The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-27
RAILROAD GOSSIP.
Meeting OF the valley Directors.

Meeting OF the Valley Directors.
A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Valley Railway Company will be
held to-day at their Cleveland offices on
Water street, for the purpose of voting
upon the construction Of branch from
the main line of the railroad cOmmenc-
ing at point in the main line few
feet south of the crossing of its main
track over the railroad of the Pitts
burgh s. Fort Wayne Railway Company,
i'll Canton, thence in a sOuth-easterly di-
rectiOn to Navarro street in said
city, thence along Navarro street east
wardly to and along Mulberry street to
and through the lots numbered 1711,
1903 and I710 in said city of Canton, and
across the right of way and railroad
tracks of the COnnottOn Valley Railway
Company on said lots 1909 and 1710 to
and across sublots 1705, 1905, 1907 and
1908 to and onto the lumber yard of
James Campbell & Son, in said city of
Canton.
This is the extension, which the Val
folks were prevented from completing
by an injunction issued by the Court of
Common Pleas here, enjOining them
from crossing the COnnOttOn track.
A FIGHT AT MAssILLoN.
Residents Of this city who attended
divine service Sunday morning missed
seeing what is regarded as the prelimi-
nary skirmish to an anticipated we'll
planned railroad war. Ever since the
Wheeling 81 Lake Erie Railroad located
their line to cross the track of the
Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley & Wheel
ing Road in this city, the latter COM
pany has labOred without ceasing pre-
vent that result by a. n)ying or hinder
ing them in every possible way, regard
less of law or the rights Of the roads
wishing to cross. About a month
ago the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley Il
Wheeling started to put in two side
tracks on the west side of the main line,
just north of their freight depot, one ad-
joining the main track, and the second
about seventy feet west. 1t being evil
dent that it was simply to interfere
with the crossing of the Wheeling q
Lake Erie, our City Council forbid them
to cross Water street and stopped their
work on the north side of that street.
Thus matters rested until last night
about II o'clock when large force of
men were put to work grading and lay
ing ties and track across the street
named, and this morning our city au-
thOrities found two new railroad tracks
crossing Water street at the point
where the Wheeling u Lake Erie have
located their line to cross. InfOr.
nation of this condition of affairs
being taken to Mayor Cole and sew
eral of our leading cOuncilmen, they re-
paired to the scene of the nights labor
and notified James Reynolds, roadmas-
ter of the c., 7. V. s. W., who had charge
of the gang, to remove the distractions.
He declined to do so, and the mayor,
cOuncilmen and a sufficient number
from among the several hundred citi-
zens assembled, went promptly to work
with sledges, bars and such other i'm
| plements as could be found, and tore up
| the ties and track. On complaint of a
citizen a warrant was sworn out for the
arrest of ROadmaster Reynolds and his
| gang of thirty-fOur labOreTs. They
were all arrested by the marshal and re-
| leased on the recOgnizance of their boss to
appear before the Mayor Wednesday
morning on charge of unlawfully OBJ
structing a street of the city. After
they were released the Mayor told Rey-
nOlds that if he or his men continued to
work every one would be locked up if he
had to form posse. cOmmitatus out of
| the entire population to accomplish it.
Since then no further work has been
done, but some new moves are expected
on the part of the Cleveland, Tuscarawas
Valley & Wheeling people. To be pre-
pared for new Developments the Mayor
has stationed three guards on the battle
field, who will remain ON duty day and
night as long as necessary and report
the first move made to again Obstruct
the street in the same way.
SPARKS.
Wheeling and Lake Erie surveyors are
working near Navarro.
The track of the c., Mt. V. & C. from
Akron to Hudson is soon to be replaced
with steel rails.
PennOck Bros, OF Minerva, are about
contracting to build lot of standard
gauge oil cars for company in the oil
regions.
Several hundred wOTkmen, under Con-
tractor O'Brien, are engaged south of
the city on the grading of the Valley ex-
tension from Canton to New Phila-
delphia.
Margaret Rees, of NOrthfeld, has sued
the Valley Railway for $1,000 damages
: by reason of change in the channel of
the CuyahOga river, causing it to over
flow on her land.
The passenger depot of the Wheeling
}, 81 Lake Erie Railroad in MassillOn will
7 be located opposite that of the Cleve'
land, Tuscarawas Valley & Wheeling
D Railroad Company.
Grading being completed, the build
;. ing of cOmmOdious depot was com
, menced at the COnnOtton Railroad il
2 Kent last week. The building is under
- contract of James COmpbell & Son, o.