Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-30
The Point Of Rocks Railroads.&c..

IN. ZIG N the CrininaI Coa~: Ro.a- -ss'ia4 .fy
Of Mr. EG"d"IpA, EHytneer,:f tAs Brihmors al
ONO HCtirOcl.
On Saturday afternoon. the case OF the par
ties arrested on Friday on a W arrani issued by
Justice Walter, charging them with digging
two ditches IN 1-t street, be- ween and NJ, in
violation of law, was Te~r-Ied before TusIce
Walter IN the Criminal a. ~ room. Justice
Water announced his Readiness to hear the
cas-. Mr.. Murray, the superintendent, was
present, as also his men, who entered the room
IN body. Lieut.. EsslOtf, with a squad OF DO
lice, we're also IN tue room. The counsel were
Messrs. Cook, P-arce aud Burgess for IN.
prose- utIOB; Coz, Buchanan, Norris Leeco
Tottsn AMI N. III. Miller for The defence.
n consultation havIn BEEN held by IN. coun-
sci, Mr.. Cook said they had agreed that toe
testimony OF MI Randolph. the engineer of the
road, summoned for the defence, should b.
taken ont of its regular order, TO be used in all
tue Gases, and SUBJECT 10 the future ruling OF
the Justice.
-HT. RdHdOlph was accordingly sworn, and
testified that ne was the Chief Engineer of the
Baltimore and ONO Railroad; that by an agree
mrnt with the city the Metropolitan or Point
OF Rocks Branch IL TO enter the city by Is, street
r;tst. The ground being low has TO ha raise
from ten 10 nineteen feet to the grade of the
road, ana also of the street. which nearly cor.
respond. 1t IS proposed to lay track TO
about two miles Oui OF town, where a heavy
Cut ~ Ia D. made, and 20 bring in th,s earth to
WI up IN" road 10 the grade. he had given d.
r. c'iOns IN reference 10 cutting these Oh ,ch.s
aid when the trains bring in the earth IRON
Colonel BROOKS they will Jr Allied Cutting
tese 0l,cnes l. temporary exp-d r-nt. aud
when they commerce eating al Brooks they
VIII MI rT>t one SIDE and then the % n r, rats
lHg th- track until the proper grade is rea nsi.
ana the grade Of the road Will correspond
Win he city grade as given by the
Surveyor At the run, the rmbtnkmant vii
cover II feet OF the street, the slope being I
horizontal to perpentIcular. FIRST strr-t Is
graded tO / street; THINKS 10 was doue by the
rOaG. " here the work being done tie
iG ne nrIo al an rha hos
are an this bottom north %: x street Wnen h..
saw the Surveyor De informed him tthe Sur
yeyOT) thar something woGld BE- dOne seeming
~ WrOnE-the duchIng-but he need not ne
alarmed as the bitches would bs filled. He
bad never had any notice that there was any
objection TO the mode Of working uutIl he
heard OF the arrest.
Cross examined by Mr.. Cook:-The road id
not have any special authority from the c,ty,
except that the city gave them the right To come
IN by that street, ana cOnstructively therefore
the right TO build the road Therein. After law
ing the track il won Id require bu: a week to fiji
up the bitches, and the street would b.. filleI
70 tae grade IN two or three weeks. The lirst
grazing was done last month. Witness eXhID-
tied the profile of the road. The road was
started IN 1~6S. The material on winch the
track Is beng laid now was borrowed from
thr bitches The work could have been done
differently, but it would have ben al
most impossible, for carts could make but
two or three loads per day to Brooks
The city wants all the material il can get IN
that street and the making of this eTnbank-
ment ill be saving TO the city, because there
will re less grading 70. the cIty to do, and when
completed the road, twenty -four feet wide, will
be ON the city's grade Ii will impedr- travel
just as much as grading the streets OF the city
would.
BY Mr.. Cox-wi,ness went out with The Sur.
yeyCr Mr.. Bliss to examine the grades, AMI
introduced him TO Mr.. Murray, telling the lat
ter TO follow MIR. Bliss directions.
Mayor Bowen was sent for, and not appear
ing Immediately, at the suggestion of Counsel
the case was continued.