Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-02
ELECTRIC ROAD
To Connect Morgantown Fair
mont, Clarksburg & Kingwood.

to Come in few Days to Locate
Plant Probable that Mackey Mill
Site will be used.
An electric railroad to connect the
cities of Morgantown. Fairmont,
Clarksburg, Grafton, Kingwood and
back to Morgantown is planned by
the Morgantown Electric Light aud
Power Co. IN connection with the
companies of the adjoining towns
says the Pittsb burg Times
Mr. Glasscock member OF the
local company was seen in regard to
this report today. He says it is tn e
intention of his company to first i'm
prove and fully equip the electric
light plant. Some members of the
company are already negotiating for
competent engineer, who is ex-
pected here in few days to select
location for the power plant and to
look over the field and choose prae-
tieable location for a street railway.
The company holds an option on
the Mackey Mill property, which it
is their intention to purchase for the
site of the power plant unless the
engineer decides upon another loca-
ton
w ork on the street railway will be
commenced as soon as possible at
ter the power plant is located. Mr.
Glasseoek states that the company
will in good faith carry cut the pur
poses for which it was chartered,
and that it has no connection with
any other company either north or
south of us.
However, he has no doubt that
Morgantown will be connected with
Fairmont and Clarksburg by trolley
line in the near future, and eventu
ally with the towns to the north of
us and with Pittsburg.
During the next year S150,000
will be expended in Morgantown on
the power plant and on the road.
Fifty thousand of this is to be spent
on the plant which is to be built
this year. The road will be opened
as soon as possible and it is very
probable that cars viii be running
by winter. The article alluded to
above is as follows:
An immense project that has for
its object the connection of the prin
eipal town and five counties of North
eastern West Virginia with Pitts
burg by trolley is said to be behind
the recent organization Of the Nor
gantown Electric Light and Trac-
ton company at Morgantown, W.
Va. Pittsburg capital is said to be
largely interested in the scheme says
the Pittsburg Times.
The Morgantown Electric Light
and Power company vas chartered
some months ago, but not until re
Gently did it develop what the char
ter was intended for. The company,
it is said, will not alone build a troll
ley line, but will also eventually alb
sorb all of the electric lightning in
terests IN that section of West Vir.
ginia, including those at Fairmont,
Grafton and Clarksburg, all of which
points and intermediate towns will
also be connected by trolley.
The organization of the Morgan.
town Electric Light and Traction
company was effected last Friday by
the election of the following officers:
President, /. G. White, of the Uni
versity of West Virginia; vice presi-
dent, j. Ii. MeDermott; secretary,
Frank Cox; treasurer, f. NJ. Grant.
These, with the following, constitute
the board of directors; George G..
Stureiss, DR. d. H Courtney, w. E.
Glascock, S. D. Hirschman and r.
K. Fast. Messrs. Grant, Sturgiss
and White compose the Executive
committee. All the members of the
organization are prominently identi-
fled with the industries in the sec
ton of West Virginia that is to be
covered.
The local road to Morgantown will
connect that place with number OF
smaller towns within a radius of five
miles, and the power plant will be
of sufficient capacity to supply the
power for the road and for CONNER
cial and municipal lighting purposes
The company has a capital of about
$250,000, and while the names of the
Pittsburgers interested are with
held, it is said that their interests
in the corporation, financially, are
very large.
AS soon as the local road is built
it is the purpose of the projectors te
extend it Southwark, connecting
Morgantown with Fairmont, which
is already connected by trolley with
Clarksburg A road is also partly
constructed from Clarksburg toward
Grafton, and this will be taken
through Grafton and East to King.
wood From Kingwood road will
be built Northward to Morgantown
thus completing circuit that will
take in Harrison, Taylor, Preston
Marion and Monongalia counties, in
which the coal interests are being
largely developed to probably a
greater extent than in any other six
counties in West Virginia
From Morgantown the project is
to extend the road Northward by
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