The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
LOOK OUT FOR TROLLEY.
c. @. & W. Officials, with Gentlemen from
Mercersburg and McConneIlsburg, Met
on Mountain Last Wednesday.
VISITORS DELIGHTED WITH SCENERY.

The following report of meet
ing held on top of Cove mountain,
is copied from the Franklin Re-
pository.
An electric railway may be built
from Greencastle to Mercer=burg
and thence over the mountain to
McConnellsburg, says the Cham
bersburg Repository. The route
is not physically impracticable for
such a line and it is thought could
be made pay well. The money to
build it, 1t is thought, can be Sc
cured.
The first steps toward the con-
summation of the scheme, were
taken on Wednesday when gentle
men interested went over the route,
men from Chambersburg, Mer-
cersburg and Fulton county, all
business men and experienced to a
considerable degree in such mat
ters.
The result of the conference was
the raising of sufficient money to
defray the cost of preliminary sur
veys, upon which further action
will be based.
President w. Rush Gillian, Di-
rectors R. w. Ramsey M. d.,
David Maclay M. d., HI. B. Nc
Nulty, of town; ID. M. Good, of
Waynesboro, of the Chambers
burg, Greencastle andWaynesboro
Electric Railway Co., went to
Greencastle Wednesday and thence
drove to Mercersburg. They were
there joined by Messrs. Fl. w.
Byron, A. Bruce Lauderbaugh, ID.
f. Metcalfe, Chas. f. Fallon and
James g. Rankin, of that place.
After conference the party
took teams and drove to the Gap
and detected to Stony Batter, the
birthplace of President James
Buchanan.
From there they passed over
Cove Mountain and met, on the
summit a party of McConnells-
burg gentlemen who were there
by appointment to meet them.
The Fulton county men were: DR..
W. l.. McKibbin, j. Nelson Sipes,
ESQ.,, M. r. Shaffner, George b.
Daniels, Sheriff Alexander, Daniel
Grissinger, James Henry, Prof.
Charles f. Barton, Mr.. Wollett
and Frank Taylor and with them
were Capt. G. w. Skinner and
Coroner w. F. Skinner, M. d., of
Chambersburg.
A lunch was served on the
mountain top and the entire, pro-
iect discussed by the capitalists
present.
The outcome was the determine
tion to have the preliminary sur
veys made as soon as possible,
over the several routes suggested,
one over the turnpike, now owned
by the G. G. & w. company, the
other via Foltz to a point on the
Chambersburg & Bedford pike
near Loudon.
When the surveys are conclud-
ed the question will be further
considered and action based on the
figures derived from the data OBJ
tained will be taken.
The gentlemen interested are en-
thusiastic over the project and all
Indications appear to be favorable
for the ultimate financing and
building of the line.
The local people intend only to
build to Foltz, or the Gap. There
at Buchanan's birthplace, Stony
Batter, they have an option of 100
acres of mountain land at that his
toric spot, an ideal location for a
park. In, fact there has been a
sort of a park in that locality for
many years.
The idea then would be to have
the Fulton county people build
their part of the line from Nc
Connellsburg to Foltz and there
connect with the other branch.
The gathering took place at Lin
ton, the name o. II big rock on the
top of the mountain from which II
glorious view of Fulton County's
valley can be obtained. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Byron,
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