The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-30

Lake-Work to Begin on Surveys Soon.-
In a short time, says the Baltimore Neacs, Waite
engineer Quick expects to start additional pre-
urinary surveys of the property to be inun
dated by the new impounding reservoir to b.
built above Loeb Raven under The So 600. 00(
water loan, which will be submitted to the
voters of the city in the fall. This undertaking.
VIII be one of the largest ever attempted, aDC
- -, regarded as one of the most important
When completed $500 acres of ground will be
submerged by lake u miles long and q miles
VIDE, having a capacity of q 900, 600, 600 gal.
| Ions of water
Under present conditions, with the dam al
Loch Raven, there is sufficient water supply
Ior the average season, and, of course, for the
wet seasons. The new project, however. is to
olvert in the future the water famines threat
ened heretofore in dry years, when at times the
| water supply from the Gunpowder has not been
as much as the maximum daily consumption.
"At such times" Mr.. Quick says, I'VE have
oeen compelled to draw on our storage i'm
pounding reservoir at Loeb Raven, which, by
the accumulation of sediment, is becoming
smaller each year and threatened dangerous
state of affairs. In the occasion of the last dry
year, which occurred in 1900, the water supply
| OF Baltimore was in critical condition as we
were then taking the entire flow of the river
together with the storage supply.
The dry years occur in cycles of about one
IN every IL years, and on that basis, the next
season of danger would occur in 1911 when
with the natural growth of population, the
| cltys water consumption will be greater, and
the consequent possibilities more serious un-
less we can provide this largely increased stor
age facility. With this increased consumption
It is essential to have provided an enormous
river.
I'VE are fortunate in having such topography
about the Gunpowder river, that with COM
paratively low and short dam we can impound
dependable supply of water equal to twice
the present consumption; or in other words,
an increase equal to 1856, 900, 900 gallons.
I'm providing for this big lake we can well
afford to cut out entirely the Jones' Fall sup
ply, which, owing to the building up of the
water. shed of this stream and the complete
denudement Of the trees thereon, has become
not only more and more polluted, but lower
and lower in capacity each year.
The Jones' Falls watershed, which for
many years was the sole supply of Baltimore,
is about fifty square miles in extent. The
watershed to be drained by the proposed new
reservoir, however, extends far up into Penn
sylvaria and west into Carroll county. Thus,
comparatively speaking, the sacrifice of the
Jones' Falls watershed, which, for reasons al.
ready stated is fast becoming more and more
unreliable will be but small one.
While planning for this new supply basin
we havealso made surveys looking to future
day when we will need two other additional
reServolrS-one on the western run of the Cum
powder, atButler, with acapacity of 1000, 000,-
600 gallons, and one on the main branch ofthe
river. at Shamburg, with capacity of 5OOO,-
600, 900 gallons.
Practically all the preliminary surveys
have been made plats and copies of the prop.
erty deeds secured and the general plans of
construction drawn upso that the contracts for
actual construction could be awarded by next
year at the latest. At present we are prepar-
ing to get up more detailed plans and surveys"
Democratic County Convention at Tow
son.-The Democrats of Baltimore county held
their convention at Towson on Tuesday to elect
delegates to the Second Congressional district
convention which will meet i'll Havre de- Grace,
June I'd, and to the State convention, which
will meet in Baltimore June Sd. Mr.. Charles
J. Fox, chairman of the Executive Committee,
called the convention to order. Mr. Georges.
Kieffer, of the 18th district, was made chair
man and Mr.. James H. Mitchell, of the 9th
district, secretary.
On motion of Mr.. George Hartman resolu-
tons were adopted naming the delegates and
indorsing Mr.. Talbot. The delegates to the
Congressional convention are: DR.. Harry F.
Shipley, Harry E. Goodwin, VIM. J. Oeligrath,
Michael Padian, Henry w. Knoebel, William
Brandt, John s. Biddison, Philip Watts, Jacob
Elliott, John Mays Little, Michael P. Kehoe,
DR.. J. F. II. Gorsuch, Carville D. Benson and
Walter R. Townsend.
The following were elected delegates to the
State convention: Gustav T. Dalcour William
\: COgnlan, aired roWDle. Cnaries n: wise,
w. George Marley, James B. Scherer, Charles
M. Snyder, Oliver E. Fisher, Jacob L. Worrell,
j. Adam Shuppert Charles E. Fendall, George
Hartman, James Rittenhouse and Samuel M.
