The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-15
B. RIO. WI. TAP
B|G.B0A. FIELDS
Of KENTUCKY
WORD COMES FROM CINCINNATI
THAT THE BIG TRANsPoRTA-
TIoN SYSTEM WILL ASSIST IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
( ELkRoRN FIELD.
.ENTRANGE TRRggGHG.Nl.R.R B.
PRESIDENT WILLARD AND 9TH
En- OFFICIALS OF THE COMPANY
ACCOMPANIED OPERATORS ON
INITIAL OFFICIAL INSPECTION
TRIP ONE YEAR AGO.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
controlling the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad Company, 1t is
told unoaicially in a dispatch from Gin
cinnau to-day has scored enc Of the
biggest Scoops" in the history OF the
railroad world in tapping the coal
fields of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany in Kentucky and making itself
the Eastern outlet from the Great
Lakes.
Official announcement Of this great
railroad deal is expected within the
next two months.
For months the railroad world has
been trying to figure out what inter-
ests are paying l1,S0O,OOO for the con-
structlon Of 80 miles of railroad be.
tween jenkins, KY, and the mouth OF
the Shelby river, at Shelby, Ky.
Now, however, it appears that the
real interests in the building of the
branch is the Baltimore anu Ohio
Railroad Company. The road is being
built at cost Of 100000 per mile, and
is said to be the most perfectly con-
structed road in the United States. 1t
Develops thbWqyer, that survey re.
Gently msdst by the I BaltImTe q and nd
Ohio from Shelby to Ashland, KY,
makes it possible for the Baltimore
and Ohio ,alid the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dastba ihteTests, in connection
with tie 3Chesapeake and Ohio, to
build 4 lins to the Ohio river con;
Meeting with the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and aYton At Iropton, thus giving e
direct line To- tie Great Lakes " (
The tind hand of the Morgan New
York Interests is saideto be in evil
dence, ds any Improvement Of the con-
dltion of,thegC gCincinnatij Hamilton and
Dayton will result to their benefit
when the tihaT sale OF the road Is made
to the Baltimore and Ohio 'ts
The EIkhOrn district comprises 10O,-
90 acres. and is owned by the Consol-
idation Coal Company, composed large
ly of Baltimore capital.
The Baltimore and Ohio and the
Chesapeake and Ohio will tap the great
coal field at one end and the Louisville
and Nashville at the other end.
To build and equip the branches nee
cssary will involve an expenditure on
the part Of the railroads of upward OF
S30,OOO,OOO. The Consolidation Coal
Company is spending millions in the
development Of the tract.
Active mining operations, 1t Is eX-
rected, will begin not later than April,
1912, by which date the railroads Will
be ready to handle the immense traffic
the mines are counted upon to furnish
Ii will bo remembered that >on the
initial official inspection trip Of the
Elkhorn field by the officers OF the Con
solldation Coal Company about one
year ago President Willard and other
officers Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and large number
OF New York and Philadelpma capl'
talists that arc close TO the railroad
company in financial way accompa'
MED the operators on that expedition
in the mountains OF the blue Grass
state. At that time OF was thought
that the Baltimore and Ohio would
share in the transportation Of the
great amount of freight that will be
produced in that region within the next
few years, The report from Cinctn'
natl confirms the opinion that exist
ed here at that time which had never
been entirely abandoned.