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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-05

average is over $50 are Henrico, in the
east central district: Norfolk ELIZA
beth City ana Northampton, bordering
on Chesapeake Bay, ana Alexandria, on
the Potomac River"
&c YOU desire statistical proof THAI
the one-timc baronia! plantations OF
NirSnia are being carved down into
smaller farms YOU will ind mention
liz the same report that between 1900
and 1910 the average size OF old Do
ininion farms had decreased from lis
TO 1)5 acres. Since 1910 there has
been proportionatcly greater shrink
age.
This does not mean that little land
ing is coming into fashion below the
Potomac or that five or ten acres and
Independence may bc obtained III other
tnan the trucking and fruit growing
sections. fhe great development of
the trucking industry in the ridcwatcr
counties has had much TO do with rails
ing land values there and also in
bringing down the average farm size
in the State. Most Virginia farmers
who are not truckers or fruit growers
viii tell YOU that, given favorable soil
conditions, you do not want TO 80 mucn
tclow nifty acres. II YOU have the
capital to develop $50 To 200 acres ana
can work live stock and poultry into
Your divcr:;ihcatton scheme, so much
From 1900 to 1910 Virgmia's domes-
Tic ANIMALS, poultry and bees combined,
increased in value $40. $4,000 or 7S.2
per cent. The greatest absolute in
c!"nSe, amounting to Sla.S65.00O. o.
i2Ii p2.' ccat, occurred in the value of
horses ana colts. The number of cat
lie Increased only 1000 during that
dccade-from S2G,000 TO $50, 0cG--but
the value increase was S4,2S5.0O0. or
~ In, I.N
number OF swine fell from $4,000 to
SS9Oh'. but The value Increase was
Si,59",eoo. or more than 81 per cent
These figures certainly carry some sig
hihcahce as opportunity Inducements
FOR 3"o years Virginia has been
called the homeland of the beautiful,
and there arc few ii any States in the
phlon that oncr a Lrcater variety OF
scenery and such . diversity of soils
and climatic conditions. The first
settlers CT our colonies chose her shores
FOR thei" wealth OF agricultural re-
sources and the happy medium OF her
climate. and tins mother provincc of
HE An cricdp people had slowly grown
to Il population of 1000 while the I,uri-
.ahs organized their company AMI
transported 1T TO the stony beaches OF
New England. 1t is a land of sunshin.
ana water and was ideally the homo OF
the husbandinan even in those early
GhEs ~hcn farniin.: was stark Hshtin.
with primeval conditions.
IL does not come within the SCOPE OF
my tncnc to analyZe political or social
problems or to discuss the errors ana
mistakes OF succeeding generations, the
penalties OF wastcfuncss ana the nil
ialis or pride. 1t is all too easy to din
M" your inkpot ana paint gloom
clouds where they do not belong. 'rh.
PROGRESSIVE Southerncr us well rs tia,
progressive Northcrncr. mas PASSED
through that period OF hoping for the
worst and hnnging all future bcnc9tv
upon the, hinges Of calamity. Thcrc
- always an Aladdn's lamp in the
dustbin II YOU Will only take, The
trouble to ferrrt it out and then got
pnsY with your rainbow cloth ana
polish 1t up.
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arc comfy farm demonstrate tors brought
in b. the farmers themselves to iu-
struct them and their sons in the best
methods OF agriculture. In all the
hundred counties there are boys corn
clubs. In ten years time the corn
crop has doubled, and if you READ the
signs Alright it should double again
before the 1920 census is taken. IN
AppomattoN County the boys corn club
averaged cighty-four bushels to tho
acre ana there should be fully as much
u not more inspiration in this than
there is in the 100000 barrels of APPLES
that Patrick county expects to harvest
within five years.
Welcome to the Newcomer.
Patrick County is another garden
spot OF the New Dominion, as they call
IT down there that Will bear watch
ms There is a fine market at ROD
nokc for the Back Creek country, and
ii you happen down that way you will
ana every avenue open for the entry
CT enterprise.
There is enough OF new ana OF alb
sorbing interest in Virginia's recent
progress Extraordinarily and industri-
aE. TO occupy year OF patient in
NestiGation and I'LL volumes in the toll
ing Tho $4,000 alfalfa crop from
o0u acres i'm ono farm is Il thrilling
chapter by itself yet not SO cuthrau-
ing m that as the adventure in alfalfa
Y one Virginia lad who beat all re-
cordS for the State. Timber, tobacco
and cotton probably deserve separate
treatment, and YOU could run the actu-
al!ttes and potentialities OF these thrco
resources into astonishing totals.
