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Volume   54.
Waynesboro,  Penn'a.,  Thursday,   March  14=,   lQOl.
NUIVIBKR 30.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING!
MECHANICS' ADD TO THEIR FIRE
APPARATUS.
Combination   Chemical   And   Hose   Wagon
To Make Fire-Fighting More
Effective
Waynesboro's fire apparatus is to be
added to and made more complete and
more effective. The Mechanics' Steam
Fire Engine Co., last week, determined to purchase a combination
chemical and hose wagon and will be,
in a short time, better equipped than
any tire department in the Cumberland valley in tbe state.
A committee of the fire company
recently visited Balti more and inspected combination wagons there. Within the past two weeks Chief H. C.
Funk made a trip to Racine, Wis., for
a similar purpose. Last week reports
of tbese two trips were made to the
company and it was decided by the
members to purchase tbe machine
manufactured by the Racine Fire Engine & Motor Co. because, after careful investigation, it was believed the
interests of the town will be best
served by this particular make of apparatus.
As its name implies the wagon will
be doubly equipped for fighting fires.
It will have a chemical attachment
and carry, in addition, a thousand feet
of hose to be used to convey a plug or
engine stream of water. There will
be two tanks, in the front part of the
wagon, each holding 35 gallons of tbe
chemical fluid and 200 feet of four-ply
hose to be attached to them. The
hose will be kept in a basket that will
be placed just back of the driver. In
rear of the basket will be a 12-inch locomotive bell, instead of the usual
gong, for announcing the coming of
tbe wagon. It will also contain a 12-
foot extension ladder and two pompier
ladders and 1000 feet of the customary
water hose. There will, also, be two
pony chemical extinguishers on the
wagon. • In general appearance it will
resemble the pictures of chemical
wagons exhibited in town at Christmas time. The wagon will be built
especially for tbe Mechanics' and will
be completed in 60 to 75 days. It will
have a perforated steel bed and the
Archibald ball-bearing wheels.
Tbe gray horses will be used to pull
it and will hurry it first of all the machines to the fire. If the conflagration is not of large dimensions tbe
chemical engine should be sufficient to
extinguish it. If very large the otfeer
apparatus will be called into use.
The Mechanics' deserve plenty of
credit for their zeal and their energy
in securing the funds for the purchase
of this improved wagon and there will
be a feeling of greater security from
fire throughout the town.
George Coons, driver of the engine
and the dray, has tendered his resignation because the work demanded of
him is too much for him in his present
condition of health. The company
advertises for a successor and prefers
a single man who will sleep in the
engine house.
The floors of the horses stalls in the
engine house will be torn out and replaced with more substantial material
and the drainage will be improved.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING!
Contractor Warehime  Will  Help Build the
100 Now Houses.
Contractor J. W. Warehime is one
ot tbe first to contribute to the hundred new dwelling houses Waynesboro
so urgently needs. Wednesday be purchased, on private terms, a plot of
ground on the east side of South
Franklin avenue, near Second, from
J. C. Clugston and will in a very short
time begin the erection thereon of
three or four double dwelling houses.
They will be neat in architectural design and fitted with modern conveniences.
He has, also, a contract to erect for
E. K. Crim, Wadesville, Ya., a large
house on West Second street near
Fairview avenue, tbis buiiding to be
completed by April 15.
Mr. Warehime has now in course of
construction a six-room brick dwelling
house, with store room, at the corner
of Fifth and Ringgold streets, for
William Shoop, keeper of the tollgate
east of town. The building will be
completed April 1 and will be occupied
by A. S. Miner, now superintendent
of Burns Hill cemetery.
HAPPENINGS IN
SOCIAL REALM.
Dietrich Weitand threw a piece of
iron into Emperor William's carriage
in Bremen, injuring the Emperor
slightly.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that   Contain riercur y.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense ot smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the muccus surface. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Hall's Catarrh,
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co.,Toledo, O., contains no mercury
and is taken internally, acting d i recti y
npon the blood and mucous surface of
the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh
Cure "be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally and is made inToledo
O., by F. J.Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggist,  price 7_c.  per
bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are tbe best.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Beard entertained at dinner on Wedesday at their
home, Clayton avenue these persons:
Rev. and Mis.. C. H. Rockey and
mother, Walter Rockey, Mrs. Annie
Hawker, F. J. Beard, S. R. Beard and
Miss Ida Haulman.
