Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-01
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA

Special oorre.pondenc. Of The star.

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WINCHESTER. Va. January 80, 1905
More than ordinary significance attached
to visit here last week of a number OF
prominent officials Of several great railroad
systems. and although diligent inquiry has
been made among people supposed to be in
q position to know the inner workings of
railroads. no direct statement has been OBJ
tanned. It was learned however, from one
OF the party that the oficials went over
the route that has been surveyed to Roa-
noke. Va. from Lexington. Va. concern
ing which numerous reports have been pub
| lished recently. In the party were General
Manager Thomas Fitzgerald of the Balti-
moro and Ohio railroad. the general man
ayers of the Pennsylvania, the Western
Maryland. Norfolk and Western and other
roads, as well as officials of the Cumber-
land Valley railroad. over which they came
on a special train Stopping the OUT
skirts of Winchester the officials entered
carriages and drove Of. officials of the
Baltimore and Ohio roaU here have declined
to talk about the matter. and the impress
sion prevails that they have been ordered
to refuse information on the subject to
newspapers.
The state of Virginia has inaugurate1 a
crusade against impure food and agents
have been sent to all sections of the state
to collect samples of products listed at the
agricultural department at Richmond. Prof
~. i0id0OuIy VI Int department. 3 ttleIH-
istry division was here yesterday, and coli
lected a great quantity of foodstuffs from
grocerymen, and had them shipped to Rich
mond, where they will be analysed by ex-
perts Persons convicted of having know
ing1y sold or offered for sale adulterated
goods are likely to be heavily fined or Inn
prisoned.
The Apple Fruit.
Since last fall. when this section of the
lJa0 oP iii,
wholesale dealers as 1.-The apple belt of the
United States'--so far as quality is con-
cerned-many land companies have sprung
up and 1t is an everyday occurrence to
hear people refer to 1.-THE apple trust"
There is a great deal of speculation in prop
erty going on just now in the apple belt
which extends through Frederick and neigh
boring counties in Virginia, and Berkeley
and othe- counties in West Virginia Sec
rotary j. E. CorrelI of the Winchester
board of trade receives in practically every
mail letters of inquiry from northern and
western prospectors concerning land in .he
apple belt, but people who own land In that
region will not sell unless they get big
prices, because the value has wonderfully
increased. A few days ago the first sale
made in many weeks brought s105 per acre,
and 1t was trustees sale. made by the
courts order in settling mans estate.
For the first time in Virginia; 1t is said
the appellant in an appealed case Is flu
SitlFe from justice IN MS own cause, and,
moreover. he has never submitted to the
judgment of the trial court from which his
appeal was taken. This is the substance of
the grounds recited by Attorney General
Anderson of Virginia to the state supreme
court in support Of motion to dismiss
the appeal of one Ewell Rose of Warren
county. At recent session Of the circuit
court of Warren county, Judge T. w. Har-
rison of Winchester presiding, Rose was
convicted of selling liquor illegally, and
was fined s2.1G0 and sentenced to sixty days
In jail. Stepping outside the court house
to get bail. Rose disappeared and never
returned to pay the fine or serve his term.
He has since been located at Hagerstown
Md, conducting a saloon, but no deter
mined effort has been made on the part
of the Warren county officials to bring him
back. Rose was formerly a constable of
Warren county. and had been out of office
but short time when indicted for selling
liquor Illegally.
Increase in Wages for Trainmen.
Reports come in from many directions
to the effect that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company is about to announce an
increase In the wages of all trainmen, and
In support of the reports railroaders say
the company asked them to withhold their
plans for the annual wage agreement,
which is usually settled upon in December,
until some time in the latter part of Janu-
airy, with the understanding that it would
be much to their interests to do So Re-
Gently census was taken of the Baltimore
and Ohio employees for the purpose. it was
stated, of adopting pension policy similar
to that OF the Pennsylvania system, but it
Is now asserted that it was done in order to
perfect plans for voluntary increase in
the trainmen's wages. General Manager
Tom Fitzgerald Is popular among the
subordinate employees in the Baltimore and
Ohio service. and many of them say that as
he himself rose from the rank of bridge
Waterman he is inclined to be good to 1.-The
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