Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-05
THROUGH TROLLEY LINE.
Buckhannon to Pit tsburg Dream
of the Future,
M0rgantOwn to Be ON the Line-LOcal
System to Become Part of Import.
ant Trunk Line-Details of the Plan
as Outlined by Fairmont Times.

The Morgantown street car line,
while 1t is simply OF that city at this
time, will undoubtedly at some not
very far distant day be connecting
link for long chain Of electric roads
which, promoters say, will reach from
Buckhannon TO Pittsburg. OF course
he roads which are now being talked
of will probably net be realized for
some years. But there are a number
OF capitalists who do not hesitate to
say that within five years IL will be
possible to ride on the electric trolley
car from the Smok2 City to the high
lands OF Upshur, says the Fairmont
Times.
The proposed line from Pittsburg to
Uniontown, Pa, is well under way and
will be in operating order within "a
year, it is said, and efforts are being
put forth to complete it much sooner
than that time.
From UnIontown to Point Marion a
company Is figuring on building line
and it is said on the best authority
that this will be done soon. and nay
be within the year OF recent months
talk Of this line has been renewed with
much enthusiasm and capitals is with
ample money to carry out the work are
interested 10 it,
From Point Marion to M0rgantown,
it is stated, the Morgantown people
will build line In the next .o years,
and possibly before then. 1t is stated
that New York capitalists have re-
Gently been over the route with pro-
motors of the Morgantewn company,
and while nothing positive or definite
was given out it was learned officially
that the intention is to construct the
road.
1t has been known for months, and
was printed in the Times several
months ago, that company will soon
be 10 the field to build a liue from
Fairmont to Riyesville. This compa-
ny, or set OF men, who are intereS ted
in lines, will, undoubtedly, it is SAID,
organize and get ready for business in
the next year at farthest, and when
they build line to Rivesviile they
will undoubtedly run it on to Morgan
town.
Speaking OF Fairmont- MorgantoWn
trolley, Manager Smith Hood, ST.. Of
the Fairmont and Clarkshurg Street
Car Company, said TO Times report.
er:
do not believe that right now
trolley from Fairmont to Morgantown
would be paying investment, but the
time is coming when such line will
not only be a paying property, but
will be necessary property and will
without doubt be constructed within
the next year or So"
1t must be remembered that the
Monungahela valley is developing at a
rate that was never dreamed Of a very
few years ago, and it will not he long
till there will be dozens of towns built
at places where now they are never
thought Of With this development
will come trolley roads"
So far as / could say officially |
do not know OF any projected lines
which will be built Immediately ex-
cept our own Fairmont. Clarksburg
line, but that more will be built is
next to certain"
From FairmoDt to Clarkaburg there
will be cars running within no very
great time, and from Clarksburg to
Buckhannon it is stated that road
will positively be constructed within
two years. The company has been or
ganized and some OF the money
raised.
Erom the information ohtainahlp it
appears that before five years, and
probably much sooner, one can get on
the electric car at Fairmont and get
OF in Plttsburg in about five hours
for about 81.
Or If enc prefers to go in the other
direction they can get of at Buck
harmon in correspondingly short
time and for sum OF money CORE
spondingly small.