The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-14
SOME REAL
DI0PE DOPE
0RAlL ROADS
Gra afto o ~ per
Heat Things


The Grafton ubtican 81 yester-
day had the following more or less
undressing dope pl ailFcads along
Hthe Tygarts Valley
That there With some lhinE doing
\ very soon 81 hs BucIShannou and
Northern r silfoad fight t-oi.wny matter
Ills assured The DAILY Republican by
one otthe best alithorltles On the qnea'
Etion in the city d Grafton Early next
week Rightot way tgens ehas. Nor.
iris, representing The three railroad
Ecompantes now owning and cohtroll-
kIng the old Buck khsnnon and Northern
irightof.way. win asFiYe ii Grafton
land viii at once proceed 70 pay Tor
Iand take up all tlghtos.wag NOW con.
tracted for along AIaple ayents West
Side. It viii bsFecaiied tlst few
I.weeks ago Morris Contracted for
lthe rignb Eay through oIne Of the
fmcst valuable residences ptoperties on
Ilthe West Side. ~. Morris labcred
long and earnestlySNIth owners Of 9th
ser properties d 9o contract
and made every bossibie overture and
ofer to set through the desired prem
ises. hut In a ndnba 81 lnstances he
, signally failed ID attain the desired
result. After payihg for and taklns
up all right.of;EaS now under CON
tract In the cttysllnits mr. Morris as
sisted by attorneys Representing the
three companies ana after maldns
final EFFORT ossedte fightroi-way VIII
ediately instltnts Condemnation
proceeding d tue court and In this
manner get the desired rlsht-of'way
through tlss propsFtiss NOT contract-
ed for. II Is stated that III. Morris
and Ills assistant viii do eyerythlus
possible to bring about tie desired re.
suits without resosting ID THE courts,
but the matter has nov come 70 such
a climax that sconp pantes Interest.
ed cannot waste esany more time It is
to be ardently hoped TINT q The last
hour Il not before tie property own
ers along Maple avenue Who hage not
yet contracted for Ii sale of rightoi
way viii do 50 aud tlus ayoid the
unpleasantness 81 condemnation pro
ceedings.
The Republican & able % announce
today that the Buclshdnnon and
Northern rlghtotYays as Weil as on
interests belonging 70 tlis company
of that mare Il owned by the PITTS
burg and Lake Etie COMPANY the Ral-
timore aud Ohio company ami the
Pennsylvania Conpan the stock be-
ing held as follows: Ptttsbusg AMI
Lake Erie, flftsone per cent Baltl-
more and Ohio. rs pet cent Pennsyl-
vania, "a per cent The burg and
Lake Erie Therefore controls the des.
tiny Of the promised atlroad thfough
this seStion Of West vifginia i IS
stated that the P, ana 81 IS now
making every possible effort h pur.
chase the entlrellntere Is he'd ~ the
B. and o. and the Penns and that the
last named two conpanie afe also os
fering to,buyoutP Z. ana interes IS,
and that there isss very oot.prospecs
of some conclusion being reached at
an early date.
One Of the best authoritie on rail-
road matters IN West Virginia said to 3
Republican reporter at sirmen on
Friday last that 10 long q 5he =. and
N. property Is held IS ls non held,
there viii be nothing doing q tlie way
of building a line 'throu this section
of the State, but that Jul as soon as
the P. and u Esabnys the b and o.
and the Pennsy lntere or as soon
as the last named purchase ne slocli
held by the 2. and u there will be
development and building q the line
Our informant stated iat there three
companies areinog strug ling hard for
possession Of therightsofsway that AL
three Of them want Il aud want It
bad, and that unless something unfor.
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