Call to IC C to compel N and W to operate Chesapeake Western
Harrisonburg and Rockingham County business interests plan an appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to force Norfolk and Western to take over the Chesapeake Western Railway. They seek to preserve express and mail service disrupted by CW’s plan to curtail steam passenger, mail, and express trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Harrisonburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Chesapeake-Western Railroad
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Stokesville
Mossy Creek
Mt. Solon
Dayton
Bridgewater
Keezletown
Penn Laird McGaheysville
Elkton
C-W
State Corporation Commission
George B. Keezell
S. F. Suter
Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce
G. A. Laker
Potomac Yards
H. H. Weaver
Philadelphia
New York
Alexandria
Southern Railway
Norfolk & Western
Hagerstown Gateway
H. W. Bertram
Chesapeake & Western
Keezell
Suter
Penn Laird
P. F. B. Good
McGaheysville
Island Ford
J. T. Heard
Mr. Heard
Heard
Howard
Charlottesville
Virginia Dairy Products Association
Rockingham
Ong
Slater
Lynchburg
H. Rickard
Loker
G. A. Loker
Chesapeake Western Railroad
Mr. Laker
Les
Laker
Fisher
Postoffice Department
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Wastern Hias
I.oker
Stokes, Jr
Whitacre Notes Highlight Area Visits and Local Happenings
August social and community updates from Whitacre Virginia list visits by H E Ward of Chillicothe Ohio and others to local residents. notes include family comings and goings, bank staff changes, a telephone installation, hospital visit, and a weekend drizzle with no stream rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitacre
H. E. Ward
Chillicothe
Ohio
B. C. Carpenter
Virginia
W. C. Whitacre
G. S. Whitacre
Winchester
Elmer H. Whitacre
Helen
Winona
R. E. L. Whitacre
Lucy A. Baker
Robert Shade
Washington
C. W. Loy
George Kimble
Altha Fletcher
Comercial and Saving Bank
Ada Baughman
Philadelphia
Charles Denny
TY. A. Scrivner
Dale Baker
Winfred Whitacre
Shepherd College
Keister Adams
Lee-Jackson road raised concerns over safety and route
The article argues the shorter Lee-Jackson highway route is unsafe in rain and on wet clay sections near Paris and over Blue Ridge mountain passes. It cites a local reply from Wilton B. Stuart who defends the road’s safety based on weekly travel in all weather, claiming no danger even before closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. A. Club
Washington Star
Lee-Jackson
Paris
State Highway Commission
Clarke Construction Company
Millswood
Millwood
Lee-Jackson Highway
Washington
Winchester
The
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains
Winchester Star
Wilton B. Stuart
White Post
Clarke County
Virginia
Mr. Stuart
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Chesapeake-Western
Sigafoose
CAW
Move Co
Hanna
Ruebush
Washingtonian
Chester
Jackson Highway
Pontiac
Oalland
Ion
Companion
Northern Virginia Motor Co., Inc
South Main Street
Oakland -Pontiag
Motoryvv
Lee-Jackson Road
Entey
NEW
Jersey
Baker’s Drug Store
Antraminuyt
Credi
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation OF
J. S. Haldeman
Pres
H. C. Sheetz
Alson S. Hott
Lake J. Frazier
Sec
Treas
Loudoun (Main
Aune