The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-25
WILL CONSTRUCT COAL
PIER At CHARLESTON
Railway, Announces Full Ar
engagements Made.
WORK no BEGIN IMMEDIATELY
Statement Made Before Senate Com
mittee Which Is Investigating Coal
Rates to Southeastern Atlantic
Ports-Dulaney Again Questioned.

Washington. July PA. r Thorn,
general counsel for the Southern Rail.
way. announced today that full ar
engagements have been made by that
road TO construct coal pier at Charles
ton, S. g. and afford the mines on it's
tracks an opportunity 10 transhp coal
'at Charleston and enter into the OK
port coal trade.
The Southern Railway has acquired
5000 feet Of water front i'm the Mag
nolia Cemetery site, and will imnic-
diately begin work on the construction
OF the first unit of II coal pier. Daniel
Is. Wentz and other coal operators in
the Virginia field attending the in
vcstigatlon the Senate is conducting off
the coal rates to the sttheastern At
lnntic ports say they expect to avail
themselves OF this new outlet for their
coal.
81 cannot say Just when the pier will
he ready for coal" Mr.. Thorn said
"fowcvcr. tho money for the devel-
opment has been arranged for and the
company viii proceed with the work as
rapidly as possible. 1t intends to af-
ford every facility to the coal pro-
ducers along it's various lines"
MAY MEAN COAL OUTLET
ron OTHER OPERATORS
|, AS 10 whether the new pier would be
open to coal hauled to Charleston on
railways other than the Southern. Mr.
Thorn said lie was not fun advised. but
ne 1tlt sure the southern WOuIu OIL err
operators on other railways an outlet
for their product.
The rate from Black Mountain aud
adjoining Virginia. fields to Charleston
lis $40 for export coal the same as
charged to Norfolk and. other ports
North OF Norfolk, but the lack OF facil-
tiles for transhipping coal at Charles
ton have made the rate practically use
less.
MIR. Thorn said Former President Fin
ley WAS always much impressed by the
claim of Charleston that 1t should have
an opportunity to become COIL eN
port port and he said that President
Fairfax Harrison was of the same
opinion.
Rufus 4. Ayres representing the
Stonega Coal and Coke Company, was
among tho lawyers who ss-cxam-
ined Dulaney today. In response to
questions by Mr. Ayres Dulancy en-
planned his former connection with the
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company.
He said he organized the company. and
was active In its management until he
realized that the directors were de-
Itermined to wreck 1t. Grant II. Schley.
Henry *. MciiarE and T.. J. Bcrwind
were named by Mr.. Dulaney as the
three men responsible for "wrccking
the company" To freeze out small
stock holdcrs. 100000 OF the company's
funds was temporarily withheld, the
witness said, and the company was
thrown into the hands OF receivers
Fairfax Harrison. president OF tho
Southern Railway, will speak on Mon
day before the subcommittee OF the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee. which
is Investigating alleged discrimination
by railroads against Southern ports on
coal rates. with his testimony the
hearings probably will close until Sep
,emher. as counsel for the Southern
Railway and pulaney, the witness upon
whose testimony tho investigation is
based. have asked for time to study
the rate publication.