The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-03
TO Sell. INTEREST
IN c. & @. CANAL
Formai Decision Regarding State
HoIdinas-some Problems Must
Be UnraveIed.


BALTIMORE. Sept. 3.-The State
| of Maryland's interest in the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal will be sold to
the highest bidder. AT a meeting OF
the Board of Public Works held at
Annapolis yesterday the matter was
discussed, and an advertisement rom
ed which will be published in the
various newspapers in the city ana
State. The advertisement Will be
submitted TO Attorney General Bryan
| for approval. and as soon as it Will
have been returned by him will he
, sent out.
In the advertisement will be specl-
| fed just what interest the State has
in the canal, and h date for h open
ing Of The bids viii he set for DeccIn-
Der / next.
MIR; Bonds Views.
Mr.. Hugh l.. Eond Jr., second vice
president of the Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad Company, and one OF the re-
| ceivecs of the Chesapeake and ONO
| Canal. aid last night that the STATE
| could sell its interests in the property,
! but could not guarantee those inter
GStS 10 the puICIld9ci.
One Of the interesting questions in
| ~nnecti with the canal is what be-
comes Of the property If used for any
either purpose than that Of o water
Transformation route. The fact is re-
called that the land for the route OF
the canal was condemned originally
| for Il waterway. The question, there
fore, arises if the heirs of the original
oyyners OF the route would surrender,
without compensation, their interests
in the land which viii revert to them
if the Lane is used for any other pur-
nose than a canal bed. And if com
3~ensariCn is demanded in event o.
the use of the property for railroad
tracks. how much will that ~conDenSa-
ton be?
The strong box in which ere stor'
ed the papers of the old canal com
Dany, and Which has been in posses
sion of the trustees of the canal, was
| forcibiy opened yesterday, h key
having disappeared when the Baltl-
more and Ohio Central Building was
burned. The box was removed from
the vault of the Citizens National Bank
10 the office Of Vice President McNell
of the Baltimore and Ohio, where 1t
was opened. AS. had been expected
no canal stock wa found amonS its
| contents. which consisted of a copy
| Of the original mortgage of 1884, the
mortgage of 1878, and a few other
unimportant papers.
e. and O.'s interests.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
11der the order of the courts naming
trustees for the Chesapeake and Ohio
| Canal. dominates its control, and the
waterway is now being operated sue
| cessfully and probably under dlrec-
| ton of Second Vice President EuSh
L.. Bond. of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
The Western Maryland Railroad
started the present agitation for the
sale of the canal sometime ago, as
the canal bed is considered an IDEAL
| center for a railroad from Cumberland
to Washington, and has long BEEF
coveted by railroad promoters. The
canal extends from Cumberland to
Georgetown. D. c., and the western
Narland railroad, which is a part OF
| the Wabash system, which is controll'
| ed by the Goulds, is anxious TO get an
| entrance to Washington, SO II can
| have a share in the great passenger
| ratio through the capital ana give
the Wabash a strong hold in the east
ern country.
The States interest in the Chesa'
peake and Ohio Canal to over
ego OOO 600 which it sunk in fostering
the advancement OF the ola waterway
Her Own Press Agent.
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