Tbe young ladles' embroidery club
met at the home of Miss Mabel Garrett, South Broad street, Wednesday
last, for four hours sewed carpet rags,
which they will donate to the children's aid society of Franklin county,
for the benefit of the hospital in
Chambersburg. The young hostess
served sumputous refreshments to her
fellow members. Those present were
Misses Daisy Shriver, Lillie Shively,
Kat.hr ine Elden, Margaret Newman,
Mary Lee and Julia Nevin, Bessie
Babner and Mabel Garrett.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, at their
home on North street, Wednesday last,
entertained a few of tbeir friends in
honor of their guest, Miss May Cook,
Baltimore. A very pleasant evening
was passed. Exquisite refreshments
were served.
The guests present were: Zula Rhea,
May Cook, Hattie and Maud Bikle,
Mary Lidy, Melva Eyler, Mrs. I. •__..
Price and Messrs. Robert Wbitebouse,
William Grove, Irvin Price, Joseph
Brown and Omar Frick.
Mr. and M rs. George B. Beaver very
pleasantly entertained a small company of friends at dinner Thursday
.vening at her home, Nortb Potomac
{.venue. The guests included Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Hoeflich, Rev. C. H.
-.Jockey, Mrs. Rockey and little son,
Mrs. Mary Rockey and Mr. and Mrs.
G. Arvid Anderson.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING I
MARKET   SPACE   FOR   COUNTRY
PRODUCE TOO SflALL.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING!
Smith Manfg. Co.   Declares  a Dividend On
First Year's   Earnings.
The stockholders of the Smith
Manfg. Co. held tbeir first annual
meeting, Tbursday evening, in the
office of W. T. Omwake, Esq. President Geo. W. Smith made a satisfactory statement of the business of the
year, showing a balance in the company's favor of $4097.92. A dividend
of three per cent., payable April 3,
was declared out of the earnings.
The old board of directors was reelected, as follows: Geo. W. Smith,
p_4__ T-Omwake, Esq., Ferd. Forthman, H. C. Criswell, A. W. Ruthrauff,
David Knepper, Hon. B. F. Welty,
Daniel Hoover and P.  N. Amberson.
Geo. W. Smitb presided over the
meeting. Tbe tellers of the election
were M. E. Sollenberger, J. B. Long
and W. Scott Cunningham.
The excellent showing made by the
company at the end of its first year of
business is due to the untiring labors
and tbe executive ability of President
Smitb. Tbere were a number of circumstances during tbe year tbat
would have proven very discouraging
to a less indefatigable worker and a
less hopeful man than Mr. Smith but
bis determination carried him past
every obstacle and the power of the
company to declare a dividend is due
to his intelligent persistence.
DIED IN FEEDING ENTRY.
Edward Hill Went To Sleep In Samuel Stover's
Barn And Died During Night.
Edward Hill, a traveling mender of
saddlery, was found dead in the feeding
entry of Samuel Stover's barn at
Waynecastle,Thursdayllast. He bad
Lilt in his appearence at the house of
Mr. Stover the preceding evening and
been given a good supper. He was
known there, and in this entire vicnity,
for he had made half-yearly visits to
this section, and when he wanted a
place to sleep for the night he was
given a number of blankets and robes
and went to one of the feeding entries
to make his bed there.
Next morning be was found dead by
Jacob Stover. He was sitting up and
it is believed he had been taken ill
during tbe night and died while attempting to get np.
Justice of the Peace W. A. McKin-
nie, Greencastle, was notified and he
he held an inquest over Hill's remains
His jury, consisting of W. M. McKin-
nie, H. B. Petrie, Amos Shoop, W. E.
Detrich, David Bowman, returned a
verdict that Hlil had come to his death
by the visitation of God.
New Boarding House Proprietors.
