Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-05
REVIVING THE ROAD.
Rural Neighbors TO Be Brought
Within Reach Of Pittsburg.
RICH NEW Y0RKERS BACK OF 1T.
Railway Between Shousetown and Clinton
TO Be Completed
REsETTING TIE PERMANENT LINES

There are indications that some Of Pitts
burg's outlying neighbors may be brought
into close relation before long. Engineers
are surveying along the route OF the aban-
doned Shousetown and Clinton Railway, q
road graded between the points named, but
over which q car never passed. People
along the line state that the engineers seem
to be arranging to take the Kinks out OF the
old road, but all the information that can be
gotten from them amounts to nothing, and
they are evidently working for people who
are not given to much logomachy.
1t was stated that some time last year the
road had been sold to Eastern parties, but
George /. Whitney, who was given as q
source of information, stated that he did not
know just what had been done. Another
story was that the road had been bonded in
New York City, and that it had been pre-
sented to the bondholders. W. K. Gillespie,
however, one of the company, stated that he
was still 'sin it." but that an option mad
been given to some person or persons, he
knew not whom, and that the option would
expire the IA tn of this month. He said that
so far as he and his associates were con-
cerned tine road would not be built, but he
could not undertake to say what those who
had the option intended doing.
Anxious for Railroad Facilities.
The inquirer was also referred to William
H. McCreery, but Mr.. McCreery was in
Youngstown. His brother, j. II. McCreery,
said he supposed he himself possibly could con-
lecture pretty closely as to some of the people
interested, but he preferred not TO name them.
and about Frankfort Springs are likely TO aid
any enterprise looking to their getting connec-
tion with this city They need it badly and
have IN past shown disposition to put cash
into road, but the farmers between Frank
fort Springs and Imperial cannot be worked
up. In fact, when j. H. McCreery spent time
and money to secure an extension of the Mon
aging in the extreme. He got subscriptions in
the vicinity Of Frankfort Springs to the extent
of 5000. about all the people in that neighbor-
hood had to spare, but the farmers on the rest
of the line could not be induced to pull to-
getber. Each wanted his neighbor To sign and
many gave verbal promises, but would not
make them on paper and the Montour CON-
pany got tired of the cog ueting and gave over.
wouldn't Put Up the Money.
All asked of the grangers was $4,000, and,
as the Montour Company has not made much
money on its road SO far as built, its members
did not feel like spending more on an unapprs-
ciative population.
The country between Montour Junction, on
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway. and
Frankfort Springs is we'll suited for a railway.
1t is water grade nearly all the way, and,
though the road between the Junction and I'M
perial is rather crooked, il could be straight
ened at comparatively small cost.
One would suppose that the farmers beyond
Imperial who are now as much isolated from
the world as though they lived IN the heart of
equatorial Africa. SO far as trade highways are
concerned, would be willing to build the road
themselves and give il TO company that