Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-24

superccle the necessity Of a cana1 This is an
otter nducement for Charles to beStr herself in
this work of Internal Improvement.
BY reference 70 my last number, ypu will Sec
by exhibit made from Maj Irimble's report,
that independent ofanv connection with the Viz
ginia roads, we can realize per cent. upon a
a capital Of $; ,156.000. But, we are not with
out hope, that the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road NH form a connection, not only with the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road but with tAe Alexandria and Orange Rail-
road thereby commanding the through travel
over~both Of tie aforesaid rnads. quote from
the Alexandria Gttzette as fellows:
If the product Of the Tobacco growing counties
of 3Iaryi0ti could be thrown into our lap, by ia
ciEtes that would cost Us but trilc as compared
With other inpf ovcments, viii not merchants
and other citizens warmly embrace any scheme
that would bring about result 50 desirable:
The planters and people ofthcsc counties, know,
are anxious to have railroad connection with this
city, and am told that the small of $l50,0o)
will secure the construction of line from Upper
Marlborough to the Ferry, on the Maryland shore
The improvement, when finished would bring the
planters of Prince Georges and tie Patuxent coun
ties near Alexandria, as to induce them to Cult
Baltimore and trade with u.s. Thcy will contrl-
butte literally, ] have no doubt, and have been
assured that the ri rht of way, for the entire dis
lance, will be gratutously granted.
| have thrown out these Suggestions for parties
interested to consider, and promise more on the.
same subject at the proper time. W.
I thank you, my friend ''W, for your sug-
gestons, and as you promised more on the same
subject at the proper time, let me say that nom
is the accepted time. Inspire the citizens of
Alexandria with yo2D zeal in the good old cause
Of internal Improvements, and Ipromise that
the friends of the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road in Southern Maryland, will meet you half
nf To,
in forming connection with us at or near the
point suggested in my last number.
There will be general meeting of the stock
holders of our company in Upper Marlborough,
on the first Wednesday of June next, (1860,) at
which time we would be glad to confer with our
Alexandria friends, when, | have no doubt, it
will be urged upon the Directors to advertise
proposals to grade and bridge a portion Of the
road SO that we can form connection, in a
short period Of time, with Baltimore city. The
distance between the Annapolis Road and Upper
Marlborough is only twenty miles. Build that
part of the road which will be more than self
supporting, and the remainder will certainly be
built. Charles, throughout ecc3y district, should
take pride in aiding to build railway for that
portion of her county SO remote from market
After passing Beantown, on the line of the route
as surveyed, you come to the slongbs, or Cat
PondS as they are Familiarity called, which, if
drained and sowed with grasses, will make the
finest meadow lands The profile of that por-
sion Of the county, through which the contem-
plated road Will run, does not present an uni
form dead level, but succession of gentle I'M
dulations and depressions, with no eliminating
points of great elevation or rocky strata beneath
such as we find upon the northern and
western roads. The country, from Rantin's
Tavern, in the 4th Division, to the Potomac
River, also abounds with primeval forest, such
as oak, chestnut and other material suitable to
railroad purposes and the soil, although now
exhausted from the want of lime and other fer
tilizers, is so diversified as to be well adapted to
the products of Southern Maryland: tobacco,
wheat, corn and grass, beside every description
of fruit and vegetables
While Western Maryland and the Eastern
Shore are pushing forward their works of inter-
nal improvement, Southern Maryland, compris-
ing the five Peninsula Tobacce-growing counties,
is stultified and in cOmitive state in reference
to the Development Of her resources The earth,
in some portions on the route, is crying aloud
aUTIT7ua11r Tor
any outlay Of capital invested in bringing her
to vigorous and healthful condition. Then
buckle on your armor, ye more favored planters
of Severn, South River, Colington, Piscataway,
Mattawoman, Zekah, Port Tobacco, Nanjemoy
and Chickamuxin and push the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad to completion. Remember
what the Engineer has said, that one dollar
levied on each acre, within five miles of either
side of the road, will grade and bridge it, and
independent Of any foreign aid. Then, indeed,
it may be said of us it has been said Of Hi
nos, that she has obtained the distinctive appel
lation of the 'Garden State of the Union" by
her network of railroads; so it will be with
Southern Maryland, with her railroad facilities,
that she too will deserve the proud appellation
Of being the Garden section of the State.
James Card, Esq, NJ. P, in letter to Geo.
Moffatt Esq, M. F., Chairman Of the London
Committee Of the Illinois Central Railway Com
pany, speaking of the immense advantage of
railway access to- market, says that ''this is an
advantage equivalent to the whole price of the
land in the diminished expense of transporting
a single crop, superiority so obvious that it
cannot be overlooked by men who have really
the means to buy and cultivate the land
There is another view to take of this subject,
which think Of peculiar importance to Charles,
St. Mary's and Calvert counties. They are cut
off from any rapid communication, afforded by
railway or telegraph, from the capital of the
State as well as from the capital of the Union.
CfCut vi VI INV
It, therefore, behooves them to come up to the
work with zeal, and have the lower counties
studded with railroads and telegraph lines in
every direction. Prepare for defense of your
selves and families for all time to come, whilst
there is an opportunity offered you. Remember
that these lateral roads cannot be built until the
main stem is completed. l, therefore, urge you,
in view of these considerations, to send liberal
subscriptions to aid in its completion to the Po-
tomac, its southern terminus.
The last consideration, though not the least
is, that our road will have the carrying trade of
all the fisheries on the Potomac, below our termi-
nus, to Baltimore and other eastern markets.
Then, the fisherman will hail with pleasure the
completion Of our road to the waters Of the noble
Potomac.
/ have now reached the southern terminus Of
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, and, in
conclusion, in the language Of Major Trimble,
II may congratulate you on the favorable pros
poets of the useful enterprise in which you are
about to embark that it will be soon prosecuted
TO COMPLETION the most satisfactory assurance