The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-09-04

} Johnson, provided that the State should
elect to take and hold, as separate and dis
tinct stock, in the Washington branch, the
sum of 100000, which was the limit Of
her right. (Sce vol. printed bills 1881,
State Library.) This provision was strick-
Ell out on the motion of Mr.. Laurenson,
then delegate from Baltimore city, H..
J. 1881, p. $50, 60, } and the bill was pas
sed in the shape of the act Of 1881, CHI.
$50. Subsequently, the State, by the act
of 1892, oh. us, subscribed for stock in
the Washington branch TO the amount Of
100000, in certificates of u per cent.
State stock. 1t was by the eighth section
of this AIT (amendmcnt proposed by
Pratt, of Prince Georges, ii. J. 1882, p.
375) that the State provided for the pay
mcm into MeTreasmy Of onc-Em Of tie
mhole amount received for the transporter
ton of passengers, by means olwhich she
has been and is deriving semi annually,
an immense revenue. This important bill
was carried in the House of Delegates
or. J. 1882, p. 1907 by a vote of .ft'y-
t'ro to fifteen, eieren Jackson men voting
in the affirmative and nine in the negative.
Amongst the latter where Hugh Ely, the
present Senator from Baltimore county,
and Thomas Wright, Sd. the present Sc
cretary of State. The act of 1888, oh. 33,
provides for cancclling the certificates of
Al per cent. stock to the amount of $500,
600, and issuing in lieu thereof certfi-
Gates Of 5por cent. stock, for the continual
ton Of the Washington branch. The bill
was carried ncminc cOniradiccntc, Oh. j..
1893, p. 200.)
AT the Dec. session of 1888 the Jack =
son and Wing + artics were closely divld-
ed, but the Jackson members had a sutli-
cheney in strength to elect their officers.
During the year 1893, it will be rcmcm-
bcred that, through the influence of Gen.
Jackson, Gen. Mercer had been elected
fir ON the presidency of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, and Major John II. Eaton
elected in his place. MAJOR Eaton was
the confidential friend and adviser of Gen
Jackson, and as such, excrtcd no incon-
siderable influence with his political
friends. lie spent most of the winter Of
lS33-34 in Annapolis, and procured the
passage Of resolutions in the IIolsc Pied
glng the cooperation of the State to the
completion Of the Canal, by "eXtcnding to
the company further pecuniary assistance
to the utmost extent justliable, by her
fiscal resources" sc. (u.J. 1893, p.
371.)
Major Eaton, ina letter addressed TO
the Committee on Internal improvements,
vol. pub. doc 1888, State Library, ur-
yes, with great zeal and force, further
to the canal. The follow
ing are extracts from his letter.
This State posses great natural advan-
tages; yet, to make them fully available.
1rl and crcrij0n are needed. She has il
line bay, stretching along the whole Of the
Eastern section, whence may be derived
essential benefits from its products, if an
advantageous market Were offered; but the
market Is limited one, because the taci-
itcs of an interior communication. and
Of consequence, an enlarged consump-
ion, are not afforded 1t Is so of the
" cstern section of the State, where coal
IN lncXhausllblc quantities, and of fine
qualities, cement and lime for building
md farming purposes. and valuable mar
Die of various kinds, are to be found in
to enter into the general con-
and TO contribute TO the wealth
If the State. For ages all these have laid
Inactive, and must continue so unless en-
erprise shall diSplace them from their
yeds.
Upon such subject it is difficult to
how any feeling of rivalry car
arise between the Eastern and UcSicrn
sections of the State. The one is essen
tally commercial and the other agriculu-
raj, than which no two pursuits can be
more dependent on, and auxiliary to each
other So far as these two principles of
rivalry are concerned; there must and
should exist entire harmony and good
feeling.
Maryland is essentially interested in
the progress and completion of the canal.
Her prospects and interests in it arc as ma
terial as was the construction of the Erie
Canal to the State of New York, and
which is now producing a revenue beyond
the anticipations which were formerly
entertained.
Mr.. Thomas Snowdcn, Jr. a Jackson
delegate from Anne Arundel county, from
the committee on Internal improvements,
to which had been referred the memorial
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany, delivered labored, argumcntaiye
report, commencing the Canal to the fos-
tering care of the Legislature, (H. J. 1893,
p. 37l.) The report says:
"Thc completion Of this national work
is, therefore, commended to the people Of
Maryland by the adricc ef nnmNof the
sageS Of The RerolUion-but, above all,
by the icwent wishes of the Father of our
common country-two generations have
concurred in this opinion, and have stea-
i, lice l;,I a.,