The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-17
Notice.


TAKE NOTICE that the Interstate
Railroad Company. public service rail.
road corporation, chartered and doing
business under the laws of the Common
wealth OF Virginia. aud authorized To
condemn lands and other properties, or
any interest or estate therein. for its uses
and purposes will, on the Sih day of Jan
usry. 1914, that being the fourth day of
the January. 1914. Term OF the Circuit
Court of Wise County, Virginia, apply
10 said Cont Mt the Court House OF Wise
County in the Town of Gladeyile, for
the appointment of five disintcrested
freeholders, resident in said county. 10
ascertain what will lie n lust cornrenss
ton for the fee "a the strips or parcels Of
land hereinafter described, the fee simplc
estate in which is proposed to be con.
denincd by the undersigned Interstate
Railroad Company. and what will I've
Just compensation for perpetual case
ment or right of way over and across
Depot Street, hereinafter described. for
its uses and purposes in constructing
maintaining and operating an extension
OF its main line track from point at It's
present terminus Al The west end Of the
town of Norton. in Wise County Virgin
In, through the said town of Norton to
point at or near the eastern limits of said
was formerly the railroad of the Wise
Terminal Company, which last named
railroad is now owned and being operated
by the undersigned company. and for the
purposes OF building and maintaining
depot on Park Avenue in said town of
Norton near what is known as Depot
Street; and 10 award damages, If any. re-
suting to the adjacent and other proper
ty Of the said Norfolk " Western Rail
way Company, corporation. and the
said Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, n corporation, or 10 the prop
erty OF any W ier persons, beyond the pc
Guitar benefits that will accrue 10 such
properties. respectively. from the con
struction, operation, building and main.
tenance of the works of the undersigned:
and to ascertain and award damages. If
any, to Which said Norfolk IL Western
Railway Company or said Louisville ~
Nashville Railroad Company, or any 9TH
or person whomsoeycr, may he entitled.
which may result to them or either or
any of them from the use and occupation
OF the streets and alleys of said Town of
Norton under and pursuant to u certain
franchise granted to said Interstate Rail
road Company by the Town of Norton
by ordinance dated July 18th, 1911
The said strips or parcels OF land are
IN the petition, description, plat of sur
vcy, and profile filed 10y the Interstate
Railroad Company in HE Clerks Office
of Wise County, Virginia, on the 9TH day
OF December. 1918, In this proceeding,
which is styled Interstate Railroad Com
pany " Norfolk ~ Western Railway Com.
pany and Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company ct al. - to which petition. de-
scription, plat of survey and profile ref
erence is here made. Said strips or par
cells OF land aud parts of streets which pc
;ltioner proposes to use and occupy are
situate in the Town of Norton, Wise
County, Virginia. and are described AS
follows
First;.A strip or parcel Of land in
Norton, Virginia, beginning alta stake
which stands South twenty four degrees
East nine feet from Station II plus 3 . of
the Interstate Railroad Location through
the town of Norton, Virginia, said stake
being on the South line OF Park Avenue
OF the said town, and pig ~ feet South
westwardly from set stone In the South
line of said Park Avenue thence run
ming with sid line of Park Avenue.
North sixty sin degrees East five hun
dred and forty three and forty seven one.
hundTedths feet, crossing the centre line
OF said railroad location at four hundred
and eighty one and three tenths feet to A
stake which stands twelve and five tenths
feet Nor;hwardiy from the centre line of
said location; thence running on u curve
TO the right of seven hundred and twenty
nine and three tenths feet radius, dis
tance of one hundred and twenty and five
tenths feet tn stake Crossing the west
line OF Depot Street at one hundred and
thirteen iceU; thence North eighty nine
degrees and twenty five minutes East
tangent to last mentioned curve, two
hundred and thirty five feet 10 4 stake on
line of the Norton Land and Improve
ment Companys land; thence with said
line, South twenty -four degrees Fast
twenty seven and twenty four one hun
dredths feet to stake Crossing the CEN
tire line of said railroad location at thir-
teen and eighty four one hlndredths
feet; thence South eighty nine degrees
and twenty five minutes West two hun
dred and forty six feet to n stake. at right
angles and twelve and five ,enlhs feet
from Station A plus 639 T.. T. OF the
centre line of said railroad location
thence, running on 4 curve to the left
with a seven hundred and four and three
tcnths feet radius, \ distance of two
hundred and eighty seven and nine
tenths feet To 4 stake which stands twelve
and five tenths feet from and at right am.
giles 10 Station Il plus !l.2 P.C.ofthc CEN
ire line of said railroad location; thence
Soui'i twenty -four degrees East eight and
five tenths feet To a stake; thence South
sixty six degrees West ninety two feet
10 a stake; thence South twenty four de
grees East sixty feet to a stake. thence
South sixty six degrees West one hun
bred and eighty four feet to stake !:
thence North twenty four degrees West