Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-15
THREE CENTS.

most careful outstanding of the rrsourceg F i tie
company, and the protection of the credit that all
tDeSo great works By the combined use of the mems
ant crctt OF the Company, could be gradu5IIy ne
cOmpllsned. lhe resources of the Company chiefly
banded with the greatest care with tba CLio., - :
progressing with these works as r9ni5I,, NJ, III VI VI
could be commanded and the general Interests Of fH
Company would permit. Unfortunately instead Of
having the grand surplus stated bv tba No. u ~ WI
Company viii necessarily become a borrower within
n limited period. The construction of the second
track, the road to Haqerstown the road from Pom
of Rocks to Washington. the buildings requisifs
more than absorb their present means
Therefore if these great works and o+bars tbo+ o
of vital importance to the commerce prosDcrifv All
progress Of Baltimore are 10 he carried for,yarJ go,
moro desires ncricS anu no. tagohlsin balfl-
Vest the COnneilsviIIe Road il ,,nst ir,,,ort,+ -
her interest The road fGroT,ch th VS IN ~" - u ~; "
Ginia which is called for b,, fbo @ "'1 " -; II :
that region. will be Of the l-reafcst 1 IN - "
ring her advancement Nd5itioroI Ii, - ~ us
ships are needed The channel and tEe brbor r
ba'lmore urgently require attention aud cybendi-
lures IN deepening, These ere an suRec.s which are
OF TltaI Importance to the people.
rms community cannot afford TO sec irz 1na5i,g
Wo crippled, by an unnecessary and certainly mn
rcnunefalye parallel line being buil which viii s5d
which will alike damage tae interests tf fbp ~ ~;
me CHesaeGaEe and ONO Canal. ami OF the city her
sell ana ol her citizens, and of the STATE Of MARY
land, N the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
" mist New orh and other cities are movin5 Ior,
ward with gigantic strides, In reaching ner anil nd
0to""S sources "i business and production. is Bal-
@Fe 20 ah2ro me spectacle, when its means are in
20 I4nsqfi the avenues tdat are of vital
tbat VII t DuiI'II5 II5 nFacucaiF, parallel line
LILY WI SllHIy anspfb millions upon millions of her
S1Iud aI" NeNelol no new interest. aTd fail to in
rn5 ngj,; :; 'r IF lJ$guI'ys pc WESTERN Maryland Rail
met a. a. III = u.p'G "til desirable improve
Ei,,t HiL aa q tott IhG' terminating at FmmtSburg ar
; II opens an interesting and fertile
IesII IoT intercourse WIN our city. Its extension
+ %oGt, 4!so nave heeen desirable to Washington
t"oCy: II no more direct avenue than that hereto
I@fe e&S85ig$ had been presented to Baltimore: 5ut
-, tIiC bil'ihNIb a. ONO COMPANY. continuation
VII mi't " uIHsto county, ana the citizens of Balti-
] iu' w ,.i't. county; nave moi only determined
~. p l"e CdliJ duu Iapid construction OF the Wash
but have aIrcg niacoI 49, h, fIonioh 70 1garstowu,
- ~ S t my plItI tnlI entire llne under
s for nm addilnnSi r"5j IN II months, such aneces-
eyIstg 'l i'o'"' ioi 10 HaSefstown no longer
Tho ,,o,,,,o c 7y--I,;.
rIeii1 Of tb " ', .i.ELSn count. upon the COM
H.; 49, ~ 'a,o @ '; county ballroad, will have
t, =. - - @ @ III ~ titS; leillE 4rSJ from HagcTs-
Ro,J - TI..;,,ot' IN 1tO wa IlG baItlm0Te 4 Ohio
fsl'ad 10 bSIitmprc' ana second aS they now have
HUh u1EerSl2Wn wa me tranl kim Railroad and tho
t t,-ipeIi iHT T tuiey h3iirOad 10 harrisburg, and
eeo ~ Cle NorIhefh central to baltimore, and the
| cnLsi l'aha central 10 Philadelphia. They will
l Io Iy'.uItEe oI lhese triple connections and
Win tHe AFFINITY Of the respective lines to trausport
az loIe I!-lI tah can pe obtained in that county,
II noI eElGelt th2t the rivalry OF the interests If
Lh9 rnaqs winch Will then operate viii be such as to
IgG'Ce @ te laLes ol transportation to minimum figures?
