Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-07-19

. this avenue is denied them and usually, at
q time when the grain market ranges high
est. The inhabitants Of Charles county
would, therefore, in general, avail themselves
of the rail road, for a ready access TO mar.
kei al all seasons, and thus contribute
large local business 10 the revenue Of the
road.
]. would perhaps be impossible to find
+ any where 9 dis,ric, Of country so favorable
for the construction Of Railroad, as the
Southern par, Of Prince Georges county,
and the whole OF Charles county.
u For a distance Of twenty miles, the fiat
land is broken only by q few shallow ra-
vines. The road bed would for this dis
lance almost literally conform to the surface,
and the labor Of preparing i! for the rails,
would consist only in clearing off timber
and cutting side diiches.
The gradients would Of course be Of the
lgh,es, character every mile Of the dis
lance would furnish cross-ties for the super
structure.
!, SURVEYS.
The repor, Of Isaac c. Brewer, Esq. As
sistsnt Engineer. to whom was entrusted
} the direction Of The field work and command
of the surveying party, states that the sur-
veys were begun on the 18th of December
last and completed on the lst of March, and
, .ha. The following described lines and parts
Of lines were traced:
} Fi,s,-A straight line between Baltimore
and the Ps,uxent river al Cartersville, which
} for q distance Of ten miles south Of BsltI.
more, is common TO oil the routes.
This line starts on the south sGe Of the
Ps,spsco river, opposite Light street, and
; passes by a gentle curvature TO the right,
long the fla, grounds ct The base Of hills
which here lie on straight line between
the starting point and Curtis creek, 10 q
depression Q, The head OF Cabin Branch on
the land OF Mr.. Wa'feld, four end three
quarter miles from Baltimore. From this
poin, to the Ps.uxen, river, district fami-
latly known as the "Pney Wood" the e.
ven surface OF the country is varied by no
, irregularities Of marked character excep.
Webb's Hill and Bryan.'s Hill, and therefore
presents bu, lu.le choice Of grourd, even If
curvature were resorted to.
i ], was in consequence decided to proiec.
q ight line across the Country from Mr.
Wsr6eId's 10 the PAtuxent river, in such o
direction as would be bes, pied 10 To-
cs,ion through -P.inca -Geoige's county,
As tentative process, straight line soon
esl and best developes the character Of q
r country with reference 10 choice of ground
for road, showing at once where and TO
wha. probable extent departures from j.
should be made, in the even. of the line il
self not proving bes. adapted to the natural
features Of The country naversed by it.
J By means Of signal rockets on Webb's
Hill, the position Of that eminence was cor-
P reclly ascerlsined from Wsr6eld's, ten miles
distant, and course South, t,centy degrees
West, was adopted and run 10 the Pa'uxen'
river, near Gainesville, in the direction ol
E the Priests Bridge.
Although this line did not pass over the
most favorable ground cross'ng spurs fro"
!; Webb's Hill i. was no. thought necessary
] on an experimental survey, 10 reduce i. as
j. seved TO indicate the proper variation and
8 to prove satisfactorily that q straight line oi
: abou, fifteen miles can be obtained, which
: would occupy most favorable ground, as
. much so probably as if broken into curves
o and ,snqen,s. Such line " would pass over
4 no elevation above tide water exceeding one
: hundred and twenty feet, and with no IN
i. clina,ion over twenty feet TO the mile.
e. The line as actually traced by the party
: being in greater or less degree common
10 all the routes, is denominated The base o'
: straight Line.
e The locality Of the lines will be best un'
4 ders,ood by stating that they ell deflec
n from The straight line, at various points be-
s tween Fl. Myers house, ten miles, and the
, forks Of the Pstuxent, twenty miles IRON
}. Baltimore, and are thus a. starting, includ-
;, ed in a space on the straight line of ter
: miles, that in diverging from each other as
;, they continue South, they are all al the
widest part, embraced in a bel. Of country
q between the Western branch on the Wes
e and the main Pa.uxent on the East, not ex-
' ceeding in sny part Of Prince Georges
: county, a width Of eight miles; and 'hs
: they ell converge and unite again at Upper
D Marlborough, or in its vicinity. 'hir'y-swo
8 miles from Baltimore, and continue thence
e BY q common line 10 the Potomac river al
' Blossom Point, distant .hir,y-fve miles from
j Marlborough.
A brief description Of these lines will suf'
fee, beginning with the most Western
d which lies nearest the Washington Railroad,
abou, FIVE miles distant .herefrom, and TAX
!, ing them in succession as they lie East.
DESIGNATION OF ROUTES.
j Line A, or the Western Branch Route
: departs from the straight line 3. H. Myers
] Worth Of Severn run, about ten miles from
r Bal,imore-crosses Severn run, near Pun
J.. phrey's mill, and The Annapolis Railroad al
= tho five mile post from The '.junclion,'
: ,hence falling into The basin Of Rogues' Her.
n bour branch, i, dsscends the same TO Little
}, Pa,uxen,, near Thurlesford thence passing
i. m. ,idoe he we en- The two branches OF the