The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-03-05
EGTS & INTELLTGENCER.
The maryland Central Rail
road,

We give place to the following commune
cation on the subject of the Maryland Con-
trial Railroad, which we find in the Baltimore
Gazette of the 22d ultimo. If this road can
be made--and we do not see why it cannot
1T would not only be of vast advantage to the
country through which it passes, but would,
we think, he profitable to those who invest
In its stock but as the ofthe writer commu-
nication already referred to is SO much more
familiar with the subject than we are, we will
let him speak for himself He says:
The Maryland Central Railroad company
is now being organized under its charter by
the Legislature of Maryland in 1867. Books
of subscription for the stock will soon be
opened in Baltimore city, and in Baltimore
and Hartford counties. See advertisement
in daily papers,
This road is intended TO connect with the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad
which is now in operation from Philadelphia
through Chester and Cecil Counties to Ok
ford, in the latter county, within a mile or
two of its terminus on the Susquehanna riv-
er, opposite the mouth of Deer Greek in Har-
ford county, Maryland.
The latter road is gradually drawing the
trade of Cecil county away from Baltimore,
and as soon as it reaches its terminus the
trade of the best portion of Hartford county
vii! seek the same avenue and Baltimore will
lose the trade and sympathy of one of the
fairest portions of Maryland. The Maryland
Central Railroad, when finished, will secure
forever to Baltimore the trade of those rich
and growing counties, and will draw to that
r;.v share of the trade of Chester and Lam
Ter counties This road will leave Balti-
more and seek the shortest practicable route
through Long Green near to Bel Air, and
thence by Thomas Run and Deer Creek to
the Susquehanna river, opposite the ter
minus of the Philadelphia and Baltimore
Central, and to which it will be connected by
bridge AT the same point it will connect
with q raiload to Columbia, Pennsylvania,
and thence with the net work of most of the
Pennsylvania railroads. 1t will be the aven-
ne for passage to Baltimore and Washington
for the people of large and prosperous dis
trict of the State of Pennsylvania.
A careful and close estimate justifies the
assertion that the agricultural tonnage on q
belt of land thirty miles in length, through
which the road will run, will yield 100000
per annum to the road The road will pene.
trate q limestone region in Baltimore county
and an extensive mineral district in Hartford
county. A Pennsylvania company is now
erecting cntensiye iron works on Deer Creek
near the line of the road. Iron ore of the
richest kind, chrome ore and slick are abun-
dart in Hartford county, and this road will
tap the mines. Hundreds of tons of slick are
now hauled to the Tide Water Canal and carri-
ed thence to the Trenton potteries The slick
of Hartford county is inexhaustible, and said
to be the best in the country. The potteries
now projected and built in Baltimore are in
creasing the demand for it in Baltimore
The Maryland Central Railroad, connecting
as it will with the Philadelphia and Balti-
more Central at the Susquehanna river, and
traversing rich, populous and productive
country, and making line shorter than the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Road between Baltimore and Philadelphia,
will certainly attract large way and through
travel. Philadelphia is verging towards q
million of inhabitants, and Baltimore will ere
long count half million. With this road
built there will be only two direct lines of
travel by railroad between the two cities
All these things assuredly lead to the belief
that the Maryland Central Road will be
paying concern. Other inducements might
be offered to the citizens of Baltimore to sub
scribe literally, among which is the fact that
the whole of the route of the road will be
picturesque and q most delightful country
will be opened for residences and summer
resorts.