land RaiIroad sboTlJ I 'i',C IL inq western Mary
thoTi'ao "hlch pen@ gJl feet high has, as stated
~ ~ ~ u0 ny Stisneu engineer H. H. Latrobe Esq. to
!, + IN,
upmaGGs Oh ~ inlles Gontmuously-that, coming in
tntdj t'ttoh alike WIN the pennsylvania Road and
I'm nd od' i Geira M vhoa4, through their connee
SSnr,' a I'll; u L Ste "N!Ihsloh county and Baltl-
more more =" ONO ROADS that 1t cannot but prove to be
] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS m Ihe experience OF similar enter
ILlSeS III 9lher sections OF tine country, where the
ncoi tba m ioa"s ana tnelr cap4cty SO largely
gnce Ct that line, and its tackholiers will moi a. t.
suher the tate OF Others under similar circumstances
elsewhere.
Inc statements OF the Mayor IN regard to the Pitts
t"h OF the tissue ol errors and statements which
were completely exposed on former occasion. 1t
St!.Ls Httu'eSS 70 dctaIn the Board with
i;i vi 1.5 ,,ICH II Is proper however, TO say,
IhIL whist the Mayor states that the claim of tfo
RaIliln9te ahg Qhjo lSoad against this Company is
212''o J5at IN l3ct the cash invested by tho
bd IHore anu ONO Railroad Company, in the stock
ThH1 SECURITIES OF the futsburS and COnnellsvillo
a1l!iu|u EuinPahy, Is 80 5iOV Its object in max
Is AeSe hNesjmthts as heretofore fully explained
neth 10 protect the interests OF the city Of Bal
more 10 H III preserylng the charter Of that Com.
Road 1t has been hoped that the city wo,,iI
cooperate IN eHectlns this result and so inpcr+St
@ oij' @ I oL me cry 20 5he completion of that
anu 80 Slttiy hteht med are the interests of tho
pa @Sd.U4i9.e a4u ono hpa aud the city on that sub
:l9 ~ baltimore viii r' operate with this Co.uDanv
1he city authorities felt it their duty to ioin in ,
tsctqg their own interests and the cRra ia at pro- t
ahu CohncIsFllle Company in the courts
MS ito tO' 20 has uoJ uFSueu from the want Of n pro-
per SldHilis o, t!e Baltimore and Ohio Road tbrrn
''' - NV mayor lpf IL was the PlttsBurp
.i - 'tiiS it'i!iO Odi company which appeared di-
tS 80 ~ %'tgl" us GaTLer, representing alike toe
f t6 % ne stocNH@ider3 and the hondholderg
q Ihat Company The President Of the Goi
iuoIe, ana, Vhio TOAD has made no St,,+cn1nnt
!hat TINS company had no money to- eyTnI$
IN IN t4e construction OF the ConnellsyiIIe Nn'd ),
~ t l." IToG Jfft' Ti e teIft''t 'trAS irefa,
II' VI Iit c'S %l"i'n agajnSt H. 20 tho
i u ~ NJ tGo DS,yl3lo de HNi" Railroad Company,
ui tne company; that the enterprises that were con
tePl"tei' anu Mhle were OF the most essential I'M
lort@hch 10 baltimore would absorb far more than
ne ne means at 'ne command OF the Company, ard
taI ineEo'ore II would DC lnJudIeoQs on the part Of
C,,,I,37,,, ~, ,,,,-ot, ''Le 'h4 N" haiifoad
1ohtt!y 10 purchase It's clam on the COnuellSviie
Road, for such purchase would only add to the def
rlSisy ol neIhso ths COMPANY IN executing its plans
F ~ oo o1 tne hEuest value to the commerce
merely create the nccessi!y I sI?n aitoa |oglG
il was urged that T5e .iry Shol r,: ''S AM
and should VIII Tb y ,IlS tSrsy.
