Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-05-14
INDUSTRIAL NEWS

INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest Many o1
Our Readers.
Details have practically been agreed
upon for the acquisition of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Ry. by the
B. & o. Ry. Co., according to reports
from New York, were negotiations
have been in progress.
Bids are asked for constructing a
spur about mile long, from a point
on the Norfolk & Western Railway
about two miles from Lynchburg to
the Willis property.
Wellsburg, w. Va.-It is reported
that the Wellsburg, Bethany & WASH
ington Traction Co. has completed
plans for an extension from Bethany
to Avella, seven miles.
The Southern Railway is reported to
have begun work on three side-tracks,
each $500 feet long, at Montview, few
miles below Lynchburg, and large
transfer yard is to be constructed at
that point
The Rustin Railroad Company of
Roanoke has been chartered to build a
line in Pulaski county, Va, about six
miles long.
1t is reported that the owners
of the Harrisville & CORVALLIS
Ry. in w. Va, a line six miles long
between those places, contemplate an
extension which will reach Burnsville,
w. Va, and also the Ohio river, max
ing line 70 miles long.
1t is stated that the contract for the
Coal & Coke Railways extension from
Gassaway via Sutton, to the mouth of
Wolf Creek, eight and three-quarters
miles, has been let to Jos. Fuccy of
Weston, w. Va.
The G. & 0. Ry. has placed an order |
for 35 additional engines to be built by |
the Richmond branch of the American |
Locomotive Works. An order for Is /
locomotives was placed month ago.
Each of these locomotives will cost the
company $4,000.
The Baltimore Star says: "There
comes what is accepted in New York
as the final step in the scheme to elm
mate the Western Maryland Ry. as a
through competitor between the East
and West. The reorganization ideas
in process of formation, it is said, pro-
vide that the road shall be absorbed by
the Norfolk & Western Ry. with which |
it connects at Hagerstown. The reor-
ganization plan has been delayed by
the long time which the Z. S. Supreme
Court has taken in reaching decision |
in the commodities clause of the Hep |
burn rate regulation act. But now that |
the status of the Western Maryland |
has been established, early develop
ments in the management of the prop |
erty may be looked for.
The Virginian Ry. Co. has, it is re-
ported, made an arrangement to run
its trains over the G. & o. line from
Deepwater to Charleston and st. AL
bans, w. Va, the latter being made
the terminal on account of the yard fa-
cilities at that point. 1t is said that
through trains will be run from Roam
oke to Charles. on and st. Albans be-
ginning about the 18th, and the service
between Norfolk and Roanoke will be
established earlier.
1t is also reported that the New Riv-
er Coal Company has given contract
to the Virginian to haul 1000, 900 tons
of New River coal.
The New York Mail of the 2Sth ult.
says: "It is an assured fact the c.. & |
o. Ry. will very soon extend its infiu-
ence from its western terminus at Gin
cinnati to the lakes and to Chicago. 1t |
has been assumed that the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton would be needed |
as northern connection. That prop |
erty has been secured for the B. & o. |
Just how the gap will be filled in is
not apparent, but there are a number
of connections that could probably be
secured allowing the c. & o. to reach |
Toledo. In some quarters it is believ-
ed that the Wabash would be the con-
Meeting link between Toledo and Chi
cago and that the heavy buying of
Wabash preferred stock last winter,
which has never been explained, may
have been for the Hawley interests
AT present the efforts of the c. & o.
management will be confined to con-
nectiOnS at the lax es and at Chicago.
This would very well round out the
traffic character of the G. & O. and
provide better paying classification
than it now possesses. One of the first
requirements of the G. & o. will be to
double track all of it's main line from
Fortress Monroe, Va, to Covington,
KY, of which about 40 per cent. or 27C
of 663 miles. is already double track.
Kills to Stop the Fiend.