The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-29
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SURVEY UNDER WAY
FOR BRANCH LINE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Will Make Connection With
Virginian.
RICH TERRITORY TAPPED
Actual Building Operations Are
Expected to Begin in
Spring.
IspecIal to rhe TImes -Dispatch.l

tional surveys have been made recently
| by a corps of engineers of the Baltl-
more and Ohio Railroad in the West
| Virginia counties just west of this
| State, and u member OF the party Is
authority for the statement that the
f, railroad company is ut work on plans
for an extension of the Hampshire
| Southern Railroad from Petersburg,
| w. Va, to a southern point, where con-
nections will be made wiz, the Virgin
ian Railroad, by which the Baltimore
and Ohio, will obtain a direct route to
| Tidewatef. Preliminary surveys were
made moro than year ago. and the
| work which has been recently done was
for the purpose of making more de-
! tailed maps and fixing the grades. 1t
was stated by the engineer in charge
i of the corps that operations were eN-
| pected to be begun early next spring.
The Hampshire Southern Railroad ex-
| tending from Romney, Hampshire
County. w. Va. to Petersburg, Grant
County, that state, was built several
| years since by Frank Nandcrlip, Of
New York. and the Allies interests, Of
! Washington, along with other capital
| lists, and II connects at Romney with
, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Min
| eralogists. who have made exhaustive
| Investigations. declare that the country
to be penetrated by new spur of tho
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Is very
rich. Much OF tho land is already
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people in general will welcome tho new
| road.
Scared by Black Hear.
| j. G. Dula. chief forest guard on tho
| Shenandoah area OF tho governments
! forest reserve in tho Shenandoah VAL
Icy. and n number of his assistants and
! friends were given the scare of their
lives a few days since. when a large
black bear, supposed to have been
! killed by 4 shot from Mr.. Dula's shot
gun, suddenly showed signs of life, and
actually sprang up, after being carried
down the mountuinside for dead. The
men had chased the bear at intervals
an entire day. and finally shot him.
| When the beast rose on all tours and
snorted, the members OF the party beat
a hasty retreat, but summoned courage
TO go back and flre the fatal shot. The
bear weighed nearly $50 pounds
VIII Resurfacc Pike.
| Directors OF the Valley Turnpike
Company. which manages the historic
| highway between Winchester and
Stanton. met in Hnrrisonburg and
discussed plans for rcsurfacing the re-
! manning twenty-five miles OF the pike.
about seventy-fve miles having al
ready been treated with six different
kinds of asphalt binder at n cost of
between $4,000 and 100000. The drcc-
tors will make Il critical inspection of
the pike I'm the near future to deter
mine which binder is giving the best
service. and that will then be used
exclusively in the future. The large
amount of automobile trave! demands
! tho most improved surface, and the
directors say they intend to keep the
\ Valley road in prime condition at all
times. Now that the saloons have been
voted out OF Staunton. it is expected
that automobile traffic between that
city and Harrisonburg, tho only wet"
town in the Virginia Valley, which Is
a ~
and it is the intention of the turnpike
company TO maintain at least two all
night toll gates between the two towns.
Moore Room Needed.
| When the Winchester public schools
reopen Monday. after being closed dur
| ing the holidays, the school officials
will be at their wits ends TO find room
| for a large number OF children who
| have passed examinations emitting
them to enroll. Only few years ago
| the capacity of the schools was dou-
bled. and still more recently another
building had to be rented. It is ex-
pected that an additional issue OF
| school bonds Will be necessary. and a
| bill authorizing the city OF Winches-
ter to issue such bonds is likely to be
presented in the General Assembly next
| month.
| Deberry Heads School.
| Professor r. G. Montague, a member
OF the old and prominent Virginia
] n' of the W West n1 Wrg GfGn
School for the Deaf and Blind ut Rom
ney, VIII be succeeded about January
by Farley Debcrry, of Terra Alta,
Preston County, the latter having been
appointed this week by Governor Hat
held. Professor Montague was named
| by Governor GlaSScock in 1910.
New Depot Opened.
The town of Strasburg, Shenandoah
County. which for several years con-
| ducing the Southern Railway to build
Il modern passenger station, witnessed
the eo formal m openiIng Ing; Of the new depot
| by any means satisfied, as the build
ing was erected half a mile outside
pany remodeled an old pot er,. works.
in which it was interested to the ex-
tent of several thousand dollarL When
the town authorities protested against
the station being erected so far from
the heart of the town the railway
people. rctaliated by threatening to
burg Junction, in which event the
town would have been deprived OF
much revenue in the form of monthly
wages Members OF the Town Council
finally withdrew their opposition. and
now the people have to walk twice as
far to the depot or pay. cabman 10
| haul them to and from 1T.
Reports Are Encouraging.
AT the annual meeting of the Gold
Orchard Company. held at Martinsburg
this week. encouraging reports Of the
| past seasons work were received. Re-
suits. despite the off season and the
| pies was gathered. were far in excess
| of the expenditures. Tho property of
| the company is near Gerardstown. c..
b. Hart. of Washington. vice president,
! attended the meeting, and was re-elect-
| ed. Alexander Clohan, of N1artinsburg,
| Is president of the company.
| Mother CoK;inandery Meets.
| Members of Winchester Command
cry, No. IL, knights Templar. known
| as the mother commandery of Vir-
| ginia," held impressive ceremonies at
noon on Christmas Day, when toasts
We're drunk to the health of the grand
| master, Arthur Macarthur, OF Troy,
| n, y, and to various other prominent
| men of the order. The exercises were
| In charge % eminent Commander Will
| liam H. Cooper. Past Right Eminent
Grand Commander Alexander NJ Baker
| of Winchester, was present. The VIM
| chester commandery is the oldest in