The progress of Nirgiuia's school
system has brought top-linc mention
III half a dozen government Pamphlets
and is Fundamentally important The
drift of the negro population to tho
cities and to the Northern states de-
mands close study and Is q distinct
phase in the modern evolution of the
South.
ject AS broadly as possible and from
several angles in Il future article in
this :cries. 1t is my belief that so
TAR as the old Dominion is concerned.
the race problem will solve itself.
"hcre arc million and a half native
whites in Virginia and only about %
per cent of the total population is col
ored. There are immense AGRICULTURAL
areas where the opportunity seeker
need not consider the race phase. on
either ncighborhood or labor basis. and
the current idea that the white labor
er must como down TO the social level
OF the black Is the rankest sort or
fallacy.
In conclusion let me venture tho
opinion, based upon careful inquiry,
that the people of Virginia arc cagers
10 wclcom" the newcomer and make
i'm At home in Il re,;ion whore tho
home has been 4 sacred institution rora4
200 years.
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Modest Ohicini Boost.

Virginia farm values rose from S3c3.-
cOo,0o0 in 1900 TO S75o,000.0O0 in 1918.
George w. Koincr, Commissioner OF
Agriculture. provided me with these
figures when ! visited him in the Rich
mond Statchouse. He also made 2 few
remarks that reminded me of the OPP
ti!niim OF Coburn, OF Kansas, though
MT. koiner is woofully lacking in the
Coburn fncssc of fOliating statistics
so rs to ciotho the bleakcst spots of
earth with the richest verdurc. You
Will find even modesty and repression
in this Virginia boast:
Virginia is the ideal home for the
farmer. The agricultural progress in
this state during the past decade has
been unprecedented. Better farming
can be seen on every hand. This has
i'cen brought about ny dvcrsIhcation
OF crops, by use of modern labor
saving machinery. by more careful I'M
provemcnt ara cultivation OF the SOIL
by improvement in breeding live stock
and by growing more grass and forage
crops--one-fourth OF our farmers now
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$40 ala acre and they wouldn't sell for
sac.
4 Fruit Country.
There are. practically no abandoned
facrns in the great limestone valley of
Virginia. but there are thousands or
diversified farms that are being cul
Up AMI sold in attractive parcels a.
mighty attractive prices. iav4v 81. l.
nJnd. eds OF thousands o. acres on LOUh
slopes OF the Blue Ridge Mountains
ana on lie benches OF Great North
Mountain ard Little North Mountain
that invite tie attention Of the cattle
man and the fruit grower. There is
scarcely u county in all this broad
eNpanse in winch horticultural :;ocie-
Ties and frUit-9rowers' associations
have not been organized WITHIN the past
-v'v years, 20 interest the farmers gen
orally in better orcharding, better
packing and The Standardization o.
varieties.
Saw in Aibcmalle county, where the
AlbemHuls i'lppin has been standardized
TO achieve Worldwide fame, and in lii =
northern counties OF The Shenandoah
Valley, apple culture in Virginia has
been n haphazard, happy go lucky en-
tcrrE! &c. II has been the naDlt of me
Pacific Northwest apple growers to
sin!ic ,oiYtantIy when Fasteners mem
toned a 100000 apple crop in the
old pomiuion. !'orsoOth, a bit OF a
deli in ;hc State OF Washington sold
It's crop TOR S&,j0O,0o0. Here YOU had
quality as against quantity the spcci-
alist as against the laundering anna
teur Let Virginia 20 on producin.,
gross quantity, The. Northwest would
go on producing quality a.Il unim-
roachable flavor ana continue TO top
thc market Tor prices above the mar
gin of freight rates.
