Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-10

roctors of the Baltimore and Onion Railroad
Yesterday. President Garrett made statament
in relation to the road, in which he says, IN re-
fcrccco to the injuries received from the late
frcshct, that whilst "thc damage was undoubt-
cdIy great, yet by report from the road de-
partment it is found that the fall estimate OF
the entire losses upon the line, including the
OF the entertainments, bridges, cuI-
vcrts, and ali other structures, not only to the
condition in which the road was prior TO the
flood, but to i condition materially improved
will amont to Sl43, $50" lie also says:-EOr
July, 1861, the aggregate revenue OF the road
and branches was 5Sl2,37I o., For the same
month in 1868, $40, Cos 20. In August, 1867,
in August, 1868, $7S2, O92 81, making the
aggregate difference Tor the two months Of
but so, 1917 TO- The entire difference in the
revenue, combined with the cost Of the rcstor-
alton and improvement Of the line and bridges
will be less than $2I3, 900. There Is no idea
of abandoning the line Of the Patapsc0:-;nd
double tract; for the approaches to Baltimore
ard probably four tracks it is thought will soon
crcasing business through the Orange Alex
andria and Manassas road, and through the
Valley of Virginia with thc South; through
the Parhcrsburg Branch with the Southwest !;
through the Central Ohio with the Central
West; and the railroads in Pennsylvania: -
Mr.. Garrett, also says: route which would
branch from the Metropolitan line near CATH
ersburg, and cxlead to Laurel, has been eX-
amined, it being ascortaincd that this route
will be about four miles shorter to Baltimore,
and that it affords other advantages 1t may
therefore, become the policy Of the company,
when more urgent enterprises arc accomplished
and as the traffic develops, to build that line
as an additional route for the vast BUSINESS
between the South, Southwest, West and
Northwest and Baltimore. The work upon
the heaviest sections Of the Metropolitan
Branch is progressing. As soon as the more
difficult worI, is ia sufficient state Of forward
ness to enable the company, by throwing suit
able force upon those portions OF that line
which will require Q relatively brief time tc
construct the entire work will be prosecuted
to completion as rapidly as itcan be effected
Coal RANsp0RTATI0N-We want at thl;
point an immense quantity Of hard coal, while
at Philadelphia the Cumberland coal IS mucI
needed. There will be rccproaati0n IN freight!
between the points # there be doubt tina
there may be demand Tor as much soft coal a
Philadelphia as hard coal here, then the pro
prictors of quarrics OF the Seneca stone above
GEORGETOWN propose TO give sufficient freight
to Philadelphia Of their material.
The propc2rs will start contCmpOraneousIy
from each end Of the line. The route will be
the Schuylkill and Slackwator navigation tc
the Delaware river; down the river to tho
Delaware and Chesapeake canal-acr0sS it
to the Chesapeake bay--doWD that bay to
Point Lookout, up the Potomac to our Dis
trict cities. A steamer or propeller will start
from each end Of the line every day.
These propcl0rs will be Of one hundred and
seventy tons burthcn, and experience has test
cd their practicabty, even before their late
improvement by Dir. Cathcart Of Georgetown,
their inventor.
The cost OF freights OF coal by the SchuyI.
kill canal is a third less than upon the Read
ing railway. So they should be, and would be
By our i. & Q. canal lift were not Tor the in.
reference OF the B. 4 o. railway company
with the authorities Of Maryland. This may
not last forever
1t is understood that lrcightlng at 4
profit by the propcllers can be at much less
rates than by seagong vessels out of the capc>
OF Delaware into the capcs Of Virginia and up
the Potomac.
An advertisement Of the new enterprise,
states that books are now open at four banking
houses in the District which it would seem are
disposed to give it their c0untCnancc, il not
aid.
We hear Of several experienced and able bus
mess men who have already subscribed to the
stock. Of persons cOnspicuouSIy engaged in
the enterprise at Philadelphia arc }. J. Con
nor, large operator in SchuylkiIl county Goals.
He is president OF the company. The vice
president is VIM NJ. Randall, also large OPP
orator in anthracite coal. s. NJ. Xulck, of the
Internal Revenue service at Philadelphia, is
treasurer The secretary is Chas. II. Voutc,
who has been for years connected with the
QuartermaStcr' Department here, under Col.
McFcwan. -N0t. Int
DGAGoLIcAI SCHEME FRUSTRATED. Some
month Or six weeks since, young girl, about
fifteen years OF age, came from one OF the coun-
ties in the interior Of the State TO this city to
visit her brother. She failed to find him. and
thinking he might be in Petersburg, she went
to that city. He was not there and she had
not money enough to return to her home. She
went into service with q family and remained
until she had made money to pay her fare back
home. She lett Petersburg on Monday morn.
ing, and reached here about ten O'Clock. She
had to stay until the conveyance by which she
was to 90 home left, and knowing no one, she
inquired of some persons if they could tell where
she could find achcap boarding house, at which
she could stop until SIC could leave the city.
Two wc-drcsscd men whom she misto0k Tor