Miss M. H. Daphorne and sister,
Emmitsburg, have leased the well-
known Price boarding house, No. 24
West Main street, and will enter into
the occupancy of it April 1. They
will continue tbe boarding house there,
I. N. Price and family will have sale
March 26 and will move to their property, corner of North and Garfield
streets, about April 1.
We bave saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy in onr home. We keep
a bottle open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin
to catch cold we begin to use the
Cough Remedy, and as a result we
never have to send away for a doctor
and incur a large doctor bill, for Chamberlain 's Cough Remedy never fails to
cure. It is certainly a medicine of
great merit and worth.—D. S. Me
arkle, General Merchant and Farmer-
Mattie, Bedford comity, Pa. For sale,
by Forthman & Miller.
Council WIU Make  More Room By Tearing out a Wail — Annual Income
From -larket.
Waynesboro's new market has al
ready grown beyond the expectation
of those who were most eager to establish it. When, on the first day of tbe
sale of stalls, there was some hesitancy on the part of prospective purchasers, on the ground tbat there was
no certainty of the continuance of
the market, councilmen in the crowd
announced that tbe "market must be
a go: council will make it a permanent
aod profitable thing for you." And
tbe promise has been literally kept.
Especially since the hours have
been changed from morning to evening bas there been an increase in tbe
number of buyers and sellers at market and. on Saturday afternoon the
crowds are so unwieldy that it is
almost impossible to make one's way
from one end of tbe truck market to
tbe other.
More room has been made necessary
for this portion of the market and
council will, it is said, tear out the
brick wall which runs through the
centre and replace it with iron
pillars.
There will thus be afforded more
space and, in addition to this, some of
tbe unoccupied butchers' stalls will be
given over to the people with country
produce to sell.
Market has, thus far, proven a revenue-getter for the borough. Four
butchers' stalls bring an annual income of $20 each per year and twenty
other stalls bave been paid for at the
rate of $12.50 per year, making a total
of $330 in cash received. In addition
to these sums for annual rentals,
Marketmaster Gans has received not
less than $30 for daily permits. It is
safe to say this latter revenue will increase rapidly and will amount to $200
by the end of the first year. This will
be an annual income of $530, a splendid showing for tbe first year of the
market, and a nice little sum for tbe
borough treasury.
Tbe quality and quantity of tbe produce brougbt to market bave been
thoroughly acceptable to buyers and
prices have been satisfactory. Especially is tbe market for chickens a
good one and it is not an unusual thing
to sell 125 of them in an afternoon.
Market Wednesday afternoon was
largely attended.
The prevailing prices were as follows:
Butter, 23c per lb.; eggs, 16 @ 18c per
doz.; dressed chickens, 25 and 40; pud.
ding, 8 cents per pound; sausage, 10c
per lb; dried corn, 18c per qt.; onions,
10cper basket, saur kraut, 8c per qt.:
celery, 10c per bunch, cabbage, 6 and
10c per head; apples, 10c per 5-lb basket;
parsnips, 25 cents per pk.; turnips, 10c
per pk.; red beets 20c per pk.; parsley,
lc per bunch; lettuce, 5c per dish;
cottage cheese, 10c per qt,; scrapple, 5c
per 2-lb cake; mince meat, 12c per lb;
Saratoga chips, 5c per qt, dried peaches, 18 and 20c per lb, cup cheese 5c per
cup, milk 4c per qt, vinegar 20c per
gallon.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING !
BURGESS REFUSES TO SIGN
A NEW TAX ORDINANCE.
OLD GAMBLING CHARGE AGAIN
Benjamin F. Shockey   WUl  Transform   Old
Market House Into Apartment Houses.
A plan for the utilization of the
old market house, and one wbich bids
fair to be a profitable one, has been
hit upon by Proprietor Benj. F.
Shockey.
It is Mr. Shockey's intention to
transform the big building into an
apartment house with apartments for
eight families. Each apartment will
be composed of six rooms, 14x15 feet
each. Tbe bouses will front on the
south side.
Tbe plans have not as yet been
fully arranged bnt drawings are being
made and it is altogether probable
that the eight homes will be ready for
occupancy this spring.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING!
Contractor Hess Begins Work On A Number
Of New   Houses.