II - my belief that this is a fond
delusicn. My observations convince
me That the apple Specialist has struck
the southwark trail and will soon be
Il prodigious!y important factor in Vim
sinia fruit productions \ host OF him
ing apple districts, and tho pioneer
specialists in Albcinurlc County are
not new beginners by many laps round
mo circle OF experience. Even the
Northwest specialists are lindina, III,
no { ana q period OF inten-
siNc education in apple grading pack
ing. adNcr,isin. and marketing is un-
der way
Another significant phase is the in
creased interest in fruit o. the gen
ora, farmer in those Western Virginia
highlands "Porkcr ana pippin' has
been tried out as n good alliterative
i;iS Tor successful agriculture. Much
OF the best apple lard in Rockingham
County grows clover wonderfully we'll
and on on" 20O-acre farm with urty
acres in orchard / saw 90 hogs brows-
lr% deep in Succulcnt cover of clover
They were nigh -gradc Durocs, TOO. and
there was an Overlooking corn crop in
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nd from tho bargain counter ana titled
Nrucr TIC most progressive methods ot
the day, the home folks had bette.
get strenuous move on With their
idle capital before the stranger came
IN auI anticipated them. The stran-
gers money, OF course. was welcome.
aud so was tho stranger himself If he
was tho right sort, %, the vital thing
was Tor the Eirginian 10 rub tho him
from his eyes and scrutini2c the golden
chances that lay at his feet.
There WAS no brag or boast at this
little banquet ana the few young men
who attended respected ancestral ira :
dttion bE remaining diScrectly silent
1t WAS = cold water collation. as the
local paper said afterward, and the
d-boiled platitudc Vas served With :
out 2arnish or spice. Nevertheless -
was an awakening and a symptom, and
IL | have any shrcwdness as a fore
caster the day is not far distant when
bcth the young and the old piood OF
I.cudoun County will develop the sort
pf bubbles that bring enterprise. There
Is no better blood anywhere in the
land. and once YOU get bubbles dane
Irresistible forces OF energy.
ing through ii YOU have stirred some
Round about Lceshurg are many
stately homes in the Colonial manner.
There are plantations running into The
thousands OF acres. the landed propr!e-
tors az which have the means ana Tho
disposition 10 keep up their tillage,
10 increase their hcrds OF cattle and
swine, 10 breed thoroughbred horses
az their forcfntheIs lid or To breed
40 work stock ana raise ii as . pay
ing industry. You Will find Fairfaxes
who need no modern. paccmakers to
teach them scientific farming ana cili-
cheney bookkeeping YOU viii hnd a
IL
ana intcnsively up to date as a sto>k
nan.
Then There is another notable Lou
douu County farmer. q native Viz
.inian. Lie White, who came back TO
the farm from the wheat pit ana IS
now dcyoting all his time 10 the pro
duction OF Porchcron breeding stock.
Ills Colonial mansion is as new as
another classic home / saw in the
finishing on the edge of the Dismal
swamp i'll ridewater Virginia Both
gre examples Of the rccrudcScenca OF
an idea and the determination OF the
now generation To preserve :he memo
ries OF Il barouial aristocracy, al least
so far AS esthctic cXtcr;ors 80. The
business OF conducting these two plan
tations is democratic in all essentials.
and the masters OF both domains have
learned the lesson Of reducing waste
10 II minimum.
Blu; in order To forestan misappre-
tension l should emphasize that tho
great excess holdings OF agricultural
land in tho old Dominion are being
broken UP and parcelcd out 10 both
renters :'ild owners, more particularly
10 purchasers. for Virginia was the
only State In the South that decreased
IFS numbers of tenant farmers during
tho past decade. Georgia has 60 per
cent of tenant farmers as against 20
per cent for Virginia. The fierce Land
lust of our Anglo Saxon forbears is
distinctly on the w1no. 1t does not:
even pay any more to hold or for in
creased land values when il is pos
sole To sell OF! the unwicldly portions
and apply the proceeds to efficient mod
, crn farm equipment. thereby doubling
and TRIPPING yields.
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Restaurants.
i,ins tS9 ~ Jian - Madison aSl
TN. w,sn,nc,o, 1904 T, ,,ro,d 6. -
s, ,,,, 49,, ,,,, 80
:, !, Rom, n.y. Mart, r,,.t :,
40 .
Clements G. SON III w Cary 81 ,ta,iso, ea,
i ar,, M 20, 52 , o' Monroe sol
49, ~ 'p'f'"''
NJ. Co. 22i W. Broad st....... Monroe. c52,
= GfT phI.n., y Ho,' i'iS y. Main -
" - " '' $500 '''''-''' '--''''A"4soh '-'S
49, $3.50
" - " ~ N''' 3
St"r"Se ana transfer.
