The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-02-03
RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTION.
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roads within, and contiguous to said
county:
Therefore. it is ordered by the court
that vote Of the legally qualified
voters Of said county shall be taken,
at the several places ofvoting in said
county, at n special election, which
is hereby ordered to be held for that
| purpose, on Saturday, the 18th day
Of February, A. D., 1883, upon the
question of appropriating the sum
Of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
to be subscribed TO the capital stock.
and to be expended within said
county. in aid Of the construction of
y responsible line Of Standard
Guage Railroad, which shall be built
I from a point on the Pennsylvania
and West Virginia State line across
the County Of Monongaia to the line
between said county and the County
of Marion, and across said last named
county to point on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad near Clarksburg
in Harrison county; and the sum of
Sixty Thousand Dollars to he sub
scribed to the capital stock, and to
be expended in aid of the construc-
ton of the Blacksmith and Morgan
town Narrow Guage Railroad Com
pany's Railroad, corporation organ
lied for the purpose Of constructing
a railroad from Blaeksyille to West
Morgantown.
The said respective appropriations
and payments shall be made, and
paid to the said respective railroad
companies as fast as the road bed of
each of said roads shall be completed,
as follows, that is to say: Upon the
completion ready for the eross.ties
and rails of each mile of the road bed
Of said respective railroads, situate
in Monongalia county, such a pro
portion of the whole amount Of the
subscription hereby authorized, shall
be paid (by the delivery of county
bonds or money! to the company
completing such mile, as each mile
bears to the whole number Of miles
to be built by said company, within
said county. The work of construct
ing each Of sail roads shall be begun
in good faith within fifteen months
from the date of said election and
completed within the time prescribed
by law.
The respective appropriations Of
money, when authorized, shall each
be Independent Of and separate from
the other, and compliance by either
of said proposed railroads, with the
conditions herein imposed shall en-
title it to receive the appropriation
and subscription, above contemplated,
without regard to the other, and
Neither company shall receive, or con
troll any part of the money author
lied to be appropriated and sub
scribed to the other.
Copies of this order shall be pub
lished in the Morgantown Post and
New DOMINION, weekly papers pub
lished in said county of Monongalia,
for four successive weeks prior to said
election, and the Clerk Of this court
and the Sheriff of this county shall
cause due notice of said election to
be given, according to law.
For the purpose of holding said
election and certifying and returning
the same in the manner prescribed
by law, the court hereby appoints the
following persons as commissioners
at the following named places for
voting in said county, to-wit:
FOR MORGAN DISTRICT.
AT the Court House: VIM More
head, c. Vandervort and A. L. Nye.
Hagedorn's: Lewis Hagedorn, VIM
Runner and Frederick Breakiron.
UNION DISTRICT.
Bowers's: Thomas Goodwin, John
T. Bates and Columbus McShane.
Easton Joseph Pomeroy, Lot Stew
art and Milton Baker.
Stewartstown: Jesse Lewellen,
VIM. Robson and Thomas Coalbank.
CLINTON DISTRICT.
Smithtown: f. t. Holland, Silas
Powell and L. L. Hildebrand.
Clinton Mills: Granville Brown, J.
A. Faulkner and John w, Lanham.
CAss DISTRICT.
Cassville: D. c. Chesnev, Colum-
bus Core and John L. Fleming.
Vaudeville: James A. Hawthorn,
Joel Bowlby and James Sanders.
CLAY DISTRICT.
Moorsvile: Lewis Lemley, Geo.
W. johnson and Nj. L. Strosnider.
McCurdysville: Ira Bailey, John
N. Jones and Andrew Tenant.
BATTELLE DISTRICT.
West Warren Leroy Shriver, John
H. Spragg and Ellis Shriyer.
Tuttle's Store: z. A. Tenant,
VIM. Tuttle and f. J. Eddy.
GRANT DISTRICT.
Laurel Point: f. w. Brand, S. G..
Morgan and G. w. Stevens.
Arnettsville: Isaac Cordray, VIM.
NJ. Arnett and john S. Hood.
West Morgantown: w. B. Long,
J. E. Dent and Taylor Hess.
Doctors Disgrace
As reporter for the Pittsburg Com
merciat Gazette sat yesterday after