Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-06-20

which ee0Pooy BIS etveo sod eth gives
shs kose svidssss q ssrpsss. ins>snt snd
persistent ressivs sad esergefic e1ss.
tion snd shility 10 secure 10 this county
the shor@sa and nsaf direct rood to City
Of Washinesnn. and In view Of all facts
and reasonable contingencies snd possibil.
rites. which road il most likely 70 preve
self.sus:aininq aud therefore s~fest and
most profitable invssswent for the Stsse
sock Nov. let these points Be duly and
disrassionasely considered aud dwels on.
With its Northern tsruisss 1t Bsssdy.
wine. il will b difkculs. indeed hopeless.
for the 8. Nd. Co. to compete successful.
" with i,s rival. The W. c. l. p. L. r.
H.. either f,r passenger travel 10 and
from City Of Washington. or 70" TRANSFER
Of produce-eisher Of orchard. Arm, gar.
den or oyster beds-to Washington aud
We~teru and n. Easter markets. The enal
OF Washington and Allegany mountains
will most certainly seek the shortest and
cheapest outlet 10 Gds-vatsr. on and ovss
the b. 4 o. r. u. and the Metropolitaa
brsueh Of name. eossseting with W. c
4 p. L r. lsdspssdens of such bstte,
route. being, The ncsa dirses aud shsvses
By 90 uslrs than that psr 8. M. r.. the
facilities Of going through ffos3 "mouaI
tain 10 ocean," without necessity Of break.
ing bulk and change Of cars at IN inter.
mediate point. At great cost Of time and
extra expenditure in rsloading. must %.
cure to tie W. C. & p. L. Co.'S road the
monopoly Of the fre:ghtipg Of N. coal
fields. % also the largest portion o: pas
sergers. strangers seeking tide.vaier
Injuries and enjoyment At the various
places Of Summer resort that will be sure
to spring up on Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries. We are At . lass to conjeO
ture whence. from What particular source
tho 8. Nd. r. expects to realise ~ in
come that viii pay the State Of Nd. ons
per cent. on any stock that It might BY
any possibility take init.
You. genilemen. are veil known 70 me
~ to the public. 10 b men Of great busi.
ness capacity. severslly and collectively
You are oil men Of mature age and Of
high social standing. You have been
placed in your present Offices Of trust and
honor after contest Of no ordinary iuten.
sity. and in hope and expectancy. on the
part Of your friends and supporters. Of q
faithful. conscientious and unbiased dis
charge BY you Of The duties. trusts and Oh.
legations which have been eon6ded to and
imposed =eou You. and I nov ask you
the question. whence and from What branch
Of business can any road. commencing II
an extreme point Of eur peninsula. and
having its Northern terminus at Bran.
DIVINE" 10 Prince Georges county. ana
not at tie City Of HasAingse=. expect to
receive and realize revenue that can BY
any possibility render it remunerssive Of
self-sustaining! Or secure to the State oil
Nd. - stock holder. The slightest chance
or fa;ntsss hope Of securing q profitable
return for and on any investment to b
made BY her therein?
On the other hand. the w. C CPL
r. r. Co., with direct and unbrokeu
route from the great Northern coal 6eld,
to tide-water terminus at Point Lookout
or st. Mary's River. and with line Of
steamers connecting her with Richmond
and Norfolk, and ultimately and at no dis.
tant future with tho trans Atlantic sea.
ports, the mighty centres Of European life
and commerce. oFers. I will not say pro-
liability, but certainly Of a magni6ceu,
success. securing TO ito stockholders and a.
such to State Of Md. should she become
one. . profitable interest for their and her
investment in her. Nor must it be for
gotten in discussing this question. tina.
when the State of Nd. from m abiding
sense Of justice, and in the spirit ola mos,
commendable libsrality, secured by its
organic law to the lower counties Of
Charles. Calvert and St. Mary's q grant
Of large sum Of money for internal im
proscments. that she ever contemplated
to foster and build up. at the expense Of
her people and to the de,riment Of any ol
her own great works Of internal improve
ment. that foreign and omnivorous rail.
road corporation. the IN. 4 Penn. Gen.
trail" not merely competing. but the rival
aud opposing rival Of her own great S(ase
work. the b. 4 o. r. r
The Commissioners Of Tax Of our sis.
ter county OF Charles are at length aware
Of the great blundcr (soms make use of q
harsher phrase) they we're betrayed into
when. in an evil hour. they battered ,heiI
means and their State bounty to the Bait.
and Potomac branch Of this same Penn.
sylvania Central-and for whatl A sorry
mess Of porridge-for . daily or weekly
train. know not which. from Pope',
creek on the Potomac 70 . point on the
Baltimore and Pennsylvania Central. cit.
uatcd. God knows where! The pressure
Of the pebble csnsurc. not loud bat deep
and the ''mens .noa eouscia recti" in al.
lowing themselves to Be fooled and over.
reached BY the really able and assuts Pre-.
sideDt Of the Baltimore and Potomae road
and his distipgsishsd coufrere. Thena,
Scott. Of the Penneylvania Central. haunt
their sleeping and waking moments. aud
awakened them to . too late and lruitlcs,
repentance. Of each Of them il nay b
truly said
"Herst latsri lethalis arundo."
Thusit will appear. that while the Wssh.
ington City and Point Leokoss railroad.
Interests aud prospective sess are 10 seeord-
ing harmony With those II eur State and
her 6r-sesehisg end isssrpesesrssise lisss
OF internal improvement. that the Soathsru
Maryland Commences at the end and
leaves OF ct the middle" and proposes q
ito GROWING glory 10 oct - . mere fesdss
10 . branch Of forsigs and hostile eorpo.
ratioe-the Northern Central.
IL NOT oaly desc nss propose 10 build 4
continuous and seh-ssssaining aud disse'
road 70 Wsshingtoa City, bst il b deter.