The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-05-31

Morgan district will do. In Valley
district there were 200 Votes for, and
$50 against a clear majority of II,
and new election ordered to be held
one week after Morgan votes. Already
enough votes Git requires change of
only l6 yotes) have been pledged for
it. to give the necessary 3-5 majority.
Without both subscriptions il will he
almost a hopeless task to attempt The
building Of the road.
What interests will the districts
have in the Railroai Company?
They will hold $50, 900 OF stock.
aud will always have a proportionate
voice in its management, and in its
Board of Directors. The districts
will hold preferred 5 per cent dIvident
bearing stock. and all other stock will
be common stock and take no part OF
The earnings OF the road, till after the
preferred stock is paid its dividends.
Morgan district will have eleven
miles of road and all the added wealth
il will bring upon which it may levy
al its taxes and so reduce the rate OF
tax on all other property. 1t will
also have the benefit OF all the money
put in circulation ia the district while
the road is being built. Ii will have
the increased population which steady
employment will certainly bring.
What risk will the district run il
it votes the Railroad subscription?
Absolutely none. No railroad, nc
subscription. II the road is built and
subscription is paid it can never be
increased, and the road once in opera
tian can never get away, and no one
can put it in his safe and lock IL up,
or pocket it and carry it away. 1t is
yours for all time TO do your work, to
handle your freight, mails, passengers
and traffic Of all kinds, and to be for
ever taxed for your benefit, and in re.
duction Of your taxes, and to helI
educate your children, build your
school houses and make aud keep ur
your county roads.
Will there be business enough tC
sustain the road, and furnish paying
and profitable traffic?
The one item of coal will furnish an
ample tonnage for hundred years.
The State Geological map just pub
lfshed under the supervision of DR.. l.
q. White. State Geologist shows thai
the whole valley enclosed between the
Chestnut Ridge and Laurel Mountains
including nearly all of Valley district
and much other territory, is under
land with the Upper Freeport Coal,
the same that Is SO extensively mined
and cooked In Clarified, Gambia and
adjoining counties, 10 Pennsylvania
and of an average thickness of 81,
| feet. At least 10000 acres of this Goa
| lies along and adjacent to the railroad
| from Masontown to Kingwood. Ar
average Of six analyses of this coal
made by different chemists shows that
it exceeds the Connellsville coal In
| fixed carbon equals it in volatile mat
ter, has less ash, and less sulphur
while four samples Of coke exhibited
larger per cent of fixed carbon, and
less ash, volatile matter and sulphur
conclusively showing it to be as good
a steam coal, and as good coke for
iron manufacturing purposes as the
Connellsville coal or coke.
or this field DR.. j. J.. Stephenson
of the University of New York City,
at one time Professor of Geology in
our State University, and on the
staff of the Pennsylvania State Geo.
logical Survey, says in a paper read
before the American Philosophical
Society (pgs. 27S-9 of transactions O