Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-05-21
Saint Hafg1s Beacon.
LETTER or MIR. COX.

inc @Ist Oh ApTil INTO pennsylvania
TO those centres recently visited by
Mr.. Z. J. Coils, our Secretary, to
see the agents appointed by him and
to consult with them as to the de-
tails of the work TO be accomplished
by them in their respective locations
for aud in behalf of this company.
| first saw Mr.. j. Ill. Hause at
York and furnished him with full
and complete list of the lands we
have under contract, together with
an illustrated map, showing the To-
cation of the same, which was pre-
pared by Mr.. Coils. | found Mr..
Hause to be a live and energetic
business man, fully alive to the
work he has undertaken for us, and
with much experience in that line,
! consider him the Fright man in
the right place.
The city of York and the sur
rounding country presents a fine
field for our operations, located in
the midst of one of the most sue
cessful agricultural districts in this
country, where in fact agriculture
has been carried to a greater state of
perfection than any other. The
land in many instances has become
so valuable, that with the low prices
of produce they cannot be profita-
bly, cultivated, when the tenant
has to pay an annual rental of
from $40 to s15 per acre, and in
some cases more. This fact, when
compared with the opportunity to
purchase good lands among us where
the fee-simple title can be obtained
for the same money, is being i'm
pressed upon them, and / shall be
greatly disappointed, if in the near
future, good results do not flow
from this quarter. | am in con-
slant communication with Mr..
Hause, and he informs me, that he
expects to visit us the present week,
with some capitalits, being impress
sed with our natural facilities and
advantages, as presented by the
map, showing easy communication
with Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and New York.
| went next to Columbia i'm Lam
caster county, where NJ. Alfred @.
Drummer is looking after our inter-
ests, and from there to the city OF
Lancaster and called upon Mr.. Al
Ian A. Herr, our agent there, and
gave each of these gentlemen a list
of our lands with an illustrated
map.
then met Mr.. James Plucker,
who has travelled in the upper coun-
ties Of Maryland and on the East
ern Shore, and is somewhat famil-
lar with our people. lie expressed
a great desire to assist us and Sc
cured his cooperation with these
others in our enterprise.
next visited the York Farm Pa
per Mills some ten or twelve miles
from York on the upper Susque-
hanna river. / found here a most
interesting work, where over 81 900
900 is invested in the manufacture
of paper and the manager a gentle
man from Hartford county, Mary
land. This mill uses great quanti-
ties of poplar in it's manufactures
and l hope my visit there may be
made of value to some of our peo-
pie.
came back to Shrewsbury, a
flourishing town on the Northern
Central Railway not far from the
Maryland line-there Mr.. b. +.
Roller, j. p, is our agent. / was
unfortunate in not meeting him in
person, but for a moment. But
Mr.. Roller has frequently visited
our county, and to him furnished
the list of lands and a map showing
their location.
Twas greatly impressed and much
pleased with the earnestness with
which all these gentlemen have Ia.
ken hold of our enterprise and
deem it the most important step
we have taken, looking at the ad-
vancement of the great work VIC
have undertaken.
1t only remains, that our efforts
be cordially seconded by the people
of Southern Maryland whose inter
ests we are endeavoring to promote
and whose cooperation is desired,
and it is in great degree, essential
to the successful fulfillment of oul
enterprise. | feel no hesitancy in
assuring our people that with theil
help we can ut an early date intro.