Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-03-24

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ecsk tt.s -. BY enabling shs huspse
feet n seeass saready engaged n SAe
trade to mata 10 or three trips where
they noe makc ~ne. This viii Be large
resssue itself to the rad.
Narsolk. aev rapidly erovise, .sa
destined 90 Increase moro rapi'ily than
asy ETY. on the c,ntinent. % . on n the
Chesapeaks snd Ohio Railroad ID 6ni.h-
ID. End It's ecnneetions perfected n CALI
f'rnis BY the 81 Paso rosie. rrqaircs .
closer and quicker commnnicaiian With
Washington, Bsltimors, PHILADELPHIA and
Nv York than shs nov has. I Il u % Ia
had only over This peninsuia. by . rail-
road to Point Lockout. thence by FAST
steamers. enabling passengers from New
York via Baltimore and Washington. I,
b. landed in Norfolk in fifteen hsurs.-
This. together With he early productions.
seeking Northern market. win form an
impostan. and valuable addition 20 the
revenue Of road. Point Lookout. des-
tined BY the hand Of nature to be one Of
tho great watering places AMI simmer re-
sorts o. this country. with beach n ine.
surf Is delightful As that Of Cape Nav.
(wi,hout It's dangerous undertov.) sisua-
ted IN the centre Of three pnruious and
growing cities-B.lfimore Wasi,in gtou
and Norfolk-acccssible in q few hours
from each. vheu developed a il will be
BY tbs building Of this road. would alone
pay. 70 one 30 chsaply built - this can
be. handsome per crnt. on :ss cost. IA.
pro,f Of this. We refer to the road toCsp4
May. See what Cape May vas . few
years ago; now alone supporting a road
through country barren in comparison
to the one our survey passes. Ano,hr
source Of revenue will b soon developcd
by it. as large. If not larger, than either
Of these mcntionsd-the fruit CROP
This country is equally If not better
adapted to fruit growing than Della
ware. that now loads her road annu.lly
with its millions Of Boxes Of peaches, pay
ing handsome interest on the road
Passing through country so easily i'm
proved rs ours, with some of the fines,
farming lands contiguous to the road on
beth sides of tho ridge, it would also
bring to these lands in large quantities..
what they SO nuc' need, the lime of Wash.
ington and the Northern counties Of Ma.
ryland this would be another large item
to the receipts Of this road
Any one Of these freights alone, with
ito local trade and trav.l. would pay a
fair pr cent. on the cost of construction.
It takes but = poor mathematician to cal
culate what large revenue this road
would receive when they are all comb
ed. We candidly believe. tina. when all
these interests are developed. they would
pay 20 per cent. on any cost that may be
required to build this road. and il will
not be long before capitalists 6ud i. out.
One additional iaducement to build this
road. is the fact that nineteen twentieths
OF the land owners from Point Lookout
to the District line. have voluntarily Of
tered the land for the road bed at ten dol
lars per acrca in stock. and many have
offered ties that abound on this road in
sufficient quantities to build five such roads
and take stock for the same. The ono
twentieth who refuse the right of way be-
long to that class Of men who. to our
shame. exist in every community, with
minds so narrow. and hearts SO black,
that they ~il! lose tho benefit themselves
to prevent their neighbors from being ben
Gifted. They SHOULD. wherever found,
be marked and ostracised by every public
spirited man, until thsy are civilized
This right of way. 50 freely offered By the
landholders, is large item in III, reduc-
ton o. the cost Of this road. when COM
pared with the heavy tax m ost road, arc
subjected to for this privilege.
These facts 60 to show capitalists, that
this road promises to pay . larger revs-
nus than any road Of the same length in
the United States.
Some have said. that the building Of
this road to Washington would bs n dis
advantage to Baltimore this is mis- tax
en- aud contracted view.
Washington is the nearest, aud there
fore the natural market. for all our pro-
ducts except tobacco.
Tue landholder makes more clear mo.
ney the sooner he can get to market, and
rhe shorter the distance he has to trans
port his products over. The more he
makes, the mere shle he is to buy Of Bal
timore what she furnishes, and 90 long As
Baltimore holds her own. as she promises
to do for all time to come. so long will
tho City Of Washington aud these coun.
ties be dependent on her; and the moro
Washington city increases in population.
and these counties become developed aud
richer. the more Baltimore will. sell to
them.
,in ass' !. s.s.s sIirs n.'
7r where they tend.
We enclose the able and efficient repor,
Of our Chief Engineer With map aud pro-
file Of the road, Is showing the result Of
our work, and making this report as per
feet rs We could. The expenditure of
the money entrusted 70 rs was a follows:
To expenses Of Engineer Corps, $3.50 90
To eommtssAry, 1850 90
To commissioners, q 700 90
$ll 900 90