The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-02-19
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II the people of our county are not sufficient
ly taxed alrcady-if they are sincere in the rea-
sous they give for the removal of the court house
to "Swamp Puddle"-if they urge that propo-
sition on the ground that Towsontown is an un-
suitable place for court of justice, because OF
the lack of facilities in getting to tiff they can
urge no better reason than the one most frequent
ly advanced-that there is no means OF reaching
it by rail from the remote parts of the county
particularly the "urnor end, ~ unless FIRST going
to Baltimore; W. r.h upon them TO join hands
with us to remedy hat evil by building n rail-
road TO the town, uuectiug with the North
ern Central Road at he Lake, thus giving am
pie travelling facili,ts to those who have bust
ness at the county seat either from the upper
end" or in the direction of or beyond Baltimore
city.
The citizens of Towsontown and the vicinity,
have put the enterprise in motion, and the pros
poets are that we shall be able TO bring our ju-
rors to court by steam before the termination of
many more terms of court.
The books have been opened and all the money
required TO make the road success Except about
So 200, secured by responsible subscriptions
That the road will be built and run is no longer
question Every thing concerning its arrang-
ments have been put in ''ship shape, and in
short time the work will be commenced and
completed.
But granting flor sake of argumeut) that the
enterprise may fail through some unforeseen d.
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promised and expected, we suggest to our friends,
favoring removal and feeling Inconvenience in
| consequence of the absence of Il steam road to
Towsontown, that it will be much less expense
and much more profit to the county TO furnish
the money to build the proposed road, than it
will to remove the court house to "Swamp Pud-
de-" Feeling convinced that fully one-haf of
the bona Jide favorers of removal favorable to
it upon that ground alone, we can see no OBJ
lection they can offer to this proposal, if they
are sincere in their avowed intention to vote for
removal.
If they object to this on the ground of increas-
ing taxation, we ask what will the removal do 2
But if we sell the aims house property-after its
nuisances are removed and its fields are laid of
into avenues and building lots-it will realize
more than enough TO put our railroad on its
(iron) feet clear Of debt, and there might be
enough left to furnish a nucleus fund TO build ii
direct line from Tow sonton to the city But we
greatly fear that even this much would not be
realized from its sale, if il were encountered with
a court house, Jail and other county seat para
phernalia.
We are decidedly of the opinion that it will
pay Baltimore county infinitely better to inves,
her surplus funds in railroads running through
her own territory than in the removal ofthe court
OF justice.
Again, il the sale of the aims house property
should yield more ,han.is required to build the
branch road proposed, let the county use it in
the extension of that road, through the rich fields
of limestone, marble and iron mines, between
Towsontown and the terminus of the Baltimore
and Philadelphia Central Road beyond the Sus-
quehana This would develop her hidden re-
sources and increase our wealth and prosperity
ten-fold more than the greatest possible good
that can result from the removal of the court
house TO "Swamp Puddle