Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-11-12
Railroad Meeting at Bun
ker Hill.

meeting OF tH6 clllz6uS III tue Va
cinity of Bunker Hill and else
where along the line of the con-
templated railroad, met at this
placs, Saturday Nov. 9th, 1881; TO
take into consideration the propri-
ETY. of urging the Board of Com
missioners for Berkeley county TO
make a subscription to aid In the
extension of the Martinsburg and
Potomac Railroad to the Frederick
county line. Judge M. s. Gran
iham of Shanghai, was called TO
the Chair and Chas. Stuckey, Esq,
chosen as Secretary.
The Chairman stated the object
Of the meeting, and upon motion
Of Capt. E l.. Hoffman, the Chair
was requested to appoint a COM
mittee of five gentlemen present
who were to retire and report
suitable preambles and resolu-
tons for the consideration of the
meeting. Whereupon the Chair
appointed the following gentle
men: E. l.. Hoffman, John Tabb,
Court Hamilton, Chas. Stuckey
and Robt. Lamon, who retired for
a short time and reported the fol-
lowing:
WHEREAS, In the month CT
May 1S70,an ordinance was adopt
ed by large majority of the vot-
ers of Berkeley county, authoriz-
ing and directing the Board of Su-
pervisors to subscribe twenty-four
hundred shares to the capital stock
of the Martinsburg & Potomac
Railroad, to aid the construction
of said road, and
WHEREAS, One half of which
amount, 1900 shares, as prescribed
by the said ordinance, has been
expended in building the road
from the Potomac river to Mar
tinsburg and the other half to be
given from Martinsburg to the
Frederick county line, therefore
be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens
and tax payers of Mill Creek Dis
trict, in meeting assembled, re-
specially ask our honorable
Board of Commissioners to give
such aid to the building of the ex-
tension of the railroad from Mar
tinsburg to the Frederick county
line, as will honorably fulfil all
contracts made by the representa-
ton of the county of Berkeley and
as will complete the intention OF
the voters of the county-the con-
struction of a railroad from the
northern to the southern limits of
Berkeley county, and providing
for the safety of the investment as
not eventually to incur any loss
to the taxpayers thereby.
Resolved, That for eleven years
we have contributed of our means
as to taxes, to meet the obliga-
tions of the county, incurred in
building the road from the POtO-
mac river to Martinsburg, we in
return receiving only small and
indirect benefit-the completion
of which has brought large re-
turns to the northern section of the
county and the city Of Martins
burg. Therefore, we now ask
that aid be given by the Board of
Commissioners, toward the COM
completion of this important en-
terprise as originally contemplate
ed.
Resolued, That in giving their
material aid our honorable Com
missioners will only be doing JUS
tica to q section OF the county, that
has seldom asked for, and less fire.
Guently received any of the i'm
provements made by the tax pay
ers' money, as witnessed for years
past in other parts of the county.
Resotved, That we have patient
ly borne our allotted share of the
taxes collected for the building of
bridges, construction of county
roads and other public enterprises
which have redouuded to the in
creased wealth of our neighbors
and fellow citizens in various
parts of the county, relying upon
the solemn assurance and promises
made and implied to US years ago,
that this railroad extension would
be built. Promises that have 80
often been "lost to the faith and
broken to the hope" but now, in
justice to ourselves and our poster
ity, we ask a like return in build
ing an Improvement, which we
believe will bring with 1t large in
crease of values and great prosper
ity to our whole county as we'll as
to ourselves.
Upon motion q committee of
ten gentlemen from the District
were appointed by the Chair to
confer with the Board Of Manag-
ers, and urge upon them the pro-
priety of completing a subscrip-