Contractor D. W. Hess is busy with
plans for a big number of new houses
he is to build during the year. He is
now digging the cellar for a two-story
frame residence 25x28 feet, for George
Rollman, Church and King streets.
He has the contract for tbe erection
of a two-story farme dwelling house 22
x28 feet with back building, 15x15 feet,
for James Hess on C. V. avenue. This
week, he, also, staked off the ground
for a 14x16 back bailding for another
owner oniWes. Main street.
It is very hard to stand idly by and
see our ones suffer while awaiting the
arrival of the doctor. An Albany
(N. Y.) dairyman called at a drug
store there for a doctor to come and
see bis child, tben very sick with
crou p. Not finding the doctor in, he
left word for him to come at once on
his return. He also bought a bottle
of Chamberlain's Cougb Remedy,
which he hoped would give some relief until the doctor should arrive. In
a few hours be returned, saying the
doctor need not come, as the child was
much better. The d ruggist, Mr. Otto
Scholz, says tbe family has since recommended Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to their neighbors'and friends
until he has a constant demand for it
from that part of the country. For
Mle by Forthman & Miller.
He Says For Benefit of Greater Waynesboro There Should
Not Be Heavy Tax On Poles And Wires
Erected And Strung In Town.
wuuld be both unjust to
The regular monthly meeting of
Waynesboro borough council was held
Thursday evening. President Deardorff was in the chair and the new
members of the body were present.
A large number of bills were approved and drafts granted and many
matters of minor interest were discussed.
Council determined to redeem $2000
of borough bonds, series B, of 1890,
Nos. 1 to 11.
It was ordered tbat tbe brick wall
be taken out of the centre of the new
market house in order to make more
room for the people who attend market as buyers and sellers.
Joseph F. Geiser asked council to
ordain a new street to be known as
Mount Airy avenue. This proposed
street is to run from King street
through to Church street and be, in
effect, a continuation of King street.
Mr. Geiser said he would tear down
the Ada Hewitt bouse recently purchased by bim to make way for the
street and close up the present alley.
Tbe street would be 36 feet wide.
Council would not agree to ordain or
macadamize the street but gave Mr.
Geiser .permission to lay out the
street, he to make satisfactory arrangements with tbe property-holders
along the line of tbe proposed street
and the alley to be closed.
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At its last meeting council adopted
an ordinance taxing the telegraph,
.telephone and electric light poles and
wires in Waynesboro. Burgess B. H.
Foreman Tbursday evening vetoed the
ordinance and accompanied the veto
by a message giving his reason for his
refusal to approve of it.
The ordinance was as follows:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Burgess and
Towa Council of the Borough of
Way mib.ro, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of same:
Section I. Tbat-all telephone, telegraph, electric light, street railway, nil-
road or otber companies, maintaining
poles within the limits of the borough of
Waynesboro, on which wires are strung,
shall pay to the treasurer of the borough
of Waynesboro, for the use of the
borough an annual license fee of one
(fi.oo) dollar per pole for eacb pole
maintained by tbem respectively within;
the limits of a public street and fifty (50)
cents per pole maintained by them respectively within the limits of a public
alley and two ($2) dollars per mile for
each mile of wire maintained by them,
respectively, on said poles.
Sec. II. It shall be the duty ef each
of said companies to make return, annually, during the month of September,
to the Clerk of the Borough Council, of
the number of poles maintained by them
on the streets and alleys respectively and
the number of miles of wire strung there,
on by each of them, wbich return shall
be verified by the oath or affirmation of
the president or secretary of said companies respectively, and the amount
round to be due to the borough from each
of them under the provisions of this
ordinance shall be paid to the treasurer
of the borough on or before the first day
of March then next ensuing.
Sec III. Any company as af ores .id,
violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance, shall in addition to the payment of the amount due the borough
under the terms of this ordinance, be
•nb|ect to a penalty of one hundred
($100) dollars to be recovered for the use
of the borough as fines and penalties are
now by law recoverable.
Passed, approved, and ordered to te
published this 21st day of February, A.
D, 1901. C. F. STEIN,
Attest: Pres't of Council.
Sam'l C. Plank, Sec'y.
