Finchtown Trains
Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 August 1897, page 8
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS
Several attempts have been made recently to wreck the transfer
train on the L and N Railroad. It is not known whether the guilty ones are
mischievous boys or men who have a grievance against the company.
The favorite method until yesterday was to drive spikes on the inside of the rail and leave the heads stickup, so that the flange of the wheels would strike them. Yesterday, however, a coupling link was used. When the transfer coach struck it, the trainmen noticed the jolting and stopped the train before it was derailed.
A close watch will be kept to discover the identity of the offenders. The favorite place for the attempts in near Finchtown.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 July 1900, page 8
MUST BUILD HIGH FENCES-Coroner Higgins has taken a decided stand in regard to the fatal runaway accidents that have occurred near the bridge in Finchtown caused by railroad trains. He says that the railroad companies must build high fences at this point between the pike and their rights of way in order to protect those who travel the pike, and if necessary, he will bring the attention of the grand jury to see that it is done.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 November 1914, page 15
NEWPORT
MARRIAGE LICENSE-Albert Gill and Lulu Zimmerman, both of Finchtown.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 December 1914, page 7
NEWPORT
RAILROAD CONDEMNS PROPERTY-County Judge Boltz and a jury were occupied yesterday in the hearing of condemnation proceedings filed by the L and N Railroad Company against land owned by the Nestly Brothers at Finchtown Ky. and which the railroad company claims is needed in order to straighten out its tracks at this point and to prevent further slides.
A disastrous movement of earth at this point for a distance of 800 feet has caused the railroad to expend thousands of dollars and the trouble is not over yet. E M Trowbridge, an engineer in the employ of the railroad company, testified yesterday that it is necessary for all trains to slow down at the slide and cross the dangerous portion of the tracks not faster than a man can walk.
W C Sanders, President of the Old 76 Distilling Company, was placed on the stand as an expert of place a value on the property. A number of other witnesses testified, after which the jury returned a verdict, allowing the Nestleys $300 for a strip of land between the railroad track and the Licking River. In addition the jury placed the damages to their property located between the railroad track and the pike at $3000.