The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-19
THE MARYLAND AND DELAWARE RAIL
ROAD

meeting of those favoring the construction of
this road which is to connect Seaford, Del, and
Salisbury, Nd, was held in Salisbury few days
since, and largely attended. letter from E. G.
Sewell, Jr., of Philadelphia, the engineer of the
Delaware Railroad, was read. Some of his state
ments are given. .-..-.
The survey shows the distance from the present
terminus of the Delaware Railroad, seaford, to
the depot at Salisbury, to be little over l9 miles
l3 in Delaware and in Maryland. The construc-
ton is easy to a very uncommon and remarkable
degree. Mr. Sewel thinks that the Delaware and
Eastern Shore railroads can be opened for freight
and passenger business for S2O0,OOO-Sl35, 900 in
Delaware and S65,O0O in Maryland, not including
land damages. .s...t #.r...-
1t is confidently stated by those in Delaware, who
appear best acquainted with the disposition of her
next Legislature, and by of both political par
ties, that the State will undoubtedly lend aid
enough to insure the building of the road to the
State Line ....r ..-- r.
After speaking of the resultant rise in the price
Of land along the road, and of new facilities afford
ed, Mr.. Sewell says: t..
As travelling community you would be placed
within six hours of Philadelphia, and even as the
trains now run, within ten hours of Baltimore
This last will be reduced to six hours Ito Baltimore
whenever a road of seven eight miles shall be
built connecting the Delaware Railroad with Elk
ton which for other reasons will probably at
no distant day Southwark, the extension of the
road will place you within half hour of your
county seat-Prlncess Ann-and within seven
eight hours of Norfolk. Corresponding facilities
will be afforded to the transport of freight-both
merchandise and produce. Corn be shipped
from New Castle to New York or Boston in mid
winter, when both Philadelphia and Baltimore har-
bors are closed and wheat can either take the
same cruise, or proceed to Philadelphia without re-
loading The grain traffic on the Delaware road is
already great and increasing enough to show how
much even those most favored with facilities of
navigation, and whose products most bulky and
heavy need railroad for freight well travel.
MARYLAND Coal TRADE.-For the week ending
Saturday November 49, 6,997.01 tons of coal were
CHI thn II
Railroad; 4,539lS tons over the road of the
Georges Greek Coal and Iron Company; 4935 03
over the road of the Cumberland Coal and Iron
company, and ,20l.04 tons over the Hampshire
ooal s anu IRON Company road, making an aggre
gate Tor the week from the whole coal region of
l7,61306 tons. Total shipments for the wear from
the entire region 5s3, lO4 tons. During the season
aSe % 's s oSas cleared this port carrying 244
vember IL, 81 boats cleared this port carrvi5g IN
247.l0 tons ofcoal. ~
At the annual meeting of the Method;st En;.oo-
paI Missionary Society held on Monday evening at
the Mission Rooms, New York, Ga managers We're
elected pnd ene lGliowing officers for 1885,
James, lst wee President; Rev. Bishop Scott, I'd
do; Rev. Bishop Simpson, Sd do; Rev. R,sbon
ga aS "a, 4th dol Rev; Bishop Ames 9th do Mr. F.
Bangs, D; D., sth do; Rev. A. N. Osbon. D. D
9th do; Rev. j. P. Durbin, d. D., Corresponding,
Secretary; Rev Thomas Carlton, Treasurer; Rev.
Leroy SNoIiHsteut, assistant treasurer: Rev
David Terry, Recording Secretary.
Ole Bull is travelling in Norway. AS he WI.
lately walking quietly through the street of The
small town of Dramen, smoking his cigar. he was
suddenly accosted by police officer, Who led him
off to the Commissary of Police, by whom he was
sentenced to pay fine for violating the police
lations, hich forbid smoking in the streets In.
fortunately, Ole Bull had come out without putting
his purse in his pocket he consequently sent to
prison, and it was not until the next day. on ascer
tanning who he was, that the official sent an order
for his release. The Norwegian journals have taken
up the of the artistic, and at the present mo-
ment the cigar of Ole Bull has assumed the magni-
tude of question of high Importance.
Mr. s. s. Jones, late President of the Iowa Cen
trail Air Line Railroad, in letter to the Directors
resigning his Office states that the cost to his com
pany of getting the Iowa land grant through Con-
gress, during the session of 1854, was seven hun
dred thousand dollarsi The original 'specuniary
compliments" were bestowed in the shape of lands,
of which the Air Line Company got something
near nine hundred thousand acres; but subsequent
ly the lands were exchanged for the stock of the
company to the amount stated OH L-s..4 +
During the last two weeks 20, 600 barrels, equal
TO So 900 bushels of potatoes were received at Ca
cnnati. The entire receipts during the year end
ing September, 1858, comprised only 10000
bushels. 0JTs rai f9osfI fs6dr ~
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SNOW fell in Norfolk early on Wednesday mern7
ing, the hrst time snow has fallen at that place
IN november since Nov, 29d, 1909.