The message of Burgess Foreman
was as follows:
To His Honor the President, and
Councilmen of the Borough of
Waynesboro;--
I have before me an ordinance passed by your honorable body having for
its purpose the levying of a license
upon the telegraph, telephone and
electric light lines represented and do
ing business in our city, for my approval or rejection. After having
made an investigation and upon due
consideration, I arrive at the con-
elusion tbat sucb a license as tbe
ordinance would impose, should it be
come a law,
I our citizens and ungenerous to our
friends.
1st. Both tbe electric light and
telephone companies entered our
town under a specific .agreement,
embodying a certain amount of service for the town free for the
privilege. It does not appear that
either of the companies have at any
time failed or refused to fulfill tbeir
part of said agreement.
2nd. The enforcement of such a
law would either drive from our town
the public benefactions tbey afford
citizens or increase tbe cost to tbeir
patrons to a degree that would deprive
many of their use, or add an unjust
burden upon all wbo would use them.
3rd. Under tbe statutes of our state
I learn tbat a measure of tbis kind
cannot be enacted for tbe purpose of
raising revenue for tbe borough, that
there is no warrant of law whereby
these companies may be taxed in tbis
manner, but that a license may be
charged tbem for police protection;
sucb being the case, tbe charges ought
to be more nearly proportionate to its
expenditure for that specific purpose
4th. Ior tbe development of Greater
Waynesboro and her institutions, these
corporations, whose secondary object
(at least) tends towards tbe further
advancement of her enterprises and
tbe comfort of her citizens, should not
be required to bear more tban an
equitable share of her burden.
In the interest of Waynesboro, for
the welfare of her people and for the
reasons stated,   I return this ordinance not approved. Respectfully yours,
B. H. Foreman, Burgess.
There was no discussion of tbe ordi-
ance or message, because of the lateness of the hour wben the latter was
reached in the proceedings, and action
will be taken on it at the next regular
meeting.
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DOINGS OF OUR BUSY SHOPS.
Ralph Noll, of Prick Go's, drawing
room, is suffering from malaria fever.
Geiser Manfg. Co., Thursday last,,
sent by mail about two thousand
lithographed hangers, encased in
pasteboard, tubes. The lot filled a
spring wagon. The amount of money
which it took to mail the posters was
more than $40.
Rev. H. B. Strickler is in Philadel
phia on business for Frick Co.
G. C. Pearson, Smithsburg, one of
Frick Go's, collectors, is confined to
his home by illness.
H, A- Frantz is home from a successful trip in tbe interest of the Emmert
Manfg. Co.
Frick Co's erecting force is working on a hurry order for the shipment
of the fifty-ton refrigerating plant to
tbe Belmont Brewing company,
Martin's Ferry, Ohio. The 25-ton ice
plant »for Pirea, Greece, is ready for
shipment.
The Fred- Frick Clock Co. has received an order for a large program
clock for the Geo. W. Childs public
school in Philadelphia.
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Do Not Trifle
with danger—and remember
every cough or cold means
danger.
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Consumption
Cure
will cure your cough or cold
at once. It will heal and
strengthen vour lungs. It is
a safeguard for you always.
Take it at the first indication
of a cough or cold.
"A severe cold settled In throat aad bronchial
tubes—colds always lasted several months. I
triad Shiloh and it cared ma at once. Am
glad to add my testimony.
PIERRE CUSHINO.
Rector St. Mark's Church, LeRoy, N. V.
Shiloh's Consumption Car* Is said by all
druggists at S5c, SOo, Sl.SO a bottle.    A
£ tinted guarantee goes «tti every bottle.
' you aro not satisfied go to. yonr druggist
and get your money baolc
Writs for illustrated book on consumption.   Seat
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CHIEF OF  POLICE  HEARS  FROM
UNKNOWN FELLOW.
He Says There Is Gambling Hare And Chief
Asks That Evidence Be Oi ven So That
He Can  Arrest Offenders.
Tbat utterly irresponsible fellow,
the anonymous correspondent, has
sent a letter to Chief of Police Lambei J
son in wbicb he complains tbat tbere
is a gambling '-joint-' on tbe public
square where gambling is permitted,
"where the thing is done in daylight
as well as nite."
