The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-07
baltimore aud Potomac Railroad
Annual Meeting Of tockholdeFs-
Reports Of the President and En-
gineer-Condision OF the Work, &c


Reports OF the President and En-
Eineer-Condition OF the Work, &c
Tho annual meeting of tho stockholders of
tho Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com.
pany convened at Upper Marlboro. Ma, on
Wednesday last, G. q. Magruder, esq, pre-.
siding, and George W. Wilson, esq, acting
as secretary. The report Of the president,
lHon. Oden Bowie together with that Of
Chief Engineer Emack was read and adopted.
II being suggested, says the Prince Georgian,
that the charter required the election OF
directors to take place where the principal
office Of the company was located, which at
this time Is In Baltimore city, and also pro-
yided that the old board should hold over
until superseded by new one, no election
was gone into, the old board being perfectly
acceptable to the stockholders, large num-
Der Of whom were represented In this meet
ing In person or by proxy.
Hon. oden Bowie, the president Of the
company, says In his report:
"At the date of our last report but little
actual work had been done; the grading on
only Eve miles had been commenced and the
company was scarcely then In condition to
Immediately contract for any large amount.
Since then much progress has been made with
the work, and many results accomplished
which, until they had been secured, neces-
sarily DELAYED our undertaking. Thus, our
entrance into the city of Washington, de-
pending upon the consent of Congress. and
Into Baltimore upon that of her CITY coun-
ellis, we were DELAYED In the location of our
route In and adjacent to those cities until we
could designate satisfactory to their authorI-
- ,..,o 40, f,on;od ts,n6yrnils of
Daltlnore We mei9 ~ nnnos,,,on", same
mi.hou luu Hara,osoro nrpposed n. nj every
w ',n na' l., oSa,Ion IN p Rsitimorc we had
stepi anu, ~ ..S s,.a - In anontio, a,tag.
topNo'eo,o 'ne ssions aJS oIonn ,hs linz
onism o. tno PtoIea oaS ho,nS incetad nea,
,hair nysmIses Rnt Tho mayo1 and council-
s .nor iociaiatino for The general good. and
s.ai, ~ - tha dyanta@es to aecrue
~ their Great and beautiful CITY from this
so.S hfnb ,rnnid nonr into her ian Tho
, T"a,,b Of sontbeTn trade and travel. wisely
nosscJ the ordinance authorizing ma 10 tunnel
,hronah the,r strccts from onr noint Of on
,rauce into tbe citv 10 opr general depot.
The iSeo NJ this tnnneI bsd moi suggested
itseif MI onr last ANIMAL meeting. and
although its construction will involve an
immcnse outlay Of money. vet we doubt not
that tho interests of the road will be nd.
for The eYpenditnrc Nv liz enabling us to
make ranid and cIoso connectIons nv steam
and wjthont Change Of cars Thu nonniar
ciamor in BaltImore against the rails already
down ,inon tbe grade az her sireots ia sucb
that The council have reouIred certain Of
them 10 he taken nm, and will. in time, ali
others. In ANTICIPATION of this the acute
and intelligent managers Of the Baltimore
Sna nh wsr os
ferry at Locust Point, instead Of by horses,
as at present, through Pratt street. II Is the
only way by which their connections can be
made, and although the tunnel will probably
DO more expensive to US than the ferries and
boatage to them, yet the delay and incon-
veniencc TO travel by their line Will be much
greater than by ours, and give us vast ad-
vantage over them In the through travel.
The convenience OF our local travel has been
provided for by locating onr main depot
upon one Of the widest and handsomest
railway will deliver passengers, and by
having several local stations In our passage
through and around the city, at each Of
which our trains Will receive and deliver
passengers Instead OF requiring them, as
they are now, to 70 from oil parts OF the
city to but ono point, and that not imme-
dlately adjacent TO the city railways. In
Washington, also, our depot VIII be nearer
10 the business and resident heart OF the
tion for both local and through travel.
Another good result has been accom-
plished In the appropriation to our road by
he commissioners OF Charles county OF the
~ 900 to which their county Is entitled,
unueI 'he State constitution, for the aid OF
i Internal improvements within her county
limits; ines policy OF so appropriating II
pres, aiiuueu 70 ~ our last report, and tho
opened corrcspohd6ape shorty AFTER
10 its Investment in the Baltimore and Poto-
mac road within the limits Of Charles
county. This met with much opposition
from the friends Of tho projected Southern
MARYLAND road, and led to several county
meetIngs being called, the deliberations OF
which and the action Of tho commissioners
resulting In our obtaining the fund. The
proper papers have been prepared, and will
be signed by the president Of this company
and by tho commissioners, requiring the
money to DO expended In the construction Of
the road from the Charles county line to the
Potomac river, and the work will DO shortly
commenced and rapidly pushed 10 compile,
tlon. The only reason why II has not beer
begun ere this Is, that as yet We have not
satisfactorily arranged for our connection
with Southern roads at and beyond the Po-
tomac river, and until these connections arc