The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-08-19
A RAILROAD WANTED.

ton Of the county you live, or in
what business you are engaged, you
are or will be affected by this want
For several years the Ohio River
Railroad has been standing al The
portals Of Mason county asking to
enter, butlittle or no heed has beer
paid 10 the request, and but little
liberalitY or welcome been extend.
cd 10 The magnificent enterprise
thatstands waiting TO contribute to
ward the general good and welfare
Of the county, and what little has
been, has come from that class o.
our people who are willing but moi
able TO help to any very great ex
tent
And now comes the word thai
the largest enterprise and none,
distributor in our county, is to bc
removed, and all for the want o
proper railroad facilities to com
pete with similar enterprises that
have rail transportation right into
their factories. We refer to the
Clifton Nail works.
Through years aud years this en-
terpriso has struggled to keep up
and compete with rival establish
ments more fortunately situated al
70 transportation facilities, and We
are now told that at last the own
ers must snccumb to the inevitable
of either having a railroad come Il
them, or they must remove theil
plant 10 a railroad.
This is a most serious natter
The removal Of these works would
DO public calamity toOur county
and its effects wonld be felt by ey'
cry taxpayer. Besides the loss Of
thousands Of dollars charged on The
Assessors books, the property o.
this concern alone, there would be
a loss Of thousands more by the re-
m0val Of the workmen and theil
goods and the depreciation in val
ne Of real estate in and around
Clifton, which would have to be
made up and paid for by the other
property owners Of the county. In
this calculation we say nothing o.
the loss Of o market to many Of
our small farmers for their surplus
fruits, vegetables, butter, chickens
eggs, cattle, &C., which they cannot
ship " any other market, aud con,
soquently will be a loss to them
amounting 10 thousands Of dollars
annually,
Then, taxpayers Of Mason coun,
ty, Gun you afford 10 let this great
contributor to the public and pri'
vIte purse be removed from you,
lnidsL2 Think Of it for a moment,
and picture in your mind the far
reaching consequences Of It's rem.
oval.
There is a remedy, we believe,
for this threatened catastrophe and
that is the speedy building Of the
Ohio River Railroad dOwn The Ohio
Rircr, through this county.
We have the faith to believe that
the owners Of this valuable prop
erty would not remove their plant
if there was any satisfactory assn
rance that this railroad would be
built in the next year or eighteen
months, Can We not get this assn.
rance by each and every one (no
matter how humble or how exalted
his station in society," putting his
shoulder to the wheel and showing
his interest in securing the right
Of way through the county, as
asked for by the railroad company,
II is not asked Of individuals
through whose lands the road will
run to give their lands away, Meth.
or is it expected Of them, but lot
them fix their prices at fair values,
aud then by public and private
subscriptions pay them for it. 1t
can be done; it should be done; now
will II hp dnnp2
lfitis, then we may oxpec. the