The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-04-29
MANSFIELD
People Interested In Inter.
urban Road
Which 1t Is Said viii Touch
Mt. Vernon
A Mass Meeting Is Held In
Mansfield
Mansfield News)

ware, going through Alta, Lexington,
townsville, Williamsport, Mt. Gilead
Cardington, Ashley and Leonardsburg.
The matter of taking the necessary
preliminary steps looking to the con-
struction of this line was discussed
at a meeting held in the chamber of
commerce rooms Monday evening,
which was well attended by local mer-
chants and manufacturers and at
which the subject was given very thor
ough consideration.
A number of out of town gentle
men were present at the Monday ev-
ening melting, including George II. Car
penter, representing syndicate of
eastern capitalists, Il. F.. Wheaton,
general manager of the General Trac-
tion Development company, and
Messrs. Carlisle, Gruber and Clark of
Mt Gilead
| The meeting was called to order by
Huntington Brown, president of the
chamber of commerce, but on ac-
count of it being necessary for him
ened he appointed w. S. Cappeller,
formerly president of the chamber of
commerce, to fill the chair during the
balance of the meeting.
| Mr.. Carpenter presented the mat
ter of the proposed electric line and
gave an idea of what had already
been done in getting the proposition
in shape for financing. Other towns
and cities along the proposed line
are much interested in the projected
road and are doing their share to-
ward helping along the preliminaries.
1t is proposed to raise a fund of
about ten or twelve thousand dollars,
of which part will be used in making
the preliminary surveys and such
other advance work as is necessary
before the actual work of construc-
tion can be started. Assurance is CIV
en- that the money to finance the en-
terprise will be forthcoming if the
proper showing is made at the compile
tion of the preliminary work and 1t
is now thought that there will be no
trouble about this as the consensus
of opinion seems to be that the pro-
jected road would pass through a
rich territory and that the road would
be productive of good returns on the
investment.
Talks along lines Of interest con-
nected with this project were given
by several other of the visiting gen.
tlemen, also by some local people,
and the meeting was all in all very
satisfactory one.
1t is stated that the majority of
the right of way required by the line
has already been pledged and the ma
jority of the farmers along the line
are as anxious to have the road go
through as are the people of the vii
lagos through which It will pass.
1t is noticeable that 1t is much cas-
ier to get right-of-way through the
country nowadays than 1t was ten or
fifteen years ago, in the earlier days
of electric roads, presumably on ac-
count of the fact that farmers are COM
ing to realize the advantages given
them by such means of transporta-
tion and are also seeing that the roads
| boun fhn offaot of rnotariallv
ing the value of their farms, this in
crease in value being estimated at
from SIS to $50 an acre.
OF the fund required in getting
through with the preliminary work
Mansfields apportionment has been
placed at $1,000 and committee was
appointed at the Monday evening
meeting to solicit subscriptions for
the purpose of raising this amount
lam F. Voegele, ST., G. w. Fritz, Will
liam Wolfe, M. w. Catch and Louis
A. OFT.
In addition to the construction of
line between Mansfield and Della
ware, it is further proposed that the
same management construct line
from Gallon to Mt. Vernon, the two
lines intersecting at Mt. Gilead, max
ing system of 1O7 miles operated by
central power station which would
probably be located at Mt. Gilead,
that being apparently the most ad-
vantageous point for the location of
such plant.
The line from Gallon to Mt. Yer
non would run through the villages
Of st. James, Edison, Mt. Gilead,
Chesterville, Fredericktown and Knox
Calculations are also being made on