The Baltimore County union., 1872-06-01

DELTA AND TowsoNTowN RAILRoAD-REPoR1
OF THE ENGINEER.-We give below the report
of Col. W. W. Taylor, engineer, OF the different
routes of the proposed narrow-gauge railroad
from Delta to Towsontown:
"The survey was commenced on the 1st o.
April, at Delta, on the Pennsylvania line, pass
ing in a southwesterly direction to Pylesvillt
the graduation between these points being
| light. Passing between the mill and dwelling
at Pylesville, the summit of Streets Ridge
was reached. cutting on the way the propertie:
of Samuel Wallace,-Davis and John Street
on whose lands the highest ground was reached
between Broad and Deer Creeks by this route
From Mr.. Streets the line would pass through
some woodland and old fields of E. Stanley
Rogers, west of Benjamin Amos's house, to the
summit at the head of Gladden's valley, which
is the real divide between Broad and Deel
Creeks though Is feet lower than at Streets
Thence the line passed to the right of James
and back of John Gladden's house, to the cross
ing Of Deer Creek opposite the Rocks, at an ell
ovation of 35 feet above water. Traversng the
hill side down the Creek for one-fourth of 6
mile, the line assembled the valley of Kellogg:
Branch to one of its sources at Mr.. Reeds
house, on the Cooptown road-crossing several
properties, among others that of VIM. Gladder
lone of our Jealous railroad men,
"From this point the survey was extended
without difficulty near Samuel Streets mill
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farm of Charles Scarf; thence by way of Twin
ing's Valley to the Little Falls ofthe Gunpowder
"From the Little Falls-which are crossed
at an elevation OF 25 feet-the line passes
through the lands of Messrs. Baldwin, Watkins
Naill, Gorsuch, Hertzler, Yoder Eicholtz and
Naftzinger, passing to the left ofTrinity Church
and through the ridge dividing this from Du-
laney's Valley, on the property OF S. Price
with cut 80 feet deep; thence on the east oi
Dulaney's Valley by the property fMr. Booth
Ann Jessop, and VIM. Brosier to the Great
Falls of Gunpowder, which is crossed at an ele
vation of 35 feet thence through the Gilmoi
estate, passing some 100 yards to the right OF
the mansion, and soon into the property of the
late lamented Charles Ridgely Of Hampton.
"The route through this place would pass to
the left of the mill and dam and approach neal
to the DuIaney's Valley Turnpike, and up the
water shed of what is called the Pump House
Branch" on the west side, crossing the drive
about midway between the Brook and Pike to
depression in the drive of Charles Chew,
ESQ.,, and thence direct to Towsontown by the
gorge Immediately east of the Pike and with a
cat of25 feet in the summit ridge in the gar
den of Mrs. Shealey, passing under the Joppa
road and finding very good ground in the heart
of the village on an open square on Pennsylva-
mia Avenue, for depot or station"
THE JARRETrsvILLE ROUTE.
"This leaves the other survey at Reads sum
nit about half mile north of Samuel Streets
mill and crosses at once one of the forks of this
branch of Winters Run, and passing over the
northern end of Tyson's barren chrome fields
into the property of VIM. Cairns, to the left OF
his buildings, thence up the valley of this fork
of Winters Run little north OF Jarrettsville,
and through Deets, Shuster, Hope, Scarf,
Street, Tolly, Emory and Hess, to the Lift
Falls.
The line next descended the Little Falls
about mile, passing Lowell's-formerly STAINS
bury's-mill, to an outlet made by branch
coming down from the dividing ridge west of
Chestnut Grove Chapel, which was found very
favorable as to alignment and graduation to
summit at the Sweet Air and Phoenix road. on
the farm of Alexis Jackson. Thence down the
valley of the stream mentioned through the
property of Thomas Jackson, Mr.. Shield, DR..
O'Donovan, and across the Jarrettsville Pike at
Isaac Kings Tavern. From here to the open
ing in the valley of the Gunpowder the stream
was tortuous, rocky and very precipitous. but
a very excellent crossing of the Great Falls
was found at the limestone quarry of Capt
Marsh. Crossing on the farm of George Mer-
ryman, the hillside which skirts the Falls on
the south was gained, which would be availed
of for half mile until Dulaneys Valley pro-
per is gained.
"Rounding the hill where the Falls makes
its debouch, into the valley, the line would
pass to the rear of John Bosley's residence,
in front of Widow Bosley's near the ore
washing's, and crossing Dulaney's Valley
pike one-fourth of mile north of Hampton
gate, uniting with the line first ran at Ridgely's
drive.
For your encouragement, am sustained in
making you this proposition:
To grade, bridge, iron and equip your road
from Delta to Baltimore to lease the same for
20 years, paying the interest on any bonded
debt it may have, and after the first five years
of It's completion to pay half per cent. divi-
dend upon its capital stock, increasing the
same BY an additional half per cent. each year
until it reaches five per cent. per annum. The
company to secure the right-ofway and pay
$4,000 per mile in money (or its equivalent in
needed material or labor;) $1,000 per mile in
land, appraised at its present value; $4,000
per mile in mortgage bonds at such rate of in
terest as the party shall determine. The above
1 intend for the Long Green Route. For the
Jarrettsvile, $500 in money and the other
amounts the same. This to include the engi-
neering and placing of the roadway upon
ground conceived to be best by the engineer"