The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
B. & o. Said to Be Contem-
plating Line Across State.
CLEVELAND NOCANDlDATE
His Trip to ST Louis Said to Have
Been for the Purpose, Not Of Boosts
Ing Himself but Of Ousting
Mr.. Bryan.
The Times-D Dispatch Bureau,
No. 1417 G. Streat. N. w.

1 Washington, D. O., May 9Th.
Another railroad rumor Is claiming the
attention Of virginians here in Washing
ton. 1t emanates from West Virginia,
and Is given circulation by the Manufac-
turcrs' Record, OF Baltimore It Is 10
| the effect that the Baltimore and Ohio
IS considering the practicability Of build
! Ing an extension from Belington, West
| Virginia, across Virginia to Chesapeake
| Bay. y
! The article ls brief ono and says:
Reports from West Virginia state that
| the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
! pany are considering the prncticbility OF
building an extension from Beington w.
Va, across Virginia to the Chesapeake
bay M. Graham Is chief engineer at
Baltimore
What truth there Is III tho rumor can
not be stated, but the Record regards
1t as worth enough to deserve men ton
Why the report should como from West
Virginia and should be published BY the
Record without a statement in denial or
affirmative from Engineer Graham or
tho information that no would not dis
cuss tho rumor. is not understood.
Should such line be built It would
probably go through Dry River Gap,
where the Central Railroad OF Virginia
has condemned land for tunnel. and
would pass through I1arrisonburg, where
it would connect with the Valley Rail-
road Of Virginia. which Is now being ope-
rated by the Baltimo,s and Ohio. It
would also connect with tho Southern
and the Chesapeake-W Western.
Those who know best what to think OF
tho rlmor refuse to get very enthusiastic
over It, but they say that somebody is
going to build road across that section,
and that at no distant day. sThere have
been no developments In the last few
~ r. SyN, Il IlS,i~k
the work now In progress in Dry River
Gap. AZ
VIRGINIA. HORsENHEJN HERE
a delegation of Virginia horsemen are
here to attend the first meeting Of tho
Cameron Run Hunt and Country Club.
among them are B. T. CARRIER and j. A.
CARRIER, constituting the firm of CARRIER
e CARRIER. OF Harrisonburg; G. /. Rogers
OF. Cross Keys; J.. T. Hall, of Linden
and w. r. Hale, OF Nokesville. Mr.. Halo
has recently sold a pair Of ladies' phae-
ton drivers 20 8. u. Letter, the rn!l!!on-
aire capitalist of this city. who Is best
known as tho father OF Joe Letter, who
cornered the wheat market few yeara
ego CARRIER & CARRIER have string OF
horses which they have entered. consist
Ing OF a four-tn-hand, two tandem teams,
two double teams, one single team and a
hunter, all bred In Rockingham county.
Speaking to The Times-Dispatch corre-
ingham and the Shenandoah Valley, Mr..
CARRIER said:
HORSES IN ROCKINGHAM.
In no part OF the United States has
there been as great an improvement in
horse flesh in the past ten years as there
has been in Rockingham. People nre
breeding to better sires, and 1t Is giving
US a class of horses which are second
to none In the country. Wherever they
are taken there Is a ready demand for
them. Just q few weeks ago we took
nine high steppers from Rockingham to
Philadelphia and they were sold In short
order for $1,000, or 1893 per head. Dur
ing tho past winter we shipped a carload
OF horses to Philadelphia each court
day from Harrisonburg. and we would
have sold MS many moro each time at
good round prices II we could have gotten
them.
About 1902 there were a number OF
fine stations brought to Rockingham,
and from that tdme the horse raising In
dustry has been looking up, better class
Of horses being put on the market each
year, until now we have q class OF horses
to offer on the markets which will COM
pare favorably with the horses OF any
county in the United States.
I'm my travels have never seen
better adapted to raising good
horses than the Valley. It Will grow blue
era SIS with Kentucky any time, and tho
SOIL tho atmosphere everything. seems
to be adapted to tho growing Of high
class horses
"The Rockingham Horse Show may be
taken as n criterion OF what we are doing
In the line Of producing good horses. The
,xhibit has improved each year. until now
The Judges say that. taken ms class,
horses make as good a show
ne ms those in any county in the country,
Each year; our farmers nre showing moro
!, tept m ma Sfpp nf rood horaeq
md think that we will soon have tho !
eadng horse show In the State"
GROVER AND TIII1 NOMINATION,
Secretary Charles A. Edwards, of the
Democratic Congressional committee,
does not believe that there Is any truth
n the reports going the rounds that ex-
Cleveland Is In any sense n can
lidate for the Demorratio nomination for
President in 1904 Speaking to The Times