The Baltimore County union., 1868-02-29


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OrR MEASs - TRAvEL.--Thcrc seems 81 hc
general waking up among our county citi.
zen' on ihc subject Of travelling facilities, aud
We have projected steam railroads. horse rail.
roads. iurnpikcs aud public aud private roads
IN any quantity. the Legislature being husily
engaged in giving authority for works oi this
character. First we have our county roadsys.
'rin. as drawn up by the committee appointed
ai the late county road convention. This bill
has been presented ia the Senate, reported upon
iavorably by the committee 10 which il was re.
TERED. passed tO second reading. and will
doubtless soon become law. Then We are
having additional legislation for the Mercdith's
Ford aud Jsrrettsville Turnpike Company for
the Baltimore aud Jerusalem Mills Turnpike
Company for the Western Run Turnpike Com
pany; ioF,hc Liberty Turnpike Company for
the Baltimore aud Pikesviilc Railroad Compa.
ny: for the Dulancy's Valley and Sweet Air
Turnpike Company for the BALTIC. aud llamp.
den Railroad Co., &e. Acts of incorporation
have been asked. and will doubtless be gran.
ted. for the Deer Park Railroad Company -
Tor the Baltimore and Halls Springs Rail.
road company for the Western Run and
Reisterstown Turnpike Company iorthc Chcs-
nut Summit Avenue Company; for the Bali.
more aud North Point Turnpike Company, 1c.
Thes" are all important enterprises, as tending
{" give increased facilities for trade aud trsvel,
but there are more important ones. bearing up.
"n our county and its interests, projected. The
hrst Oi these Is the contein plated building Of a
steam railroad from the Northern Central Rail.
rad. at Parkton, in this county, to Manchester,
IN Carroll county. and for which an act of ia.
corporation has already been asked. This road
will l'~ Hbout thirteen miles long. and by run
ming through fine agricultural region will be
ii great benefit to many farmers who are now
lar removed from = market. II is said that
tins road can be built for siT5,eaO. au outlay
which. it seems 10 US, would prove a mere moth
ing compared with the benefits conferred.
Probably before the year closes We will have
commenced road connecting the Northern
Central and Western Maryland Railroads with
tde water at Canton. For awhile il was con.
,emPlated 10 branch OF from the y. g. H. r., at
Relay House. aud reach canton by that route
but recently another route has been proposed,
t start from the Western Maryland Rail.
thence almost direct " wetheredsville, down
the Gwynn's Falls Valley, thence 70 the moth
~rn boundary of the city aud continuing east,
connecting with the Northern Central near
Mount Vernon Mills. or at such point as may
be most convenient. and thence to deep water.
This. tDo. is Of vast Importance I" the people
along the proposed line of the route. and the
benefits 10 them wsuld be almost incalculable.
The Company having this matter in charge
seem TO be in great earnest. and VIC believe the
road will be built by the route We have named.
There is another railroad projected, in which
our county 10 somewhat interested. but Of which
We have as yet heard but little. We believe
that the proposition is Ia build road branch.
ing OIL from the Northern Central somewhere
in York county, Pa. running through Balti.
more aud Hartford counties, and connecting
with the Philadclphia Central Railroad at the
susquehanna. 4 large meeting was held in
York county few days ago, to take steps 10
wards building this rad, aud a committee was
appointed 10 procure charter, get subscrip.
tions to stock, 4c. Mcssrs. Joseph Win~nillcr
and J. d. Hoshour, OF baltimore county, and
Messrs. William Wilson. Samuel whiteford, |
Thomas Glenn and Robert Fife, of Hartford, rep |
resent Maryland on this committee.
We hear but little now Of the Baltimore and
Philadeiphia Central Road. which was IN run
through Baltimore. Hartford and Cecil counties,
connecting with the Philadelphia Central at
Oxford. chester county. We always thought
the movement but an attempt 10 levy black
mail of the Philadelphia, Wilmington aud BAL
,imore Railroad Company.
There is also another road talked of In con
grsss. which, u carried out, will effect quite q
revolution in travel. Il is designed 10 build
new trst class road. starting from the Northern
central at Parkton, aud running through this
county, Carroll aud others, " Washington. II
is claimed that this will greatly shorten the
route from Washington 10 the North aud wesi,
and greatly facilitate communication between
the Capital of the Nation and distant points.
Il will thus be- seen that there la great ava
kening On the subject Of roads, Of all kinds
some Of these enterprises will doubtless becsr
ri.d out; others viii fail but enough Of them
will succeed TO greatly benefit our citizens. by
opening up large districts Of ine agricultural
land a. a market. We wish them all success,
aud that every portion Of our county may ere
long be iniersected by steam railroads, horse
railroads. turnpikes aud good public roads.
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LEap YEAR-BEwAnE .--Ye young men and