Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-09
LOCAL NE VS..
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ThE ToNN oFHUNrINGDoN Avn oTgr-l T,crNrs.
A few days ago our reporter made a second
bipoveF pOrsion OF TIE Ioute of tae Raltimare
and Pot 0mae railroad. and 40, rtaiIsiuV that the
track laye-s were Rt WORK near the ncW topf of
Huntington he set out Cor that point, and amer
arsde o. four hours over roads v hitch In the Ian
qua e OF tie sable driver OF the coach. keeps
'rksng ven away ron the place until yuu ret
light .here, reached the grONtng village. ono
Of it, buildings r. the old msu>ion hOuse. said 90
have b-en erected long before the Revolutionary
War, and l. = sail in Tcpsir. II r. occupied ~
residence by MI. 4. Snowden. store keeper.
ides th's building there are the tvO-st Dried
,fsme houses erected by Henry Hardlow, {.
hopreis and II. Stuuberg. The hotel being built
by Mr.. Samuel i. Crown. T. nearly finished and
The sfore-houSe % auhn &. Snovt'en anf the
Post-Slnee OF Mr. =. 4; Long. have iuss been
competed. The ground Avs well tor drainage
TIE ascent tr0m tue railroad and HOise Pen
Branch, which runs through the nronertr H.
mg gfAduA- The railroad enters tho dominiOns
OF the town Through shallow cut about mid
way OF the Huntington lact. Most % the t.ur-
chaSers have taken up several lots In or,l.r =,
have rom Tor gardens, Sc, and quite a num-
Der are PREPARING % buili n soon a. thev cao
procure the material ~ rail The distance Nv
the zigzag county roads rom the civ cannot be
les man ~ miles but by rail- Il Is not more than
two-thirds that distance.
After the road crosses the Eastern Branch n
runs up the right hank CT the B-auch 10 near
Cobbs Landing. and crossing Pincy Branch
about two mixes bevoIfd the District line on a
calvert, a short dssancs further il crosses and
follows Beaver Dam for a distance OF 81 miles.
then crosses Muddy Hole. near Beall's station
Folly run, 4 miles south OF Huntington. and hv
few or no cuts enters that place. From that
point % the PatuNent-a distance OF two miles
there are few cuts. That part OF the road b.
tween the PatuNcnt and PatapSro haS been fully
noticed in The STAR. Over tie Patapsco thu
bridge viii Be nearly C0o feet in length. and Ike
the other bridges " m be the Howe truss pattsrr
But the erection OF N Is OF greater ma-nitad
Than was az first supposed. owing 20 the dificuitv
OF obtaining a good foundation. and NJ h est
mated that for the thrOe piles, (tho bridge heiny
of four spans OF is0 feet each, 300 piles some
20 20 icet, VIII be required for each; but
so anxious are the officers 20 have III
road in running order that IL rs probable that a
russel work will be laid ON line OF piles for tllr
track 20 that The bridge proper may be built
subsequently. AtGwyn's Fails bridge is 20 be
erected OF DO length, Is feet above the stream
OF spars, 3 Of I'D feet each. and one OF 80 feet
Inc hands arc row cutting through the en-
baDk ment OF the Baltimore and Ohio road abOut
SIX miles Irom Baltimore and the latter rack Will
be supported by heavy trusScl work, The
work on the 1unnel In Baltimore - SIN pushed
actively, but &c viii be over a year before IL =
completed, for IL is a task Of magnitude-being
6,s-0 I'm length.
Mr.. Baldwin, the contractor for LAYING Ire
track, If now between the CITY and huntington
Win ms FORCE and " lay ing tracks q the rate Of
two miles per week