Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-10-14
MIDLAND TRAIL AGAIN.


the new route by The Stale Road
18th. il was stated ut the Chamber
OF Commerce meeting Thursday
night While here the members OF
the commission will be entertained
. al a banquet TO be given in the Beck
Icy Hotel by The commercial body
on the night OF the 18th. In the in
SPcction party will be the three
members Of the commission. Major
&. j. Fortncy, J. +. Whitaker. and
DIR. T.. Il. Stephenson. Division
Engineer McGrath. and perhaps
others.
The tour will begin u! Faycttc
Station. The party being met there
by Il number Of HccllcS automobiles
which vii! convey them to this
city. Here they will be shown over
the city and surrounding territory.
and in the evening will attend the
banquet given in their honor. The
following day they will be taken
10 White Sulphur Springs, and on
the third day will return TO Charles
ton over the James River 4 Kanaw-
Ia turnpike, the present proposed
route of the Midland Trail through
the State. By covering both routes
on the same trip it is believed the
road commisSin will readily see the
advantages Of the route through
Becklcy, covering as ii does Il far
more populouS section, and thus
benetitung far greater number Of
people. Members of the Chamber
Of Commerce feel that the visit Of
the Commission will be a big step
toward the contamination Of plans
for bringing the road through this
scction.--Ro!righ Register.
We clip the above from the Raj
eiSh Register, published at Bccklcy,
West Virginia. 1t can be seen al a
glance what our good friends in
Raleigh County are cndeavoring to
accomplish in Il change of the route
Of the National Highway, known as
Midland Trail.
few years ago when Governor
w. A. MacCorkle was enthusiastic
over road developments in this sec
ton Of the State, he with the late
Mr.. Stephens, then President of the
&. 4 o. Railroad Co., together with
others }aid ont tho ,rn,i r.,tr.I
L;yhy-,,, ~ III. s..,;o1 &c ,,o St.in
Ia foilnw he cnrr,. " ,,'o ' nI.I r;s
,ric J,u.. R;y.r AND E ou H.
p;kc Th;S ,n,,r., ,,.n. $500 .,
and every one had thought il settled
The Stale Road Commission is en-
tifcly new creation and this Com
mission has in charge the location
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.,n, ,,,n, 49,. r S y, tl ~ ." ,, 10,
,an,.,, 80" .;, ~ ,.' nlno ~ ''iti' ILL.,
$500 ~ ~ my '''' 1''e>H"'S
,t,n;'. ',ta : ;. ~ 'o'',i'i' I.
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Cn,,,,,. , ,,i. - mr., ',e'''n :" NAY IN
n,"a,' ,''" ','H, IVY Ivy ~ C>:
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Sta,c RoaJ Cn,ur,;..;n ,',"E ,o' LIZ a''t
cnns;dnr ~, chnm,to 81, ".'i' n",
no, afford ,n h., our r,ry" O., nv,
way az dafo,r - ~
10 L,s, ,I;'i,,I .r..,
lose the linking re ib, Wn,,or,, ,,,,
of the cour,, with Inc I',st,rr ,,,r,
II mcou, me loss of MI Tho ,rarcj
and the ,nurcp Of rnvrn,n from, u,
that vii, 70 over This road Th;s
will amount 10 ,hr hundreds If no,
thousands re nrnnIc n,rI, d,,