The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-22
MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA LINE.
Committees from Each State Meet
and Adjourn.
WILL CONFER DURING RECESS,
What Does From "Headiand to Head
Iand- Mean? There's the Rub-The
Joint Committee to Visitthe Dis
putcd Territory I'm Summer.

The joint committees appointed from
the Legislatures OF Virginia and Mary
land TO confer in regard to the boundary
me between the States in the Potomac
river met at the Jefferson Hotel at 10
last evening.
Inc committee was composed Of:
virginia senators-Mushbach, joint
chairman. Fairfax. Jackson, Flood, Boy
KIN. Delegates-Smith, Galleher, Emorey'
and Walker.
MARYLAND senators-Dryden. Wilkinson,
Applegarth, Hodson. Delegates-Gould'
( Carew, Jones and Insley.
The Maryland delegation arrived yes
terday morning and were met by repre-
sentatives OF the Virginia committee
riley were escorted to the Jefferson and
after brcakfasung the committee visited
the House and Senate then in session at
the Capitol
The Virginia committee assembled
shortly after / O'Clock and after meeting
/ the Maryanders treated them TO one OF
, the Jenersons excellent dinners.
II was then resolved TO defer the bust
| ness meeting until after supper AT
which the Virginians would become the
/ guests of Maryland
! After a pleasant hour in the dining
room the committees repaired to the ses-
sion room. and at 10 o'clock Joint Chair
man Mushbach called the meeting 10 OF
der.
NOW TOO LATE
Upon motion OF Senator Galleher Dele
| gate Gould. OF Maryland. was elected
! secretary Of the meeting.
Chairman Mushbach said that he had
been waiting for several hours for the IN
| PRODUCTION OF Senator Mason. who ne
/ lokingiy referred 10 as the author OF all
this trouble He regretted that the gen.
/ tlemen from Maryland should find the
Virginians so busy as 10 prevent Neir
being as hospltable as they ought.
Mr.. Mushbach tenderly alluded 10 the
/ many pleasant relations between virginia
/ and MARYLAND. But this was serious
/ business. and he was afraid that the un
( dertaLine Of the matters I'm dispute al
this time was impracticaole on accoui,'
of IT'S lateness. He would like 70 s.e II
done but was satisfied il was too late.
Tho session Of the Virginia legislature adj
iotrned by limitation next Monday. ana
mo did not believe in asking an extension
Of the session without salary.
Mr.. Mushbach deprecated the fact mat
| the Craftsmanship had devolved upon him.
| He was not familiar with the matters IN
der discussion He Of course. knew what
the trouble was about; that II was the
settling Of n boundary line between VIZ
einia and Maryland, from Great Falls,
ON the Potomac. to Smiths Point.
This. I'm Mr. Mushbach's opinion. was
/ all that the Virginia committee was au-
| thorzed 10 consider. He regretted that
| greater powers had not been given put
! the fact remained. He regretted thar the
committee could not 20 into the questions
regarding oysters. crabs ana 1000 hsheS'
| that the Marylanders desired.
An virginia. therefore. wished 70 know
was. what was the state of Virginia, ana
where does the State of Maryland end
The statement I'm the Black and Jen-
kins' report I'm 1875 that the boundary
limo ran from "headland 10 headland'
involved the question Of what a head
land" Is. The Virginians agreed, that
| the Potomac river belonged 10 Maryland
! bv grant Of Lord Baltimore. Virginia
insisted she owned it but she Insisted
that the lines Of boundary be explicitly
determined.
THE MARYLAND VIEW
Senator 4. i. Dryden stated the pleas
ure Of the Marylanders in this VISIT.
When they approached the city they had
no misgiving as to the kind OF treatment
! they would receive. The Marylanders
found themselves i'm a peculiar position
under peculiar conditions. They had
| found the Vrginians TOO busy 10 con-
! slider the matter I'm question. The Mary
landers did not expect much, except that
! progress might be reported 10 the as
sembly which had seen ne TO empower
them 10 a greater degree than the Viz
/ ginians' committee.
virginia I'm his opinion. sought 10 con-
/ FER on "A mater which Maryland consid-
cred settled. But Maryland did not deem
that because a matter is closed It must
I always remain closed, but as far as
Maryland Is concerned Black and jenkins
award fixed the line. and be believed IL
| gave Maryland 10 the low water line OF
the south bank OF the river.
The difficulties which arose over the
! Hog Island matter had caused re-
| survey whose report indicated that Mary
land had followed the line as prescribed
| Whether this line included the bays Or
not, was n question.
Mr. Dryden wished 20 convince the
committee that Maryland was impressed
| that the boundary line is settled. and
would be slow 10 open up the question
| unless some corresponding cOndescensiOn
could be made by Virginia He did not
mean for Virginia to reinquish any OF
her rights. but that mutually OF in
terest be discovered that would satisfy
! the people OF both States.
lie took IL that the only thing that this
| conference could do in these questions
was 10 refer the matter 10 a later confer
ence when. on the ground, the commit
tees could determine what seems right
| and 10 do II. His whole delegation was
! from tidewater, and was anxious In the
| matter. The oysters for instance, should
be allowed TO rest and to rehabilitate.
and one OF the means 10 do this was to
! shorten the season. He suggested that
| fifteen days be taken from the season in
September as a short step toward the
reformation. Maryland could not do this
alone. The matter OF the seed oyster was
a vital one The present joint laws for
| their protection were inefficient. lie
| would like 10 receive the Nirginians' views
on the subject
Mr.. Dryden spoke Of the crab interests
| He was from the Lords country. on the
| Eastern Shore. where crabs were caught
| but 10 his knowledge Maryland did not
regard crabs as property as Virginia did
| He described the habits Of the crab in
, support of his view that any law regard
! ing crabs was an unreasonable one
| Maryland had no legislation TO prevent
| "A Nirginiau To chase "A crab clear up to