Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-11-16
From the Annapolis Gazette.
PATAPSCO AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.

iPATAPSCO AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
FIRST DISTRICT, A. A. Co.
Gentlemen:-ln my las, letter promised
to give you some statistical information in
reference to the contemplated Railroad from
the Pstapsco 10 the Potomac. ] shall en-
deavor now partially to fulfill that promise.
AT some future day ! shall enter more fully
into detail. For the general views which
shall now briefly present, ] am in great
measure indebted to practical and expert
enced gen,l man who takes great interest in
the success of the measure; and whose opn-
ions end statements are entitled to great
weight. !, will be borne in mind that the
charter Of the Palapsco and Potomac Rail
road requires that it should go within one
mile Of Marlboro, in Prince Georges coun-
~, and which, by the way, is not much out
Of an air line between the contemplated ter
mini Of the Road. The natural features of
The country between Baltimore and Upper
Marlboro, present moderately unduIa,ing
surface, and appear to offer noimpedimen'
to the construction of Railroad. al mnch
less than the average cost, and OF easy grades.
Proceeding Sou,herly from Baltimore, three
routes are indicated dvergng near The head
of Curtis Creek: FirsI-The Eastern rou,e,
or that lying nearest the Chesapeake Bay,
would cross the Severn Run about three
miles above the head of Tide Water, pass
near Mrs. Wells, Millersville, on the Anna
polls Branch; thence near LanceIot War
fields, Richard Anderson's, Csrter's Store,
Higgins Mill, 10 the Pstuxent River, at or
near the Governors Bridge, and thence on
the Yves. side of ,hs, stream to Upper Marl-
boro'. Second-The middle route, leaving
the head Of Curtis Creek, crosses Severn
Run abou, one mile below Pumphrey's Mill,
the Annapolis Branch above Milersville,
and The Psluxent, near Belmesr's Bridge :;
thence passing Eas. of Isaac's Blacksmith
Shop, falls into the valley of Coling,on, and
pursues the same to Marlboro. Third
The Western route leaving the poin. of d.
vergence q, the head of Curtis Greek, would
pass The Severn Run a, or near Pumphrey's
Mill, and cross the Pa,uxent about one mile
below the Furnace and thence in South
erly course enter The valley Of the West
Branch of the Paluxent, and pursue the same
10 within one mile of Marlboro.
An instrumental survey can alone deter
mine the character Of each route, and furnish
data upon which reliance cen be placed as
to length Of Road, elevations, costs Of con-
struciiop, SC. The country between MAIL
boro' and The Potomac, after leaving the
former place few miles, is known to be q
level country, and altogether favorable to
the construction of Road al low lost.
The length Of the contemplated Rosd will
be abou. ~ miles. It passes through a
country whose agricultural condition has
been much improved within the last ten
years. The cultivation of the coil is now
carried on by the proprietors with o new in
telligence and energy which must greatly
increase the product Of the most valuable
staples of the State, large portion Of which
would be borne to market by the projec,ep
Road al season of the year when the sales
are most desirable.
The importance Of direct connection
between two points in the great line of in
accommodation between the South and
North, Saving abou. thirty miles of DIS
tance,) can be estimated by every one. Ef.
forts are made year after year to shorten
distance and save time ; and capitsl expend-
ed for this object, seems 10 have been we'll
remuneraied hitherto.
also append the agricultural productions
Of Anne Arundel, Prince Georges and
Charles counties, from the census Of 1850.
Ia reference to Anne Arundel, assume three
ffhs as the relative portion between that
and Howard county, with the exception Of
Tobacco, as the latter county is included
within the former in the census: