Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-11-16


from the other two counties.
One half of the revenue received
from passengers on the Washing
ton Branch in 1853, would be say $150,000
Tonnage, about 100000
Marls, 10000
Total, $3.50, 900
Deduct As per cent. for expenses, 900
Net revenue, S143, 1000
Which is more than 8 per cent. on o capt.
tai of $1,75O,000 which it is believed is
more than will construct and equip the road.
Thus gentlemen, think this hssty vow,
which will be found to be substantially cor
rect, will show tina, the proposed road will
be paying road.
desire TO call the attention Of the peo-
pie of these three counties to the immense
amount Of unimproved land within their
limits, enough if properly laid off into small
farms. and resusciated and reclaimed by the
hand Of art and industry to sustain popu.
lation. in addition as large as wha, we have
already. ! also desire 10 call the attention
Of the people of Baltimore and particularly
a large portion Of her industrious mechanics
TO one item the value Of farming nipple.
men.s and machinery, 311,23l dollars, al
most every particle of which was fashioned
and made in the city Of Baltimore. This
road cannot materially injure The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad: II will take a portion
of her Southern travellers but that will scarce
y be felt under our Unprecedented increase
Of population. and The in,ercommunication
between the North and South " hich ncres-
ses, jus. as the country grows in wealth and
population. !, IS of peculiar importance 10
the city Of Baltimore tina. this road should
be speedily constructed. She has been
struggling for a quarter Of century for the
trade of the West. LIE. her no. in her gi-
gantic efforts to effect This object forge. The
Southern trade and travel. Already has 90
air line been projected by far seeing New
York to ef1ee. this very purpose and to
snatch from the Southern Liverpool what
rghtfully belongs to her. The projected
all line from New York, through New Jer-
sey end Delaware TO the Chesapeake bay in
Worcester county is intended TO draw off
all the Southern travel to ,ba. grea. centre
Of commerce. The projectors of,his gres,
projec, are not dead, they only sleep for
while,
A survey of The route Of the Potomac and
Pa,apsco Railroad, i'll demonstrate hey ond
all doub. that it can be cheaply and easily
made, and that survey will, am induced to
believe, be commenced in a few days. The
praclicabil,y and cost Of the road being fully
ascer,ained, books will be speedily opened
by the commissioners, when corporations
and individuals will have an opportunity for
the investment Of their funds in work which
will tend more closely 10 cement the North
and South, bind The Union together, ap8de.
velore the resources of most lovely, and
fertile country, which is a. present less
known 10 the State and Union than Oregon
or Nebraska. Southern Maryls will then
rise in her fair proportions, prepared to
maintain lha. proud position which nature
in its bounty evidently intended. In the
meantime let every man who feels an inter-
est in The great work, fain, not, nor hesitate,
neither look TO The RICH, nor 10 the left, but
60 ahead 10 its completion.
CoRNPLANTER.