Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-19
AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD.
AND SOME OTHER RAILROAD INFORMA
TION

AND SOME OTHER RAILROAD INFORMA
! TION.
Mr.. Samuel Forrer of this county, pre-
sided a few days ago, at a meeting held II
Bridgewater, Rockingham, by the citizen
of that town to consider the propriety o
giving the right of way into the town t.
the Basic City and Bridgewater Electric
Railway Company" To representative
of the VINDICAToR who inquired thu
meaning of the meeting, Mr.. Forrer sale
that some months ago some Northern cap
italists sent down a gentleman to go through
that section of country and report to them
the feasibility and cost of an electric rail
road. In his report he made most favor
able description of the fertility OF thu
country, the feasibility of the road, ant
| fixed it's cost in the rough-twenty miles
of road-at $3.50, 900.
A few days ago Col. Rogers, who repre-
resents the Brush Electric Company OF
Cleveland, Ohio, appeared on the scene
He also went over the route and was ever
more tavorably impressed than the first
explorer had been. MI. S. M. Wheeler
Manager of the Brush electric light plant at
Clifton Forge was sent for to go to Basic
, City and estimate for power plant.
On the 9Th inst, meeting was held, as
stated, by the citizens of Bridgewater te
hear the proposition of the electric railroad
people. It was addressed by Col. Wilson
of Philadelphia, and Col. Rogers of Cleve-
land. Mr.. Forrer said they laid down very
liberal offers, They proposed not to ask
for any subscriptions along theline. though
they would be acceptable if made, and none
from Bridgewater. All they asked OF
Bridgewater was the right to enter the town
and the right to build street railway cleo
trio lines on any street in that town they
may occupy before the year 1896. and the
general, not exclusive, right to furnish
electric street light. They'did not ask fol
any option to extend beyond the year 1896
1t might seem foolish they said to be ask.
ing for street railroad and street light
privileges in SO small town, but as theil
railroad power house would be there il
would cost them nothing to operate the
light and street cars. The meeting adopt
ed resolution asking the town council tt
grant their requests provided that the
privileges so granted shall in no wise in
terfere with the plans of the Chesapeake &
Western Railroad company OF it's line tt
and through the town.
Mr.. Forrer said the efforts of some
Northern parties to acquire the building:
at Basic City erected by the Basic City
Company is still progressing, though witt
the delays natural to any scheme Of thai
magnitude. They had either bought OF
had options on a number of the company I
bonds, some $4,000 OF which are held in
and around Staunton.
MI. Forrer, within some three miles Of
whose home, in this county, the Chesa-
peake & Western Railroad will pass, says
the work is progressing rapidly on thai
work. and in a few days. the road will have
reached Dayton, in Rockingham. Th'
builders are mainly using the old Marrow
Gauge road bed which has been finished III
and widened, though at some points they
deviate from it. They have their owl
engine now in use in the construction
The line Westward to North River Gap il
still uncertain and several lines have beer
surveyed, but not as yet adopted. AS ta1
as the people know no decision has vel
been made between going through Nortf
River Gap Oh Briery Branch Gap.
A gentleman who is greatly interested il
railroad development matters, told a repre-
sentative of this paper that last week ht
had conversation with gentleman who's
name is prominent in the Chesapeake q
Western Company who said that if Staun
ton wanted connection with 1t lit would
be built for the asking.'