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(rshsdepot) Williamstown, WV
Settlement reached in train depot case=2C attorney says =
By JOLENE CRAIG =
WILLIAMSTOWN - The injunction hearing over the Williamstown train depot h=
as been canceled=2C said attorney William Summers=2C representing the Wil=
liamstown Area Development Corp=2E =
The 117-year-old structure was in danger of being demolished in June=2C a=
fter Sutherlins Limited Liability Company=2C a division of JLSS=2C LLC=2C=
notified the WADC that it purchased the land the depot is on from CSX Tr=
ansportation Inc=2E
=22There has been a settlement (between Sutherlins LLC and the WADC)=2C=22=
said Summers=2E The documents are being drafted by another attorney and =
nothing has been filed in the courts=2C he said=2E
Summers said the settlement will be beneficial to both WADC and Sutherlin=
s LLC=2E
In June=2C Sutherlins LLC demanded the WADC demolish or remove the depot =
from the land=2C according to court documents=2E
Wood County Circuit Court Judge George Hill granted a temporary injunctio=
n in June after Summers filed a complaint stating Sutherlins LLC was unla=
wfully claiming ownership of the depot and the adjacent structure at Two =
Station Plaza=2E The other building was being leased by JLSS=2C LLC from =
the WADC since September 2003 for a Stateline Big Time Coffee Shop=2C a v=
ideo lottery establishment=2E =
WADC obtained ownership of the depot in March 1990 and acquired ownership=
of the second building from Frank Tacy in December 1992=2E
Rights to lease the land beneath the buildings from CSX were obtained in =
December 1992=2E
In March 1993=2C the WADC applied to the West Virginia Department of Tran=
sportation for federal funds under the Intermodal Surface Transportation =
Efficiency ACT of 1991 (ISTEA)=2E
The WADC spent =24254=2C000 in ISTEA funds and a total of =24362=2C000 re=
storing the depot=2E
Since the restoration the depot has been a gift shop and tourist informat=
ion center=2E
Before the injunction was filed in June=2C the WADC was considering leasi=
ng the building to the Veterans Museum of the Mid-Ohio Valley Association=
to serve as a memorial museum=2C according to documents=2E
=22I believe the resolution will have the effect that the WADC will have =
control over the depot and the land=2C=22 Summers said=2E
Summers said he would not make further comments on the settlement because=
he has not seen the documents=2E
=22It is a very beneficial settlement to the case=2C=22 Summers said=2E
Copyright =A9 2004 =97 The Parkersburg News and The Parkersburg Sentinel
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