Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-23
STRONG TALK
From AN Advocate of the FairmOnt,
MorgautOwn aud Pittsburgh Rail.
rGnu.
special 10 the Register.


Special to the Register.
FAIRMONT, W. Va, January 22.-ln re
cent communication from this place a
writer in your paper attacks the motives
of Hon. James Morrow, Jr., and his associ'
ates, in their recent railroad movements.
In this community the course of these gen.
tlemen need no defense, nor do propose
to defend them. only desire to repeat a
bit of history known to every man con-
nected with the old West Virginia and
Pennsylvania corporation.
In July, 1881, the West Virginia and
Pennsylvania Railroad Company was Or
ganized This was done on the motion OF
James Morrow, Jr. His theory was that
already having the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad through Fairmont the thing to do
was 10 get competing line. He was an
ardent advocate OF the road. He bought
the original subscription books, wrote the
articles Of subscription, and put up the first
ten dollar note that company ever owned,
to my certain knowledge. He
Made the FIRST Subscription 10 Its
Stock,
gave his Office for its place OF meeting,
drew up all the orders for the County
Court for the subscription by the comfy,
and gave that company all the assistance as
counsel that he could, all free and promp'
ted ky bis anxiety for the success OF the
roac. lie paid his subscription Of 500
ard few paid more) and for two years
aboTed faithfully for the success OF the
enterprise. Last July Mr.. Morrow offered.
in the last meeting OF the stockholders, 10
pay his full share OF 800 900 into the treas.
uTy OF the company and take stock Tor II ii
The Others would do the same.
Eut the directory was too large for &C.
ton its very numbers made it impotent
I'd fitted it for petty scheming and Quib
bling about such trivial matters as u
whi,h side of the river the road should
take, whether il should go by this mans
coal tank and that man s wood pile. They
weIe > thousand times more imPotent than
he 0d Dutch Burghers-they didn't even
smoke their pipes.
| can prove every word tell you by nu.
meIous witnesses, and will find them
Ri:it Among These W. va. a Pa.
People.
b. We written this, not in defence OF Mr.,
MUrl uw, but to show that the abuse heaped
upon him tor Joining his Efforts with the
f. NJ. Il L. +. K. people in order to give
Fuirmcnt short line to Pittsburgh and
the Last is cruel and outrageous.
luder The conditions set forth above,
those Gho were in earnest and were using
intelligent efforts to get an outlet saw that
it would never come through the impotent
". va. & Pa. Co. 1t was dead. Mr. Nor
row then set TO work 10 get some other
faa ha
was the +. VI. n L. Il. K. Co. Now, it does
not mstter To me- or 10 NJ. VI. or to any OF
bis essocistes, what any one says about u
or this enterprise-eXcept this one thing:
They say that We DO not intend to build
this road but mean to occupy the ground
only. This is lie. | Tse tbs term be-
cause it is the most expressive know. |
will add: il is an infamous lie, il that will
Make IL Any Stronger.
And it comes with a bad grace from set
OF people who have themselves been doing
this very thing for two and half years.
Only one thing can retard or prevent the
building Of this road and that is the dead
body OF this miserable corpse, the W. Va.
& Pa f. r. Co., which may get in the way
and stink us out for a while-or even drive
Us away. II was deader than the antidelu'
yian sineas when the engineers of the the
F., NJ. & P. r. +. came on few weeks ago.
Then it began to wake up and ii has exhib-
tied that kind Of sctivity which We see in
carcass when the msggots are at their
best.
IL is possible that those people may
come TO life and build road. 1t is to be
hoyed they will. But let them do some
Ii ne before they talk about their rivals ss
obsiruc,ionists. This F., NJ & p. Road vi
be built, and We want fair treatment about
it. We cont intend to fool With the peo-
pie two and half yesrs--nor six months.
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