The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-12-01

Blenheim, 10th DiStrict.-MlsS haunan
Lins. who went to Carlisle, Pa, to attend the
| funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Leonard Llns' mas
returned to her home.
Mr.. John Trapp is suffering from the effects
| of a bonefelon, which he had lanced several
DAYS ago. He is attended by DIR. j. s. Green.
During Advent service will be held at 81.
Johns Lutheran Church, Blenheim, every
Sunday evening, beginning at O'Clock. Ihese
services should be well attended, since mucn
benefit is derived therefrom.
An elaborate program is being prepared Tor
| Christmas entertainment by the Lutheran
Sunday school, of this place: The school has
nearly ninety pupils enrolled.
Mr. Gotlieb Seidel, of Baltimore, spent sew
eral days the past week with his sister, Mrs.
George Lins, of this place:
The long-looked-for rain came in copous
showers last Sunday night, accompanied by
heavy thunder and sharp lightning. JACK.
Will Make a Business of Raising Bel
1ian Hares.-The Belgian hare raising indus
| try has come to Baltimore and the pioneers IN
the field, Messrs William ]. Blair, superin-
tendent at Public Store No. l, and August
| Hoen, are now waiting to see whether their
venture will prove success, says the Baiti-
more american. Ny. Blair has established his
rabbitry at his place, corner Monument street
extended and Loney's lane. while Mr.. doen
has his at his place on the York road.
| Mr. Blair first became interested in the sub
ject of raising Belgian bares last winter when
he was visited by brother-in-law from deie-
ma, Mont. who spoke glowingly OF the success
of the industry in the West Mr.. Blair sub
scribed to the Belgian Hare Standard publ.
! cation devoted to the interest of the ralsers OF
the animals. He read great deal on the sub
ject, and finally procured pair OF the AMI
mails from his brother-in-law. Both OF them
were bucks, and so he purchased pair OF does
from the Great Britain Rabbitry, at kansas
| City.
| The Belgian hare breed rapidly. An article
was published some months ago by one OF the
experts of the Department of Agriculture, at
Washington, to prove that if allowed to run
| loose the Belgian hare would in short time
become as great pest ss the Australian rabbit
is. Mr.. Blair, however, is not Of that opinion.
| II do not believe that the Belgian hares
would increase MUCH if at all, were they al
lowed to run loose" he said, because they
| could not get food. Unlike the common rab-
bit, the Belgian hares must be fed on the same
food given to horses. l give them oats, corn
and little hay regularly, and sort of bran
mash twice week. Occasionally they are fed
on little green food, sucn as carrots and tur-
nips, but they would not be able to live on
such food alone.''
Mr.. Blair says that his experiment has DEM
onstrated one thing, and that is that the Bel
gian hare will live and thrive in this climate
The two that be received first weighed about
eight and five pounds, respectively, when they
arrived here which was in July, and now they
weigh about IL and 10 pounds. They are not
and fed regularly. The great thing is to keep
them apart. Each animal should have sepa-
rate hutch to itself. The young, of which
there may be anywhere from six to twelve in
litter, are allowed their liberty in q yard or
run.
The West is the country for the Belgian hare
so far, but the industry is gradually working
its way eastward. In many of the Western
cities all of the hotels and restaurants have
the Belgian hare on the menus, and Mr.. Blair
sees no reason why the same thing should not
be true of the Eastern cities in comparatively
short time
In the West the pedigrees and sources of
each high-bred hare is kept. The scores are
made by taking off a certain percentage from
hundred for various defects which may be
found in greater or less degree. Mr.. B.air's
animals are all of fine pedigree.
