Evening star., 1923-05-27

Half century ago railroad wars
sometimes took the form of actual
conflict instead
War Between Two OF mere rate
p,;Irau D;. fighting, as bat
halfway Kings. ties were fourht
Tor rights Of way and possession of
leased lines in controversy. In The
Star or May 81, 1873. is the following
description OF such a conflict:
Tho struggle Of the railway kings.
rom scott and John w. Garrett, over
the possession of the Mount Pleasant.
Pa'' branch railroad. which was re-
Gently operated under a lease by the
Pittsourgh and ConnellsYille Rail
road Company, has terminated IN
faVor or the autocrat of the n and q
Railroad About two months since tha
directors OF the road in dispute tore
up portion Of the branch near
BRADFORD Junction. which placed che
road In connection with the south
western branch OF the PennysiyanIa
Central. claiming. that such action
was Justifable on the ground that the
terms OF the lease had not been com
pied with by the p and C Company.
some three weeks ago the president
OF the Connellsville company ordered
foree Of men TO Bradford to repair
the damage and restore the cor =
nectfon with their line, and In com
pnance with his instructions about
thirty men commenced the work .sse
signed them. but before theyo had
maze any progress nearly 200cerf1-.
proves OF the Pennsylvania company
In the interest OF the Bradford
Dransn, DIsnsna appeared on the scene and IelG
Inanued tnat the work cease. Acting
under orders from the president OF
the Connellsville road, the force with
drew on the arrival of the oppog-,
ing parties, when the Pennsylvania.
attempt TO restore the track more,
dlmoult, set fire to two bridges. -.
"The directors of the p and c Rail-,
roao, claiming that they had been i'll
legaily deprived of their rights, ap-o
Piled for an Injunction to restrain
the Mount Pleasant and Bradford,
company from any further interfer..
ence. the supreme court, at Harris
burg, granting the preliminary in
junction. Early yesterday q large
t. Bradford to restore the ,damare
and restore connections, and IL was
reported that opposition would be
onered. Yesterday afternoon, how
ever, the superintendent OF the
to the and c Company the entire
control Of the road as ordered by the
court, ana the employees OF the Com
nellsville road proceeded without on
position TO restore the tracks and
bridges lately destroyed"
Washington's advantage as an edu-
cational center were appreciated fifty
years ago and efforts
Columbian were made to utilize
rr-:.:. them. At q dinner
unlVerslty. meeting OF the trus-
tees Of the Columbian University, at
tended by President Grant and the
leading citizens OF the District, this
matter was discussed. The Star of
May %. 1879. says:
men and private citizens In the prof.
ect to permanently establish at the
National Capital an educational insti-
tuition OF the highest and brosdest
scope iH shown In q most satisfactory
manner BY the congregation last
evening of nearly a hundred gem
tlemen, recognised everywhere as
ture, to discuss and interchange
views on the subject. Beyond any
place in the country Washington
combines the appliances which the
thorough student requires in his pur.
suit OF knowledge, and 1t needs only
that these ample resources should be
utilised and placed &C the service Of
GATED here advantages far superior
20 those possessed by any like insti-
Sutfon ia this country and eo0aae@
by few in the world