Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-23
THE0YSTER GROUNDS
OUTSIDERS SEEKING TO ACQUIRE
AREAS OF NATURAL BEDS.
a Nsv Survey Demandcd-A Onc.Horss
Syndicate with u Zig Capiiai-Thc
Ccnt-a-Niie Railroad Rate.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dspatch.l
R,LEicH. n. c.. September 2.--Your cor
respondent had an interview to-day with
MIR Lucas. Chief Oyster Commissioners.
who says there are as yet no signs OF oyster
pirates. All the inle,s are guarded and so
are the canal at Coinlock and the DISMAL
Swamp canal. He says the Virginia and
Marylrnd oys,ermep who last winter took
SO many oysters will not be able to get
into those waters this season. The oyster.
patrol yacht will get 10 work October LIST.
ENTRY o7 o. rgg-GnoUSps.
NJ. Lucas was here to-day in consulta-
ton with Governor Holt and Attorney
General Davidson OH III. question Of the
taking up by cutrv os OYSTER grounds. II
N sad tDat the survey 90 the oyster beds
which WAS made 10y Lieutenant Francis
NLsiOw, OF tn navy. X not accurate and
tfa- II really tGgow open 10 private
eatry four 1T. % thc public oys.ri-
grounds. thus enabling people to enter
az twenty-five cca.s per acre what is OF
grea, value TO the State reeiin = there
runs high. II Is openly alleged that cut.
elders ara soeklng - acquire vast areas OF
these natural beds thus fraudulently
thrown open tp entry tina. new survey
Should De made. some persons consider
cal OF the Legislature necessity.
INJURED THEIR CAUSE.
The lawlcss people who made ,heGssault
upon the Stnte engineer dit something
which injured their cause very greatly.
Most OF those concerned n II are now
keepin. quot and out OK siEut OF the
officers, though /; l. sad tho latter SYM
pathlze SO much with them tnat no arrests
are likely 80 follow.
syndicate with $4,000 capital is being
formed here 10 own Mr.. ". L. Bachelors
great horse pamlico.
IAISFIL ACCIDENT.
Early tins morning while Elcctrc-Ex-
pert tudgc. of tde Raleigh S.r9et-Car
Company. was aiding IN getting car
wheel Oh the track. using crow bar the
car started. tie WIS thrown down and
one On. Of the crOwuar WAS thrust into
the calf OF his leg, tearing away much
flesh and cau.ing Il pa,liu! wound. Al
the Gihc tilgc n hand OF the manager, MI.
Hall, was INJURED.
Hon. jonn tiOode. of Virginia, arrived
here last night.
UALF A CROP.
The Commissioner OF Agriculture re-
turned today fro;n Franklin county and
says that wnllc there X large acreage III
tobacco there the crop will be only one
halt of what vas expected. The leaf is
hight IN weight AMI lower N grade.
THE RAILROAD RATE.
There was great feeling Of indignation
here to-day when 1t was announced that
tho rate of fare 70 the Southern Exrosl-
ton would lie two cents per mile. But
this evening Sol. Haas tel, graphed from
Atlanta that be was willing to make the
rate a cent mile on three lays III each
week. his assures the success Of the Ex-
position.
The Addresses.
V.P. Richardson. editor of the Atlanta
Jo,pna' has been officially Designated L
reply To GovcrnOr llolt's address of wei
come October LIST. \ telegram to-day from
Mr. Harris United States Commissioner Of
Education. says he Will deliver al address
October 18th, which Is one OF the educa
tiOnal days.