The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-04
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Corporation, Commission =!=;I, r. Re-
quires Baltimore and Ohio )Ill q .55
to Give Town q Line.
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The Great altimore and Ohio
Brought to Book in il Inter: Interest
4 Of the People.
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The State Corporation Commission yes-
tertay rendered an important decision,
very importhn 4 to the people Of Ii Stras :
burg an ambitious town away up IN the
valley, thnt thinks It has been badly
treated by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. 81 n 3s 5isl sl55I gSSf5is liasf
The case was entitled "The Common
wealth Of Virginia against Winchester
and Strasburg Railway Company, and
tho altimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pa.ny. sS5 II Il. N % ass |. u e Il
tertlay after hearing evidence, both oral
and documentary reel tes: S III H gS 81 IL .i
IA 1. The winchester and Strasburg Rail
road Company was duly Incorporated BY
an act, approved April as, 1857 for the
purpose OF constructing and operating q
railroad from Winchester to s 'Ar!,
with authority to oonn ect It's railroad
with the winchester and Potomac Rail
road and the Manassas Gap Railroad,
The said Winohest ter and strnsburg Rail
road Company constructed its railroad
from Winchester to n polntaof connection
on the Manassas Gnp abroad, about
ono mile from the towntEof strasburg
and BY an act approved 4 February 2e,
1877, the said Winchester and strasr y
burg Railroad Company was relieved from
the obligation In Its charter to complete
Its work by constructing the add tlonal
one mile Of road from Its point Of con-
nection with tho Manassas Gap Railroad
to the town OF strasburg. M n q 85f
Act Of Assembly.
The said act recites: CA 81 u .5st it'll
nd whereas the said Winchester and
strasburg. Railroad Company have CON
no
visions OF said act, a railroad from the
said town Of Winchester to a point on
the Manassas Gap Railroad. near the
said town Of strasburg, and BY means
OF the use OF tho track OF the said
Manassas Gap Railroad are willing to-
rum or procure \ to be run, by Its lessee
or other person or corporation operating
its said road, trains to said town OF
}strasburg, at and from n convenient and
suitable depot, to be erected or con-
3structed on the line OF the said Manassas
Gap Railroad }, in the limits Of the said
town Of Strashurg, at or near the Cation
crossing, and is willing to treat and
regard the said depot when SO erected
and constructed, as a. regular station on.
It's road, for such trains as are q ccus-i
toned to stop at stations OF q similar
character and dignity on is own road,
and, by the acceptance or the provisions
of this act, signifies Its assent to the
amendment OF its charter as herein made
and provided. s3 Isl j Ri
II The said Winchester and strasburg
Railroad Company accepted the said act d
and thereby contracted and undertook as
n public obligation and duty, to comply
with the terms thereof. and It did erect
the depot therein mentioned and comply.
with the terms Of said act by regularly
running It's trains from the point OF
connection with the Manassas Gap Rail-
road into the town Of Btrashurg and
TO said depot, such operation continuing
up to about the 1st Of December, 1896.
Failed to Do Duty.
Since that period 1t has altogathcr
failed and neglected to comply with its
publcdu and obligation aforesaid. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
"a foreign corpora uon,l$is the lessee Of
and is operating the said Winchester and
strasburg Railroad Company. and has
been so doing for many years past; and
while the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company is lessee under the lease
filed In the evidence II has also acquired
nearly all of the stock Of tie said Win
chester and Strasburg Railroad Com
pany,s SO that 1t is virtually the owner
of the said company. Among other things.
& Is stipulated In said lease that the Bal
.tim0re and Ohio Railroad Company
should conform In all respects during the,
term of the lease to the legal obligations
Of the Winchester and strasburg Rail-
ro1d Company. and pay all lawfully ac-'
cruing State taxes for which the said
lessor company would be responsible
Under Public Obligation.
2, That under. all the facts and cir
cumstances appearing to the commission.
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that the Winchester and Strasburg Rail-
road Company was, and Is, under a public
obligation to the State OF Virginia to
operate It's road and Its trains as "a con-
tinuous operation Into the town Of Stras-5
burg and to tho depot erected by "a In
said town, in accordance til the require
ments OF the act referred to; that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
as lessee under the terms of the lease
OF said railroad undertook to carry out
the said public legal obligation and Is,
therefore, now legally bound to do So; a
The Decision.
1t Is. therefore, ordered that the said
two companies, the Winchester and stras-
burg and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, do, on or before the first
day of October. 1906 make arrangements
and put themselves In condition to COM
ply With the terms Of the act OF Febru-
airy 20. 1877, 80 that on and after that
date. the said first day OF October, 1906.
they shall by means OF the use Of the
track OF the Manassas Gap Railroad, said
track oelng now controlled. owned and
operated by the Southern Railway, rum,
or procure to be nun, trains on reasonable
schedules to said town OF Strasburg that
ls, to and from tho depot or station
erected as shown In the evidence within
the limits Of the said town OF Strasburg
at sor near Cation crossing. And said
station in Strnsbnrg shall be treated and
regarded as a regular station on the road
of the Winchester and Strasburg Rail-
road Company, operated by tho Balti-
more and Ohio RAILROAD Company, SO
that there shall stop at such station all
trains operated on is road as are accus-
toned to stop at stations OF similar chars
aoter and dignity on the said road,