Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
MUST HAVE ROAD AT
THURMONT.
DEAR EDITOR:

would beg leave to occupy just a
little coy corner in one Of the columns
of your valuable paper to let some people
know that we, Thurmont and Catoctin
Furnace, are still here on the map and
have on our war paint and have not been
wiped out by the San Francisco earth
quake as some who are interested in the
Emmitsburg railroad would have you be-
lieve.
It needs no diagonis with lantern to
find man honest enough to admit that
from financial point of view the w., r.
& G. railroad should touch at Catoctin
Furnace and Thurmont. At these two
points are the eastern outlets of all that
vast amount of lumber, ties, posts, rails,
telephone poles, wood. ETC., that annual
w come down from the mountains, not
considering the stock, poultry and pro-
duce of all kinds that would seek mar
ket on the eastern side which now is d.
verified elsewhere. Give US transportation
facilities and we will seek your Frederick
and eastern markets, don't, and we will
continue to help our sister county by go
ing to Hagerstown, Smithsburg, Waynes-
borO, etc.
Those of US who live in Hauver's Dis
trict when court or other business calls
us to the county seat, are compelled to
drive " or rs miles or else indulge in the
expensive luxury of a ride on the W. M.
r. R. to Bruceville and then after rest
of uncertain duration 60 thence on the
p. X. Il. to Frederick.
We are informed that the Emmitsburg
railroad never did enrich its owners and
certainly would not be very lucrative
investment for the w., F. & &. railroad.
Its use would be about rated as that of
the human appendix, whichyou we'll know
only causes trouble to the owner but puts
money in the hands of the physician.
There is no trouble to find the physician
IN this case.
This w., F. & G. railroad was original
y mapped out and promoted by the citi-
lens of Thurmont and vicinity and now
Ill should unite in bringing 1t there where
1t belongs, and We should not for one mo-
lnent tolerate an interloper who simply
has an AK to grind. If you like the job
of turning the grind-stone and boarding
yourself while you are doing it, then al
low the road to be diverted at Lewistown
to pass through sparsely settled COM
munity to Rocky Ridge where it helps a
self selected few to the detriment of the
many.
What does the Emmitsburg railroad
give to the w., F. & G. railroad as an in
ducement to this great sacrafce? A road
bed and right of way on an out of the
way route. Can that compensate for the
timber and lumber trade from the mount
aims, the traffic from connection with
Catoctin Furnace, Thurmont and Mt. St.
Mary's college? Don't Be deluded by the
piecrust promise of branch road. Fred
erick has one from the B. 4 Q. railroad
and finds that she is only painful alb
scess on the root of tooth. Now is the
time to put our foot down with an unmis-
taxable emphasis that will be felt from
Frederick to Emmitsburg.
We are the patrons of this new road
and must have what we want. We must
consider the welfare of ourselves and
community and not inflict upon ourselves
and our posterity nuisance which only
is intended to put money in the Golfers of
a few, whose only interest is personal
opulence at the sacrifice of the many.
Moses failed to reach the Promised
Land by reason of having made one mis-
take. Don't make it but fearlessly and
openly stand up and fight, regardless of
politics, position or pull and you will sue
ceed. Your foe is as unplacable as death
himself, but has been and can again be
beaten, but you must not let stone I'M
turned nor turn unstoned.
A Citizen of HAUvERS DISTRICT.
Eyler's Valley Happenings.
Mr.. Edward Baker, of Emmitsburg,