Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Daily Courier
Wednesday, August 2, 1905
Rushing The Work
On the New Pittsburg, Westmoreland & Somerset Railroad
L. H. Allen, the secretary of the Pittsburg, Westmoreland & Somerset Railroad Company, is the authority for the statement that the new road, which is now being built from Ligonier to Somerset, will be completed and in operation by the first of November of this year. Upward of 200 men are at work finishing up the grading between Zufall, the place on the Somerset county side of the mountain to which the road had been extended some time ago; and Somerset.
The borough Council of Somerset was asked to grant a franchise to the company to enter the town, which was unanimously granted last Friday night when the matter was first brought to the attention of the members of Council. This certainly shows the warm friendship and favorable opinion of Somerset people. Everybody in Somerset county seems to be enthusiastic on the building of the new road. It goes without saying that Ligonier people are favorable to the building of the new road.
There has already been put upon the Ligonier end of the road a passenger train which makes connection on schedule time with the Ligonier Valley railroad, leaving Ligonier in the forenoon after the arrival of the morning train and returning in time for the 4:40 train in the afternoon, the train running to the Zufall place in Somerset county and returning to Ligonier.