The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
TEE TIEs DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA SUNDAY MAY Il 1910

, operation q large band mill and sey-
eral stave mills at Glsmorgan. Coal
mines, 1t is said. will also be opened
up along the route. In lumber manu-
featuring there are a number of com
parics operating extensively in tho
county. the Currier Lumber Company
being one OF the largest. The Tug
River Lumber Company Is another
large operation, running two largo
band mills and n number OF small
mills at Elverton. few miles from
Norton. on branch line OF road
New Railroad Lines.
More than one line OF railroad gain
ing foothold In Southwestern vir-
ginia will enter Kentucky. One. and
the principal road. is the Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio, which will pene-
trate a part OF Dickenson, and pass
through the Breaks" by Elkhorn
City, KY, to connection with the
Chesapeake and ohio's Big Sandy ex-
tension, forming one of the most i'm
portant railroad connections made In
this country in many years. This con-
| nection will be made this year, giving
direct outlet from Chicago, CEncin-
natl and other cities In tho Northwest.
to the Atlantic seaboard.
Many of the heretofore undeveloped
mountain counties of Eastern Ken
lucky are lust ROY awakening to the
hand OF development forces In tins
opening Up of her vast coal beds. said
to be the equal in every respect OF the
celebrated Connefisville. Pa. coke. and,
during the present year larger rail-
road mileage will be built than during
the past dozen years.
The objective point of the half
dozen or more different lines OF rail-
road coming this way seems to be the
great Elkhorn coal field, OF this
tLetcher) county, where there are a
number OF distinct coal veins. ranging
from six to twelve feet In thickness.
From Jackson, Breathitt county. on
the south. the Lexington and Eastern
Railroad. recently taken over by the
Louisville and Nashville Is assured,
and the construction work will be be.
gun at an early date. Rights OF
way for this line were secured some
that the road will be built that mil
lions of dollars are being invested all
along the route In the purchase OF
coal lands at prices running from s25
TO 800 per acre. A tract recently sold
In tetcher county for $3.50 per acre.
and conservative capitalists declare
that the limit has not yet been
reached.
Construction Work Goes On.
From wasioto. KY. on the Louisville
and Nashville. up Cumberland River.
through Bell Harlan and Letcher
counties, the wasioto and Black
Mountain Railroad. a branch of the
Louisville and Nashville. Is being con-
structed as rapidly as money and
brains can do It, some 1000 men now
being employed In its construction.
The Callahan Construction Company.
| of Knoxville. Tenn. was awarded the
contract. and sixty miles OF the road
is to be completed by August this
year. The International Harvester
Company. the Kentenia Corporation,
and number of other large corpora
lions own most of the coal lands along
the route. The Harvester Company
now has large force of men at work
building coal mining plant on Big
Looney Creek, on the Harlan-Letcher
border. where. during the next year,
they will spend millions Of dollars in
Developments A modern, up-to-date
coke plant will grow UP. where, as an
nounced. mining will be started i'm
mediatcly upon the completion of the
road.
The Wisconsin Steel Company owns
also large area of fine property adj
jacent. upon which developments are
to be started Immediately. The wealth
of the Upper Cumberland River Is
simply boundless, and the awakening
of this section is considered one OF
the largest undertakings yet started In
the way of development in the State.
Here, besides the great coal beds, are
vast forests of the finest hardwood
timber, farm lands that wilI produce
most all grains and cereals fruits and
vegetables. fine water power, iron ore,
gases. In fact every possibility. the
value Of which is fncalculable abound
On Big Looney Creek the Harvester
people boast of thirteen-foot cooking
coal vein straight from top to bottom,
but there are other mammoth coking
coal veins all along the route. The
people, some of the best in the State.
are elated over their prospects to
reap the rich benefits the railroad
will ultimately bring them. shut off
as they have been from a railroad
for all these many years.
1t is expected that this road wiz
ultimately be extended on through the
vast coal fields of Letcher county, and
into the main Elkhorn field.
The Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia
Railroad Is another line building
through the kentucky coal fields, or
| preparing to build, as survey has
| been made and the rights of way Sc
| cured. 1t will start from point near
! Camel City. KY. and pass through
i Rreathitt. Perry and Letcher counties,
up Line Fork. th>ough Cumberland
1 nection with the Wasioto and Black
Mountain, building up Cumberland
River. Sufficient capital is behind the
4 road to insure It's building.
Short Lines Planned.
In the Big Sandy Valley a number
Of short-line roads are planned for
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