Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Directors of Northern Virginia
Company Divided as to
Il. Accepting Offer.
OPTIONS BEING TAKEN
ON ARMY CAMP SITES
Valley of Virginia Landowners
Anxious to Secure Permanent
Cavalry Post.
eta. Correspondent Of The stsr.


WINCHESTER. Va. November |, 1913.
Another effort was made this week TO
ell the Northern Virginia Power Com
amy, formerly the Winchester and
Washington city Railway Company. to
Washington and Pennsy ivaitia capitalists,
IN the deal was not put through. y
4rnoer OF the board of directors stated
hat the proposition to sell was voted
down, out from another source 1t was
.aarned that negotiations may be resum-
ydtat any time
The Northern Virginia Power Company,
n9cil has large electrical plants at MILL
lie, Jefferson county, W. Va. and also
It Berkeley Springs and Great Cacapon.
NJ Va. has in recent years become one
81 the most profitable enterprises of the
I'D la this section OF the country, and
there is always an increasing demand for
Electricity for municipal and manufactur-
sue purposes.
fhe death OF Clarence Moore of Wash
uston who went down on the Titanic
more than IA year ago. is said TO have
prevented sale at that time. as he was
2trtile head OF q number of capitalists
MO had about completed negotiations
for the purchase of the controlling inter-
-sts. Washington and Pennsylvania in
terestS would, it Is reported. build an
-leerric railway line from Winchester
through rich territory TO Bluemont
should they he successful Ill obtaining
majority of the shares of the capital
stock. The same interests are said to be
allied with former United States Senator
Watson and other wealthy West Nir-
giniaHs, no have obtained franchises
tpPi electric lines from iagerStown to
Nartinsburg ana Winchester and inter
mediate points. Some OF the directors
eli the Northern Virginia Power Com
pany are iii favor Of selling. while others
are not Those who hold a majority of
the ,votins proxies say the company is in
a splendid financial condition and that
there is no good reason Tor selling.
The matter Of selecting a location for
the permanent army maneuver camp
to be .sta hiShed near Winchester by the
War Department will not be definitely
settled until the first part of January.
Meantime options are being secured on all
tracts Of land that are suitable for the
cdinp site and the drill grounds, and the
TRAITS best suited will be leased by the
government 1t is expected the right will
bd,agiyen the War Department TO buy
the. Land outright if such a plan is finally
adopted.
Tor the camp site it will be necessary
to. have about 100 acres of land, and for
the drill and general maneuver grounds
upward of t,JC0 acres will be required A
large number of landowners have indi-
Gated their Willingness to let the govern
nent nave thelr properly at very reason
alile prices as there is "A disposition upon
the, part of practically every one in Win
CHESTER and Frederick county to have
JiIsssi proposed large army post located
haTfe
Mai. James \. Logan, jr.. OF the gen.
erif army staff has been at Hot Springs.
a., for the past Week resting after his
'abors in connection with the big caval-
uticamp of the past summer. He was
the quartermaster III charge of all ar
II Il -
hard not only during the encampment,
1lt for month before the + troopers
cssgHe here and for several weeks after
they left He was accompanied TO Hot
springs by Mai. Won Herwarts of the Ger
MIN army. Who is the German military
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