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Meats. Fish, oysters ana Game.

Leigh st............. Madison $3.50
Meats and Vegetables.
FfsS esiSs 1so r. ETssa
Ksi ifs oS vs. l's cary is
s ss, NTH Ss,s T isis T. s @Sy
+. L. 81 First Market Madison AL,
Medicine Manufacturers.
l. J. Hayden. 20 W Medicines
~ H. Elicit, sso7 Williamsburg F Az.
Music Supplies.
1ay"f SaSd Go ss Il e
Office nnd school Stationery.
Tn, waiford Stationery Printing
Moran Optical Co. op''S'"''
nptomctrist and opticnn
H. Breitsein 800 ~ Filth Neutrality-suspicious.
T. j. Nichols 1902 Porter st. Madison esssJ
Print Manufacturers.
Jon" L. Branch c9T i0 is nroad Madison ls'
bopp Ferguson. lOa E. Main st. Monroe 27ss
Pickle Manufacturers.
The Rosemary Co, Inc. pos
Picture Framing nnd Moulding.
Leigh Thomas Monroe 1911
rhonosrnphs md necord..
c B. Haynes e. Co" Edison Records W.
PInstcrcrs and Contractors
Sam Grandis. 40 dSt............. Madison
ps . eng 1915 r. fssn s'i
ayo FTlnn co. 10 y eth M'H ' So
h'Gi @ ? :so GSsS s,S'oa s. s
Rat and v.rmin E.tcrmrnator.
orsin Bank Monroe 500,
Razors Shnrpened.
The sharpe Co.. TIC y. "
Ren Estate.
Maltso
T. Catlin y. Mad
~ S.
- A. Connolly Co.. eth
D. ~ '"pt u Co - " StN"ntt
& II l.root Main Madison 3
0i l. Main
,rYNstt sth adison
MI ltson
eco = To- I'll Mutual Bldg
r. Co. ny franklin
'tser MUTUAL Bdg ala olson
Virginia Realty Monro
Zimmerman No,ro
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oDo,v, . anains ,,nehnss and onee supple.
, Advertising Agencies.
,v,,, 49,, Advertising Artists
hncrcr OF Ladies' Garments.
" '1so'' 'ae ''e'sA.''..'.'.... Madison t523
J i Asas S S?a ,T a Y l@oad
Art stores nnh FrnmIng
automobile Accessories.
fund Equip co 5i3 * Broad :aGmi9s 5 5s
Automobile Dcnicrs.
S2p MGt95 e Co l-!:,l-T Car ssi ~ Man Monroe
.l:, GgNss ,a ASE . Ia
ys.'5q So9, ar o. -, sleetris i5s
t3s NJ H' s 10? jEEM , 81 " Main
me Siudeoaker Garage, 1913 st.Mon.oc 1891
j. D seAlu,sr ., W A htssd "sp"'rns nae,.o. e
49, AUTOS Hire.
Thomas - Hicks aora. l9i Z s..aiad Onion m
church ,l naoz .s23 ' "a hr"aa uss,,o, e
Hc,cir, and ncnniring.
n,c.eie Dealers REPAIR shop.
X O. pesset, - IN = Nh Msaison ;2s,
4 T. Gar y, 5" hToaG Monroe ac5i
W. ~ , sientoq Iiro44 s,;s
,a"rain "S' na I'd LIVES, .fS.' S'"0nF"e -'''
i hiss y "a \ r Gun M sssssa -! -,
'a'a'nr a ss,lfa elv'tsFs s'Mon ZIG
Eoollbiery aud Loose Lear Devices slsa's'n '
' '''' '''' ana in rtn s.,. 'NA'so" ''''
"5S H.. "@@ H%ss aes'sea g; g;
Nag Z w.~. " s!rth S, - ,,s,.o e..e
..,.t -. hfFin;cs, Wagons and IInrne-r.
n>,ancn, ~ furniture Madison ''i'
= A. RiacN g SOU sslS Williamsburg Madison ,o7.
Caterers.
s ana a5aa, M.a.a. +.
, cis"rs and Tobacco.
