The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14
The Proposition for Grant.


This day came John d. Hess,
James c. Hess,T p Reay and ninety.
four other residents and citizens OF
Grant district, this county, and pre-
sented to the Court their petition in
these words.
"To the Worshipful, the County
Court of the County of Monongalia,
West Virginia:
1--WE the undersigned citizens and
voters of the District of Grant in said
County, most respectfully petition
your honorable body to make an
order submitting to the voters of said
District proposition to subscribe
on the part of said District $4,000,
to the capital stock of Railway
Company to construct standard
guage railway from point at or near
the Pennsylvania line in the District
of Cass in said county, thence up the
Monongahela 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
District of Grant to point on
the Marion county line in said Dis
trict of Grant; the said stock so sub
scribed to be expended in the con-
struction of said road within the
County of Monongalia and said Dis
trict of Grant on the route named !;
and your petitioners will ever pray
&C."
And the said petitioners by their
attorney, also presented with their
petition, specifications Of the form in
which they desire an order to be
made: On consideration whereof, it
is ordered, that q vote be taken Of
the qualified voters Of the said Dis
trict of Grant, at the several voting
places within said district, at the
school election for school officers,
therein, on the third Tuesday in May
1883, on the question of appropriate
ing money by the said District of
Grant, to aid in the construction of
a railroad, through the said District
of Grant. in the County of Monon
gala, and Of subscribing by, tor and
on behalf of said District Of Grant
to the capital stock of the West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, the sum of Forty thous-
and Dollars, which sum of money is
to be expended within said District
of Grant, in the construction of n
standard guage railroad through
said district, from point at or near
the Pennsylvania line, in the District
Of Cass in said county, thence up the
Monongahela river, on the west side
thereof to the mouth of Dents run,
in said District of Grant, thence up
and along what is known as the Dents
run route, through the District of
Grant to point on the Marion county
line in said district Of Cant; the said
stock so subscribed to be expended in
the construction of said road within
the County of Monongalia and on said
route within said District of Grant; the
said sum so subscribed ITO be paid as fol-
lows, that is to say So soon as any one
mile of said road lying within said dis
trict is completed ready for the croSs-ties,
then such proportion of said subscrip-
ton, shall be paid to the company build
ing the same, as said mile bears to the
whole number of miles said road runs
in and through said district, and SO on
in like manner, until said road is COM
pleted through said district. And pro-
vided further, that unless the construc>
tion of said road be commenced in good
faith, with the purpose of prosecuting
said work with due diligence to its COM
pletion within one year from the date
of the election herein ordered, this sub
scription shall be null and void
And tits further ordered that the Clerk
of this Court be directed to give due
notice of said election, by making and
posting copies of this order as required
by Section "A of Chapter II of the Acts
of the Legislature of West Virginia of
1882, 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 cleo.
ton officers directed by law to hold the
election for school officers of the said
District of Grant shall hold said election
on the question of said subscription, and
ascertain the result of said election un-
y
for general school elections.
Ordered that the following commits
sioners be appointed to hold the election
for school officers on the third Tuesday
in May next, to wit:
Clinton District.
At Smithtown-Ed. 7. Holland, Silas
S. Powell and L. l.. Hildebrand
At Halleck-Granville Brown, Geo.
n. King and j. c. Cartright.
AT Jos. B. Bixler's-J. A. Faulkner,
John w. Lanham and N. C. Wander
wort.
Morgan District.
At the Court House-Wm. Morehead,
C. Nandervort and A. L. Nye.
At agedorn's-Lewis Hagedorn,
William Runner and Frederick Break
iron.
Union District.
At Bowers Thomas Goodwin, John
T. Bates and Cornelius McShane.
At Easton-Joseph ]. .Pomeroy, Lott
Stewart and Milton Baker.
At tewartstown--Jesse Iewellen,
William Robson and Thomas. Coal
bank
Grant District.
AT Laurel Point-Jarrett Linch, Geo.
F. c. Conn and John A. Thompson
At Arnettsville-Tho M. Arnett,
Jas. S Thorn and F. M. Hess.
AT West ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jacobs,
~. Thompson and Matt Larkin.
Cass District.
At Cassville-D. C. Chesney, Column
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