While the bigger railroads were preoccupied developing nearby areas and shipping coal via rail to Hampton Roads, he formed a plan to take advantage of the undeveloped coal lands, and got Rogers and several others to invest in it.
While the bigger railroads were preoccupied developing nearby areas and shipping coal via rail to Hampton Roads, the plan wa to take advantage of the undeveloped coal lands. In 1898, he formed the Deepwater Railway, and in 1902, got Henry H. Rogers and several others to invest in it.