The national Republican., 1868-12-31

RAILROAD IsrKnEsr OF WESTERN MARY
LAND AND rHx DfsTRIcT or CoLuMBiA.-On
Zieler, p. d. KunEei, NJ. aoyerneur, w. H.
Falooner, and J, A. Hayden, citizens OF Fred.
erick, Maryland, accompanied by ex-qovernor
Metropolitan Hotel, in thfs city, for the pur.
pose OF having an interview with the citizens
OF washington 10 relation to the railroad inter-
oa Tuesday evening, Judge Wright, Colonel
wall, J. W. Thompson, J. NJ. Latta, ". Il.
Todd, Hallet Kilbourn, A. r. Shepherd, W. q.
mittee appointed at TIE recent railway meet.
ing at the City Hall, had an Interview with the
Maryland delegation, and full and Tree inter
ers spoke Of the gigantic monopoly thst had
so long controlled their Stste-the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Compsny-innictin ire
and many other portions Of Maryland, and the
people OF the locality in which they resided
had at last determined to throw of the shackles
this com mittee to come to Washington to con.
| suit with Its citizens.
The committee represented the people OF
Frederick and PennsyIvsnia line road. TWAS
desired by the people Of those sections to
| build q road from Washington to Frederick, q
| the great lakes; second, TO build a road from
Washington to connect with the Pennsylvania
Central somewhere near Harrisburg, and
tween the two points. The people OF Fred.
eriok are willing to co operate with the citi.
| zens of Washington In building the road be.
build the road from Frederick to the Pennsyl
yania State line at their own expense. Mr..
Hayden, the engineer who accompanied the
ton and Frederick would be about Is miles,
and from the latter point to the Pennsylvauia
State line some 81 miles more. The road from
Washingto to Frederick has been thoroughly
surveyed, and there would not be grade upon
II exceeding hfty.three feet to the mile, and no
curvatures above three degrees. 1t could be
built at a cost OF $50 900 per mile, and passing
through one Of the most fertile countries
Imaginable, would necessarily be OF great In
| terest to both cities.
line the cost would be but $50 900 per mile,
with no grade attaining over forty feet per
| mile, with curvatures but little or nothing.
procure cur charter from the Maryland Lesisis:
| ture, in consequence OF the Baltimore and
| Ohio railroad monopoly, they desire the eiti-
| gress, and then they will, to use the language
| OF one OF the committee, " invest their bottom
dollar In the success OF the road.
The Washington committee cordially recip-
rocated the feelings and desires OF the Mary.
landers.
There was another conference ofthe respect
I've commuters OF Frederick and the District
cities yesterday afternoon, the result OF which
was that the Washington committee promised
to endeavor to have engtafted on the railrosd
bill, now before Congress, n provision incor-
porating : railroad from Washington to Lake
Erie, VIA Frederick, Md, the route OF the pro-
posed road from this city to Frederick having
been already surveyed. The citizens Of Mary
land propose to go to work as soon as the char
| ter Is obtained.
GEoRGETOwN CouNCL PRoCeEDtSGs.-The
| Board met at the usual hour, with the presi-
| dent, (Dr. q. II. CrNgln.) in the chair, and a
| quorum of members present.
| A communication from the Mayor, relating
| to deficiency In amOunt for the Improvement OF
| Aqueduct street, wIs referred,
| Also, a communication rcltting to the dis.
| charge of Obligation. rrii'Ing to the travel
bridge over the Aqucduct Referred.
| Also, = communication relating to the poor
| OF the town. Referred.
| Mr.. Collins presented \ bill to pay for sur
| veying the Loudoun and Hampshire railroad
| connection with this District. Pissed.
Mr.. Wells presented the claim OF J, NJ. Ad
| Ter; which was referred.
| Mr. Rsmsburg reported that the reports cir
| culated in relation to the chairman OF the
| Oomm mmittee Streets were without founda'
| tiop, and asked thst the committee be dis
charged from the further consideration there
OF. Agreed to.
Also, an ordinance relating TO the duties o
the trustees OF the poor and work-house
Passed.
| Mr. Edmonson presented a resolution pro.
| viding for the furnishing of overcoats to the
| fremen of the town. Passed.
| Mr. Darby presented a resolution asking
/ for the appointment of a committee to confer
| with the rporation of Washington to pre-.
| vent hackmen from demanding okorbitant
charges from passengers.
| THE Board of Aldermen, after acting on the
| above business, adjourned.
The Boards then adjourned to Saturday eve
| ming at the usual hour.