Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-09-23

THE BALTIMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD.
We copy the following communication from
the Planters Aduocdte
Mr.. EDITOR: From the spirited meeting held
4 by the friends of the Baltimore and Potomac
1 Railroad, on the 26th ultimo, in your town, and
the proceedings of which have been SO admira-
land fully reported by you, it is only fair to
angur that the success of the enterprise is be-
]yond a doubt. The signs of the times give many
indications OF the speedy accomplishment of this
Igreat work. The great interest manifested by
all and everybody living near the route along
/ its whole extent the zeal manifested by many
! and the promptness with which all are subscrib-
Ing according to their ability; the country
through which the road will pass the impor-
lance to the whole country; its value as COM
meeting link between the capital of that Mother
dof States and Pride of the South Virginia y
and the emporium Of Maryland; the general
spirit of enterprise in the country at large the
Immense amount of capital that is well known
| to be now idle waiting only for favorable OPP
lportunity to be put in circulation the ease and
Icheapness with which this road can be construct
ed; the positive certainty that when constructed
it will prove highly remunerative to the stock
holders :: these and other circumstances and facts
all combine to inesistibly impress every reflect
ing mind, that the road mast be constructed
sooner or later, and that nothing is wanting but
to organize the company and begin the work -
That this will be done before the middle of No
lvember no man can doubt, who knows the acti-
witty and perseverance, and OBSTINATE PEBsUA-
fsIoN which characterize the gentleman who has
4 been so judiciously appointed as agent
A good deal has already been done by private
and individual enterprise and iberality toward
this road. By private subscription of a few the
route has, been examined surveyed, cost estmat-
ed, and fully and ably reported on by compe-.
tent and distinguished engineer, Major TRIMBLE.
So much, then, has been accomplished By this
report it would seem to be not only feasible, but
ieminently easy to build, and at very small cost
as compared with other roads-therefore must
necessarily pay, and pay enormous profits in the
end. Mr.. ROBINSON, the distinguished and ex-
lperienced President of the Fredericksburg and
j Richmond Railroad, says, emphatically, that he
has no doubt, if all the facts connected with this
road were properly laid before the capitalists Of
Europe, that they would give this company a
million of dollars for the pr1uizege of making the
ted by any legislature to any company.
Now what more can our people want to en-
sourage them to aid, by their means and infu-
fence, this work destined to further their inter
ests to an untold degree? It will not be dispu-.
ted that, at the lowest average, the lands lying
along the entire route, for five miles on either
/ side, would be. enhanced in value ten dollars per
acre, which would be an increase in value of
over two millions, or fully twice as much as the
road would cost This fact alone ought to Sc
cure the immediate completion of the work.
But, see to what greater benefits it would lead.
If it does not prove in its results different from
every road ever made in this or any other coun-
try, it will not only increase the value of pro-
perty two or three hundred per cent. all along
/ it's borders, but greatly enhance the value of
lands far out in the interior, both sides of the
route its whole length. It is a settled fact in
the history of railroads, that even when from
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fever cause, the stock proves worthless. vet the
lands along through which it passes are imme-
diately increased in cash value far more than
| the cost of the road. Instances could be sup
piled an minimum, but those of the Annapolis
and Elk Ridge Railroad, a non-paying road, and
the Washington Branch Railroad, one that pays
more than any other road in the cruntry, not
of the passage money to go to the State,-be-
ing direct tax per capita upon every stranger
who comes into our borders and chooses to travel
on that road. Now I venture to say that the
lands have increased in value along the Anna
polls Road five hundred per cent, and so, too,
along the Washington Branch Lands for which
five dollars per acre could not be obtained be-
4 fore these roads were put in operation, now rea-
Oily bring forty dollars, fifty dollars, and favor
liable locations che hundred to two hundred dol
4 lars per acre. One lot near Bladensburg I
know, a few years ago. could have been bought
for five dollars, sold the other day for forty dol
lars, wholly unimproved. Another farm on the
same road, respectively sold for five, then six
dollars, and with but little improvement, sold
lately for near fifty dollars per acre.
4 IF these are not encouraging facts to induce
our people to embark in this enterprise with
zeal, / do not know what more can be wanting.
j Those even who have water conyeniences should
encourage it, if only to have a communication
for their produce in the three or four months
when they are deprived of a market by reason
of the ice- Besides, if for nothing else, the con-
venience of travel, at all seasons for themselves
and their families. ssss.s
learn that the agent is meeting with great
success, and travelling at rate that equals steam
1 power, so that when your own village adds its
ten thousand dollars, as it ought to do in justice
4 to its own interests, (every man putting down
: his name according to the extent of his property
and expectation of it's increased value, from one
Ito twenty or fifty shares each, the amount re-
j auired by the charter will be raised, when a
company will be organized, the road commenc-
ed. and soon after you win hear the.
+ STEAM 6
A sNEw SoNG.-Mr. Horace Waters, the we'll
known Music Publisher and Piano Dealer. No