The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-06-04
SALEM TO
LIVERPOOL
New Traction Company
Is Incorporated. a
OBJECTS OF CONCERN
Nonagenarian Talked OF a. .
DeIegate--Demoeratie Nom
ination for Governor Dis
cussed in Columbus.
Staff Correspondent.

Staff Correspondent. ~.
| Columbus, June 3.--The articles of
| incorporation filed with the secretary
of state Saturday by the Salem, Lis
bon and East Liverpool Traction COM
, pany describe in minute detail the OBJ
ject of the concern. The capital stock
Of $4,000 will be issued in 100 shares
of 500 each. The papers read that
said corporation is formed for the
purposing of building, acquiring, own
ing, leasing, operating and maintaining
an electric street railroad or street
railroad using other than animal power
for the transportation of passengers,
packages, express matter, United States
mail, baggage and freight thereon upon
the highways and upon its own right
of-way, from a point within the city of
Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, 70
and through the village of Lisbon, Col
umbiana county, Ohio, to point with
in the city of East Liverpool, in said
county, together with such spurs.
|
offices, depots, machine shops, power
house, telegraph lines, poles, wires and
other appliances as may be necessary
to carry out the objects of its incorpo--
alton; and also for the purpose of man
ufacturing and furnishing electric light
and power along its lines in connection
with the operation of said railroad and
t,a I'll.
road shall be point within the city of
Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, to a
point within the city of East Liverpool,
Columbiana county, Ohio, and the line
of said road shall extend from said
termini through the village of Lisbon
with the right to extend the same be-
yond either termini. The incorporn-
tors are H. Whitford Jones, Friedrich N.
Halt, Charles Fl. Taylor George H
Billman and H. II. Poppieton.
The political column of the Journa,
says: There is movement on foot
over in Carroll county to send the vet
eran Republican leader, Hon. E. R.
Eckley, toTlfe state convention as d
delegate. Mr., Eckley is 80 years of
age, and very spry for a man of his ad-
| ii
member of the state senate In the forty
second general assembly, and was sue
cessively reelected up to the forty
ninth, and was a member from Carroll
county in the fifty-frst. In 1862 he
was elected to congress from the Sew
enteenth district, consisting of the
counties Of Carroll, Columbia, Stark
and Jefferson, and reelected to the
| hk.t,y f.atl, 4,
from the same district. He is now liv-
ing in quiet retirement at his home IN
Carrollton, where he has host of poll
tical and personal friends"
Kilbourne continues to be the pre-
dominant figure in the race for the
Democratic nomination for governor,
and Welty's reticence is accepted by
most politicians as meaning he will
not be candjdate-at least not while
matters are as at present. Should Kill
bourne stock decline, which is not
probable, II is believed Welty would
come out with flat-footed declaration
Of his candidacy and exert his best
efforts to win, but the strength of the
Kilbourne movement is doubtless very
apparent to I'm as 1t Is to- other candi-
dates a;>1 1t is not likely he will make
the effort. This is how the situation
APPEARS to writer on the Columbus
: DiADatch:
''Welty was candidate for the nom
inatioS before the convention in 1897,
and had It within his grasp, but with
drew before the balloting commenced
with the rNsult that Chapman was NOM
mated. The thrashing administered 70
| Chapman caused Welty to feel glad
over the course he had pursued. He
was flirting with the nomination nj
GAINESVILLE two years ago, but conclud-
ed at the last minute not to try for II
Mclean was nominated and defeated
and Welty was again glad. Niow, It II
, understood, that the strongest kind OF
pressure is being brought to bear tc
get him to stand as a candidate again
, but he is hesitating. \
Welty, like Kilbourne, is willing .
/. take the governorship, but lie does mo-
!, like the risk of losing elections. Col
onel Kilbourne seems TO feel that HI
has the nomination cinched, and doei
not see the necessity for spending an,
money. Nor would there seem to b.
e any use for him to do so, with on,
3 county after another instructing thei
A delegates for him day after day. Th,
colonel Is just the kind of a man wh'
would like the nomination to com
to him unsought, and he proposes tha
e 1t shall at least come to him unbought
e Some of the Democratic leaders, how
!. ever. think they see where the colone
could spend few sheckles to his ad
vantage, but all efforts to persuade hin
l. TO do 80 have proved unayailing. The
s have concluded that the atmosphere
s conditions have something to do wit
n 1t, and instead of despairing they hav
determined to wait. There are nun
. erous complaints about the colone
e along this line.
a Probate Court.