Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-09
vested in them by the statute law

He complains that the Harry White
land should have been designated
us the place On the railroad by the
Board of Supervisors. Suppose the
point had not been designated,
would not every owner ofrealestate
OH the line of the railroad for sew
eral miles along it had the right t"
expect that his land would be Sc
lected us he site fortho new Court
house, Guided Ivy that hope and
the consequent enhanced value of
their land if selected az the site.
would not many have voted for Il
removal OF the Courthouse, who
prefer tor il to remain where it is
unless it should be placed upon their
land! " 18th such u selfish interest to
prompt them and in turn to inilu-
ence their friends, could a fair eX-
preston of the wishes Of many peO-
Pile have been attaineds The Oh
lection m ltle by Justice to the IIar-
ry White land shows his inconSisten-
cy in another matter about which,
he di>courSeS so eloQuently to wit,
that the Court house should be
centrally located. The Board of
Supervisors by actual measurement
having ascertalned the HarryWhite
lHnd lis the most central point OF
the county what haS"JuStice" to say
to tiliS9 That he does not believe
it. of course, the central point to
him and those who think like him
could not be other than that point
on the railroad nearest their OWN
house door. But it is impossible
with our limited space to notice all
the Inconsistencies, of Justice" in
the article in question.
But will it not occur to our read
erS as little strange that so Ell
thuSiaStic :: mover of the Court
house as Justice, does not enumerate
the many advantages which will
accrue TO us by the removal of it?
Is it not stranger still hat lie does
not even attempt 10 refutc the rea
sons given by us in previous az
ticie why the Courthou>e should
remain where it iss One little idea
Only seemed to occur to him of the
advantages Ola Court house site on
the railroad hut so small that it had
almost escaped our notice to wit:
that everybody woNld have such Il
nice tine going to Court by rail.
In reading it we could not but
help thinking that the millennium
was near,Such was tie joy ard free
dom from care depicted, which IA
ride to court by rail would give our
citizens Of all classes, doctors, labor.
ers, merchants, gentlemen ofleisnle,
everybody, unlilit occurred Ito us hat
We would have to pay for the privi-
lege, that the cars would not al
Ways be found waiting for US, that
the Judge would not always be ac-
communicating enough to adjourn
court to suit our convenience, that
ii free lunch would not always be
provided tor us if we got left by
the cars, and then the vision OF
beauty and glory which "Justice"
had created, faded, ah! so sadly.
The saline cost and Inconvenience
which dissipated our vision occurs.
to everyone who has given it a mo
ments thought and ne will tell you
if questioned about it, that he
would prefer to go to court on his
own team or even hire one for the
purpose. With the views we enter
tain of tie matter i'll question, OF
course we cannot do otherwise
than advise tile voters 10 cast their
votes for the G, ultlIouse to remain
where it now is, and We do not be-
lieve with "JuStice" and the thought
is unworthy Of him ''tllat the Su-
perviSorS Nill speedily clCct a pal
ace that will send a chill through
the taxpayers soul and emptypock-
cts" On the contrary, we believe
in view of the unsettled condition
of the finances of Virginia that no
Courthouse will be built at all-in
fact, two of the candidates for the
office Of Supervisor have promised
to 10 all in their power to have the
order for new Courthouse rescind
ed.
The only danger of the palatial
structure being erected for Court
house, that we can see, is to vote
for 1t to be built On the railroad
and by the election of men as Sill
pervisors, who entertain such Wis