Evening star., 1900-12-21
HAGERSTOWAN NEWS GRIST
RENEWED rALk. OF s.Lr OF WEST
ERN MARYLAND.
Reading Road Believed to BE NegO-
tiating for the Interest of
BnltinOre Eity.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN, Nd. December 90 1900
The proposed sale Of Baltimore's interest
in the Western Maryland railroad, hereto
fore mentioned in The Star, has again
| brought to the front the belief that the
Reading railroad interests will make an at
| tempt to get control of the Western Mary
land. The road is now closely allied with
the Reading, doing an immense amount of
its business by the way of Hagerstown and
Cherry Run. This property, as well as the
Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg railroad,
is Thought to be essential to the Reading to
prevent being bottled up by any antagonis-
tic policy that might grow out Of the close
relationship between the Baltimore and
Ohio and the Pennsylvania. The Reading
depends upon these two trunk lines for con-
nectionS to reach not only Baltimore, but
also to give the western outlet for it's traf-
fic. The ownership of both the Western
Maryland and the Buffalo and Pittsburg
would materially strengthen the position os
the Reading in this regard.
Up in the mountains. on the main drive
way between Buena Vista and Pen Mar
near Germantown, there is now in course Of
construction by the Western Maryland Milk
acres, and which will be S15 feet in width
The primary purpose of this lake is for the
gathering of ice for the companys refrig-
orator ears. and. secondary, a pleasure
be enjoyed baths swimming pools, boating,
etc. Ten ice houses. each 40 by 100 feet IN
dimensions, and 81 feet high, with capac-
ity of $1,000 tons Of ice are being built
also 1,S00 feet of railway siding to the ice
houses. power house will be erected to
drag ice off the lake and deposit it in the
ice houses.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad contem-
plates some extensive Improvements at
Hagerstown. the terminus of it's Washing
ton county branch. For this purpose it has
purchased the power house of the old cleo
trio light plant, which will be converted
into an engine house. and add yard room
for additional sidngs. This is greatly
needed in both instances the company for
number of years beng without place to
house its engines.
tabernacle for religious reunions and
gatherings is to be erected this winter at
Pen Mar. This decision was reached at the
recent consultation held there by a number
of ministers of several denominations and
the civil engineers of the Western Mary
land railroad, during which a site was Sc
lected for the building near the present
speakers stand in the grove The building
Is to accommodate 5000 persons.
The case of c. G. Lehman agt. the Wash
ington and Franklin Railway Company was
decided at Chambersburg for the plaintiff
This case grew out of the appropriation of
land by the company for the extension of
its line. The company offered the plaintiff
$1,000 damages but he refused The. iury
awarded 81. 042 16. g..
jeremiah Rhoedamar at one time one of
the most prominent business men of the
Cumberland valley. while walk ng on the
track of the Western Maryland railroad
near Chambersburg. was struck by a freight
engine and hurled into Il .culvert, receiving
injuries from which he died an hour after
ward.
Miss NJ. l.. Titcomb Of Rutland VT has
been appointed librarian of Hagcrstowu's
new free library The building which is a
handsome marble-front structure now near
ing completion, viii be thrown open to the
pubic some time during February, 1871.
Rev. f.. II. Zemerman. formerly of this
city. but now of Myersyille, this valley, has
accepted a call to the pastorate of the Iuth-
eran Church at Bolivar, Ohio