The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-08
WHAT WAS BAER AFTER2
President Of Philadelphia & Reading r. X.
Co. Was In This County.

Nioipoi W rultOu GUILTY., duu
while the distinguished gentle
man usually travels in his own
private palace car, he, on this oc-
caslon, discarded all conventional
tiles, came up the Cumberland
Valley in a day coach, aud rode
across the mountain to this place
from Mercersburg on the hack.
We presume that he paid his little
seventy-five cents fare just like
the other passengers, yet we
could not state positively that
there was not an exchange of
courtesies between the heads of
the two transportation compan.
les.
AS Mr.. Baer's visit here was a
hurried one, he did not have time
to call on US for advice, or give us
his plans, hence any thing that
might be given with reference to
his visit, would te purely guess.
work on our part, and 1t was not
our purpose to say anything about
it until we found out something
definite; but as the matter has
gotten into print in our'neighbor-
ing county, Franklin, we give the
following from a Mercersburg
correspondent of Public Opinion
of last Friday. The correspond.
ent says
"The question uppermost with
many people here at present, and
not only with people here, but In
McConnellsburg and other parts
of the country hereabouts, is
what will be the outcome of the
visit to the top of Cove Mountain,
last Friday, of George F. Baer,
president of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad Mr.. Baer's
visit was transformations. He was
accompanied by his civil engineer
and at McConnellsburg was met
by Frank Taylor, another civil en-
gineer, who has been employed
on many lmportantpieceso of work,
including the United States topo.
graphic survey.
president Baer came to Frank
lin county without any. fuss or
feathers and riding in a common
day coach, ins tead of the private
car in which he usually travels.
Only one suppositlon can be ac.
cepted as right, that he did not
want news of his presence to be
come public property. Thereare
those who believe that he was
here to decide upon some vast en-.
cheering project, as a result of
which the Reading will gain an
entrance to the coal fields of West
Virginia. This may be correct
guess, as measurements of sever
al hills were taken.
president Baer with his en-
gineer, reached Chambersbure
on Fridar afternoon, and the time
between trains was spent at the
Cumberland Valley station, where
he was not recognized. He and
his companion reached Merchrs-
burg that evening and took the
stage for McConnellsburg. The
next morning, having been Jolned
by Mr.. Taylor, the party set out
en- foot for the mountains, taking
with them papers that looked very
much like maps or blue prints.
From McConnellsburg they went
to the top of tne ridge between
that place and Fort Loudon. Here
it was that figures were gone ov-
or and President Baer scanned
the hills and valleys with the crit.
ical eye of the professional build.
er of railroads. HIS eye also
wandered out over the valley, to.
ward Shippensburg, where Is the
southern terminus of the Reading
road.
"After talking about q tunnel
here or cut there and other such
matters, that apply only to rail
roads, the three men footed it
back to McConnellsburg, and
President B,Ner and his compan.
lon partook Of dinner aud went
by stage again TO Mercersburg
and there took the train for Phlla-
delphla.
"This item of news is import
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