The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-06-01

. city, and the Mayor and City Council {
Havre de Grace had no right to gran
the use of the same to the railroad con
pany. The court passed nisi order IT
quiring the railroad company 10 shoy
cause why perpetual injunction shout
not be issued. The compliments ar
represented by s. A. Williams, p. L. HOP
per, ]. ]. Archer and F. X. Williams.
The Inauguration of the Eight Hou
law of Maryland for telegraph operators
will, it is said, cause trouble on SOM
railroad lines In the first place, sigma
towers will be abolished at a number O
places, including Bush river, Aberdeen
and Magnolia, and these localities will
be worked by telephones. More import
ant than this, however, is the statement
that the wages of the men will be cut
| Operators who have been getting $50 g
month will, beginning June 1, receive
| $3.50 while those paid $55 will here
after get but $44. This will affect seventy
ington alone. The eight-hour schedule
means that none of the men will be laid of
by the closing of signal towers, but
eighteen more will be needed. 1t is said
that serious complication may result
from this condition of affairs.
In recent letter from Engineer Nal
colin Mel. Worthington, of this town,
written from the camping grounds in
Southern Florida, where the Atlantic
Coast Line is constructing a new road,
he writes of the wonderful possibilities of
that country for energetic men with some
capital. The timber land is described as
being remarkably fine. much of which has
not yet passed into the hands of capital
lists, while the possibilities for fruit grow
ing and early vegetables are the very
best. Special reference is made to the
need of bank. which will be still more
emphasized when the railroad is complet-
ed. The native population is satisfied
with money made on winter vegetables,
oranges and grape fruit for the northern
markets, and at this season have little
attractive food for themselves. Butter
and milk are scarcely known, and the
company had not tasted fresh meat since
April %.
The large grist mill and storage house
of Lee and Holloway, at Perryman, were
destroyed by fire early on Saturday
morning, together with the contents. A
nearby building, used as meat market,
with a dwelling in the rear, was also
burned. The latter was occupied by the
family of Mr.. w. w. Williams. who sue
ceeded in saving their furniture. These
two buildings are just opposite on either
side of the Pennsylvania railroad, and it is
not known whether sparks from passing
engines caused the fire or not. Mr.. Isaac
S. Lee, the senior member of the firm, ran
to the building at first sight of the fire
without even stopping to put on his
shoes. In trying to save his books he
was overtaken by the flames, which burst
through the floor, and he was compelled
to go through the same barefooted in
order to make his escape. His feet were
badly burned and the books lost. The
entire loss is estimated at about SIS 900,
partially covered by insurance.
James L. Breese, by his attorneys, S.
A. Williams, ]. ]. Archer and Michael H.
Fahey, has obtained an injunction in the
Circuit Court restraining Ella Walker
and Charles W. Walker, tenants on the
Darlington farm, from blowing up certain
portions of said farm, and also cutting
live timber in the woods The defend
ants are also required to allow the COM
plainant and his agents the right to enter
upon all portions of the farm purchased
by Mr.. Breese from MIR S. Griffith Davis.
The penalty of the injunction bond is
$1,000 The bill on which the Injunction
was issued states that under the agree
ment of the defendants with Mr. Davis,
they were allowed to break forty acres
of ground each year to plant in corn and
tomatoes, the same to be designated by
Mr.. Davis. In the purchase of Oakiug-
ton by Mr. Breese, about thirty-five acres
of land was retained by Mr.. Davis, and
this. together with five acres of Mr..
Brcese's land, is asked to be designated
corn and tomatoes. The injunction also
prohibits the defendants from breaking
any additional ground.
The Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington railroad company's new
bridge at Havre de Grace, which has been
in course of construction for the past
two years, is now in use. The first train
to pass over it was on Tuesday, when
the Federal express, southbound, made
the trip. The event was witnessed by a
large crowd. both at Havre de Grace and
Perryville. The old bridge has had its
draw opened, the end rails taken up, and
is now thing of the PAST. 1t has been
in use for the past forty years and when
built was one of the most notable struc-
lures in the world. The first spans were of
wood, which were gradually replaced
with iron. The new bridge which re-
places it is one of the finest constructed
in the world. 1t comprises II spans, ex-
elusive of the draw, and is 4,150 feet
long. The draw has clearance of 54
feet and four inches, which will practical
ly allow every vessel to pass under with.
out interfering with railroad travel.
The new bridge is double tracked and de-
signed to carry the heaviest traffic at a
high speed. The piers are of masonry
sunk to solid rock foundation, the deepest
of which is 1872 feet
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. Mary F. Whitaker and Mrs. A. d.
Grafton, of Forest Hill, attended the
Baptist Association, at Wilmington last