The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-10
REPORT DIR CON-
MIT1'EE.
Our Prospects.

Iou. 0co. y. SturSiSS, VINO returned
from Pittsburgh last week, where they
had gone as the Representatives of our
Narrow Gauge railroad, report that
they find the Pittsburgh Southern
Railroad in successful operation from
Pittsburgh to Finleyville, l94 miles,
running four trains per day over the
whole distance with larger number
of trains from Castle Shannon to
Pittsburgh. This road is sufficiently
equipped with locomotives and freight,
passenger and fiat cars. From Fin
leyville to the national pike near Hills
boro, about 10 miles the work of con
struction is going forward rapidly, as
is also the branch line to Washington,
about 10 miles, and upon both these
parts of the road it is intended to have
the cars running in November. This
will make over 40 miles built this sea
son by the company, including the
most difficult part of the road.
Upon careful examination these gen.
tlemen report the pittsburgh South
ern in condition to extend it's road
to Morgantown and Grafton, and
ready to do so just as soon as the
West Virginia Co. has secured sub
scriptions along the line of road from
the Pa. State line to Grafton or Nor
gantown equal to $1,000, per mile A
draft of contract between the two
Railroad Cos. was agreed upon and
drawn up, binding the p. S. Co. to
furnish engineering skill for the com
plete location of the road, and prcpa-
ration of details and specifications
under which contracts for construc-
ton of the road can be sold, and to
contract and operate the road as soon
as the right of way and $4,000, per
mile of stock shall be secured in West
Va.
OF the ability of the 2. S. Co. to ex-
ecutc their part of this contract, these
gentlemen entertain no reasonable
doubt. The Go. is composed of few
energetic, prudent and live business
men who have invested a good deal of
money in the road already, and who
expect to make their investments
more profitable by the extenton of the
road southwark. They are able and
willing to build our road upon the
conditions named, and upon no other,
and are willing to contract at once so
as to bind them. What then prevents
the work of construction from begin
ing atonce? Answer, because in Cass
District the subscriptions do not ex-
coed about 81 900 per mile.
The length Of road in this county
will be about twenty miles and will
require 100000 of local subscription.
OF this amount 81 5000 has been rails
ed on this side by private subscrip.
tons; $4,000 by Morgan Districts
public subscription, and from $1,000
to $4,000 by private subscriptions of
all kind on the west side available for
any one of the routes. A petition
from citizens of Cass District asking
to be allowed to vote upon the question
Of a public subscription by that Dis
trict Of $4,000 will be presented to
the County Court this week, and i'll
such a subscription should carry (of
which there could be little doubt) it
would leave not exceeding $4,000 af
ter allowing fair margin for uncol-
lected subscriptions, to be raised
Preston and Taylor Counties will raise
the residue of their shares, and the
local subscriptions in Pa are already
pledged so that we have no concern ex-
cept with our own subscriptions The
work of securing the right ofway will
be begun as soon as the subscriptions
are completed or assured. q
There is no reasonable prospect of |
the building of either the South west
Pa, from Uniontown, or the p. V. u
c. road, up the river from Pittsburgh. |
This we know and while we would be
glad to see one or both these roads in
addition to the Narrow Gauge reach
ing this point, yet it is due to our peo-
pie to say that the, only tangible or
real prospect for a railroad to this
place lies through the p. w. Va. d S.
road. We can build it. If we do |
not aid it to the extent.above indicat-
ed it will not be built, and our failure
to secure the balance Of subscriptions
needed Will be the best evidence to
railroad men that we do not need a
road, that it will not pay if built, and
that it ought not to be built. On the
other hand with the money raised and |
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