The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-07
$4,000
IS THE AMOUNT GRANT
AND CAsS DISTRICTS PROPOSE
To Invest In Railroads.
OMcinl Copies Of the Two
Orders.
Caes Districts Proposition.

This day came J. j. Wharton and
divers other citizens and voters of
the District of Cass in the County of
Monongalia, and fled their petition
PRAYING the Court to make an order
submitting to the voters of said dis
trict proposition to subscribe on
the part Of said district to the CAPT
tai stock of q railway company
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars, TO
construct a standard guage railway
from point at or near the Pennsyl-
yania line in the District of Cass, in
said county, thence up the Monon
gahela river on the west side thereof
to the mouth Of Dents run, thence
up and along what is known as the
Dents run route through the Dis
trict of Grant to n point on the
Marion county line in said District
Of Grant; the said stock so subscribed
to be expended in the construction
of said road within the District Of
Cass in the county aforesaid Oh the
route mentioned:
Also came T. M. Hood and divers
other voters and residents Of said
district praying the Court to grant
an order to submit to the voters of
Cass district, at an early day the fol
lowing proposition, to wit: That
the sum Of Twenty Thousand Dol
lars be subscribed to the capital
stock, and to be expended within
said district in aid of the construc-
ton of q responsible line of standard
guage railroad which shall be ex-
tended up the Monongahela Valley
on the west side OF the Monongahela
river; and the sum of Ten Thousand
Dollars to be subscribed to the cap
ital stock, and to be expended in aid
Of the construction of a narrow guage
railroad, which shall be extended,
from West Morgantown by the way
of Scott's run to point at or near
Blacksmith in Monongalia county:
And the said petitioners represented
by their attorneys, also presented
with their petition specifications of
the form in which they desire said
order to be made: On consideration
whereof, it is ordered, that vote be
taken of the qualified voters of the
said District of Cass, at the several
voting places within said district, at
the school election for school officers
on the third Tuesday in May, 1883,
on the question of appropriating
money by the said District of Cass,
to aid in the construction of rail
roads through the said District or
Cass, in the County of Monongala,
and to subscribe by and on behalf Of
said District of Cass to the capital
stock of the West Virginia and Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, the sum
of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, which
sum of money is to he expended
within said district, in the constIuc
ton of standard guage railroad,
through said district, beginning at or
near the Pennsylvania line in said
district, and running up the Monon-
gahela river on the west side thereof,
to the line dividing said District of
Cass from the District of Grant in
said county; and the further sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars for and on
behalf of said District of Cass to be
subscribed to the capital stock of the
Blacksmith and Morgantown Rail
road Company, which said Ten
Thousand Dollars is to be expended
within said District Of Cass in the
construction of a narrow guage rail
road leading from the town of Blacks
vile to West Morgantown in said
county. The said sums so subscribed
to the herein mentioned respective
roads, to be paid as follows, that is
to say as soon as one mile of either
of both of said roads is completed
ready for the cross-ties, within said
District, then such proportions shall
be paid to the company or companies
building the said roads respectively
as said mile bears to the whole dis
lance said roads respectively run
through said district, and so on in
like manner, until said respective
roads are completed within said dis
trict; and provided further, that un-
less the construction of said roads
respectively be commenced in good
faith with the purpose of prosecuting
it,with diligence to completion within
one year from the date of the cleo
ton Herein ordered, the said sub
scription shall be null and void, as
to said road not so commenced as
aforesaid within said year: And it
is further ordered, that the Clerk of
this Court be directed to give notice of
said election by making and posting
copies of this order as required by
law; and that said Clerk also cause
this order to be published in the
newspapers of this county for thirty
days prior to said election: And it
is further ordered that the election
officers directed by law to hold the
election for school officers in said
District of Cass, shall hold said cleo
ton upon the question of said sub
scriptions aforesaid, by said District
Of Cass, and ascertain the result of
said election under the regulations
prescribed by law, for general school
elections.
Ordered that the following com
missioners be appointed to hold the
election for school officers on the