After this announcement the corresj
pondent en joins him thus: -'Now, you
ferret tbis joint out and squash it or
there will be those to exert every
effort and influence against your next
appointment and get some one in who
is not quite so innocent." The communication is signed, "Tours for
success, a friend."
Of course, Chief Lamberson pays
little attention to sucb a letter—no
one does to tbe threats of a fellow too
cowardly to reveal his name—but he
is, to a certain extent, displeased
with the imputation made against his
official conduct.
He says: "I do not know of the existence of any gambling den in Waynesboro. I have made a search for such &
place where the law is violated but
have not been able to find it. If any
person will point out to me a place
where gambling is carried on and
prove tbat tbe cbarge is true I will
not only thank him but will quickly
close tbe place, It must be understood
tbat we cannot raid a place simply
because one says tbat it is used for
gambling. We must bave evidence.
If tbis is furnished me I will break up
the joint quickly enough to satisfy
anybody."
The charge that gambling is car*
ried oh openly in Waynesboro is an
old one. It has never been made except ' by some anonymous person and
has never been proven. No evidence
has ever been submitted to any
policeman or magistrate sufficient to
support such a cbarge. It is ti me, for
tbe good name and fame of the town,
that such allegations be accompanied
with evidence sufficient to enable tbe
apprehension of tbe supposed offenders
or that tbe careless dissemination of
talk concerning "dens" and "joints"
be stopped.
SEE HOW WE ARE GROWING t
J. P. rielown Killed  While  Duck-Shooting
la The Potomac Near Williamsport.
James P. Melown, aged about 23
years, was accidentally shot and instantly killed Thursday list about 6
o'clock on Duck Island, about one
mile above Williamsport, in tbe Potomac river, by Frank E. Newcomer,
aged about 50, whose young stepdaughter Melown married. Tbey
were duck-shooting.
Melown fired a sbot or so at the
ducks, and soon after Newcomer
leveled bis double-barreled breech-
loading gun at a flock of ducks and
pulled tbe trigger. At tbe same
moment Melown, who was kneeling on
the ground, raised his head in time to
receive the full load in the back part
of his head.
The charge blew off tbe top of his
head and scattered the brains in every
direction.
Newcomer is nearly crazed with
grief.
Melown leaves a widow and two
small children. He was a member of
the Odd Fellows and Junior Order
United American Mechanics and a son
of John N. K. Melown, a well-known
citizen of Williamsport.	
Mother Superior Mary Mariana died
atJLos Angeles, Cai., aged 71 years,
^or 23 years she lived at Emmitsburg,
Md.
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A. R. De Fluent, editor of tbe Journal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered for a
number of years from rheumatism in
bis right shoulder and side. He says:
"My right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tried Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive re-
lief almos..instantly. The Pain Balm
has been a constant companion of
mine ever since and it never fails."
For sale by Fortbman & Miller.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
Casy to take, easy to operate. 25c
Baltimore Engineer Says Blue Ridge Ralls
way Will Be Built  This Year.
Tbe directors of the Blue Ridge
Electric Railway Co. are securing the
last of the "rights of way needed for
the railroad it proposes to bnild between Waynesboro and the mountain
and on the mountain top. Only a few
remain to be obtained and these will
be easily and quickly secured, it is
said.
In a letter to a Waynesboro capitalist, not identified with the railway
company, W. Riley Weaver, civil
engineer, Baltimore, says:
"There is not a question of doubt as
to the construction of the road this
year."
Mr. Weaver says he has good ground
for the statement he makes. The Baltimore directors, who constitute a
majbrity of the board, are determined
that the road shall be constructed, believing that tbey see a good profit in
its operation, it is said.
Mr. Weaver also says, incidentally,
tbat be has made an investigation of
the territory for a water supply system for the mountain top and believes
he can construct one without annoyance or expense.
There is a very general hope here
tbat Mr. Weaver's rosy view of tbe
matter will prove to be correct. It
may be said, in addition, that a number of tbe directors bave made state*
ments similar to those by Mr. Weaver.
Railroad Mea Mr. Jacobs' Quests.
