Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-09-30
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The PENNSYLVANIA
SECURES CONTROL OF THE HOCk-
ING VALLEY AND SEEKS
SOUTH ATLANTIC
PORTS
FROM THE COAL FIELDS
6reat Railway Fight Which Means
mich Tor Virginia Hampton Roads,
Savannah and Charleston

NEW -Special-The so
called Hawley interests. the moving
spirits OF which are Edwin Hawley.
theodore =. Shcnts Frank Trumbuli
and President Frank A Nanderiip. OF
the CITY STANDARD On Bank. have
practically secured control OF the
Hooking VALLEY Railway and coal prop
critics and are negotiating for the pur-
chase of a railroad which viii afford
the Cheapeake and Ohio an outlet az
Charleston or at Savannah. possibly
at both ports Since Hawley entered
the southern railroad field by purchas-
Ing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
and especially since his plans C.
develop that road were made public.
intense rivalry has sprung up between
his railroads and the Norfolk and
Western Pennsylyania lines. The
Chesapeake and Ohio has a shorter
line 20 Cincinnati than the Norfolk and
Western and "a lower grade from chi
caco 20 the soaboard than the Pennsyl-
Nania Hence the struggle for suprem-
acy.
A Few months ago the Norfolk and
Western and the Atlantic Coast Line
acquired control OF the Winston Salem
south-b0und railway project and made
contract 90 advance the funds re-
CURED 90 complete that road. 10 viii
extend from Winston Salem 20 Wades-
boro. n. c.. a distance OF ninety miles.
and in connection with the Norfolk
and Western and Atlantic Coast Line
will make q new short line from
Charleston through the Focahontas
coal fields Go Cincinnati and thence by
lines OF tho Pennsylvania system Co
Toledo. Chicago. 81. Louis and other
points North and West. This was re-
led as O. direct challenge Co Haw-
4. his answer 20 it is as stated.
inc Hockiue Valley Railway Com
nart controls the Toledo and Ohio
Central. tAe Nanawha and Michigan
and the GAINESVILLE and Western. which
with its own lines form a system about
1000 miles in length. extending in two
lines from Toledo 90 the Ohio River
at Point Pie. SAINT. and from there by
a single line 20 a connection with the
Chesapeake and Ohio at a point near
Gauley. " Va. numerous branches eN-
tending 10 the coal fields through
which the lines extend. When the
system is taken over by the Chesa-
peake and Ohio the latter Will have
a line from Underwater 20 the Ohio Goa
fields seventy five miles shorter than
the Norfolk and Westerns line TO IN,
same region. and a lower grade from
Toledo 10 the Atlantic Seaboard thar
the PENNSYLVANIA The extension q
Tidewater through Virginia and th'
Carolinas for which Hawley is nego
tiating viii also. it is said. give hin
line from Cincinnati and from cen
trail Ohio many miles shorter than tina
20 be formed by the Norfolk and West
ern. the Winston Salem south bOuul
and the Atlantic Coast Line. From TIN
10 would seem that when Hawley
plans are worked out the move OF On
Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania I'm
terests 10 checkmate him viii Doe neat
IL blocked
The tonnage 90 the Hooking Valley
Ohio Central system now amounts Q
about 10000 600 tons per annum. con
sisting in great part OF coal from IN
mines OF the buckeye Coal and Rail
way Company. the Sandy Creek Goa
Company. the Continental Coal Com
pany and the Kanawha and Hockin
Coal and Coke Company. which ar
controlled by the Hooking Valley Raj
way COmnany The coal Companie
own more than 100000 acres ol CO.,
land in Ohio and West Virginia. tn
Ohio exceeds $4,000 tons more tina
twO-thirds OF which is coal and COX
IL is planned 90 throw much OF a
coal tonnage upon the new eNtensio
20 TideWater. so as 20 relieve the te
minals at Hampton Roads and Their
bv facilitate the movement OF gra
aud general freight which il is believe
viii seek that outlet when HaWley
plans are consummated. A great con
merciaI center is likely 20 spring 4
az Hampton Roads which Is destin'
10 be one OF the principal wheat e.
porting places ON the Atlantic coast
Charleston viii be- the great Oh
tributing point for coal from OH
Kentucky and West Virginia. and
that end immense coal pockets "
be constructed along the harbor. IT.
struggle for supremacy between q
Chesapeake and Ohio and the Norfo
and Western seems likely 10 result
great benefits TO Virginia and the ca
olinas. II not 70 the entire South a
lantic system