Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-01-29
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1891, of hcmorrhage, Mrs. Margarine Max
well, wife Of Rev n. f. Gilds, deceased, aged
Ga years, 8 months and 81 days.
Mrs Glds, long and well known in this
community, was the only daughter of Lieut..
Portock of the u S. Navy, and Wa, born at
Norfolk, Va, April lst 1896.
On April 7lh. 1876, sac WAS united il holy
wehock with Rev. N. f. Glds of the Re
formed Church, at Pon! Of Rocks, Md, by
Rev. NJ. l.. Shuford The result OF this
union was onc daughter and three SONS
the ,iauy glitter and two sons remain to mourn
their loss but they mourn not rs these who
have no hope.
May the consolation and comforts Of the
Gospel of Christ sustain and keep them in
this hour Of bereavement. G. A, W.
"The Clarion is off the track in its state
mrnt that some citizens of Emmtsburg have
not been taken into the railroad movement
that would have been of equal service with
some who hive been enlisted Now TIE
truth of the matter is that no one has been
taken INTO the movement, but the whole
community is in it, and the directors were
selected from among those who came for
ward and took an active part. The move
here is for the good of the community. and
every one has been invited through these
columns to take part, and to those who have
responded will he given the credit of doing
the work, which is now to be pushed rapidly
forward to completion"
No, THE CLARION is not "oH the track,
but ii conirsscs that it was not sufficiently
careful in framing the statement referred to
in The Chronicles item. Had wcput it that
certain prominent citizens were not IN the
movement We would have stated he same
fact but would hayc bccn less liable to crti
csm by allowing the responsibility for their
non cooperation to rest wherever it, in fact,
belongs.
A CoNrERENCE.-T There Will shortly be a
conference between representative men of
this section and Others of Midllctown Valley,
looking To the furthcruncc of the building Of
Il railroad thence, ia the NJ. v Il II. to the
w NJ. II. r. at this point. Should the Mid
dlclown Valley people determine ia cross the
Catoctin Spur to seek an outlet for their
railroad, we cannot conceive it to he possible
that any other than the upper route will be
chosen, hence we believe that n conference
between these pcop'c is AL that is needed to
clear all doubts. When are added to the
increased distance, the unreasonable excess
of cost of construction and the very consid-
cradle item of increased cost of right of way,
it simply renders the lower route an impos
sble proposition. We arc of the opinion
that the Valley people already recognize the
force Of these facts, and further that they
know that the coke aud iron haul for one
furnace would exceed in gross tonnage that
of the farm products on Il line thrice as long
rs the one proposed to say nothing OF ores,
flint and woods that would be developed
along the upper route. There is yet another
view to take Of this matter and 1t occurs to
us for the first time. |: concerns the fact
that the lower route via Rocky Ridge and
diminishing to Gettysburg would simply he
another cruss-line through our county and if
the condition of affairs that now exist
between the w. NJ. II. II. and p. X. X. as
regards misft schedules, is to he duplicated
by the second cross-llnc, may the gods thwart
the design. We do no, know that the NV.
Z IL G. X. r and the W. NJ. II II. would
find it necessary to arrange their schedules
as do the p. II. II. and w. Nj. r. r.. nor do
we know that they would not }: it looks as
though the two cross lines should stand very
much in the same relation to the w. NJ. and
should we be right in our surmise the Mid
detown Valley people could never be induc-
ed to thus shut themselves out from the
favor of the w. Ms direct route to the
seaboard. This suggestion is but crude
one, being Il late and not carefully considered
proposition, yet we arc inclined to believe
that there Is more in it to occasion the people
of Middlctown Valley to halt and consider,
than possibly any other one point yet made
against the lower route. Later we shall have
more to SAY on this subject, as III our Judg
ment, the people of Frederick County want
| no more Frederick Junction facilities.
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