The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
STEAMBOAT
MONOPOLY
Complaint Of the Transportation
Service Oh tic Rappahannock
Rivcr-Old Rates Restored.
is TALK OF A RAILROAD
Dairying Looking Up as an i, In y
dustry Oh the Northern Neck.
The First Circuit Court.
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Especial to The Times Dispntch.)
I1EATIIsv1LrD, VA. Fob. 15--The
neople OF tho Northern Neck at last
i,nderstand tho true meaning and signi-
flcunce Of monopoly. People at dis
nnco often wonder at the condition Q +
things here, and naturally put much
stress on tho fact that this section bor-
ders, on two great rivers. The Peoples
IJneN OF steamers on the Rnppahannock
had to be withdrawn for want Of suf-
6icient patronage to Justify continue
ton Of operations. And now the result OF
this may be plainly seem. The Weems
ccmpany's opposition boat carried pas
so,gers last year at cut prices, but now
tho Wcems company announces that
9 tn, fare has gone back to ''old rates"
For several years tho tons
E In Northum berland have been very good
but there are other places on the Poto-
mac where they are exceedingly poor,
and on the Rappahannock they arc next
10 no accommodation at all. The people
OF the Northern Neck possess ample cap
itnl. enterprise and Intelligence to i own
and operate independent steamboats, and
It IS probable that in few years some
OF the energetic business men OF TINS
section Will start q new line on the Po-
tomnc j4
A RAILROAD.
There has been much talk IN recent
years OF building o railroad through the
Northern Neck and making q connection
with Fredericksburg, and the people have
never more fully realized the advantages
that would be offered them by such O
road than during the present winter.
Nearly all trade with the large clues
has been stopped for over month, ana
tn, merchants have found 1t exceedingly
difficult to keep In supplies on account
Of the Irregularities Of the boats.
Dairydng. although carried on extern
siyey on some farms In the Northern
Neck has never been much Of an indus
try here, but 1t is more than probable 'at'
thai wit thin few years there will be
great change In this business. Already
few farmers have tried 1t and found It
to be one Of the best paying businesses
they could engage In, There Is no sec
tioli in the State more suitable for dairy
ing. The soil, climate and water are all
suitable, and with these advantages It
would be almost impossible to fall With
the increasing demand for dairy products
In the uhape Of cream, butter and cheese
| the products are very encoura cling.
These products can be put on IN the market ma
as reasonably as anywhere in the coun-8
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to the farmer
FIRST CIRCUIT COURT.
Judge IT. r. B, Wright held his first
! Circuit Court under the new Constitution
/ here Monday. Mr.. John Bell, Of Cherry
Point, was tried for attempting to whip
Mrs Charles Fallln. The case was COM
promised No other cases Of any I'M
1 portance were before the court,
| On account of blocked transpo alton,
l III. tu1,n "a
have been held in Baltimore February
Sd, has been indefinitely postponed 1t
will be called upon sufficient notice by
tho president Captain 6. 2. Squtres'
The trap fishermen Of Northumberland
| arc busy tarring and mendng their boats,
preparing for spring fishing, Trap stakes
! may be seen scattered along the roadside
for miles. The preparing Of those stakes
has become quite an industry within the
past few years, and it is probable that
the little timber left in our forests will
soon be utilized in this way, a3 5