Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-06

THE BOUNDARY QUEsTIoN.-The
committee appointed by the Maryland
and Virginia legislatures for the con-
sideration &c 49, 1~~-4;on Of the boun-
Diary line on the Potomac river, an.
the right of fishing in Pocomoke Sound
will meet at Washington to-day The
two committees will hold separate
meetings, the Marylanders at the Eb-
bitt House and the Virginians at the
Metropolitan Hotel. At the meetings
to-day the reports of the sub-commit-
tees will be received, and tomorrow
there will be joint meeting of the
two State committees. The Virginia
committee is From the Senate, Lieut..
Gov. J. Hoge Tyler, j. G.. e. Black
stone, Ed. .chols, VIM. a. Little, Jr.,
James n. Stubbs and Robert J. Wash
ington, and Delegates Il. II. Cardwell,
Benz. Chambers, Merritt T. Cookie,
J. c. Gibson, John Jackson, b. O.
James, VIM. b. McIlwaine, John F.
Ryan end Southey S. Wilkinson.
In his report relative to the rights
to the rocomoke Sound, Nj. Hayes, of
the Maryland committee, refers to the
recent shooting of Sterling, and the
great difficulty of locating line on
water, and thinks the Pocomoke should
be for the Use Of both States. Besides
the subcommittee on the Pocomoke,
there are subcommittee on culling
and on the headlands. The two COM
mittees met at Old Point in July last.
The reports of the committees will he dis
cussed to-day, and it is stated that it will be
necessary to examine some of the records in
Washington before a final conclusion can be
reached. which is to be embodied III the re-
ports to the two legislatures, IL il believed
the most difficult question TO settle will be
that of the right of fishing in the Pocomoke
Sound and Pocomokc river and the confer
encc it is expected. will occupy several days.
4 Virginia authority is quoted as saying. re-
lative to the Pocomoke question. that whilst
members of the Virginia committee might
personally feel disrosa,, 10 make concessions
in that line TO Maryland, he thought that il
was hardly possible that this would be done
from political point of view, and that the
courts would finally be required 20 settle the
! question.
Gen ,Iosepb 3. Seth, commander OF the
State fishery force of Maryland has written
! to Governor Mckinney, informing him that
when he aud captain Foster of the Virginia
oyster steamer Chesapeake, were on PocomokC
and Tangier sounds investigating the death
of Isaac Sterling by Captain Gaskins they
talked over the matter of the boundary line
between the two States they concluded that
The ,vest tping HAT conlai. De done at present
would be 20 erect tower forty feet high on
| Watkins Point. and mile CT moro away il
the mud flats plant /. bunch of three or foul
piles, and cap them with distinct objects
| General Seth said they estimated that the
cost would be about $3.50, and Captain Foster
was of the opinion that Virginia would pay
onc-half of it. The writer stated that lie had
brought the subject to he attention of Gov
ernor BROWN, OF Maryland. and, having prom
| ised to write to Captain Foster and forgotten
his postoilice address, he concluded to com
muncatc with the Governor of Virginia. Gen
cral Seth said that even should the committed
from the legislatures Of the two States agree 4:
TO the boundary line it would be two years a
least before the plan they would report coult
20 into effect. In the meantime there would
he two oyster seasons and consequently mucl
trouble unless the boundary line is fixed TEN
porarily. Governor Mckinney is expected t,
return to Baltimore to-day from New Orleans
where he is attending the Nicaraguan Cana
| convention