Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-14
BRIDGE LOCATED.
Crosses The River at Vaudeville
Landing Below Here.

Road to Tap Coal Field Goes up Robin
son'sRun SCOTS Run Considered
But Chances Better on other Stream
VIII Extend to Mount Morris Even
tually-Notes on The Development
Ahead.
1t is stated on good authority that
the railroad bridge across the river to
reach the coal field which has been
purchased by the New York Title and
Trust Company has been finally To-
Gated and that it is to go in at Maids
vile landing. 1t was decided to 20
up Robinson's run because the out
crop of the coal was better than it
was along Seottis run and for many
other reasons.
The bridge will be a draw bridge
and will be removed whenever boat
wants through. The cost of putting
in one high enough above the water
to allow the boats to pass under it
would have been too great just now
when iron and steel are so high. The
bridge will be started very soon and
it will be ready for the development
that is to come in the early summer
down the river.
The railroad will run about four
miles back up Robinson's run and
will finally be sent on to Mount Nor
ris. At the head of the run there is
small cut through the dividing ridge
! and then the grade in to Mount Nor
ri &c al n 40 ic ha
river ON this side to the head of the
run. When the road goes into that
. country there will be great develop
ment in every part of it.
The surveyors are hard at work
getting map of the coal field and
the titles are being distracted as fast
as they can be. The money will be-
gin to flow into the pockets of our
farmers in very short time and be-
fore very long they will have more
than they will know what to do with.
Captain Frank Sapp has gone east
to look after the interests of the deal
and when he comes back there will be
something more of interest and more
definite to be given out. Mr.. U. n.
Arnett is looking after the field being
the senior member of the firm OF
Arnett & Co., who made the deal
which has taken in such large
amount of the coal in our borders.
Along the line of the proposed rail-
road which will penetrate the field
immense plants will be put in for the
manufacture of coke and for the pro-
duction of coal The output will be
enormous and will be handled mainly
{ by rail although some of it will of
course go down the river in
the flats that have become such
feature of the lower river.
With the development that there
] will be another inducement will be
offered, the Pennsylvania to come up
the river in order to get slice of it
and to help head the B. & o., off.
This will result in the road coming
sooner or later and it. may stir them
up to coming trifie sooner than they
had expected to under the regular
conditions.
Morgantown will not only be bene-
fitted by being the main distributing
point for the country to be developed
but as the location of the Offices of
of the company in the field but it will
receive great many plants and con-
Germs which will be attracted here by
reason of the opening up Of plants of
such magnitude.
The old town will not know itself
in few years when we shall have
begun to realize on what has been so
promised us and which is so near at
hand. Some are inclined to think
that there is screw loose somewhere
and that the sales are not a go but We
are assured by gentlemen who are in
position to know that the sales have
Fbeen made and that there is nothing
in. the way of the development promis-
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