Comments on the New Road Law
The Towson representative of the Baltimore
Herald, speaking of the new Baltimore coun-
ty road law, says: Road legislation has
hitherto, because of the vararying charac-
ter or the widely separated districts of the
county as to the typographical formation Of
the county and local difficulties been regarded
as insufficient and inadequate. At the last
Legislature, in response to the general demand
for new and more efficacious road law bill
was presented by the Baltimore county dele
cation, in the preparation of which Delegate
Redmond G. Stewart and State Senator John
Hubner were the most actively employed, and
which passed the Legislature and became
law. 1t was the object of this bill to keep on
the statute-books all that was good of the old
law and erase certain sections of it which had
become obsolete and useless, and to add others
which were deemed necessary to good and
efficient law. The aim Of this law is said by
its promoters to be to place in charge of the
county roads in each district road commission
ers who are familiar with all local conditions,
and who will do the actual work of supervis-
inc road construction and rnn4ir and tn nlQcn
/ at the head of the whole road system of the
county a road engineer, whose duty is that of
general supervision and instruction.
considerable opposition has been shown to
the new law. Its detractors say that it is cum
bersome and unwieldy that it divides author
ity loo rnuoL, and that the salaries of tile road
commissioners are insufficient. Another OBJ
lection urged is that it requires the appoint
ment of a graduate of some recognized institu-
ton of engineering instruction. As a matter
of fact, however, the success of the law depends
very much upon the spirit in which it is exc
cuted. If an honest fair attempt is made to
make the law success the chances are that it
will be So but if the general attitude of the
people to whom its execution is intrusted is
hostile there is small question that it will fail.
1t is said that the County Commissioners will
not allow the road commissioners to employ
their own wagons and horses on the road. If
this intention is carried out it will cripple the
law as the salary of these officials is too small
TO compensate them without allowing them to
do work on the roads,"
Inspecting the BALTIC. g. Lehigh.--An
inspection ofthe roadbed and equipment of the
Baltic d Lehigh railway was made Saturday by
the directors and officials of the company, says
the Baltimore San. A special train left North
Avenue Station at 1915 o'clock, returning at 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
The entire road, from Baltimore to Cardiff,
was found in excellent condition. Theinspec-
ton was the first made since the road has
been Standard gagged, and everyone was
greatly pleased with theimprovements Under
the direction of General Manager Moore about
one.half the number of small trestes and
bridges have been filled in and several bad
curves Strengthened. All of the remaining
trestles have been partly rebuilt. Contracts
will soon be let for three steel bridges and it
is intended to straighten several more bad
curves on the road.
These plans include new bridge over Deer
creek and the Strengthening of the track at
Laurelbrook. A long piece of track has been
run into the grounds of the Sheppard and
Enoch Pratt Hospital, near Towson, so that
the materialfor the improvements soon to be
made there can be easily handled. The trus-
tees of that institution have submitted a prop
ositon to the railway officials asking that the
wooden trestle which crosses the driveway
into the asylum be rebuilt of stone, the expense
to be shared equally by the road and by them.
The question has not yet been decided.
The yards at Cardiff, the ground for which
was purchased two years ago, were carefully
inspected. and Mr.. Moore was highly compli-
mented upon the work done there recently.
High speed over the road which was i'm
possible when it was of narrow gauge, has now
become possible. Fifty miles an hour was
made several times Saturday without any risk
whatever, as the entire roadbed had been bal
lasted with broken stone and new ties laid.
The traffic. both freight and passenger, has
greatly increased since the road has been broad
gagged, and several new trains have been put
in service large saving has resulted in
handling freight it being no longer necessary
| TO transfer freight for stations along the road
from broad gauge to narrow gauge cars.
Hunt Club Fixtures--The fixtures of
the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club for the
month of December will be as follows: Satur-
day, LIST, 2 P. NJ, Pikesville; Monday, Sd, 8 A.
NJ Doughoregan Manor gate Howard county;
Tuesday, 4th, 9 A. NJ, McAvoys Inn; Wednes-
day, 9Th, 10 A. NJ, Kennels; Friday, 7th,
Queenstown, Eastern Shore Saturday, 8th
| Queenstown, Eastern Shore; Saturday, 10Th,
| 2.30 P. NJ, Atamasco gate Saturday, 22d 23O
P. NJ. Painters lane; Monday, oath, 1.30 P. NJ,
14-Mile House, Reisterstown road Saturday,
18th, 2.30 P. NJ, Rogers Station.
The fiYturpS Of the EIkridQp hOunds for De-