The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-11
From JuryThan Railroad
Offered
FOR HIS FARM LAND
Verdict Returned in c., l.. g. w.
Appropriation Case--Roads
Are Ready to Doub-
letrack.

Tho jury in the case of the Cleve
land. Lorain and Wheeling Railway
company against John Bruch, of neal
Massillon, returned a verdict at
o'clock Friday morning in favor o.
Bruch for S6l0 Of this 5000 was fol
the land taken, about an acre and d
half. and Si4G for damages to the re-
mainder of the tract. The railroad
company is said to have offered Bruch
$500 to settle before the case went to
trial but he refuse ed to take the amount
II is also rumored that the railway
company approached the Warwlcks, OF
their representatives, with a propo-
sition to settle. that big case, agreeing
to pay them $4,000, but they held out
for $4,000. The verdict in the case
was S9S46. So that in both instances
the railway offered more upon the
eve of the trial than the jury gave the
property owners.
The Cleveland, J4orain and Wheeling
Railway line has developed into one
of the heaviest freight lines in the
country. This is the reason that an
effort is being made to reduce the
grades and shorten the distance of the
line. The changes in the Pigeon Run
district. where all this land has been
appropriated will shorten the line over
two miles and reduce the grade so that
much heavier trains can be hauled
over it. Settlements were made with
all the land owners except Bruch. and
tho Warwick heirs.
The Baltimore and Ohio has plans
to double track the road from Cleve-
land to Warwick and establish a fast
passenger and freight service from
Cleveland via Warwick to Chicago.
The r. & o. from Warwick into Chi
cago is almost an air line.
1t is also given out that the line will
he double tracked from Warwick on
through to Wheeling in order to han
die the immense coal trade Agents
of the company are buying or leasing
immense tracts of coal land in the
West Virginia fields and this road is
the outlet for what they expect to
produce.
It is taxed to its utmost to handle
the business that is now offered and
If any new mines are opened it will
necessltate the laying of an addition
al track. All the new right of way
acquired is wide enough for two
tracks.
Another test of the air brake appli-
ance, the invention of Assistant Su-
perintendent C. A. Van Dusen and En-
gineer Colledge, of the Wheeling
Lake Erie. will soon be made
at the local shops, where new parts for
the attachment are now being made.
1t Is believed that the faults develop
ed by previous tests will be overcome
by accurate construction of the new
parts, and the inventors are confident
that another trial will prove the COM
plete success of the device.
The proposed tests will be the most
severe that can be made and if sue
cessfully met the air brake appliance
will be returned to the New York Air
Brake company for another inspection
and trial.
Conductor j. III. Fry. of the Wheel
Ing has been sent to Kent to tempor-
arily relieve Conductor Beardsley of
the milk run"
The mine run" on the Wheeling at
Navarro will be taken Sunday by Con-
ductor G. w. Slocomb who will be
succeeded ON the rounds by Conductor
Swallam.
Assistant T. M. McCarty, of the
Wheeling shops, was called to Cleve-
land. Saturday by the serious illness
of his father.
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