Glen inE Pressing.
ary
aiorroc
i4-fEiSor St..-.. Madison
4+..A' adison
!. - '1''t' IT ~ ADDISON
3IadiFon
n Iyey ~ =. .da't StAad
Siai!sou
Madison c2i2
Lea pra,s
s. i,i,,L w. h3"e2 ~ Monroe
Ice ,,r,.- y
- i''+i St-- pc. 3lUaioe
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nssa '3 Son !, %, H5Gs tad soe ,ss
Grocers. Retail
Ss:; 5 81 e &. &c:
''I1 i;x =, Y %I ;.s ass u. ss,i
YIN rds i'F 81 * M " Main nss e;
rl N?"ss s isss
No ';i l,a i5s' y; :, ,r lsii-ll
XII Sls lrq ad"af s M9@9 sa,.s 81
brohe M,..nail S Siai,son Sl 49,
+ M,e.% @ oafee '' r. ,i2s IL. Fl
YoEr"f a ir9isry Z, A slS ya
y i r'ss? sg:e i'l X & fsa
ea Cor sc 60" 70 Monroe
f''!Sn S'% Eo9s Monroe ass
Wood sehwoob. i:' y. 9th Monroe 1
"a: 5$S s5%s's @ ',as9 n? %s ,
4 lS {: 'sF ;.os III 6 ely
G Il. Lunagren, c10i = siad is,2" 7i 49,
I.nrd Wood Floors and Venetian Blinds
& ". Parsons IL ......... Monroe 90.
Fiat nenovntor.
Ice Cream Manufacturers.
Gse A1d -! ,-A W Mai" Monroe 81.
Asby Fyer ss 8 oai 81 Sadson s3i
lis " Bod st sa G9n i I
A r iss. e. II s si2 St; GO Dhoa'o
!. Ia
". a. Spott SON Us r. '-'-
America" Hand Laundry. 1892 Z Monroe 90,
Liquors.
r,ar!, ~ Brook Ave .......... ,,o,i.o, az.
A--ei!a iirucciani =. iaiison
teavency. ......... Mntison S.ss
! MciIouourh'S =. sixth Il
: & o 1912 T. iss2
Jithin
Fon,icco Mineral Springs Main ST. Monroe ssS
!iGFiis Ant-LyFpoptc Water Co" Inc. SIC W.
Lumber Mil work
f'''- ~ -i"bSoH mo = Broad
Machinery Repairing.
!. ". Cary St........... ,,,d;eo, ,oe,
The Strickland Machine ST.
Maii order Liquor Houses.
= Bcze. 2tos venable Madison c5s5
!'!!l Kelly SCILTTZ y
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Cleaning and rrcsslns-contlnuea.

Cleaning and PrcssinE-Contnued.
i 4 s:;,s isis s, s5sas g.
i, 81 - ~
esssiH ptiisnS Co. 1909. ~ 30
Hsrr.son Ms siis@n s si
@ c!H' M,'sp" as =
1sfiSa% G' a f;s sv NAH m9a2s.
Co"I Wood.
si':s u 4s, Madison s''.,.
;s Lag . Ss" 60 G" Gia q MsSs s.
Colleges.
lch'no"d Barber College sth second floor.
'S Ssss :a; y 81 Hasss. &:
S M'shaf ! k9sss X " l.raoa
JoG 3, wi Hpiar' l, S iji H9gToc !sl
Corset Shops.
Dr., Goods. Notions and SHOES. -'''n @'s-
s:. Ms s1.. Is: %..sa5 Fiji: a%o5}: srs
% n Il es5 i.}i i,. s,sa!.%5 E
Drug sc co., 80 lre si'S a; Eoa qi5s 81. 81.
t1a ss s; 81 5@i.ia M plS t.
i'ie1a@nd 555 M@a ~
;;eo A. rh%nsoa y Broad s. Madison 81. MOI 80
DTus CO. 90 < 4 oaIsr , Mi9 s
electrical Contractors. NotorcycIes and bicycles.
Baunan Hines y. Third s,...... Monroe 1895
Feed, Fertilizer md seeds.
" c. Malone. s9a A,e...... Madison 1855
Filing Cabinet. and Office supplies.
southern Office Equip lils Z
Fish and
I,s".qnksy tifn Z oy.,er Co. 1891 Mon *,
%l's q T bison l g
Florists.
frank Mosniiuer, IL Z. Main st... madison ,,,s
Fruits and Vegetables.
