The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-22
May YET USE STAUNTON
SITE FOR LIME PLANT
Difficulties rs to Transportation Can
BE Obviatcd, Says
Owner.
JOINT USE OF TRACK OFFERED
President Morgan Says Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Co. Will Utter
pose No bar to States Effort to
Better Farming Conditions.

telegraphlc communication from
DR.. LeaVell, the Louisville physician
from whom the State Convict Lime
Board purchased, conditionally, u site
on the outskirts Of Staunton for the
,liinc- grinding plant 20 be established
by. the state for the benefit of Vir-
EiNia farmers, which was rcCRived YES
terday at the office of Governor Stuart,
has inspired the members of the COM
mission with hope that it may not he
necessary to seek another site for the
lime mill
The commission decided last week to
abandon the Staunton site. because Of
the lack of facilities for shipping tho
lime. The one spur trace connecting
the site on which IL was proposed TO
build with the main line of the Chcsa-
peakc and Ohio Railway. is used by the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company.
Chesapeake and Ohio officials were con-
suited and they suggested the con-
struction and maintenance of the nee
essary spur by the Commonwealth.
This WAS impracticablc. there being no
fund available. except that provided
by the General Assembly for the pur-
chase of the site and the milling ma
chincry and for construction work.
The chief obstacle, therefore. was in
ability to secure desired concessions
from the Chesapeake and Ohio.
DR. LcaVcll is now In Staunton In
commission reconsider its determina-
ton to abandon the site conditionaiiy
purchased from him, and reopen the
question. He intimatcs that he has a
plan for circumveNtirg the obstacles
that caused the commission to call off
the deal made with him. He gave no
details His communication was trans
inittcd by Alexander Forward, the Gov
errors private secretary. to the COM
mission.
MORGAN EXPLAINS POSITION
or VIRGINIA co.
President Samuel 4. Morgan. of the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
saiu yesterday that his company was
willing 10 cooperate with the commits
sion in any rcasonablc/and fair way If
the commission desired to retain the
stanton site. Mr.. Morgan explained
that the Virginia Carolina Company
had built and was maintaining II spur
track one mile and :; half in length to
the vicinity of m Lcavoirs farm.
The intimation that the Virginia
Carolina Company could have. In any
way. iutcrfcryeC with the plans Of the
commission IN establishing the lime
grinding plant at Staunton, amused
him. He said:
The Virginia Carolina Company is
not, never has been and never will be
engaged in the limo grinding or lime
distributing business. suppose we
Iof lime in a year. The lime business
does not In the least Interest us. But
wc lave built ana are maintaining n
branch limo. which happens to run to
DIR. Lcavclls property. at great OK
pcnSc. The cost of maintaining that
limo Is considerable. When the matter
of the state establishing a lime grind
ing plant on our line WAS called to our
latteution we cvnced our willingness
TO cooperate with any proposition that
would be advantageous to tho farming
Interests in Virginia Wc offered the
use or our private tracks. We asked
only toll of $500 n year.
I'VE were then asked If We were will
ling TO give AN unlimited lease on the
branch limo. AS n business proposit on.
we could do nothing OF the kind. Such
a lease would bind us indefinitely TO
maintain the tracks. We do not know
how long We VIII need that branch line.
Hence we declined to give an indch-
mite len So at S3o0 n year. What we were
asking Of the commission was merely
that the state should contribute n part
Of the expense We are under. The cost
Of building tho line we have already
borne How long we may desire to pay
the cost of operating il wc are una bic
To say at this time
Commissioner Of Agriculture Koincr
Will submit DR.. Lcavcll's comInunica-
tion To the State Convict Lime Board AT
the next meeting.