Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-12
COMPANY To
|MPROVE|TSPLANT
Northern Virginia Corporation
Will Try to Increase Its
Capacity.
ASKS FOR WATER RIGHTS
ON SHENANDOAH RIVER
Majority of Winchester and Fred
erick County Voters Sign for
Statewide Prohibition.
Special Correspondence II The star.

special Correspondence II Tho Star
MANCHESTER Va. July I1.-The
Northern Virginia Power ,'omnanv co,-
merry the Winchester and wssbinrto,
fehi'"aN company. which furnishes
eiertricity 10 Winchester. Rer,,viIlc
Charies Town, Martinsburg and orhc,
cities and towns for municipal lighting
ana also to a great many large mann
Iacturing industries in the two yirrinias
from ITS Waterpower and steamnou.r
pants along the Shenandoah river AT
MiiiViiie Jefferson county. w. Va. rro-
poses TO increase its capacity about
oouoie what il is at present. Ii has filed
WIN the public service commission Of
ives, virginia an application for permis
s'oh 10 institute condemnation proceed
'ilss 10 acquire what is known as m.
o'u hopeWeil or Watson mill prone,v
anu water rights on the Shenandoah
river now owned by u. S Howell 1.
nearing VIII be held at Charleston th.
state capital. July Il.
Inc companys applicat ton Will ho
poSeu y! attorneys for the Chessno,ta
CD o nn oahai Company. owner of the
o,a ro.omac Canal Company. which
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navigation along the Sbenando.h - "
as Tar as Georgetown. ID RI;
grounds will be that the PROMISED in,
prosemehts would entirely obstrucf the
navigation of the river ''e
Heavy Damages Sought.
Con'r'outory negligence. ii is expected.
VIII be the main defense of the Vale.
turnpike Company in the trial of thr,.
SUITS Tor damages which have bee, flied
III the circuit court of Rockingham
county at Harrisonburg by the estate of
). b Crowder of Covnston. who asks
a., MISS LUCIA L. Hudson. sister OF
MRS Crowder. who demands S,op,. and
Mrs. trowder. as administrators who
ailegeS she is entitled to 81 .a0 for dam
ages to new automobile. 1t will be re-
caieu mat Mr. and Mrs. Crowder and
the latters sister were returning I,na I.
from Washington. where he had bought
new car and that the car crashed into
a pile of lumber near a new concrete
and iron bridge that the turnpike COM
pany was erecting. Mr.. Crowder being
killed instantly and his sister-in-law
severely injured
Many more than majority of the
qualified voters of Winchester and Fred
erick county have signed the petitions
for the special statewide prohibition
election.
At the suggestion of the Virginia cor
poration commission the Southern rail-
way this week agreed to allow the Bait-
more and Ohio railroad to stop its two
new through trains from Baltimore and
Washington to Lexington. which use the
Southern's tracks between Strasburg
junction and Harrisonburg. at South
ern railway stations between the two
towns to receive and discharge pas
sengers for and from points between
Harpers Ferry. W. Va. and Harrison
burg. Va. but not beyond either place.
Alison S. Holt and Miss Salie Ger
trude Fansler. both of whom were mem
bers of the 1910 class of the Winchester
High School. were married here this
week by Rev. George w. Slower thus
fulfilling the prediction of the school
principal made several Years ago. that
matrimony." All the graduates of that
year have been married since leaving
school,
Wheat Showing Is Good.
The wheat recently harvested in Fred
erick county is showing up much better
than many of the farmers and grain
dealers expected. 1t was thought the
protracted drought had had a disas-
trous effect upon the wheat. but it ap-
pears to have escaped injury especially
the wheat that was sown early last fall.
The new post office building TO he
erected by the government at Charles
Town. Jefferson county. w. Va. will b.
built the site where John Brown and
some of his followers Were hanged year
before the outbreak of the civil war. The
government has decided to buy the
county Jail property for Sloo1. and tn,
building will cost SI5ost. \ new 1all
will be erected in rear of the courthouse.
Division superintendent of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad have been mott
fled that it will be necessary for them
to attend school again-an institute OF
instruction to be conducted by Third
Vice President 4. w. Thompson. who is
in charge of the operating department
for the purpose of increasing the eff
cheney of the working force Of the COM
pany One of the objects is to fit the
men in the service to take higher places
when vacancies occur.
Charles Peyton Limerick. seventy-four
years old and member of one of the old
est families OF Stafford county, Va, died
this week at the home of his son-in-law
and daughter Mr. and Mrs. John H. Say
Tor. in Winchester. one daughter and
three sons survive.
The catalogue of the Shenandoah VAL
ley Agricultural Society for its forty
fifth annual fair. to be held an Winches-
ter September Sill shows many material
increases in premiums in practically every
Racing purses have also
been increased and Tom Cannon former
" of Washington. will be in charge OF
the turf attractions.
The War Department this week mott
fed all the owners of land that had been
leased for the proposed cavalry maneu-
vers. In the southeastern suburbs of Win
that it would take advantage of
a clause in the contracts. giving the gov
eminent the right TO cancel the leases
on ten days notice.
Virginia fruit growers have been adj
vised by Prof. G. c. Starcher of the
experiment station. who has
been making first-hand Investigations in
Georgia. that the peach crops in that
state are very short this summer and
that the Elbertas are unusually scarce.
This, 1t is stated. will have tendency
to raise the price of Virginia peaches. AS
the two states are strong competitors
Arrangements are being made by the
Southern Methodists of Shepherdstown.
w. Va. to entertain the ministers and
laymen who will attend the forty-ninth
annual meeting of the Winchester dis
trict conference of that denomination.
which will be held there from July - to
80. 1t is expected that Rev. T. ]. Lam
bert. the presiding elder of Winchester.
will preside over the conference.
StREuD WORK.