144:, some of the directors apparently lost interest in investing additionally in completing the White Oak Railway's system to reach the Kanawha River. Disagreements regarding these plans may have contributed to Dixon's resignation as president and general manager of the New River Company in 1913. The new management of the New River Company moved quickly to disassemble the White Oak Railway, leasing and then selling portions to each of the two larger railroads, transactions which were completed by 1917. The C&O also purchased the New River Company's Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad.
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