Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-15
Electric Railway

chester now seems to be an assured
fact.
\ company has been organized
with capital of sufficient strength
10 put the road through without
any practical delay. and it is be-
Geyed that work will he commence
cd very soon.
The new company which was
organized last Saturday afternoon
Will Ice known as the Winchester
a.d Washington Railway Com
many. The incorporators are: Mr..
Frank G.. Carpenter, the we'll
known newspaper writer, of Wash
ineton. -. c.. Mr.. Charles Multi
Kim. General Charles Thurman
and Mr.. \. Moore, Jr.. OF Clarke
County, and Major Holmes Conrad.
Mr.. w. III. Baker, DR.. W. =.
Love. Capt. Lewis +. Cooper, Mr..
:. II. Hansbrough, Mr.. Shirley
Carter and Mr.. :. l.. Hoover, of
Winchester. These gentlemen met
i'm Winchester on Saturday after
noon and formally organized the
company by the election of the
following officers: Scott II. Hans
brough. president; Charles Thur
man. Wce-president; Shirley Car
ter. secretary and treasurer; :. L..
Hoover. superintendent. and \.
Moore. Jr.. general counsel.
The application for the charter
ha, been forwarded to Mr.. Moore,
the company's counsel. who is at
present at Lynchburg, Va. and it
/, expected that hc will appear
before the State Corporation Conn
mission this week and secure the
charter.
The charter will provide for the
right TO construct, maintain and
equip steam or electric railroad
from Winchester via Berryvillc
and BIuemont, Va, 10 a point in
Alexandria county. near Washing
ton. passing through the counties
of Frederick, Clarke, I.oudoun.
Fairfax and Alexandria. The
distance is about 20 miles. The
right to erect or the Shenandoah
river the necessary buildings, dams.
sideways, etc. FOR the generation
of electricity iS also asked for in
thc charter.
The intention of the company is
10 erect the electric road between
Winchester and Bcrryville at first
and then TO extend it to Bluemont.
thence To Washington. I'm speak
Ing of the new company to Win
chester newspaper man Mr.. Hans
brough said:
1t will be the purpose of the
company not only to be common
carrier for the transportation of
persons and property but our OBJ
lcct will also be To furnish power
for operating the factories and in
duStrieS of the towns along the
route of the railroad rs well as
io furnish electricity for illuminat-
INC purposes. One of the great
advantages of the new enterprise
wall be that the road will connect
with four railroads, namely, the
Baltimore and Ohio and the Cum
berland Valley at Winchester, the
Noriolkand Western at Berryville,
and the Southern ut Bluemont.
OF course there are many pre-
lminarieS To be gone over before
The actual work of constructing the
road can be begun, such as making
surveys, the locating of the road
bed the securing of rights of way
and the location of a place on the
Shenandoah giver for the power
buildings. You can say for me
That the work of building the road
Will begin this year although It's
completion will be a matter of some
months later. The company S min
mum capitalization is 500, 600
with a maximum of $500, 900"
1t Is stated that the cost of con-
Structlng and equiping an electric
road is about $4,000 per mile, so
'hat the cost between Berryville
and Winchester will be something
IN excess of 100000. The fine
personnel of the gentlemen com
posing the incorporators is a
guaranty of the success of the en-
'erprlSe and an assurance that the
'a''road will bc built at the earliest
possible time consistent with the
conservatism which is characteris-
''e OF all large industrial enter