The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-04-30
Correspondence Baltimore County UMton.
EN- ROUTE TO THE WORLDS FAIR.

NEAR CLIFTON FORGE. VA, April q, 1904
Messrs. L0nqnecker Bros.:-C Clifton Forge, Va, IS
tral time, q difference Of one hour, the central
being the slower, and traveller going West"aru
sets bis watch back one hour TO be correct. oe.,,
via York, Pa. to go to the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis, Mo-. to take charge OF the exh0it OF Inc
Hallock cultivators and Hallock Ideal piow pn,ls,
verizer and potato digger, I thought wouid
give the people of Maryland, through the col
umns of THE UNION, some points OF interest," 70
parties and visit this the greatest fair the world
has ever known. The pillow pulver1zer ana pota-
to digger referred TO- Is tne Haock and bis
two SONS of York, Pa, who gave TO the worIo tne
fiat-tooth cultivator, made famous 6y twelve
leading manufacturers infringing IL. an OF Mhlcn
have been compelled to quit and pay Haliock
damages. This plow pulver1zer ana PotaDo uie
ger, when used as an ordinary PioW, Do.I pn UlMdo
board made to move up and down ana Wnlcn
shakes the dirt to pieces as 1t is turned over,
with great deal of narrowing. For over Is
years upwards of $50 potato diggers have been
and over G 5 yeS no pefore
UNIQUE and valuable to the farming and agricui-
furaI interests are these machines OF HaiiocKs
that the ehsf 81 the Their ggspay b giving
space Of 2Ox3O feet in the Palace of Agriculture
after it was reported that for months a al h space
up-Block Z, near Assembly Han.
Coming from York to Baltimore started to-
win washington. WQerc my EOuuQ Trip tiChCbs
GOOD until December 18th, allowed me to stop
off Boarding the Chesapeake Ohlo az WASH
ington at ESQ P. NJ. we soon cross the Fot0mee
Ohio is known as the sF. F. W. which stands
for the Fast Flying Virginia. The main line
originally run from Newport News 70 U,1 Ma1v
York to st. Louis. These through trains are az
fine as any in the country Our train consists OF
e ne sy Coach. two seepers, one dining and one
observation car. The train is lighted through
out with electricity, generated at the ends Oh
pass entneiy through historic 40io virgin.
nv, from northeast to southwest passing the old
Backgrounds around Manassas, Culpeper and
Staunton. Near Charlottesville. on top OF spur
| Ridge mountains, is seen the home of Thomas
| Jefferson. Charlottesville is the county seat OF
| versity of Virginia. From Alexandria to Orange,
a distance of 50 miles, the Chesapeake q Ohio Is
double tracking. lowering the grade. straighten-
| ing the road and building iron bridges, one De-
| ing erected over the Potomac.
| After travelling for about 30 miles through
beautifully diverslne9 mountain ranges we az
mile in length at tho summit of the Blue Ridge.
To reach this we ascend grades of SO feet to the
train steadily up. After passing the summit we
! ascend to Basic City,. This was one of the towns
started at the time of the boom at Roanoke and
| all through the Shenandoah Valley. Here the
Chesapeake & Ohio r. r. crosses the Shenandoah
! Valley r. r., which runs from Roanoke to Ha-
| gerstown. The 'land boomers" took this place
as a talking point (two railroads) to make the
| visitor believe big city would spring up here,
SO they laid off acres of fields into city lots and
! commenced to sell. A big stone hotel was built
| as start, which remains vacant only when used
| now as q summer resort, and the city consists
| of few score of frame houses and streets. y
| s'What fools we mortals be-" Like the sheep
! that followed the one which jumped over fence
and fell in an empty well until il was filled with
| sheep so men follow another II they think there
| is q shadow of q chance to make that almighty
| dollar. An old man told me at Staunton 1.-THE
| boom was the worst thing that ever happened
| to the town it ruined lots of men,
All vegetation and trees are farther advanced
| throughout this section than in Baltimore coun-
| ty. Many orchards of apples and peaches are
| planted among the mountains. Farms are well
fenced and neat and look like the occupants
were prosperous.
The impression prevails in Maryland that the
| expense OF reaching the fair would be so great
| as to prevent their going. On May 10th the Penn
| sylvania Railroad will run its first cheap excur-
sion, SIT for the round trip, good for ten days
from points on the P. b. & W. and the N. G. in
Baltimore county. These SIT excursions will be
run at regular intervals throughout the fair
| which opens April 30th and closes December LIST
| Congress- prohibited those in charge from open
| ing the fair on Sundays, right thing to do. Now
| then let the readers of THE UNION make uI
little social parties and come out on those CHEAP
| excursions. The time is about 20 hours ride, sc
that by leaving home Monday they can be bach
Saturday night and have four days at the fair.
| W. III, r.