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32 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
WEST VIRGINIA COAL FIELDS TO HAVE
NEW OUTLET FOR LAKE TRADE.
A deal is now pending for the purchase of the
Coal & Coke railroad by the Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie railroad which if consummated will give that
section of the West Virginia coal fields a direct
connection with the Great Lakes, via Pittsburgh,
and the Eastern markets, via the Western Maryland
at Connellsville. Col. J. M. Schoonmaker,
vice president of the P. & L. E., accompanied by
a party of eastern railroad officials, made a tour
of inspection of the Coal & Coke line July 20.
The visit was doubly significant owing to the fact
that the Lake Erie is interested in the Buckhannon