The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-22

slt may be that the West Penn.
Il Traction Company will enter FAIR
mont. At least1ithls is the latest in
The way OF ofgtractlonfnews in this part
siof the country.
sg5 IT U.s. understood that the West
Penn demonstrating the purchase OF
a line that Is now building between
Waynesburg and Blacksville and 1t may
Z Ssbeg that the sale will be made within
tile next few days. There seems to
be no reason why the West Penn
Should not close the deal for the road.
The purchase of the line would be
"a great advantage to the big Penn.
Company to help out its lines in Con-
1iellsyille,s uniontown, Brownsville.
Latrobe, Greensbrlrg and Mckeesport.
!, Particularly would this be so in the
completion Of the line from Blacks
willie to Waynesburg and on to. Pitts.
burgh: tits said that the West Penn
u Company Is anxious for the line be-
cause Of 1.-The immense advantage that
would be to the company for n
3 more successful operation OF its var.
lied lines In y he western part of Penn.
The completion Of the road from
-Blncksyille to Warrington and event
lially to this city would soon follow.
This in all probability would mean a
new line TO Mannington for the cars
that are operated on all of the lines
Sof} the West Penn. Company are op-
Grated Son8 broad gauge tracks while
the road from Fairmont to Manning
ffyton, is, q standard gauge road.
We're the West Penn TO come into
iannlngtons and&then to Farmont
over the line Of the Fairmont and
MannIngton ? Railway Company then
the broad gauge cars would in all
probability be used to- Mannlngton
& anu from hat towr8to tliis city the
.sstandnrd GUNS cars would p fibe ioper::,
ateti mi y Ebes That the u
i entire new road E:y!lll besa standard
Z Z ssSpange but this. IS dot likely since al
offthe lines now owned and operated
siivIthSe West Pen Company are wide
" .,ausee' which reans that they are six
inches jwldeBt than that of the stand:
q IA sn,, re. iAlls Of the lines OF the
Fairmontl l/and Clarksburg Traction
4 II f,ooImnlp,unpl are standard gauge and
4 ssoyors use lines q railroad train can
"a ~ Grated with no Inconvenience.
u. E :. %. Ii.
\, ne line from this city to Pitts
ygh Is one of the best Traction
% projects in the eastern part OF
fhe United States and it, will pass
a#territory that will be devel
Y oped faster than probably any other
Spntt of5the country that could be nam.
ed. Besides the rich coal. oil and gas
Territory that It traverses there is a
4 great deal; OF fertile soil that IS under
X fine cultivation and there is an I'M
I si5inenses 4 amount of agricultural pro,
feducts Sjproduced on the route OF the
/ protected line.
Fourteen miles OF the road Is act
'sSanlly graded ana the bridges are up.
This means q great deal in the con.
struction Of, the line. When this
I part Of the road is finished the re-
y lnaInder OF the road will be complct'
ed I'm "a very short time.
JSs8 The 3Eline between this city and
2 Pittsburgh would do an immense
4 passenger traffic and freight bus.
If8sincss. This would be one reason for
the probable building of n new line
from this clty,to Warrington hcing a
broad gauge then there would be no
84tfansfer Of passengers and conssn'
u ements to be brought over n standard
gauge road. All persons wanting to
go to Sthc5iSmoky City from this point
would take the trolley and would
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