Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-02-25


of our town, number Of our citizens met at
- O'Clock in the Town Hal! on Monday
after Don last To- take some steps that would
indicate the feeling of the community in ref.
ercnce to the recent acton Of the Mary iano
Legislature, relative to the W. NJ. R,R.
Burgess Cover was made chairman and
MT C, Stockstale secretary Of the meet
ing: ft,'a.u.tt .Sa-1t. ~
The following resolutions were offered
and adopted: tA
We, the town Council and business men of
Mechanicstow,,, Frederick County Md, see
in Col. J. N. Hood, President Of the W NJ.
II. R., a wise and far seeing business man
and through his management have seen the
W NJ. r. II. rise from its depressed condition
until the present, time when we believe it is
able to stand alone if let alone by the pol
iticans Of Maryland. We
haycs seen our frcights reduced from year
to year, we have seen its arms extended until
we are directly connected with the largest
coal fields ut Pennsylvania and trunk
hines to south and west, and at the same
time our trcighs are reduced, the gross
earnings are increasing every year, that If let
alone the Cities interest will be realized and
the supporters Of the road along 'ts lines will
feel that their efforts to sustain it has not
been In VAN. We deplorc the action OF our
present legislature in granting privileges to
the Baltimore and Cumberland r. r. Co., q
corporation jus, organized for the purpose
Of acquiring the W. NJ. r. II. through The
hands Of the politicians and not by consent
of the taxpayers of Baltimore City. There.
fore be 1t
Resolred: That this meeting appoint a
committee Of five to go to Annapolis and use
all honorable means with His Exce;lenty,
the Governor OF Maryland, to veto any ard
ali measures designed to transfer the w. NJ.
II. r. to any other company. on'y hv and
with the consent of the taxpayers of Balti.
more City and Washington county,
The committee provided for in these rcSo
lutions was secured by the appointment of a
COMMITTEE Of three, consisting Of Mcssls
CtdS. ". w dCCis, Uouh ~. NAlllCL, NHU AZ.
j. Albaugh, with instructions to name the
committee of five They reported the fol
lowing: Messrs. Chas. +. Casscll, Geo. w.
Stocksdale, Dr. J. X. Waters; John Root,
and j. Henry Cover. Mr. John Root having
declined to serge, Mr. NJ. j. Albaugh was
named in his place.
These men, representing this couniy's in
tercst IN the ". NJ r, r, go to Annapolis
to-day.
1t is exceedingly fortunate that we have
Frank Brown for Governor in this crisis of
the affairs Of our road: by fortui,ous com
bina,ion of circumstances, il so happens
that the mightiest individual political tac,or
in this state Is in opposition to all of our
wishes and we believe that Governor Blown
everything from political viewpoint and
thanks to circumstance of his nomination
and election, less Obliged to submit to the
injection Of politics into the purely and
wholly business questions 'hnt come hfrc
HIM, than any man that has been elected
Governor of this State IN recent years.
We have hope that he may distin. uish
between the weigh, and worth ofa vote cast
under pressure bya citizen of Southern
Maryland or Of the Eastern Shore, neither of
whom know or lave an interest in the w.
NJ. n. r r. or Tie section traverscd by it,
on the one hand, and the earnest and unbi-
as,d views Of those who, having only the
interests of their people at heart; realizing
the wondrous com ncrcal lever that the
modern railroad has come to be, and yc, un-
hesitalingly, honesty and earnestly depre.
ealing the movement that would wrench the
road from the management that has wrought
wonders in the matters of local development
and that would place it IN the hands a corpo-
rat ion that only cares to have a track oyer
which to send its dull carloads of inannnte
coal
Yes, it is probable even unto a degree that
becomes a certainty thlt coal would monop.
olize our tracks and that the foster mother.
or wet nurse, the Pennsylvania railroad,
would win for its towns, the enterprise that
is born of advertising 'ttccted by lhc passage
of trains laden with wdeawake passengers,
We do not care to bc located on n long
, freight siding as it is we enjoy train fAcil-
titles that improve every year and We do not
care to exchange tor them service of coal
hoppcrs that will wholly monopozc the
schedule.
| The by no means uncertain tone in which
| lIagerstown and Westminster have spoken
should certainly occasion Gov. Brown to
seriously consider this matter: it Is If their
d4rect interest they speak these town move
mems are not mntters of sentiment, intiu.
enced only by kindly feelings Tor the present
management, but IRE the result Of q cold
hooded. dlspassionate survey of the facts,
every phase OF which points to an endangcr-
mcnt OF local interests, should the proposed
transfer be made. 1t is for US to use our
best endeavors TO uphold these interests and
were it possible to view with favor the
change Of ownership and management and
with it the methods and conditions of service
We would be driven, despite our high regard
for the present management, to favor and
urge the consummat0n Of the deal.
In a word, we are sure that We see in this
coal road movement promise of disaster to
! the brilliant schemes of local development
| that has been the constant and successful
foundation policy of Mr.. Hood; viewing it
thus, our path Of duty is plainly blazed
through tho wilderness Of sophlstry and
scbeming.