The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-29
RAILROADS FINE MOVE.
Pennsylvania Plan to Beauty lite
Right Of Way.

An luedi lOduDtu anu ISM Va ""@f
the sight Of which will be a pleasure
TO people riding along its Schuylkill
division. is what the Pennsylvania
management is working for. To Sc
cure this end a movement has been
started by the railroad TO secure the
cooperation Of people living along the
right Of way in keeping II clean and
free from rubbish. From Fifty-second
street in Philadelphia to Pottsville. the
terminus Of the division, the company
expects to have a railroad beautiful
The scenery is there, its officials de
clare, and the railroad is to be kept in
harmony with 1t If possible.
For years It has been the practice Of
some people with property backing on
the railroad to throw refuse Of all
kinds. empty tin cans. garbage and
paper over the back fences to the
tracks. This has made II impossible
to keep the tracks clean. While the
railroad has been forced to cart the
rubbish away, 1t has not been able to
keep the roadbed slightly, as the
strong winds caused by the passing OF
a train scatter the papers along the
tracks for miles. Dumping garbage
on or near the tracks is also prac-
tice that endangers the health and
mars the comfort Of both the resi-
dents and train passengers. On this
division sixty passenger trains are op
Grated daily. and these carry hundreds
Of passengers who do not enjoy the
sight Of tomato cans.
In addition to this very interesting
and significant experiment, the Penn
sylvanla railroad is making every ef-
fort TO beautify its roadbed and sta
ton grounds over the entire system
It's forestry department has this year
made large paintings Of shrubbery and
ornamental trees for use In parking
station grounds and available places
on the right Of way. This is done that
these places which are natural centerS
may furnish as much pleasure as pos
sible to the public. Joseph 7. Richards
superintendent Of the right Of way. Is
authority for the statement In an ad-
dress before the American Civic asso-
citation that It pays a railroad In hard
dollars and cents to pursue a policy OF
civic improvement.
The present policy Of this company
serves as n shining example of what
railroads can do for the pleasures OF
their passengers and for the upbulld-
ing Of the communities through which
thew pass. In time 1t expects to make
It's line from Jersey City to Washing
ton a constant succession Of pleasing
vtOws
Belief In Resurrection.
There are many mysteries In the
stories Of the resurrection, but nevel
for a moment have we any doubt o.
the truth Of them all. l don't believe
in eternal punishment, but somehow
2 or some way which you and ! know
= not about God has provided that ever!
child of his shall be saved. That doe
] not however put the stamp q ap
: prevail on a life Of sin. think tn
] spirit of thi day is not the spirit tina
? appeals to fear, but the spirit that ap
] peals TO love 1t does not enter tn
D mind Of man just what God has pre-
3 pared for rs, but he has revealed tina
J, there is something and has revealed
= by his spirit.-Rev. A. B. Shields, Eph
: copalian. Boston.
I Where There Is No Middle Ground
y As Christ is one In essence with 81
$ Father. so does he claim TO be ident
fed with the Father in honor, identics
ia power. identical In glory. He IL
sists on being believed by the sam
J. faith. trusted by the same hope an
q loved with the same intensity OF 81
lection Of his Father. In a word, 0
- legisIates as a God. be pardons as
- God, he judges as a God. he punlshe
teI as a God. he rewards as a God, he
pt bonored and adored as a God. He e.
n acts obedience as a God. be Is to Q
s. loved more than father or mothe
III brother or sister. husband or VIII
more than angels or archangels, pril
cipalities or powers-in short, mol
than all that is not God. There Is Z
ut middle ground to stand upon "
ny must either deny his moral excellent
OF or declare his divinity.-Cardinal Jam'
Gibbons. Roman Catholic, Baltimore.