Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-29
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! SOUTHERN. MILLS
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Norfolk and Western Will
Connect With A. C. Line
and Find Important Mar
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sket for Pocahontas Fuel.
CHARLESTON rs r~ a )
asA : OBJECTIVE POINT
Ninety Miles VIII he Built
Between Winston-Sal
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and Charleston

N~.s june ~. ice-
President Maher. of the Norfolk and
Western has sibbstantiaAed the report
concerning the Atlantic Coast Line
ard Norfolk and Western. building
the s0-mile connecting link between
Winston-Saiem and Wadssboro, n.
The Atlantic Coast Line and the
Norfolk and Western have purchase
tn. Wihston-Salem Sout n bound rail
way" said Mr. AIahera ''and tho line
is To be constructed to connect the
two roads between winston-Salem
and Wadesboro. 'oH.t l-tHa ,.ii.a
The construction. it il expected
will require about rs months. Work
Is TO be started at an early date.
Bids will be asked for. at once. f
According to the winston Salem
Jaurnai work will soon be .eomMenc-
ed en- one OF the links OF tho pro-
posed route. 1t says: u fIraE y
The WinSon-SaIem suuthbound
Railway is now certalatys-,Actuai
w8rk Of construction will be begun
tas soon as contracts car bcawarded
AMI within two years probably, or
even a little less time, the main line
fov which progressive men In this
city have striyen for several years.
VIII be an accomplished fact, a..
ghOfflcial ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS were made
Yesterday by the presidents, OF the
Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk and
Western railway that they had en-
tered into a contract to furnish the
necessary funds TO carry the road
10 completion, This arranGement
is tho logical one, of course. The
Norfolk and Western makes the con-
nection from Roanoke here, AMI
from Wadesboro. the Atlantic Coast
Line runs, through Cheraw to
Charleston. In effect. Wiz ston-Sa-
lem will become big junction point
On a line whose connections are to
be direct from Chicago to Charles
ton. a+-tLtil pfrts5 ~ I'D
Mr.. Henry e. Fries, PRESIDENT OF
the SouHlbound Is out OF tswnA In
reply to- n Telegram thin by the
Journal, he referred to s. meeting
tn az would be held BY the directors
seday, when no doubt further details
will be forthcoming.
- The aSouthbound will involve an
Expenditure OF approximately 3d.
100000 The outlay or a great por-
ton Of thjs vast sum In wages a3one
is bound to be Of. ceasidarable i'm
mediate benefit to this community.
Eyer since the mon seer mass meet,
inE bold IN lthe auditorium : here
about fonr years ago, attended by
lrepr0sen tative men from the various
cocnties through which the road will
run In this state. there has been
little doubt that the enterprise would
DC eventually contaminated. Capt.
o. II. p. Co1nell, with a corps OF as
sissanis, has been on the ground OF
'he# route almost continually since
that time, arranging for, rights of
way and ma5ing The necessary en-
sneering calculations.
I This section q North Carolina to
be tpaverssd BY the gsoutbbounJ is
one of the richest, including For
syth. Davidson, tanley sands Anson
qoin ties and just itouchios the edge
Of iI'owan.s 10 an almost .,raighta-
way southerly line from Winston
sslsmT IN fact the. line Of the road
fnom @e iT~in-City to Charleston is
Virtually due south' IN an airline. :
Primarily, perhaps, the life OF the
road" II to be gained from freight
traffc from the West Virginia coal
fcs'is.' The sbuiIding OF the Panama
Canal figures in the calculations.
Ships passing through this famous
waterway now being dag will coal
at CharIeston, both going and com
ins- ali item or considerable mo.
ment, when IL Is considered how for
south Charleston is, as compared
with other coaling points or the At
laiitic seabuprd. The srIthbound
T#iif make Charleston ono Of che
most important coaling stations I'm
the country, enabling coal to be ship