Middletown transcript., 1871-06-03

branches, Maryland and Delaware, Of the Elkt0n |
and Middlct0wn Railroad, me, at the Odd Eel |
lows Hall In Elt,ou, to-day; lion. Rola. Fow.
lcr Of Baltimore City was called ~ the Chair and
Charles N. Ellis was appointed Secretary.
Mr.. Fowler on taking the chair, congratulated |
tho incorporators upon the favorable prospects Of
the road, assured them Of his interest in the en-
icrPrixc, aud pledged himself 10 nll due influence
and exertion TO secure the necessary funds for its
completion.
lion. Hiram Mccullough read the certificate
executed by tho incorporators Of the Maryland
cnd, under the provisions Of the general railroad
law of Maryland. This certificate only requires
the approval Of one Of the judges OF this judicial
district TO give II duo force.
Mr.. Mccullough also submitted the following
report OF the chief engineer Of the =. W. 4 d. X.
u. Co. made upon preliminary observation Of
tue proposed route.
y. ". J. u. n. n. Cs.-Eagiacsr's OGee.
Philadelphia. May 10th 1871.
Isaac lIiycKLry, Esq Dear Sir III examined
the route for a Railroad between Elklon and Mid
ie,own on the 9th, as directed by You and have
no doub, that the line proposed Is the best gene
raj route that can he .onnd, Ia wit: would sur
vcy two or more lines from Elk,on to mile or
more southwark, then follow the old Eastern
Shore line to point about three miles from Mid
dleiown, then with n new line direct 10 Middle
town.
OF course nm estimate will lie only an npproxi-
maic one and would he made up abou, 'ns fol-
One mile from Elkton, $4,000 S25, ,0nO
miles from Elkinn, la 800 $1,000
mile al Pivot Bridge, l7,50o 1850
miles 10 Middciown, Ii, 900 i5, 900
Total SiT5,0nO
A survey Of the line could he made in about
Two weeks, and more correct estimate made
The above docs not include any thing for righ, of
way. Very truly yours,
tsigned) T. T. FULLER.
Mr.. James n. Groome suggested the pronric,y
of adopting the charter of the Elk,on and Mas
scys Iuilroad for our bnsis of action, and urged
1t in speech OF souc length. Ills remarks cai,s-
ed very animated debate, which was particI-
pnich in by Mr.. Mccullough Mr.. Groonic nna
Mr.. Evans. Withou, Pny distinctive action lc-
ing llkea upon the suggestion Of Mr.. Groome
there WIS general aversion TO complicn,ing ihc
Elkton and Middleton rnilroai with n charter
having other objects. This discus sion also ndi-
Gated the unai,erabe determination OF the inror-
ppraiors 10 build the road direct from Elk,on To
Niddlclown, and all subscriptions TO the road
nrc TO he upon that condition. distinctly and un-
eqnivoeably expressed.
The prcjudiccs Of the meeting were agaius, pro-
cccding nndcr the general railroad laws Of the
State, for the reason that this law torlids any
company organized under II to charge more than
three cents n mile for passenger fare /, was
therefore though, advisable TO apply to the mex,
legislature OF Maryland for special charter I,
was, however, on motion of MIR Jones resoIvci
10 appoint = committee TO solicit subscriptions TO
the capital stock Of tho road. These snlscrip-
tons to lie IN the fern a. al agreement between
the parties subscribing, ohliging each To nay his
subscription 10 the president and directors of the
proposed road when elected, upon condition that
no part OF the subscription is 10 lie payable until
sixty thousand dollars are snhsttihch and sufIi-
cient guarantees are given that the road will he
built from Elkion To Mddctown directly
The President appointed the following com
miticc For Baltimore ciiy, Jacob Tome. Robert
Fowler, liirnm Mccullough; for Delaware. Thog.
Massey, l.. 7. Evans, Henry Clayton. Robert \.
cochran, Sri Samuel Pennington and George ".
Ingram; Tor Cecil county, David Scott Wm ]
Jones, VIM. Lindsay, John Peach, Carl Hoffman.
Charles NJ, Ellis James u. Groomc.
The Secretary was instructed To prepare sub
scrifiiou books for the use of the committee.
Adjourned snhjcc 10 the call of the President.
ROBERT FOWLER.
thAs NJ ELLIS, Sec. Pgteiirni.
| Down lrEss.-Our correspondent at Doycr
sends us the following items
Pratt, the horse educator, held forth here dur
ing Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week,
aud Monday Of this week exhibiting his trained
ponies to large and admring crowds Of our ciii-
zens, aud 10 say That his visit 10 Dover has becn
nm entire success II is only necessary 10 remark
| that lie formed II class numbering upwards OF i25
individuals, and we have yet 10 hear OF n single
instance Of dissatisfaction, but Oh the contrary
his system OF horse education has met with nm
qualified approval. Several horses, one ihc pro-
periy Of Mr.. Isaac Jump, full Of foolish tricks,
| and another belonging TO Rev. Cyrus Hunting
| ton, who had an intoerabe dread Of an nm-
hrclla, were placed under the Professors care
bend are now as gentle as lambs.
The contract for building the new Jail has been
awarded To man at Harrisburg, Pa. but from
la, Hall. f..
| time, us one OF his bondsmen must lie Dela-
warcan, and nobody seems 10 know him, not
even Sloan, the architect, so by rights the con-
tract will have 10 go TO MessrS. Fisher & lioeh-
man Of Dover, The next lowest bidders, :" con-
summation deyonty 10 he wished, for we
should by all IN nns laironize home mechanics,
| especially when they are as good rs foreigners,
and We have every reason to believe they are.
| By the way, while speaking about mechanics,
| reminds MS that owing 10 hard times, and hence
no building go on, that many Of our best ear
poniers have been compelled to leave US 10 seek
employment elsewhere and un,ss the constrnc-
| Iion of the Jail goes to Dover builder many
more will have 10 leave.
The Norway pines set out on our green To
which reference was mndc in the Transcript some
time ago. are dying 10 the general saisiac ion of
our citizens, for !. has been fully demonstrated
that they are distractions 10 the view and I'M
! pedc the circulation of air, therefore though or
| "'aSohii W ilN W VI soihN Wv.
means useful.
great improvement, is being introduced In
Our town, and am surprised that IL VAS not
| thought of long ago, namely street sprinkler.
| During the long dry spell We have passed through
the dns, on our principal thoroughiares was al
most beyond endurance. all Of which might have
been avoided by iriiiing expense.
Ice Is selling n, n half cent pound with lack
ofbnycrs..
The strawberry season will draw TO close this
week. Notwithstanding The extremely dry and
hot weather there has been large yield and the
shipments from This point have been enormous,
though have not been able TO gain any s,a.is-
tics, and notwithstanding the large quantities
sent away the supply has been large for home
consumption, at reasonable ratcs,-l0 cents n
quart being the average price. The firm Of
Richardson & Robbins the extensive fruit cam
ncrs In this place are busy nsght and day put
ting up this delicious fruit, the orders they are
filling this season for New York and Boston n
lone are almost fabulous. by the way this firm
has order 10 nl Of peaches for n London house
amoaniing TO four hundred thousand cans
lIow's that for high? But it's true bill. Only