The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-05-27
To the Voters OF Monongnrfn
County.

I
come when the interests Of the county
imperatively demand the facilities
offered by Railroads for travel aud
transportation, wish hereby to ex-
press our hearty approval Of propo-
sition to aid in building a standard
guage road--from point on the Penn
sylvania line, through our county,
and following the valleys of the Mon
ongahela and West Fork rivers, to
| Clarksburg.
We also endorse the action of our
County Commissioners on the Goth
of April, in ordering a vote to be
taken on the 10th day Of June, 1882,
on the question OF subscription by
the equity of $l50,000, to the Capital
Stock of a Railway Company, for
that purpose. And we earnestly call
upon our fellow citizens, to aid, by
their votes and influence, in secur-
ing the subscription, and as VIC be-
lievc, in thereby getting the road.
We believe this question, in so far
as the present and future prosperity
and development of the county is
concerned, to be the most important
one ever presented for the considera-
ton ofour people. Upon its success
or failure, depends the position Mon
ongalia shall occupy among her sis
ter counties of the State, for perhaps
many years to come. Whether she
will place herself in the front rank,
to which her Geographical position,
fertile soil, and large natural resour-
ces so eminently fit her; or, as in the
past, with all her advantages, con-
tinue to lag behind in the race for
wealth, population, and power.
Fellow citizens, we have waited
many years for foreign capital to
come and build us road-and have
always waited in vain. Our expecta-
tions have often been excited, only
to be disappointed again. Let us
learn wisdom from the lessons of the
past. Let us remember that Provi-
dence helps those who help them
selyes--and go to work in earnest, to
build our own road, or aid in doing
it. The counties of Harrison and
Marion have both voted subscrip-
ton, and now look anxiously to us Of
Monongalia, to join them in the con-
struction of a road that will by COM
petition give TO them and to us, the
only relief we can ever obtain from
the grinding exactons of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company.
This road when completed, con-
Meeting with one or more of the rail
roads at the State line will give us
not only reduced rates of freight and
travel, but in addition, will also give
us access to both eastern and western
market.
Every county through which Rail-
roads pass, must, and does, in some
way, pay for their construction and
repairs, and it is the people of the
county who must bear the loss and
Inconvenience Of not having them.
Foreign capital might some day build
a road through our county, but it
would be at their own time, and in
their own interest, and not in ours,
and not until after the people of Mon
ongalin have sustained far greater
loss for want of it, than we are now
asked to subscribe. 1t has cost us
two or three times as much in the |
last twenty-five years to have no
road, as it will be necessary TO pay,
in the neat twenty-five, to get one.
AS soon as this road is built, it
will become taxable property, and
will itself aid in paying the bonds
which will be issued to build it,
while the increased value of our
products, together with population
and wealth which will come to us
from abroad, will make the taxes to
rest very lightly upon us.
The court will have full control of
our subscription, and will guard it
faithfully. The money will he ex-
pended in the county, furnishing EN-
oloyment and good wages to all our
men.
II the road Is uvt built, IL will nnt
,e to pay for. Nothing can be
gained by opposing the subscription,
while every consideration Of interest,
irges us to vote for it.
Again we ask you to aid us in ac-
an enterprise so rich in
,romise to all our people.
". C. McGREw, WIN. E. WATSON,
/. L. Cox, WIN. S. CoBUN,
!. S. LABEL, l. c. Rich,