Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
Canal or RailrOad-What They Say in
ROckville-A Farmers Alliance.
Correspondence of the THE EVENING srAE.

Correspondence of the THE EVENING SrAe
ROCKVILLE. April 81.
Messrs. Dennis E. ONeal, John Galloway
George Smith and George Washington, who
have been travelling with the receivers re-
Gently appointed by Justice Alvey of the circuit
court for Washington county along the line of
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, arrived here
last night and will continue their journey to
their homes in Cumberland tomorrow. From
what can be gathered from their conversation
it is to be inferred that tine damages to that
work are less than has been supposed and not
SO formidable as to deter a company from TAX
ing hold of that waterway and running it to
the advantage of the coal companies and the
farmers living along the line As was said in
this correspondence ten days ago, the receivers
found the greatest break in the canal between
Great Falls and Georgetown, the long log wall
embankment short distance below Great
Falls being almost entirely washed out, leaving
a gap i'll the embankment that it would take
many thousands of dollars to repair. The idea
OF the residents here is that the canal can be
repaired. that sufficient money can be raised
for the purpose, but they laugh at any PROPOSE
ton which looks to this being done under
state management or under the present board
of public works. They deny emphatically that
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is
at the bottom of the scheme to resuscitate the
canal and will furnish the necessary capital for
that purpose, and they also claim that the
of the West Virginia railroad in it's
efforts to reach tide water by line of
its own. People living along the line of the
proposed railroad, with few exceptions. in this
county are in favor of a railroad and do not
much care whether il is built by the Pennsyl-
vania Company, Arthur Z. German, Henry g.
Davis or the devil, they can have an outlet
for their produce. As an evidence of the great
advantages OF this road to lands lying along the
picturesque banks of the Potomac, they point
to the well-known fact that lands i'll the i'm
mediate route of the conduit road-and that
only good driving roau--are now selling
at prices that would have been a few years
ago considered high for building sites in WASH
ington. With rapid transit to and from WASH
ington they believe that the whole line of the
railroad from the capital to Monocacy would,
In a short time, be dotted with attractive villas
and beautiful homes, outside of the heat and
dust of city life and imme diately adjacent to
the finest fishing and hunting grounds in the
country.
A talk with the most intelligent and progress
slve farmers of this county develops the idea
that i'll short time there will be Farmers
Alliance in this section. The Grange has per-
haps a larger foOthold here than in any county
OF the state, but the need is felt of an organize
ton that, with the assistance of other similar
ones, can make itself felt in the politics of the
county.
The corporation election to be held here on
the 9Th of May has not brought to the front the
usual number of candidates. The places pay
nothing and the occupants are subject to criti-
cism. The names of Thomas Anderson. N. d.
Offutt and r. H. Stokes have been spoken of
for mayor. 1t is thought that popular ticket
for councllmen will be composed of p. D..
Laird, II. Clay Fields, d. H. Warield, Chas.
d. Morgan and w. W. Welsh.
DIR. j. L. Lewis of Knowles has been ap-
pointed surgeon on the Metropolitan railroad
between Rockville and Washington. SAN.
Rejecting Public Common Sense.