The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26
Will APPEAL TO
FRANK GOULD.
The King George People to
Hold a Mass-Meet-
ign.
WANT a RAILROAD BADLY
A Thousand Bunchcs Of Fish.
for One Days
Work.
WANT "A RAILROAD BADLY

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Especial 10 The Times. Dlsrateh.)
CONFORM, VA, March 25.--A North
ern Neck railroad Is again an absorbing
topic In King George and other sections
between tho Potomac and Rappahannock,
and there Is strong sentiment In favor
OF calling mass meeting OF representa-
tive citizens to draft suitable resolutions
to be presented to Mr.. Frank j. Gould on
tho subject OF road. The proposition
lis to try to induce Mr.. Could to include
King George and Westmoreland In the
territory to be traversedf by his road from,
Richmond to tho Northern Neck. The
plan suggested Is for the Gould road TO,
cross the Rappallannock River alta point
Just below Fredericksburg and pass
through lower Stafford, King George and
,westmoreland, instead OF crossing the
river at Tappahannock,s according to the
survey now being made. A road crossing
at Tappahannock could not be Of any
possible benefit to the Northern Neck,
except to the extreme lower end that
borders on the Chesapeake Bay. No one
here believes that the Rappahannock can
be bridged at ppahannock, and there
fore the !" eek = will still be cut off from
the outside world when the river is
blocked BY ice l: whereas, the river is very
narrow near Fredericksburg and could be
;bridged It Is argued further that even
ifsthe river can be sbridged at Tappaha
mock, the construction OF q bridge there
would cost us much as 1t would cost to
build a road from Fredericksbur through
lower Stafford, 4 King George and West
rnoreland down to Tappahannock.
"A railroad from Richmond by the way
OF Fredericksburg and s Stafford down to
the bay, would not only develop the
Northern Neck into the finest section
OF Virginia, but would 4unquestionably
turn many thousands OF dollars worth
or business from Baltimore to- Rich
r1ond every year. Thousands and thou-,
sands Of dollars go from this prosperous
sectonssto Baltimore each year, 6 that
ought to! 60, and would go, to Rich
mond II this Neck was in touch with the
latter BY railway.
Mr.. Bob Jennings, the youthful seine
fisherman at BeIlvedera Shore. on the
Potomac. shipped one thousand punches
OF choice spring fish to Washington sew
eral days ago, and this shipment rep
resented one days work Besides the
thousand punches shipped. fifty punches
shore and In the surrounding Ecounty-a
greater part OF the fifty lunches being
given away o the poor people within
few rifles OF the fishery. y 81 S,3s .8}
But little farm work OF any kind has hal
been done as ye.tts J, Only, i. m few ploWs
have been started ) and none of the soil
for early truck has, heen,spy repaired. for
the reason tina but lltuef OF IT has been
dry enough al; any time this season to
admit Of blowing. Il,
Politics are becoming intensely! inter.
:esting over here III the Neck. \ Public
sentiment has undergone such radical
and unexpected changes Of late. that
those who were willing Il to bet ten
against fiveS5on the gubernatorlal candi-
dates a. month ago, are not willing to
wager a biscuit now. II asked what has
brought about such enormous changes
in 80. short5a time, the Best informed
politicians would have to scra tch his
pate and do some sober thinking before
answering the question In an explana-
tory way. The fact OF II the business Is
the campo ign opened q great while too
early. There is but one thing about
the campaign that seems entirely GER,
tain now, and that is. that Mr., 81 Ellyson
will receive the nomination for second
place on the State ticket. No one over
this way cntertains doubt now about the
Lieutenant -governorship, but the gov
ernorship sin great 8doub t.sss