1907 - Tideater Cuts Men Off

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Roanoke Times - December 7, 1907

TIDEWATER CUTS MEN OFF

Rogers' Railroad Shuts Down Work at Norfolk - Means a Long Delay

   Norfolk, Va., Dec. 6 - Special - One hundred and fifty engineers, 
practically the entire force used in completing the Norfolk terminal 
of the Tidewater Railroad company, where put off on Wednesday, at 
three-days' notice. Many of the men have not been paid for the past 
month. The Tidewater railroad is being built from Deepwater, W. Va., 
to Sewell's Point, below Norfolk, and even though the work of 
construction is practically completed, operations will not be begun 
until the terminal is completed.
   The president of the road is H. H. Rogers, of New York, 
vice-president of the Standard Oil Company, and it is being built to 
develop the coal and oil interests in West Virginia.
   It is expected that the present delay will postpone the completion 
of the road for several months.
   Tightness in the money market rather than inability to procure 
funds is stated as the excuse for the unexpected action of the 
officials of the company.


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- Ron Davis, Roger Link