James Ii smith Stall ,Jadison
Fruit. NcSctnbcs and PouItr!.
Brady 4 Hart e5-5e y,iso,
!. ~.
william Wood L. Second . Madison 80.
Funeral Directors.
y Clayton Co. -atT L Aior,o. o.,
. - ." - n lisoU
-. iSA -. Madison
- ~ '''e'' -''-'- H. Leg" Ma iisou 5i7
The Washington times., 1914-03-07
MOUNT WEATHER.

The Government has expended
about 100000 equipping a great
weather observatory and experiment
station in the Blue Ridge mountains.
That was under the chieftaincy of
Willis L. Moore. When Mr.. Moore's
connection with the weather service
was severed, there seemed to be
determined purpose to condemn all
his work.
Mount Weather was declared use
less and senSeless, a waste of Gov
ernment money. Provision for its
immediate sale as scrap and trash
was written into bill, but has gone
out on objection.
We don't know the merits about
Mount Weather, bat we do know
that there has been indecent haste
about rushing into reputation of
Mount Weather and everything else
that was ever touched by the Moore
regime. Even if Professor Moore
isn't popular with the present Ad-
ministration, it is no possible reason
for throwing away a half million of
investment at Mount Weather. If
some speculator gets that half-r1il-
lion property FOR almost nothing,
and turns it into a mountain sani-
tarium, there will be more scandal
ever the hurried reputation of Will
lis Moore than there was over his
administration of his Office. 1t will
be good thing to GO slow and use
some sense about giving away the
Governments investment at Mount
Weather.
The Washington times., 1914-03-07
Brigand's Victim
At Eastern Church

Miss Ellen VI. Stone, the ransumed
missionary. will address the conGrega-
ton Of the Eastern Presbyterian Church
tomugrUw evening on old and New
DAYS in the Balkans" Miss Stone vas
captured whil" doing missionary work
in the Balkan states on September >.
yGl, by a band of bulgarian brigandS
who demanded for her rescue c25, 900.
4 nation wide movement was start
ed t. raise the required sum. Fl
nally tho amount Of 5000 was "Ontri-
buted Iy various individuals and organ
iza;iDns throughout the Unit'H States
and after some trouble the abdurturs Of
Miss Stone released her. Her mission in
Washington at this time is to secure the
rassagc of Il bill by Congress to rcinl
bUrse these contributors vino had given
money on the understanding that the
matter would be taken up 10y the Gov
,rnm. ut.
-Four times has Tic bill passed the
Senate. bat a5 many times failed to
pass the lower hOu"". Senator tUi-
iom was a strOnS advocate "t tnis cause
OF national justice. There We're up
ward of 2,GO, ntTiDG;rTS 10 the fund
who wouih b.. bcn"ticiari"S of the bill
should ii pass at this hcarin".
Miss Stone is wildly kI.uWn as a mis-
si"nary and mission worker. Her tax
inmorrow evening: will deal lI-"c1y with
her experiences in that cdpf.City.
Among those in Washington who as
sisted We're:
Mrs. A. l.. Barr. Laura J. Grad
dick. Secretary =. A. Adce. John Hyde"
Thomas II. L"ok"r. c. II. ErEI'sh. Alice
Ashurst, Z. {. Gill. MARY Garvn. Mrs
George IIoar, y bert Clark. J. a. Erese.
". T.. deReimcr. Miss Mary Lawton
Caroline ] Graham.
The Washington times., 1914-03-07
ANOTHER FREE TRANS
FER PRECEDENT.

New York's public service COM
mission has issued an order which
in effect provides universal free
transfers for the entire community
Of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is community of very
great physical area, with a vast
mileage of intramural transit lines,
operated, as such lines must lie in a
large city, at high ratio of cost.
Yet the commission has now issued
an order naming ,008 points within
that big city, where people may be
transferred without extra cost. In
some cases it provides that the pas
scnger taking the transfer at point
where there is not actual physical
contact of the lines, may walk as far
>as four blocks to get the car to
which he is transferred, ard then,
by presenting his transfer. ride on
il.
1t is needless 20 observe what a
row would be kicked up if Cur own
Public Utilities Commission should
undertake to enforce such an order
as this. Yet there is no possible rea-
son why Washington should be de-
MED the same quality of Transports
ton facilities that other American
cities are demanding and getting.