The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-16
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company since Daniel Willard has
become the head has made many.
changes that Is causing It to become
Il much greater transpo system
than 1t was when he was called to be
the PRESIDENT One OF the very first
things that he did was to go into the
shops and order rolling stock which
had run down. He started track i'm
proyements on all parts of the sys-
tenn so that the road could carry to
market the freight that had outgrown
the system under former manage
ment, IA
When the shippers Of West Vir.
ginia called Upon Mr.. Willard in Bal
timore and asked him. to do what he
could tpsrelieye the c6ngested traffic
conditions that existed Id this part OF
the state he made them promises that
they thought were too great for him
TO fulfill, but they believed that he
was making them an honest state
ment. They; said so and he was. He
Immediately made q change in the
operation Of the system and within, a
few months the shippers saw more
improvements In the road than they
thought IL was possible to make in
so short a time. tSs ls)
The construction sofythe new bridge
at Etmberport giving an outlet for
an; Immense tonnage of coal
that went over the congested traffic
district before the erection of that
structure gives great relief and a
more expedi itious transportation, to
market The great work that no Is do
Ign betweent Graf fton aud Cumberland
greatly ( ext teetls tile expectation that
the esshipp ers had before they saw what
is being done gby a thoroughly up-to:
date railroad man. Grafton with her
fifty miles OF yard will no longer be
the eongested place that she has been.
Trains will be able to pass through
without having to wait.
Messrss Talbot & Bennett, the con-
tractors, Of this city, are making sat
isfactoryS progress on the new third
track which they are building for the
aldmore and Ohio Railroad across
the mountains ofWest Virginia. The
working force has been greatly in
creased and everything is being done
by the contracting firm to facilitate
the work ~,
The additional track Is apart of the
big improvement. plan which the Bal
timores and Ohio Railroad is carrying
into effect in West Virginia, Presi.
dent Daniel Willard promised the coal
shippers of that state, and, after go.
ing over the. situation carefully and
studying the needs of the road, he
concluded that; third track was nec-
3essary across the mountains OF West
Virginia, in order to better handle
the enormous coal traffic originating
In that state,
Messrs. Talbot & Bennett also have
4 the contract for constructing the new
tunnel which Is to replace the old
-ttsnnel at Tunnelton. The new tun-
mel will be srno okeless, and 1t is stated
! that passengers can ride through 1t
with the car windows up. The old
tunnel will be used for freight traf-
5tic.
The new tunnel will be on grade
sixty feet Slower than the. old tunnel.
1t viii be the same kind of tunnel
that the company is building Mt Sand
Patch Pennsylvania, on the main line
TO Chicago. ,U
The work that Mr.. Willard has
started Is only the beginning of the
great system that he is going to build
up. This Is shown by the fact that
y Il 4 t. ytot4n,1xy oatng - Ia ,nod,, Co.,
the Increased, freight but will do all
heScan tosencourage Industrial growth
ssoSas tb give his road more freight
to carry ito market. So far the plan
has been to take care of the traffic
that Is ready; for the roqd. It has
been q great thing for him to do that.
Much of the rolling stock that the
company has ordered has yet to be
delivered and much OF the work that
is necessary in the. way of construct.
ing bridges, track and tunnels for the
IL seration Of the road according to
President Wizards plans is yet to
be finished but most of that work is
started. 4fi'.ts
5s1n orderstoI bring TO the road the
great amount OF traffic that 1t should
and VIII be able to haul, the Balti.
more and Ohio Company is prepar-
ing an advertising campaign for the
purpose Of directing. the attention OF
the world to the manufacturing pos
sibllities and opportunities in West
Virginia; The company authorized
ylfr, w. Nv. Wood, OF Baltimore, the
Industrial agent OF the company to
prosecute q vigorous advertising cam
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