Lucas.
The following were the delegates chosen to the
convention at the primaries held last Saturday
First District-H. c. Andreae, Richard Up.
man, Sr., John O'Keefe, John P. Murphy and
Bernard J. Hogarty.
Second-Oliver E. Fisher, Jerome A. Coli
bart, James T. French, John Engle and Henry
Albert.
Third-Wiliam F. Coghlan, Christopher
Fitzsimmons DR.. H. Lewis Naylor, Edwin A.
Seidwitz and John Gephart.
Fourth-Nathaniel H. Bortner, Daniel H.
BolliDger, James Smith, Lee S. Hobbs and
Charles L. Schwartz.
SiSfh-A fidr9WS-. Wnefrey,, WYifffiYaYh g. Ueif.
Emory Hampsher.
Seventh-John Mays Little, James w. Ayres,
Joshua Slade, Harry Gemmill and John Wiley.
Eighth-Nicholas 81. Gill, Richard N. Brit
ton, James F. Rafferty,, James NICK. Merry
man and Samuel @. Dali.
Ninth-William Coney William 9. Dun,W
Frank c. Kilchenstein, Lawrence Murphy,
Arthur w. Simms, Charles 7. Leviness, Harry
M Medinger, James II. Mitchell, George
Comley and Acquilla G. T. Bosley
Tenth-William P. Bosley, Howard Nelson,
H. Seymour Piersol, George Hartman and H.
Washington Knoebel.
Eeyenth-Marion Sherman, Martin ].
Lynch, John B. Miller, Charles B. Chapman
and Frank ]. Goettner.
Twelfth-.Joseph Cotter William Brant,
John Grace, James Brown and James b.
Scherer.
Thirteenth-John H. Kramer. Michael
O'Brien. David l.. Forgan, Edward A. OMara
George s. Kieffer.
Observation-Disclosures J. Fox, Jacob ]. Dieter,
B. Wesley Catch, Joseph A. Lurman and Will
liam II. Carter.
Fifteenth-Dr. James s. Woodward, Will
liam q. Haut, William G. Earle, w. Herbert
Gorsuch and Charles N. Snyder.
Mrs. Jancke to Take a Fifth Husband
She Assigns Good Reason.-While the re-
mains of her fourth husband were lying in a
casket at an undertaking establishment in Bal
timore on Tuesday, preparatory to burial, Mrs.
Elizabeth Jancke, of Towson, was looking for
ward to her marriage to her fifth husband,
which, she says, will take place next Sunday.
The license for this marriage was secured at
Towson three hours before the funeral OF Mrs.
Janckes fourth husband by George Frederick
Refer, u farmer of Phoenix, Baltimore county,
who is to be her fifth husband. Mr.. Refer is
20 years of age and widower. Mrs. Jancke
is 81 years of age.
The husband whom she buried on Tuesday
was John Ludwig Ernest Jancke, of Towson,
and a German war veteran. He died at the
Citv Hospital last Sunday Deceased was a
native OF Berlin anu lOuRHb Sdl1dutly III thACo
German wars. winning five medals for bravery.
Mrs Jancke said after returning home from
her fourth husbands funeral:
"Mr. Refer and will be married next Sun
day. He is widower and has nine children.
have two children. was born in Delaware
and have been married four times. My first
husband, Eldrige Burger, whom married 30
| wears ago, died one and half hours after the
ceremony was performed while he lay on bis
| death bed.
"My second husband was Elihu Peal.
Frederick Maisel was my third husband and
Mr.. Jancke was my fourth husband. Now
know am going to be criticized for being mar.
ried so soon after my husbands death.
worked hard and cared for him. He was not
able to do anything for some time. did my
| duty toward him and / am now left homeless
! and poor. Mr.. Refer, who owns farm IN the
! 10th district, proposed marriage to me and
| have accepted him. He is alone and lonely
and we concluded to get married at once. Idc
| not believe that matrimony is failure. Mr.
| Jancke is now laid forever to rest and if hao
not accepted Mr.. Refers offer there was moth
| ing before me but life of drudgery and pov
erty. You must consider the position am IN
before passing judgment on me-"
| More Suburban Real Estate Develop
ment.-Mr. Thomas r. Bond has sold to the
Green Spring Park Company tract OF lane