The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-06-22

BALTIMORE, SWAMI LAKE AND TowsoNTowN Rail-
RoAD-ENGINEERs' REPoRT.-At an adjourned
meeting held by the incorporators, stock holders
! and parties interested in the construction of the
Baltimore and Swami Lake narrow-gauge rail-
way in the office of Messrs. Laing & Shoemaker, on
Thursday, June 20tb, Hiram Woods, Esq in the
chair, W. Shaker, Esq, secretary, the following
business was transacted An organization of
the company by electing seven directors, viz -
hiram Woods, J. A. Dushane, DR.. VIM. R. Mon
roe, Wm Martien, A. w. Bradford, E. A. Ed
mondson and Jas. L. Sutton. On call for addi-
| tional subscriptions 965 shares were taken.
The report of engineers, Messrs. Laing & Shoe
maker, was read, and with plat profile and esti-
ma e accepted and referred to the Board of Direc-
! tors.
| A committee of Messrs. Dushane, Sutton,
| Woods, Edmondson and Judge Gilmor were APP
| pointed TO solicit subscriptions and get right of
way along the road complete
| The Railway as reported by the Engineers,
| will begin at the intersection of Oak street and
| Boundary avenue, thence northwardly on Oak
street to Mankin street, to a new street and in
| front on the east side of Hoffman's Brewery to
| point about $50 feet to the north of said
Brewery; thence DETECTING northwesterly
through and on the properties of j. Cochran,
Messrs. Worthington, Shirk, Popplien, White
and Miss Bay thence crossing Stony Rim by
| a Deck bridge, and continuing on the west side
of Stony Run on the properties of Miss Bay,
| Sydney Hand ,Hampden Association to Reming
! ton avenue then crossing under said avenue
| by bridge thence along west side of Stony
Run on the properties fthe Hampden Associa-
| ton, J. j. Wight, Genl. H. Mankin, crossing to
| Merryman's Lane; thence by said Lane
| through the property of T. Whitridge to the
west of Paradise Mill then following the
course OF Stony Run and through the properties
of Robert Turner, DR.. W. R. Monroe, Mrs.
Kimberly, VIM. Martien, ]. A. Edmondson and
! Mrs. Cockey, to Cedar Lane; then through the
property of M. Alder, Mrs. Evans and W. c..
| Wilson, crossing Lake Avenue by bridge !;
| thence on the property Of Hon. A. W. Bradford
! TO Charles Street avenue ; thence through the
property of J. McKim Marriott, and crossing
under the Powder Mill road and through the
| property of j. G. Henderson and James Logue,
| touching the southwest corner of the Sheppard
Asylum property then crossing the cou,s
road and through thesproperty OF E. Pratt
| Bro, e. N. Sweeny and Benz. Bowen, then
| making junction with the Towsontown and
Swami Lake Railroad, which is partly con-
structed, at point II miles from Towsontown
and 4,4OO feet from Swami Lake. Total length
| of road from Boundary avenue to junction 6s
miles. The road will be easy and cheap in
construction, the grades light and the curves
gentle and natural. The most of the pro-
perty holders along the route have signed the
| free right of way and others will do so when
| they see the line as marked out on the map
| The road will cost about 500, 600 for construc-
| ton.
After some further business the meeting ad-
| journed subject to call of the Directors.
| PROPOSED GREEN SPRING AVENUE EXTENSION -
| A meeting of those in favor of the extension of
| Green Spring avenue, from its present terminus,
| Rogers avenue, to Green Spring Valley, was held
on Thursday, at the Office of Mr.. James Tyson.
Mr. Oliver P. Macgill presided, and Mr.. Adolphus
| Cook acted as secretary. The attendance en-
traced nearly all the landholders on the line OF
| the proposed extension, and others interested in
| the project. Mr. Faul, the engineer submitted the
survey of q road sixty feet wide, running from
Rogers avenue 20 bridge on the Pimlco road :,
near the snuff mill, thence through The lands of
llessrs Woolson Schaefer Coates, Frush, Hook,
Abel, Cook, Macgil, Brown and others TO Rog-
ers Station, on the Western Maryland railroad.
The length of this route is about three and a
half miles, making the entire distance from Rog-
ers Station to Druid Hill Park gate six miles
The cost of the excavating, grading and macad-
amiZiug of the route surveyed is estimated at
about $35, 900. Mr.. Faul was directed to extend
the survey from Rogers Station to the Dover road
and report at the next meeting
| CAMP MEETING AT TowsoNTowN The Metho-
dist Protestant Church of Baltimore county has
appointed a camp meeting in Mr.. Charles R.
Chew's woods, to commence on the 1st day of
August, ensuing. All friends of religion are cor
daily invited to tent with US, and join US in this
| Christian effort Good board tents l2xl4 feet,
with floors, will be furnished at eight dollars,
the occupants enclosing the front. All who de-
sire the committee to furnish tents, must send
their applications to the undersigned, on be-
fore the 4th day Of July.
j. r. NICHOLS, Pastor,
ToWsontoWn