The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-03-01

COMPANY By its Attorneys.
In the Circuit Court of Monongalia county. West
Virginia:
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Susan P. Strawn Adam II. Hewitt, Mary E.
Hewitt. B. F. Hewitt, Jacob Hewitt, Geo. W.
Hewitt, and Abram Hewitt heirs at law Of John
Hewitt, decd, and Mary Hewitt, widow Of John
Hewitt.
Petition for condemnation of land for abroad
purposes.
The defendants named in the above entitled pro-
ceeding will take notice that the West Virginia and
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will, nThursday,
April 3d. 1884, at the court house in said Monon-
gala county, make application by petition in writing
to the Circuit Court of said Monongalia county, to
appoint commissioners to ascertain just compensa
ton to the Of the land hereinafter referred
to, lying in Monongalia county, which the said petit
toner proposes take and appropriate for the pur
pose of building and operating railroad over said
land. The tract Of land part Of whichs proposed
be taken as aforesaid lies the east bank of the
Monongahela,river, in said Monongaia county in
Union district which tract of land contains about
1871 acres the legal title which Of land
in the above named defendants as appears by the
A specific description of the part Of said land so
proposed to be taken and appropriated by said
Railroad Company for the purposes Aforesaid is con-
tanned in and upon plat Of said part proposed
to be taken which plat is now in file on the office of
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Monongaia coun-
ty which reference is here made for the specific
description of the par, Of said tract of land which
the petitioner proposes to take.
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title to the said land residents Of the said
county of Monongalia.
This publication IS made in pursuance Of the
statute Of the State of West Virginia in such case
made and provided
West VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY. By its Attorneys
TO THE RAvINE PETROLEUM COMPANY:
You are hereby notified that on the
Sd day Of April 1884, the undersigned
will apply to the Circuit Court of Mon
ongalia County, West Virginia. at the
Court House of said county in Morgan>
town, to appoint commissioners to ascer-
tain what will be just compensation
to you for strip of land Of which you
are the owner, lying and being in Mon
ongalia county, West Virginia. being q
parcel of your land lying ON the East
bank of the Monongahela river in said
county and State, and betW een the
lands owned by Daniel r. Davidson
and William j. Lewis on the North,
and by the lands of the same parties on
the South. The said strip of land pro-
posed to be taken by the undersigned is
for the purpose Of constructing a rail-
road thereon, called the FairmOnt, Nor
gantown and Pittsburgh Railroad, and
more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
A strip of land beginning at station
1903 plus l6 OH the center line of said
company's road way, being a. point on
the dividing line between the lands of
the Ravine Petroleum company aud
Daniel r. Davidson and William J.
Lewis on the South and running thence
Us feet to station 1909 plus Al of said
center line a curved line described with
radius Of 1910 feet with a width of As
feet on the east side, and 05 feet on the
west side of said center line, thence
north "a, east 622 feet to station 1915
plus SO Of 3aid center line with width
Of 40 feet on the east side and IS feet on
the west side of said center line, thence
467 feet on a curved line described with
radius of 1910 feet to station 1920 plus
80 of said center line with width Of As
feet on the east side and IS feet on the
west side of said center line, thence
north SO, east 1922 feet with width of
45 feet on the east side and s. feet on
the west side Of said center line to station
1923 plus 81 Of said center line, which is
Q point on the dividing line of Ravine
petroleum company and Daniel r.
Davidson and William j. Lewis ON the
north, containing 1910 acres. de-
scrlbed by q plat marked A, b, C and D.
filed in the Office of the Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court of said County and State.
The FAIRMoNT, MoRGANrowN AND
PITTSBURGH RAILROAD COMPANY
HoUsToN 4 MORGAN.
Feb. 70 1884. OF Counsel.