Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-06-26
AUTHENTIC INFORMATION
Trolley Line From Morgantown
to Granville

VIII be Operated BIZ Union Utility
Company and Fairmont, Morgantorn
and Cheat River gompany-Latter
Will Build Seven Miles Of Road
This SUNNI er-A Couple vi inter
views.
During this summer seven miles
OF electric road will be built between
Morpantown and Fairmout The
greater part OF this will be from Fair
mont to RiVesville. The other section
will be from Morgantown to Gran
ville
The section from Fairmont this
way will be constructed by the Fair
mont, Morgantown and Cheat River
Trolley company while the section
from Morgantown to Granville will be
constructed by the Union Utility COM
pany.
Surveyors are busy on the line from
Morgantown. The contract will be
let for this as soon as their estimates
are submitted. This will be in opera
too this fall. Power will be supplied
from the power house in the Second
ward.
A wire will be run across the river
but no bridge will be built this season.
It will come next year.
Mr.. George G. Sturgiss gave this
paper the facts in connection with the
section from Morgantown to Granville.
He said that silly report had been
published about this and how 1t came
to get into the paper was more than
he could understand, 1t was not
published in this paper.
Col. J. III. McDermott was asked
about his company, the f. M, & G.
r. r. r, He stated that surveyors
had been engaged to run the lines.
They are to be under the direction Of
Spates Brady who is Elkin's engineer.
The corps will be put into the field
as soon as the Fairmont city council
takes action on the pending franchise
application. This is to take place ON
July seventh.
From Morgantown to Granville, the
+. M. & G. r. company and the Union
Utility company will use the same
line. The latter will build under the
franchise granten the former.
No line to Mount Morris will be
built for the present. Plans in con-
nection with this are in the air pend
ing the movement of Mount Morris
people to whom proposition has been
made by Col. McDermott
The route of the trolley line from
Morgantown to Fairmont will large
~ be out of the public roads. Where
rights of way can be secured cheaply
there will be another route selected
than along the roads. Better grades
and shorter route may be secured by
this.
As it is impossible to get rails In
less than six months after ordering
them the company will not attempt
to build mach Of the road this SUM
mer. They can get rails enough tC
put down the seven miles which they
propose to build and next summer
they will be in position to get busy
and complete the lines.
The road from Fairmont to Morgan
town is the first one that they expect
to finish. The rest will follow later
A power house will probably be built
at or near Arnettsville next year.
No report has been received from
the Westing' house people of New York
who are preparing estimates on the
road. These are expected to come in
soon.
During the talk with Mr.. Sturgis:
he stated that many of the reports
about the land purchases OF
the west side are incorrect and mis-
leading For instance Senator Elkin
has not invested a single dollar owe
there. A large number of the sale
reported to have been made have no
been made and in some cases the op
tions have expired and the sales viii
not be consummated.
In a short time he will be ready t
talk about the matter for publication
but in the meantime has nothing t
say as it migth defeat his own ends.