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

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Report Of the Cb.s.sississsve po;sts.
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70 tie Ho.oraHs LegisES Y NM.
land The undersigned. - Seed by
Gov. Swami. by asthsrity = asf pas.
ed By the 6ensral Ase111y Msry-
land. during che January 60 a 1858,
TO hava survey and estiuaeo R3s 81
constructing RsIlfosd ften'e y point
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out. report. Chat h soascq0ooc soRs
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Gov. Sv.na. - 3
not illed and sus!s6e'l o teq1ms6 II tl|S
Act. until che 4sh Of September. 1885, =
Anxious TO carry out eonsc;entiously tho
intention Of the Act BY which We were
appointed. and knowing that al prelimi-
narv surveys that had heretofore been
made in the State. necessarily hurried
and defective for the want Of means to
perfect them,) we're looked upon With
suspicion BY CAPITALISTS. We dets1mined to
give our whole time to make ( careful
survey. and an elaborate estimate and
such suggestions as would induce capi-
talists and those interested. to baild this
road.
We. therefore, employed . full corps
Of ab'. aud efficient engineers. consisting
Of Mr.. Benz. Tippett, Of St. Mary's coun-
ty, Chief Engineer /; Mr.. Addison Mar
bury Of Charles county, as first assistant !;
Messrs. Hsnes. Of Carroll county, level
Ter; Chuna, Of St. Msry's county. tran
sit Dwyer. draughtsmsn, and the ne
eessary assistants. We Immediately set
them to work at Point Lookout. 40 as to
give Us time to fix the other terminus Of
the read. which va. left to us by the Act.
This decision was one Of great importance.
rs We all felt that the building ofthe road
mainly depended on it. To decide this
properly, . Committee Of us was appoint
ed to wsit on Messrs. Garrett and Bowie.
the Presidents Of the two great Railroad
om2anies towards which We were sur
vcying. and to whom. in some measure,
the people Of this peninsula lonied for
assistance ultimately to complete this road.
Mr.. Garrett answered our proposal, as
follows:
"The B,ltimore aud Ohio Company is
at present engaged in so many and such
costly enterprises that IL is deemed iniu-
dicious to create further obligations. The
Company will be prepared to extend q
cprlial welcome to this road when con-
-stracted, aud cooperate eGectively in ar
rangcments for developm63S of mutual
interests"
Gov. Bowie kindly received MS. and
assured as Of all the assistance that the
Baltimore and Potomac could give, If VT
would make the terminus On this road
The Committee, believing that IL Charles
and st. Mary's counties would join the
State appropriations. together with what
assistance they could get from the citizens
Of the counties along the line. in righ:.
of way, ties and money, the road could
be CONSTRUCTED to the junction o. this road,
aud the Baltimore and Potomac road
would furnish all the necessary rolling
stock for the advantages accruing to her.
These facts, which the Engineers Report
will show could have been, I and, to be
correct. almost decided the Committee to
recommend :his a. the terminus of the
survey. though contrary to the couvic-
tions Of one OF the Committee, Mr.. Hutch
ins, who always advocated Washington
city as the natura' terminus Of this road,
but yielded them at the time to this safe
argument. The Committee after seeing
Gov. Bowie, and upon these reasons,
conclu ling to make the Baltimore & Po-
tomac Road, near Brand ywine, the ter
minus, were startled with the knowledge
that Gov. Bowie had applied to tho Com
missioners Of Charles county for their
State appropriation This surprised them
the more, as they had heard from infiu-
entail friends of the Biltimore and Poto-
mac Road tha. the Company had all the
means to build to the Potomac, without
one cent from the State or people. except
the right Of way, and that. according to
their charter and promise, il was 20 COZ.
tsacted for. The great privilege of build-
ing parallel branch to the Baltimore
and Ohio Road, being the lever By which
the means to accomplish this was raised,
aud although wc know thas. Charles couu-
ty, BY joining her fund 70 that Of 81. Ma
ry's. could have two roads. the Baltimore
and Potomac through the west or centre
Of the county. and the Southern Maryland
Railroad through the eastern part, vet,
wc felt that an organised Road with 90
able aud ei6cient President % Gcveruor
Bowie. against an unorgauized road.
would carry the fund - he requested,
even il it left but one road to Charles
county. Therefore. IL behooved us 70
look for safer tsrminus, IL We expected
IN ything to result frvm our survey aud
the expenditure Of the State. We then
decided. At the request Of Mr.. Hutchius,
70 seud him to Washington to wait on The
city aushorities. Upon his statement Of
the facts, she Mayor recommended, and
the City Council unanimously appropri-
a,ed thousand dollars to continue the
survey to the city. and together with the