The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-03

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The proposed line is that Dr. tlte
Petersburg & Columbia Springs Rail
way Company. leading stockholders
in which are john " Hite, "a. h.
Watson. John. Marcus Hite. LLOYD
Bailey and II. l.. Long of Fairmont.
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Route of New Line.
The new line will begin ut Peters.
burg OH the South Fork of the po-
tomac River, In Grant County. where
it will connect with the Baltimore
& Ohio, running down that river to
the main line of the Baltimore &
Ohio at Green Springs. on the Pc.
tomac River, TO junction In Hamp-
shire County not many miles east OF
Cumberland, Md.
From Petersburg south the line
will follow the grade UP the valley
of North Mill Greek to n point be.
You'd Kline, thence taking lip the
grade OF the South Penn Branch OF
the Potomac. at Il point near Rud.
die, and up this branch to Frank.
lin, the county seat of Pendleton
County. From this point the line
south will pass Jack Mountain and
be built to Monterey, the county seal
of Highland County, Virginia.
AT u point Il little EAST and south
Of Monterey the line will cross the
ackson River headwaters, and strike
Back Creek. which It will follow ms
that stream flows southwards, pass.
ing through Valley Center and
Mountain Grove to the C. & o. Hot
Springs Division, with terminal u,
Hot Springs, in Bath County. Vir.
ginta, from which point the c. & o.
gives outlet back into West Virginia
through Clifton Forge and Coving-
ton into G%recnbrier County. this
State.
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The new line will tap n region
heretofore not opened up to railroad
transportation, IS miles wide and
about 100 miles long. On either
side of the railroad. almost along its
entire length, are mountain knobs.
f;ricll in iron ores. Tie furnace at
/. Clifton Forge has for years been
treating these ores. some of which
are hauled considerable distances BY
teams.
But the railroad is primarily ror
the purpose Of giving transportation
to virgin forests of timber, consid.
cred among the finest hardwood in
West, Virginia, principally white
oak. Interested In the building OF
the railroad line are the owners OF
the stock in the. Potomac Lumber
Company. and the. Forest Lumber
Company.
John Y. Write. a. moving spirit in
the railroad. enterprise, is president
OF the two lumber companies. The
Forest Lumber Company owns 16,.
600 acres of timber in Pocohontas
County. West Virginia. which will
be the new line in its route down
Back Creek, and the Potomac Lum:
Der Company has holdings amount
ing to. 10000, acres in Hardy and
section Of the railroad outlet now
constructed from Petersburg to the
main line of the Baltimore & Ohio.
Cut Much Timber,
The Potomac company has a large
mill at Mcneil, and is cutting tim.
her at the rate of about 5000 feet
a year. This mill is in Hardy Coun-
ty,. near the Hampshire County line
P%endleton County, which the new
road will tap. is one of the most in.
teresting parts of West Virginia. Al
Franklin, the county seat, ever,
year is held an annual horse show
which is one of the most interest
ing affairs in the Mountain State
though entirely out of touch Will
the outside world. Every man
woman and child In the hill district,
is an expert rider, and the county
being n Of the richest blue gras,
regions in West Virginia, raise.