Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21

the East Pennsylvania Synod; Rev. q. 5.
Albert, Rev. DR.. Gilbert of Harrisburg, and
Rev. George w. Enders, of York.
The farmers picnic, under the auspices of
the Frederick County Farmers Institute,
which will be held at the fair grounds on
Friday, August 5th, will be an event of great
Importance to the agricultural community
of this county President Kemp has the
assurance that Postmaster General Smith,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Judge
Stake of Washington county, and President
Sylvester of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege will be among the distinguished visitors
present and will deliver addresses. Every
one is invited to be present
MOVING On Tuesday last large party
comprising the officers and members OF the
Board of Incorporators of the Frederick,
Thurmont g. Northern Electric Railroad
passed through Thurmont hating here for
dinner. They were Oh their way to Emmits.
burg and Gettysburg, the latter being really
the objective point of this particular trip, as
the movement is giving force rapidly at that
end Of the route and this visit of the Mary
land people will almost certainly result in
the prompt organization to build the road
from Gettysburg to the Maryland line
With that once safely under way and sur
veys of the route from Frederick completed,
it will be but briet while until the matter
of financing is determined.
The wonderful showing of the lines into
Mddletown from Frederick and the equally
good or better business done over the lines
from Hagerstown to Wiliamsport is being
used with effect in this movement: the
local traffic should fully equal, per mile of
road, either Of the above and with Gettys-
burg and Washington connected by an al.
most airline, the through travel should add
sufficient &C render this one Of the bonanza
Investments in electric railroads.
AS we have had occasion to remark more
than once, we still believe, that the present
promoters will do one of two things: they
will either build this road, or they will dem.
onstrale its utter impracticability: there will
he no pretense ending in dalliance and death
from inavition; 1t will first be demonstrated
that the road can be built upon q paying
basis OF apitalization-w 1t aoiH be built,
or it will conclusively be shown that the
possible traffic will not warrant the neces-
sary outlay of capital required to build and
operate-when it will not be built: when
these things have been surely and finally
ascertained, the announcement that will fol.
low, will leave no room for doubt as to the
outcome of the matter. Our people should
bring themselves to realize the truth OF the
above statement of the present status of
affairs regarding this enterprise; they should
deal with it as sincere and determined
effort and not as one of the will-o'-the- wisp
projects that spring up at the hands OF
spectators for their ACKNOWLEDGMENT and at
the expense of gulllble public, nor should
they see in it a midsummer day dream to be
thought of lightly and remembered as one of
the many instances of idle pretense.
These people "mean business" accept and
treat the matter as such when some one in
its interest approaches you; 1t will cost
you nothing to give its promoters the benefit
Of your interest and good will and will aid
them much, whereas to discuss it as one of
the improbabilities, casts q damper upon
those who are earnestly seeking the estab-
llshment of the enterprise.