Virginian in 1908 -- Branch line-- Bluestone Dam

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What is your name and when will you have the K&M book for sale?
 
Jim Kehn
 
 
In a message dated 8/12/2008 7:00:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Actually the citizen of Hinton, WV was  correct.  The Virginian originally 
had plans to go through Hinton.   I have just finished writing a book on the 
Kanawha & Michigan and ran  across an article in the inception of the K&M on the 
VGN who also wanted  to connect to the K&M route.  One of the big financial 
panics  came along and the VGN decided to move to its present trackage.  It had  
plans to go through Summers, Greenbrier and Monroe Counties.  A  Charleston 
newspaper reported on December 23, 1913 that the VGN May take over  the K&M and 
oppose the New River Dam.    In a letter to  T.N. Reed,of Hinton, Vice 
President Dupuy of the VGN, says: 
 
The VHN Railway does most assuredly expect to  build its line down New River 
from Rich Creek to and beyond Hinton and with  this fixed purpose in view it 
causes us the greatest concern to think that the  public service commission of 
WV may authorize a high dam on that part of the  New River, which, if built  
will seriously interfere with the grade line  of the railway.
 
I am not now in position to state when we will  commence the construction of 
this portion of our line, because it is dependent  upon a number of 
circumstances and negotiations, some of which are going  forward at this time; but I can 
state with the fullest confidence that the VGN  railway looks forward to 
building this line in the near future, and considers  it a very, very important 
part of its general scheme of usefulness to its own  stockholders and to the 
state of WV.  In conclusion, I sincerely hope  that it will be you pleasure to 
aid us in preventing such a high dam being  built on New River as will interfere 
with our railroads  construction."
 
The Bluestone Dam was built which  probably stopped any VGN railway from 
utilizing this  route.    
 
On another VGN matter---  What do you think  of the following:  
 
While a connection to the former K&M  railway (NYC) did not occur until 1931 
with the building of the Deepwater  Bridge,  it brought into being the longing 
of H.H. Rogers of  the VGN who first expressed an interest in 1913.  If this 
bridge had been  built earlier perhaps the VGN would have lasted longer than 
1959?    Any comments.    

 



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