The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-18
RAMSEY AND pELANo MET AND
TALKED OF PLANS FOR
4 THE fFUTURE.
( MN. GOULD is DETERMINED TO
HAVE DlREcT 7 LiNE1@To VI
~ ~ w. st}TiDEWATER. 55

ssttiej% HAVE DlhES LIVE " $50 |
x 5sS3 Underwater.
The Pitsburg Times to-day con.
! tains the following article of great in
terest in Fairmont: 81
i President Joseph Ramsey, Jr,' of
The Wabash Railroad Company, who
lis the principal figure in the Kama
7wha syndicate, owning valuable ter.
sssril DRY in the Greene county district,
which George ]. Gould is, trying to
iget possession of, and F.. A. Delano,
president Of the local lines of the
Wabash, who.i it is believed, will
eventually succeed Mr.. Ramsey as
head of the entire Wabash system,
4 met in Pittsburg yesterday. Presi,
3 a.ent Ramsey and other members Of
1 tie Kanawha syndicate came here to
meet representatives Of Mr.. Gould to
try to reich an agreement regarding
the building of the proposed Greene
county railroad. Z, s3as=35s
The meeting was held and constd.
cradle time was spent in discussing
the matter. However, those present
failed sto sreach4 any agreement and,
"A according to stat ements made tat Sthe
close of the meeting, another confer:
ence will be held in the near future,
when the difficulty will be. settled one
way or the other. If Mr.. Gould is
Unable to build the Greene county
Zine according to his own ideas, an
other route will be selected, and the
road constructed, as. Mr.. Gould is de
termineds to have a short line con
meeting Pittsburg with the Underwater
lire now being built. *
President Ramsey arrived in Pitts
burg: yesterday morning in a private
car, the property, of5the Wabash. ovel
til = Pennsylvania railroad from thu
sis8f1:ast. He was met at the Union sta
tion by, ]. w. Patterson, Sr., vice pres
3SideEt2 and chief engineer of the Wa
bash lttsburg Terminal railroad
President ]. F. Blair, Of the Llttl
ss Kianawha railroad. and other olos'
friends. The party then went to tn
a!fice Of "A. NJ. Keeper, attorney 70
sthef Gould interests in the iPittsbur
district IN the FrlckAhullding. Oh
;er; officials interested in the i.Kanl
wha syndicate Joined the party ther
and the mix:up regarding the propo
ed line through Greene county wa
taken up at once ssJs5, { !. I :.
Met at Union Station. Il
Y The meeting! lasted until shortly q
terncon. President RAMSEY then co
ferred with members Of theE synt
cate regarding the matter, but nor
OF them cared to discuss the troub
\ for publication, although none
them denied that the meeting; was f
the purpose of settling questions co
corning ,the new line. Preside
Raj ,sey then went to the Union st
ton and boarded his car. He spe
$lialf an hour reading the papel
president Ramsey was asked by a Y
porter whether the Wabash Won
build the Greene county road as
z had been surveyed, or begin work
the construction Of a new line 4
4 which the surveys have practica
been complete. He. said: SS y
- cannot say just now wholiV
build the road, but want to say Il
the reports regarding the friction
tween Mr.. Gould and myself ha
hei:n greatly exaggerated. 1t is Il
til. I 7, with other railroad men, fol
ed a syndicate for the purpose
building line through Greene cour