F. W. Harlow, division passenger
agent, Illinois Central railroad,
Chicago; F. H. Tristram, central
passenger agent, Wabash railroad,
Pittsburg; J. R. James, central passenger agent, Missouri Pacific railroad,
Pittsburg; Thos. H. Quill, traveling
passenger, agent Chicago & Great
Western Railway, Chicago; and E. A.
Richter, traveling passenger agent,
Illinois Central railroad, Pittsburg,
were in Waynesboro, Thursday, .as
guests of W. J. C. Jacobs, traveling
passenger agent of the B. & O. These
men had been to the inauguration.
They were entertained while here at
the Commercial clnb.
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NEW   UNE   TO    HELP    flORGAN
INTERESTS.
W. IT. R. R. Link ta Through Traffic From
Cherry Raa Ta Shippensburg To  Be
Abandoned To Try To Porce a Sale.
From Zephyr of March T.
As Zephyr told, yesterday, C. O.
Van Devanter has resumed his relations as civil engineer with the W. M.
R. R., with headquarters at Hagerstown. His particular mission has been
variously stated but inaccurately,
Zephyr is told. His purpose, as explained by one in a position to know,
is as follows:
He will survey a route for a railroad
from what is known as the -.forth
crossing., in Hagerstown, where the
Washington & Franklin intersects the
W. M. R. R., to Potomac valley junction, near Williamsport, from which
point an independent line runs to
Cherry Run. It will be six miles in
length.
The amount of engineering is not
extensive and the road will not be
lengthy but there may be a great
amount of significance behind it.
By the construction of tbis road the
Morgan interests will be enabled to
haul their freight from Cherry Run
through to Shippensburg without
using a foot of the W. M. R. R. The
Morgan interests now control the
Potomac Valley extension, the Washington and Franklin and the B. & C.
Y. R. R. Only these lines and the
new branch to be constructed will be
used for the big quantity of through
freight that passes through this
county.
The use ef the W. M. R. R. will be
abandoned entirely.
The supposition is that this is one
of a series of steps to cause a reduction in the earning power of the W.
M. R. R. and to bring about its sale.
Tbe development of these plans will
be awaited with great interest.
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Bids For Carrying  Hails  Between Waynes-
castle  and   Waynesboro.
Postmaster Dubbel will receive sealed bids until March 23 for carrying
the mails between Waynecastle and
Waynesboro from July 1,1801, to June
30, 1906. Recently the contract for
carrying the mails between these two
places was awarded to John Reasman,
Clayton avenue,for the period between
March 16 and June 30 of this year, his
contract expiring witb the latter
date. Mr. Reasman and several other
persons will submit bids for the work,
it is said.
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Flagman  Harr Injured  la   A Collision    Of
Trains At Quinsonia.
What might have been a fatal accident occurred at Quinsonia Thursday
morning. A Western Maryland freight
train was standing on a siding when a
P. & R. train, which had been awaiting orders, started onward.
Tbe pilot on the P. & R. locomotive
struck and demolished the W. M.
caboose.
The caboose was totally wrecked and
everything in it. A fire started from
the stove and tbe caboose was burned,
nothing but tbe trucks being left.
H. P. Harr, Hagerstown, a flagman
on the W. Mi train, was in the caboose
when tbe collision occurred. He was
thrown through an opening ln the roof
of the caboose and over anotber car.
He was cut and bruised somewhat and
his escape from death was narrow.
A new engine, consigned to the
Southern railroad, was slightly dam*
aged. Freight and passenger traffic
was delayed for several hours.
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Stephensou Quartet Ca. Wins  Lots of   Applause From Enthusiastic Audience.
The Stephenson Quartet Co. gave
the fifth and last entertainment of
this season's public. reading room
course in the academy of music, last
Thursday evening. The academy was
crowded with a very appreciative
audience whicb applauded every number enthusiastically and demanded an
encore to every one of the eleven-
selections and one additional. Tbe
work of each of the violinists, Misses
Lalla, Elsie and Clara Stephenson,
was brilliant throughout, tbat of the
latter on the difficult violoncello being particularly artistic. Favorable
impressions created here by the quar t et
in previous years were heightened by
last night's splended performance.
Wallace Bruce Amsbary, humorist,
pleased the audience very much by his
dialect recitations.
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