The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

equal to any town in tho State and thnt
II the northern part of the State was to
have II school, Front Royal was more
centrally located and more accessible to
that part OF the State than any other
town. They said the town was both beau
tiful and historic, was well lighted by
electricity, had 81 fine gravity Bystem OF
water. and that both light and water
systems we're owned by the town that
there were no bar rooms, and that tho
intelligence, character and inorals of Us
people were as good as the best. The
location offered was on an emlnence thnt
formed natural and perfect drainage; the
sanitnry conditions were ideal and as to
the scenery and beauty OF location, 1t
WAS unsurpassed by any In the State
AS to Rockingham, OF which Harrison
burg is the county seat, they said that
county was bounded for about half OF its
county line by the State OF West Virginia,
and that on that side. the school, IL To-
Gated ut Harrisonburg, would be moro
accessible to West Virginians than TO
virginians; that Harrisonburg is ON one
side of the State and Valley, is not Gen.
trally located as to the northern part
OF the State, and is not as accessible
nor has 1t as good mall and transporta-
ton facilities as Front Royal. That Rock
inghan was adjoining the counties OF
Augusta and Albemarle, and that there
was located at Staunton. which was with
in twenty miles of Harrisonburg, one
of the insane asy1ums which receives an
nualIy $4,000 OF the States money, and
q deaf, dumb and blind institute which
receive $1,000, and that in Albemarle, m
adjoining county to Rockingham, was the
University of Virginia which receives
Scoo annually. and that they did not
think 1t was fair. right and Just. on the
part OF wisdom, to put all the
state institutions within twenty or tnifty
miles OF each other and thus distribute
the appropriations within such Mario"
radius: that the great northern part OF
the state. which WAS more remote from
Charlottesville and Albemarle, paid
large share of the States taxes, and IN
right and Justice were entitled TO nave
one of the schools located near the center
of that great section and nave IL placed
where the appropriation would be as
tributed as nearly equal as possible and
to the best advantages. They said that
Front Royal not only offered every ad-
vantage Harrisonburg had offered to the
commission, but in addition 1t was more
central and. more accessible to the peo-
pie OF the northern part OF the state, had
better railroad. mail and transportation
Ia ABILITIES, and they believed most all OF
the representatives in the Seventh and
Eighth Congressional Districts. which
covered this entire territory, favored the
location OF the school at Front Royal. as
against Harrisonburg. and that one Of the
schools should and would be located Mt
Front Royal; and that II only one was
located In the State, 1t should be In the
northern part of the State and at Front
Royal. 1t Is strange fact that there Is
not state institution located north OF
line beginning at Newport News and fol-
lowing with slight deviations the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway to Chnrlottes-
VILE and thence to the West Virginia
line, and that the great northern part of
the State. while 1t pays more net revenue
to the State than any other section OF
the State outside of the cities, receives
not dollar of the States appropriation.
Taxes are gathered from these great
|. counties lying north of this line, and by
q system of appropriation are carried TO
other parts OF the State and the people
in this great section have about reached
the conclusion that the State mas no other
use for them than to tax them There
Is no better citizens than in this section
and they have always been loyal to the
Democratic party. They feel that their
claim for one OF the State institutions
is based upon justice and right, and
should receive proper consideration at the
hands OF the General Assembly