Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-10-21
THROUGH GRSEk6RIE2,

Midland Trail last "Wednesday. He
. WaS accompanied ny IL escort irum
bcckiry. consisting Ci e.. l.. Beck
ncF. President Of the HrckIcy Cham
Der CT Commerce, W. 4. James. Sec
rrlarN of same, l.. VI. Dorsey. J. ".
Maxwell, George w. Williams, nI.
. W. w. koincr. There were also in
the delegation J. X. McGrath. W. \.
Anderson. of The State Road COM
mission from Faystlc and Kanawha
, counties; j. X. Monroe, Of the State
load Commission, resident of Lew
i>burg, and Win. II. Brewster, of the
Federal Road work, also of Lewis
burg.
; AT LrwiSburg the party was join-
itd by Il number of citizens and
along the route to Rainellc by many
more. When the party reached
Rainr'lc the crowd had grown to
number about fifty persons. Green
br'er was glad to have her Raleigh
TRENDS come through the county
and by their coming they were
shown over roads thai measured
! up to The finest in tho State. In fact
they found that the graded and hard
surfaced roads of Grcenbrier County
are the very best in the State and
are unsurpassed. At Rainellc Mr..
John Rainc took the whole delcga-
tlon IN charge, furnished them a
free dinner and Il free ride over the
Greenbrier and Eastern Railroad by
way Of BcllbuTn, Leslie, Chriton and
outnwood, thus showing the COM
| Pletc territory OF the dcvclopcd
coal operations and the undevclop-
Cd territory i'll the county. From
Rainellc the party cScorting Major
fortncy took him OH to Charleston.
While Grccnbrier citizens would
have enjoyed and been delighted TO
have spent more time with the mem
hcr OF the Commission ;is he passed
through the county, yet they were
handicapped in doing so by reason
Of the fact tina, nc was the guest Of
oHr good friends at Bccklcy.
We have mentioned in the col
'lmnS OF the Independent before the
purposes and aims of the good pco-
PIE Of Raleigh County in their en-
; deavor to divert the course of Mid
land Trail as it has been located
ana IL Is unnecessary to SAY any
! thing more Of this at this time. We
note from the Raleigh Register of
The 10th inst, a report OF the BAN
Quct rendered two members of the
! Road Commission at Brcklcv on last
Monday night and il is gathered
! from that report that the prcsum-
! non is the Trail has already been
changed and it referred to The trip
over The James River and Kanawhn
! turnpike, the location Of Midland
ran as "Soon-to-bc-abadoncd route
! ol the Midland Trail" We do not
kow from what source. our good
, TREND. The Register. gels lis infor-
! mation from which to draw il, con.
c!uSiGn. We beg 10 inform our good
friends that Grecnbricr County from
East 10 West, North 10 South, has no
idea thal The long adopted route Of
) AIuiand Trail is to be- abandoned.
hcl!hrr has NichOlHS county or more
ihan half Of Fayc;tc county and Kan
awha County lhiS idea. While lhis
move has rrccIiy broken on all in
tcrrStcd and We have n0l lhr months
81 orEaIzaiion and plunuing behind
us III defense Of or rights as have
our friends Ill Raleigh, vel We and
me adjoining counties viii not inI
The route Of Midland Trail be chang-
ed unill we know the reason why.
i lhc business interests Of Western
Grrcnbricr and the farming section
are alive TO what Midland Trail
means 10 them. and while taken on
surprise III this movement. vet lhc>
are prepared for fight 10 the finish
ON this proposition and are going
TO ii with ii determination.
! Again, We welcome our good
friends through the County. We
were glad to show them what VIC
havc--Our roads, our future Dossj-
blliticS, what we arc and what w:
are going 10 be. We have no i'll
T feeling in the matter what ever. but
we arc going to defend our own and
what we have with the same zeal
as our good friends seek to take il
from us.
! In this connection the people Of
this county are under many obliga-
ions IN this instance and arc due
the sinCcrcSt thanks to Mr.. John
f'0nc and others in The Western
part Of the county for their live.
wide awake interest i'm our counlv's
interest and that of adjoining coum-
ties.
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