Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19
The Right Of way opposed.-A pc.

The Right Of Way OppOsed.-A pc
tition signed by the following named prom
inent business men of the District has been
presented to the District Committee in Con
gress, objecting to the provisions of the bill
before Congress permitting the Washington
and Cumberland Railroad to enter the
District: G. w. Cissel & Co., M. j. Ad-
Ter, j. E. Libbey, w. II. Tenney & Sons,
Thos Knowles, VIM. Wheatley, G. w. Of
futt, G. B. Lockhart, Weaver, Kengla g. Co,
Joseph T. Weaver, w. Nordlinger, II. p.
Gilbert, John A. Baker, George Hill, Jr., A.
B. Cropley, ]. G. Waters, S. Thos. Brown
chairman; H. Clagett, secretary
The petition sets out at length, the objec-
tions urged against the bills, which, it is
stated, the Commissioners returned TO Con-
gress with their approval without the usual
notice of public hearing accorded the citi-
zens on other railroad bills The petition
ers urge as the first objection to the bill that
as it is claimed, it authorizes the company
to exercise in the District all the powers con-
terred by its Maryland charter, which in
clude liberal powers of condemnation.
Itis asserted that under these laws, among
other things, the company could change the
| location of constructed line at any time by
condemning new one and could condemn
"any road, street, alley or public way" re-
gardless OF the wishes of the municipal au
thorities The second objection is that the
route through the District is not defined,
but left to be fixed by the Commissioners
and the railroad company.
The provisions of the bill generally pro-
vding that the road shall proceed from the
junction OF the canal and Rock creek "by
such route as shal be approved by the Com
missioners Of said District north of the in
tersection OF nth street west with the Po-
tomac river" it is claimed practically takes
in the whole city, the sole limitation being
that the road shall be north OF the point
named.
Objection is raised also to the section Of
the bill granting the company to acquire
within the Distaict the title OF the @. and o..
Canal Company to its properties rights, 'in
manner and form AS is provided by said
charter and acts of the general assembly Of
the State of Maryland" The question is
raised why the laws of Maryland are called
In again in this case and whether this is
not an attempt to validate the litigated claim
Of the old canal company. 1t is asked also
why the railroad company should want the
canal company's rights III that part of the
city lying south OF Rock Greek, where IL
does not propose To run It's road ON the
former line OF the canal 1t is urged that
the proposed measure violates the act of
Congress approved May 5, 1870, which pro
vdes that no railroad shall be built until
the route and termini of such road shall
have been approved aud sanctioned by Con
gress."
COncert.-The concert given at Irving
Hall, Linden, this county, on the lOth inst,
for the building Of Il new Catholic church
ut Forest Glen, was very much appreciated
by all who attended. The ladies and gen
tlemen who took part deserve great praise
for the mastery manner in which they rem
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erous, which shows how much all were
pleased About seventy five dollars were
realized. The programme was US follows:
Inilammatus, solo, Miss Mastcrson Solo,
See the Stars, Mrs. b. j. Baldwin; Quar-
tette, Messrs. Mosher, Mcfarland, Richard
son and Fugitt; Solo, When the Heart is
Young, Miss X. Lamb; Solo, Mr.. McFar-
land Bellsairo, Misses Masterson, Ander
son, Clark, Smith, and Messrs. Bouic CLARK
and Smith; Solo, Dreams, Mrs Zaidee
Smith Quartette Messrs. Mosher, McFar-
land, Richardson and Fugitt Solo, Miss
Mollie Byrnes; Quartette, Good Night,
Misses Mastersun and Smith, and Mes5rs.
Mcfarland and Mosher
Golden Anniyersary.-A bright ex-
ample OF what may be accomplished by en-.
ergy and strict integrity in business sgiven
in the career of the Perry Dry Goods House
of Washington, which this year celebrates
its fiftieth anniversary. The business of
this house was inaugurated half century
ago by the Perry Brothers, and is still con
tnucd by Mr.. Seaton Perry, the surviving
member of the firm, who has been emDently
successful in raising the business of the
house to its present standard. Read his
new nd. in This issue aud give him II call
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