Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-03
"Although We may not gain at once

''Although ye may not gain at once
The points yc most desire:
Be paticnt-time can wonders work, -
Plod on and do not tire;
Obstacles, too, may crowd youts path 81
In threatning, stern array;
Yet finch not, fear not they may prove
Mere shadows in your way.
Then while there is work for you to do,
Stand not despaiIing by, $.
Let Forward be the move ye make,
Let Onward be your cry;
And when success has crowned your plans, r
Twill al your pains repay,
To see the good your labor's done,
Then droop not on your way!''
The farmers are particularly appealed to, to
raise amount sufficient to grade and bridge
the road that being done, capitalists will come
to our aid. Baltimore city, knowing the COM
mercial advantages accruing to her by the ter
minaton of every railway within her limits, will
assist us in the completion of the First Division
to the intersection of the Annapolis road-four-
teen miles. Indeed, Anne Arundel county is
much interested in this portion of the road after
leaving the productive frn;t-:rowng section,
already improved which extends about six miles
from the Patapsco, You reach belt of country
called the "Piney Woods" eminently adapted
to the growth of fruit aud vegetables which is
now almost entirely deserted on account of the
distance from market. A raj way, Offering fa-
cilities to obtain manures ada pied to the wants
of the soil, would gladden. the hearts of many
freebooter, who now labors from SUP to sun to
obtain scanty support for himself and family.
Build the road, and my word for it, the 'Pnty
Woods District would soon compete with her
sister districts for pre-emnence in wealth, pros
perty and intelligence. Let Baltimore but love
her neghbor as herself, and assist odd Pney
Woods who invites Der to regale herself in the
spring and summer months under her umbrage-
Gus pines with a solIlbrous atmosphere around,
with all the delicious fruits of the season, on
condition that she brings little Hetdsict, Cog
nae, &C., to harmonic the social meeting then
the Piney Woods country from its proximity to
Baltimore, will become as desirable location as
any on the route.
| now pass from the First Division to the
Second, from the intersection of the Annapolis
Railroad to Isaacs'-n miles This division,
though more favored than tt first, by reason of
railroads already passing through it, has many
incentives to press the work onward direct to
Baltimore, the great emporium of the State
The country from the Annapolis Road to Car
tcrsville has much improved in the last ten or f-
teen years, in consequence of the Annapolis Road
passing through it i; but many planters acknow-
ledge that if our road is completed direct to
Baltimore, that their expense of freight and
travel will be very much diminished. There
will, ! think, Of necessity be Depot at Carriers
vile, for the accommodation of the Anne Arut-
del planters bordering upon the Patuxent. Al
ready has it been contemplated, and the public
has the benefit of that public spirited and intel
ligent gentleman, Doct. Richard s. Stcuart, Of
OGDEN, upon the subject of connecting the waters
of the Chesapeake, with the rich mineral mines
of Allegany, by the construction of railway
from Drumb Point in Calvert county 1.-THE bes
harbor in the country, with depth of water suf
6cient to float the largest class of steamers) tt
the waters of the Patapsco, en.route to Allegany
via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in refer
ence to the coal trade. This road will intersec
our road at the crossing Of the Patuxent, abov
the Forks, which will also throw Calvert county
and that richsportion Of lower Anne Arunde
county. known as West and South River, il
j direct communication with Baltimore city, b,
! means of railway After crossing the Patuxent
. the road passes through the Catholic estates 0
rial for building abutments of bridges. culverts
&c. At distance of three miles from the Pa
taxent, in Prince Georges county, we reach tn
terminus of the Second Division, at the head O
Collington desi gnated by the Engineer as Isaacs'
At this point, there will be Depot, where fiv,
or six county roads unite, distant from Batimor,
only twentythree miles
Is it necessary for me to state to the planters
OF this vicinity, the necessity of building thi.
road l trust not-for they nell know that the
nearest point OF communication to the Baltimore
market, or any other varies from ten to twelve
miles. Then, why will We hesitate? But a
word to the man Of wealth and business in the
city of Baltimore. Do you desire country
residence or relaxation from arduous duties
OF city life, and for the health and, hap
piness of your growing families Then en-
courage the building of the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad, with view of purchasing coun-
try seats around this Depot The author Of
this article has often been asked, where suita-
BILE location for a country residence could be
purchased, within a reasonable distance from
Baltimore? Now, my friend, if you will take
survey of the surrounding country in the
neighborhood of this Depot, the boasted region
of the Forrest, you will be fully grati6ed. The
distance you Go not object to; the experience Of
local physicians aciW attest the salubrity of the
climate, the society is as good as any in Mary
land; the proximity to churches is fortunate
6here being an Episcopal Church within one
mile, Roman Catholic Church within two miles
CThe White Marsh and Methodist Episcopal
Church within three miles.
We have now reached the terminus of the
oeconu DIVISION. In my next article / will
quote from the several reports made by TIE
engineer. showing the positive ability of our
people to build the road without foreign aid, if
we will follow the advice of Hercules in the
Fable, 'put our shoulders to the wheel" Then
would not the shrill whistle Of the engine walker
up the inhabitants of old Queen Anne, Upper
Marlboro, -Brandywine, T. B., Beantown, Duff
fed anil Port Tobacco? guess it would
The cost for grading and bridging the First Di-
vision is 500, 7O8.3 2-or 81, 1856 80 per mile
and the cost of the second is $4OO77 42-or
$4,453.05 per mile. L. shall proceed to the
Third Division in my next.
Respectfully, ANXIOUS