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Baiiine,. B. 0Eie Raj Rsat
y. VS.. Uoodsi5s. supsrid,endent Of
b,liinore & Ohio Rail Road j. that city /.
Pablishes letter 10 The CITY papers exon
Grating himself and the Company IRON
many eh,rges thai hsss been brought .
'ssinst thsn II references isiheirinsSility
70 eonyeE 10 market the produce offered
q The various DsPois e. he Railroad.
DR.. ". eonsiders the present heavy
irsde sliossihsr temporary in iis chsrac-
IteE. and nsinly. u not entireiy produced
BY the recent rise 10 the price Of bread.
stuits N Europe. causing the productions
Of an sxieni Of country. that has moi
hitherto been tributary 10 The Rail Road,
to be suddenly forced upon il 10 addition
10 i,s legitimate trade, instead Of beiua
d'ssemDinsiedthtoughoul The entire year,
as heretofore.
10 speaking Of The amount Of ,ransror.
tation gerihe Road. the Superintendent
ssys:-s
For hs annually Increasing made Of the road,
the Conpapy have made, frou time to time,
corresponding addillons in their capacity 10 &C.
eommoess " and during the past year and up
70 me present time, have expended the sam Of
tiss,3lO - providing addiiionsi cars and en-
ginss Of which osly The sun Of So .0Oa vas for
the Coal trade
The Company have brought 10 Baltimore, do
ring NO past month, i6 ,297 tons Of produce, &C.,
including a0rs6s esffels Of fo1r, being sn ex.
cess over The fsesiptslsf February, 1886, Of L..
505 tons, sne - Se3 barrels OF Floor, sll Of che
latter, and gtsaisrlpatt OF The former, having
been delivered in The streets os the city The
distribution. By animal power, Of this immense
amount Of tonnage .(sn syersge Of nearly $50
tons per day. 81 various points on the line oil
Paea, Howsfd, Charles, Hollioesworih, Patter-
son aud Compefcelsts and as fer east as the
4 City Block, without The convenience Of an out.
! lel track for returning loads Of empty cars, il
must BE- manifest, j. 90 easy tack, subject as i,
is 10 frequent interruptions from the inere.s and
egrsss Of passenger trains. Bot for The deliye.
Try Of preduee 10 The cits, the cars could BE- nj,
loaded and started upon their return 10 the wests
ein depots within fe " hours after their theii
arrival ;ssnd thus, with ihe same means, the
company Wenld be- enabled 10 sccommodate {
much larger trade.
4 As further evidence Of he sxeIiions Of The
company TO meet the demands for Transports
ION, It may be stated, thai for two months pasi
extra trains Of empty cars have been despatched
highly 10 asrpeu Ferry aud Frederick, and re-
turned loaded tbs nextday, the wotk Of loadin:
requiring but f,om two 10 four hours, Will,
mat 81 dischsrging 10 thestree,s here, under thu
mos'dAyoraaie state Of the weather, cccuPie
from enc 10 Two .isys.
l
10 answer 10 the charge which has beer
made against the company. Of giving On
due advantage 90 one poiol over another
Or W. says-"Fhis charge has not .b'
least foundation 10 laci; aud as evidenc.
that Harpers Ferfy1has bad its full shar,
i Of the facilities it .cenmand, il may b,
stated that Of the entire quantity Of aou
brought 10 during February. % 759 bar
rels were received iron tina, depot"
There are tWen,y-eighl depots on TIL
Road from Baltimore 10 Cumbe slaad, an,
j, appears that out Of The 10. 1853 barrel
Of flour brought 10 The city 10 the monll
Of February there have been taken. from
The single depot ii Harpers- Ferry %, rs!
bsrrels-neoriy dse-tiire Of tie entire a
mount. which. itmust be conceded, is
large proportion. Fl