The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-19
VIRGINIA RAILROADS. I,
"a Competing Line to the Coal
4 fields Rapidly Building.

| The New York Herald says: S5s NJ
as Financiers identified with the coal roads
lstraverslng irgtnia, West VII Etnia and
eastern Kentucky are watching with In
terestf not unmixed With apprehension the
ompletion OF the Deepwater and Tide
water Railroad, which Henry H. Rogers
and his associates are building from the
| Pocahontas coal fields OF West Virginia
to the seaboard at Norfolk.
This 4road, 4 which 4 Is being constructed
}fwith 1.-THE most modern and up-to-date
|3me thods. is regarded as one Of the best
sballasted and graded coal railways in tho
country It Is expected that the line vii
he completed by December, !. 1907. N and, ],
owing to thegremarkable fact that 1T is;
being built without the issue pr sale Of
a dollar in stocks or bonds, the enterprise
on It's completion contains a wealth OF
unknown possibilities in the line Of re- re-
duced transporta ton charges and econo- 4
mics In opera ton. s,
Is The Deep ter-Tidewat ter road practi-
cally parallels. the Norfolk und Western
| from the Poca tas coal fields to NOR
folk, ana its. route Is decidedly shorter.
Its grades do not average m ore than
seven and one half feet to the mile, and
|$it promises to become competitor q
formidable dimensions, not only to the
Norfolk#and Western. but to $the chesa-
4peake and Ohio and all the other roads
In the territory which are Identified With
the mining or transportation Of coal
s5s In ra abroad and financial circles 1t Is
admitted that news OF serious import
will be Forthcoming soon from he West
Virginia coal territory. /. recognizing the
advent OF dangerous competition, the
|fother roads are SELLING time by the fore
lock to strengthen their; respe tive Sfpo-
sitions and holdings. IA 81
lC: & o. INTERESTS REACHING OUT.
81 1t is considered pa fly as a result Of
|sthes;e listing situation that the IL Cnesa-
peake and Ohio interests are engaged In
negotiations for the acquisition OF the
Northern Coal and Coke Company's ex-
tensive coal fields In Pike county, KY,
which are practically a continuation Of
the rich coal deposits in West VI rg inia.
The action OF J. p. Morgan & Company
in acquiring the Kentucky and Ohio;
+ Bridge Company enterprise across the
Chic River. from Ironton. Ohio. to Ash
land, KY lis regarded as "a move to
strengthen the position OF the Cincln-l
natl Hamilton md Dayton road, whose
destinies may be affected by the situa-
ton. 81 85$s II 81 S. &
tt Is not regarded as improba BILE also
that the Detroit, Toledo and front on may
become a connecting link Of one OF tho
other roads between the West Virginia
GOAL fields and the great lakes. sts 5!g iSj IA
asl The Chesapeake and Ohio is handicapped
Sin. the transporta ton of Its coal products
congestion of coal ira ifics ar
Cincinnati, and there Is talk OF, a possl-
.bility5%thatS the property may acauire
either the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
( ton or the Detroit, Toledo and &1ronton
as an outlet toward the Lakes. 81. I.
H& Deepwater and Tldewater} interests ar e
Bin possession OF valuable coal properties,
In the Poca hontna district. Including the
toldAIIewitt holdings y. When the fourshun-5
ldrad miles of road to the Atlantic sea-
!iboardaare completed It Is the Int en- ton
ttog continue the railway to b tho Ohio
River, probably at or near Huntington,
VIVA, and thence to the Lakes. The
5Deepwater portton'ao OF the l!neta Is now
practically completed, from Deepwater.
Nv. Va. to the Virginia State line. near
Montcalm, where i strikes the No ''fells#
and Western. w rs
CONNECTION AT ,DEDPWATER,l
i!s At Deepwater "a connecticut Is made with
the Chesapeake and Ohio. M
The Deepwater abroad la even no
running trains on a regular schea qle from
5Deepwater through Robson, Page. Kin
&caid, Hamilton Blake and Dolhan 70
Lively. w. Va, i. 4, # /,
! eepwater TO Norfolk Will cost about
SCI, OOO. 900, or about 80 OOo q NIL
" Among the modern methods used ~
Shuildine the road ara rack-la wing ma.
chimes which can construct a. nile q
road In q day. 81 q NJ ia ~ g s%i NJ
lliifs1,r. u Fr,dtjof Nansen; the Arctic ex-
#n,orer WHO has been appointed NorWeg n
tsnImbl sadpr3 to Great Britain, 10 e, IS firm
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