Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-07-26
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAIL
ROAD.
REPORT OF ]. R. TRIMBLE, ESQ.
Containing Result Of Surveys and EST.
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UTILITY OF THE BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC
RAILROAD, AND ITS RESOURCES FOR BU-
sINEss, LOCAL AND GENERAL.
From Baltimore Norhest 10 Montreal, in
Cansds, i is we'll known, there is q conlin-
uous line Of railroads passing through Phil
adelphia, New York, Boston and Portland,
and only disconnected in those cities, OF
eight hundred and thirty .fve miles in length.
From the Pc, omsc river southwest, there
is also continuous line of railroads through
Richmond, Wilmington, Charleston, Angus
to, and thence extending towards Mobile
and New OIeans, of near one thousand two
hundred miles in length.
From Baltimore, North, nearly in 8
straight line To New York and the Falls Of
Niagara, and Upper Canada, there will be
in operstion next year, via the Northern
Central Baltimore and Snsquehanns,) and
other roads, ell at this time in operation.
with The exception Of one link Of fifty three
miles, now under construction: a continu-
Gus line of railway four hundred miles 10
length, sffording the shortest route from the
Sou,h to that attractive region.
To connect these extremes and make two
great trunk lines between The North end
South, over tpo thousand, and The other o.
yer sirteen hundred miles in length but
one link is wanting, viz between Baltimore
and the Potomac river, sixty-eight miles
long. This link the construction Of your
rosd will supply.
The lime now occupied in making 'he trip
from Baltimore 10 Richmond, via railroad
10 Washington, 40 miles; s.eamboa, 10 Ac-
quis creek, SIS miles and rairoad to Rich
mond, rs miles in all ITO miles. is eleven
hours by pos. office schedule. When v"u'
road is constructed. the trip direct To Rich
mond can be made with as much ease in
six hours; or. the traveller South would ar
rive in Philsdelphis in the same time he
now occupies in reaching Baltimore.
The sleamboa, line now msinlained on
the Potomac river, affords alnos, solitary
instance of The transportation Of The United
States mail on q Great Route, by any OH
er than railway conveyance.
In this sge Of progress, it cannot certain
~ be long before This break will be filled
up, and railroad take the place of The steam
boa, conveyance. on this, ss on other parts
Of line Of intercommunication, extending
from Canada TO New Orleans, along the At
lsn,ic coss,, Of greater social, political and
commercial importance than any other in
This Union.
The fast line is a true representation OF
this fast sge, end here as elsewhere the
railroad mus. supercede the coach and the
steamer.
The time now occupied in making the
trip from M Montresl to Batimore-eig hi hun
dred and thirty.fve miles by railway, and
five miles by coaches through the cities, is
thirty-seveD hours or twenty-five and q hall
miles per hour including all stops.
On the chain of roads south of The Po,o.
mac q, Acquia creek extending through Vir'
ginis, The CaroIinss, Georgia, Alabama snc
Mississippi-near eleven hundred miles
long, the lime made SO far as known, averag'
es twenty miles the hour.
The time between Baltimore and Rich.
mond, as before stated, is usually clever
hours for one hundred and seventy mile:
or at The rate OF fifteen and half miles Pc
hour. ]. is due 10 say that The lime on th'
Washington road is as good as that made
on any other in the country, and as pune
tual.
The slow rate Of travelling is known II
arise from frequent changes, delay in Wash
ing.on and steamboat speed on the Polo
mac.
Independent Of slow speed and frequen
changes on The present route between Bal!i
mole and Richm ond-lhe fac, that durn
the winter the Potomsc is often frozen owe
and The usual time of trips delayed or en-
,irsly interrupted, mus. presen. strong in
ducement io. provide q more certain as we
asa more speedy conveyance.
The eleven hundred miles of raj
road south of The Potomac have dee
interest in 1.-THE in,eres, of Richmond an
Baltimore will be greatly promoted by
d and the lines north Of Charles as far q
New Y ork mus. feel i. 10 be Of paramour
importance 10 them, as the means of res!o
Ae and retaining the los. travel now dive