N&W Territory in 1910--CC&O

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 18, 1910

C.C.&O. OFFICIALS HERE IN SPECIAL TRAIN
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Leave for Visit to Dumps Creek Section But Say Trip Has No Special Significance
    Mark W. Potter, chairman of the board of directors of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio and the Clinchfield Coal Corporation, accompanied by Mr. Lore [sic., should be Loree], president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, arrived in the city last night on No. 3 and were joined here by M. J. Caples, vice president and general manager of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio.
    The party left here in a special train for Dumps Creek and other points on their properties.  The special train was made up of a Clinchfield engine and Clinchfield cars Nos. 1, 2 and 111.  The crew was made up of B. H. Spencer, conductor; S. F. Allen, engineer; Mr. Eaton, fireman; W. W. Webb, brakeman; Mr. Stone, and G. F. Meredith road foreman of engines.  All of the crew with the exception of Mr. Eaton, who came from the Southern Railway, were Norfolk and Western men and all but one went to the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio from this division.  Mr. Caples, the general manager of the road, was formerly superintendent of this division so it can readily be seen that the train was no stranger to this road.
    Mr. Potter was asked by a Telegraph man if his road was building the line which is being surveyed in Buchanan county, as has been reported in the Daily Telegraph.  He said he did not know anything of the road and scouted the idea that a railroad was to be built, although he said he hoped such was the case, so that his road could make some good freight arrangements with the line.  Mr. Caples and Mr. Potter had both seen the report and Mr. Caples seemed to think the proposed road is a lumber road but when asked if he though it was being built by the C. L. Ritter Lumber Company he said he did not know.
    Mr. Potter in speaking about the future of the south said that some of these days Charleston, S. C.,  and Spartanburg would be big cities.  "Charleston, you know," he said, "will have the same rate on coal that Norfolk enjoys on Pocahontas coal and that should give us a market in the south.  With iron and other industries in the neighborhood of Charleston that city will take its place in the rank of the big cities."  Mr. Potter when asked about the purchase of additional coal lands by his company said his company now has enough coal to mine ten millions of tons per year for the next hundred years and it would not look as though they were in the market for more.
    He was enthusiastic about the road with which he is connected and bespeaks great success for it.  Mr. Potter said the trip has no especial significance but was made so that the properties might be looked over.
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[I find it interesting that a CC&O engine would be used on the N&W.  Also, this is the second case where a new railroad was significantly staffed by ex-N&W people.  Earlier articles cited some Virginian employees that came from the N&W.]

Gordon Hamilton
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