The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-04-08
RAILROAD RUMBLES.
Preliminary Work Nearing Completion.
Woods Full Of Contractors A1x'
iOuS 10 Get the Job.

so that contractors may KNOW
what cuts and fills are to be made
as we'll as whether the grading
is in rock, or of more easily re-
moved earth, and the getting
ready of other data, has moved
forward as fasta as those in charge
can push the matter. Calcula-
tions have reached a point so
that many contracting firms, are
sending representatives here to
look over the field and obtain in
formation upon which the base
bids to build the road. From
President Post we secured a par
tial list of the construction COM
panies that have men on the
ground this week. They are Mr..
James A. Bennett, of the firm of
Bennett and Talbot. Greensburg
Pa. ; a man from F. B. Beasman
and Co., Baltimore, Md; one
from H. C. Brooks and Co. Mar
tinsburg, w. Va; one from Phil
ipsburg Construction Co., Yonk-
ers, N. Y; A. A. Read, of the
Read Construction Co., Hazleton,
Pa; Ellis D. Thompson, of the
Ellis D. Thompson Co., Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Klingensmith, Of the
firm Of Furguson and Edmondson
Pittsburg, who was here last
week, will return accompanied
by Mr.. Edmondson for further
data.
The gentleman who has been
assisting Mr.. Post with an ex-
perts experience, Mr. Samuel B.
Shearer, of Charlstown, w. Va,
will remain until the road is com
pleted. Some Of the firms have
expressed their willingness to
take heavy assignments of bonds
as part payment for their work
of construction. From the fore
going, our readers may learn
that there will be no lack Of bids
to build the road.
The promoters of the road have
asked us to make an appeal to
those who are in any manner dis
couraging interest on the part of
home people. 1t is desired to
make the road home-owned
road as far as possible. But ma
ny are holding back because of
persistent Encouragement on the
part of others. 1t has been ex-
planned a number of times that
this road differs in every point
from any that we have ever tried
to get in the past. A big cleo
trio motor-locomotive if that
makes it clearer-will haul regu-
lar freight cars that will be TAX
en- from the Cumberland Valley
railroad tracks and brought here.
These locomotives run uphill and
downhill same as automobiles.
Further:-as to whether a road
will pay, there can be no ques-
tion about that. There may have
been a time when easy-going cit
izens could not have been awak-
ened to patronize a railroad in
the County, but that day is past.
Our young men will no longer
stand for being hemmed in by
walls of mountains in order to
make a living on the farms. Time
and again we have been remind
ed that more than twice as much
produce should originate here if
the younger generation could be
induced to remain and build up
the farms. Then, too, the inevi-
table increase in population would
call for industries that would
be natural to this community.
Do not forget all these things;
and if you are not interested in
seeing a railroad come into this
County, these men who are work
ing so hard to secure one ask you
in all fairness not to throw cold
water on the project. No one
need put money into it if he do
not wish to do so. Outsiders
whose business it is to deal in
such paper will have to take the
bulk even if home folks invest.
1t is, therefore, not so much
home capital, but home enthusi-
asm, that the promoters seek.
| All knocking" by home people
has to be overcome in the minds
of strangers who come here to
invest. and il is this influence