Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-12-05 | Page 1 | Who Owns Coal Beds under Ohio River?

WHO OWNS COAL BEDS UNDER OHIO RIVER Question Involving Millions of Dollars Dollars' Dollars Dollars' Dol Dol- lars lars' Worth of Property Raised in West Virginia PARKERSBURG P w W. W Vi Vv Va Dec Dee 5 Seventy Se thousand acres of or coal l land Janti ri worth all fill the wa way from no 10 to an acre worth in all at the lowest figures or are Involved In a question of or title tille which h has been raised within a few da days s The question is Js who owns the bed of or the Ohio river the river the United States the State or the owners of property abut abut- Ing on the river r The Time State of or West Virginia lnla has Jurisdiction In criminal cases over the surface o of the tho Ohio river hut but t the the- United Staton t owns the tIme waterway water water- wn way while the people ulon along the river bank hank ln n many places claim the land nil all the way war across h The que question arose In connection w with witha th tha a sale laIc of or coal lands land a n few tew days das n ago o. o and unless the Legislature enacts sonic some law upon the the subject It will probably be carried d to the Supreme court of or the United States The river Is 15 wi with th coal I