Road in maiptaipiIls the in nercss T P H ~ll9
in securing tho cnmnIrtinn ~ IL, r,i lore ana
~ a. .I, i @ @CILUh OF me road 1t was fur
b. made when +hc r-iIrt" bj fi Cttiid l0updesS
,-nr of The rnt ~ 10 "a 81, ~ ,u L"iy decided IL ia
Company as woUId he .q:; 7 an" VINO
debt Of the city and realize the desi1, 's ,o
the loan was made Of alins +, ocr,Iib TX "yD
structiru of I'll, y;ro inlnf a. Sii n nc yo-
nSr,. thnr NJ. ;csl s .'ioi i 'L!t uhe Inc Com
~. uIa,to, .Ll'- u'S iesiEhe!l 70 invest IN
ary t. all it. i'''''' ''S --sA' oe neeeS-
The co-Opara+iop of tba cit,- Of R,Iyi,oro :.l IL
city of Pitsburr and czrus Of ,yssfli =" - we
nia aud the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad C"mnsIz
OF the Peops,yauia RoJrSnd CnrH,T,, @ 's2ll''u-
Baltimore and pitrsblrg and tho WaSf rrt -, + ~
by the double rack road 10 the BaItirnro "a & tG
TO Cumberland, and thence by thr pittSbItrr -
ConneSviI!e Road to Pittsburg OIL"
The Mayor us has been generally tba r,se b,-
fore is greatly mistaken I'm his frurns CF -.
Thus he states via Hagcrstoyyp 10 C'nmbarla &c
by the Couucllsville Road 10 Pifsburs5 tba 4; aut
would be from Baltimore 10 PttSbnrS az stance
which, he adds is nearly 100 miles shnrfe~ mics
distance from Baltimore to Wheeling = tHth tA1
Flneers MeSSrs. Taylor aud Gibb mai IN IN gNu en-
lG mites from Canton to Cumbera, 10 tlS
the real distance of llg miles o. u % a~u 10 %uiGn
Road from Cumhcrlaud to PItt Llo IuLielsyt@iie ne
miles As the distanec tror iti5%r, w W5 ~ 20
Is by 5'S miles, the dis ance tr pttsbrr, +bn-.fT
would be 81 miles les ;nsnnd F i CIitiilC W
the Mayor nearly pI ,,ig - IT'S tt7 a. a. ~
from BaltImOrs 70 Whaaiir,r - " " ,..ISa." ~
DiundeT, p,f Of 81 rrilrs s " Pl''+o
Tn nv, ,.,,,r,o ct - =; ,.-.. LII ..-..
tho f1nt tlfat by tb -, ~ - .o f %, a. eItiwn 10
ana 0Ii @ ~ & .'I iISsfIs lhes oI tHe baltimore
-; ~ - - ~ -. > % set cu HtL'ts more
iIroad P ny @ SG m me$,eFn aTylIn9 @
very superior grades by its line through the valley of
the 1OlQmdc' N comparison with tho mountainous
route OF the " eSiern Maryland Road the equated
distance would be largely i'll favor Of the line Of this
Company. In addition to this point, however, tho
Legislature OF Maryland at its recent session has au-
thoflzed the Daltlnore and Ohio Railroad Company
20 H,ESuIGn us inc at an points between Calud en-
STATION anu !ne western limits Ot the State OF Mary
laAG oucu improvements Will be made in the pres
Gut line, under this act that a large actual s,,,;fF
as compared with the Western MARYLAND
load, Will he effected 10y the present line of the Raj
timorc and Ohio to Pittsburg, - 'n' l'''i-
The Mayors mistakes in rfrord 70 tho I;,o -
u agerStOWn are cduglIv paInahio H., - ~ ~
there is not the slightest ohiccfi "a S'a.CS lLa1