, he projected to build
line to tidewater as an independent
system for handling the Carnegie Steel
company tonnage to the east. This
project was practically abandoned as
soon as Mr.. Carnegie severed his &C.
tive connection with the steel com.
pany. 1t was rumored from time to
time that the rights of way had been
taken up by the Gould interests during
the administration Of Joseph Ramsey,
as president Of the Wabash railroad,
and the director of the Gould projects
in this territory. The Carnegie line
at the time was said to be the proposed
outlet for the Goulds to the east.
H.. carnesie's Scheme.
Andrew Carnegie planned to get ali
outlet to the east by road other than
the Pennsylvania or the Baltimore 4
Ohio. and to this end completed sur.
yeys for line from Pittsburg to Bal.
timore as an eastern terminus. The
rights of way were secured, it is un.
derstood. for a greater part of the dis.
lance and the entire route laid out, but
Just when work was about 10 be start.
ed Mr. Carnegie retired from the Steel
company, and the plans were aban.
Ccned. Later it is said that Joseph
Ramsey, acting III the interest of the
Gould people, or under the direction
of the Little Kanawha syndicate man.
ayers, secured an option on the Car.
negie project with view to completing
the line for Wabash outlet. y
1t is stated in iCcal circles now that
with the sale of The Little Kanawha
properties and in antagonism to the
Gould people, who recently ousted
Ramsey from the executive control, he
has been instrumental in getting the
Pennsylvania and the Pittsburg x
Lake Erie people control OF the proI
critics which he originally intended to
use as Gould extension to the east.
1t is now said that the surveys being
made in Fayette county are for an ex.
tension OF the Little Kanawha line to
the seaboard, which was the purpose
under which the property was taken
over by the new owners. The en-
gineers are using many of the stakes
driven by the Carnegie engineers some
few years ago. It now appears that
the Lake Erie instead of seeking an
eastern outlet through the south will
build to the east over the line original.
~ planned by Andrew Carnegie. The
route is practically the same as far as
Cumberland.
That Joseph Ramsey is interested in
the furthering of this project is al.
mitted by men in high local railroad
circles and who are in position to
iinow. 1t is generally believed that
when the final plans are completed for
going ahead with the extension of the
Little Kanawha properties it will be i'm.
der syndicate headed by Joseph Ram.
sey as the representative of the Penn.
sylvania aud Vanderbilt interests. Mr..
Ramsey has personally superintended
various surveys for routes to the east
Which were made during his reign as
president OF the Wabash railroad. 1t is
also said that a number of the men
who assisted him in laying out the
present line of the Wabash into Fits.
burg and who were interested in the
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