Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-07-24
Seven Additional Branch
Lines In Raleigh County
Will Aggregate % Miles
In Length.
OVER FIFTY MILES
ABOVE MULLENS.
Winding Gulf Branch Alone
Would Furnish Heavy
Coal Traffic.


more au -picious event ever occurred
in the his ory cf the mdlssriaA de.
vSlopment Of Raleigh than the loca-
tion AID construction OF he VIr-
.giaian Rsilway by that man OF mag
.niiiclent enterprise. II. H. Rogers.
Now Chat the man line OF this
grea; road has been constructed, the
building OF laterals will be carried
on I'm accordance with the plans OF
the dead captain of industry.
No country in the State Is destined
TO profit by reason OF these contem-
plated improvements more than .he
county of Raleigh. With her great
areas OF coal AMI timber within easy
reach of the new read this could
not woGl be otherwise. ON last
wee k'here was filed with NJ. J.
Meadows. county clerk OF the County
.of Raleigh, eigh; profile maps. seven
of which show proposed braach lines
of the Virginian that will be con-
.stIucted In the immediate future
These laterals VIII open up some of
the richest coal deposits to be goaest
III ihe United States. The eighth
map is revised location OF the
Wi1din gGulf branch now well along
toward completion The seven
branch lines shown on these mans
Will come into the Winding Gulf
branch at different points above Mul-
lin5.
Each map IS accompanied by a
tyIewritten statement of the pro-
ceedings or meeting OF the board
of directors OF the Virglnian Railway,
hold at No. &c Broadway, ia New
York city, On December IA, 1908.
Each statement is TO the effect that
the president, Mr.. Raymond
DuPuy laid before the board q pro
lile map of a certain proposed branch
Line railway with the recommenIa-
.tion that the sad location be adopt
ed ana the bralch constructed. II
Is in each case further shown thai
these locations were upon motion,
duly seconded, adopted, and :he vice
president authorized, empowered ana
directed to acquire By purchase, con-
.demnauon or otherwise, the necos~
aary rights OF way for the construc-
ton Of said branch lines and report
TO the board.
gregate mileage OF approximately
2S mile q Of which Will be in
Roleigh Cc y. except a part OF the
Dcvil5 Fork branch. which will be
partly IN Wyoming
The @ ro.l- Wa their approx
mate lengths arc as follows:
stone Coal branch, 3 miles long.
Laurel Fork extensloA OF Stone
Coal bran,h. 4 miles
Devils Fork bran ID, G miles.
Upper stone Coal bralcn, 2 miles.
East Fork extension Of the Upper
Winding Gulf b anch mile.
Tommy Greek braach. - miles.
PiHey Creek extension Of the Wind
ing Gulf branch, miles. This line
viii leave the Winding Gulf branch
at Pembe.,on and will parallel she
Raeigh q Southwestern for at east
two miles, the latter now having two
mlies Of road on Piney in operation
above PembeItcn. The Sullivan
Coal & Coke Company nave a mine
in operation at the present terminus
o. he Raleigh & southwestern. The
Winding Gulf branch beginning at
Mullins and ending at Pcmberton.
viii have a mileage, exclusive of the
proposed brach lines, Of 238 miles.
TGts taken with the lines now 90 be
built will give the Virginian :Otal
mileage OF over fifty miles above
Mullins. travorsing a territory every
foot OF whlcn Is underiaid with coal
OF an -epGonally fine quality. The
Winding Gulf branch alone Is capa
bic OF making the Virginidn a great
coal carrying road