Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-28
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Railroads


the ciTIzrSs OF READING INDi0NANT.
A meeting of the payers and citizens
of the Second Ward, Reading, Pa, was
held at Vent rs Hotel, South Ninth
street, on Friday week, at which the
conduct Of Mtssts. Fdel Weber and
James j. DtiscOll, members of Common
Council from that Ward, In voting TO re-
scind the action of Councils on the Berks
county rail- Dad qucs ion in September last
was denounced. Common Council WAS
also requested to rescind It's action Of the
9th inst.
PEACH BOTTOM RAILRoAD-FArAL AccI-
DENT.
Il has been determined by the Board Of
Directors to make rtk the western terIni-
nus of the Peach Bottom Railway. The
action has given umbrage to some of the
subscribers Of the stock, who have re-
solved not 10 pay their insnlments. These
men We're favorable To having the terminus
of the road at Hanover Junction. There
tire over 500 subscribers 10 the stock Of
the company vast Of the susquehanna,
100 of whom reside Ia York.
The Oxford Press SAYS
an Friday, 18Th inst, while the men in
she employ Of Joseph y. Wallace. con
tractor on serlions 50 and 10 Of the Peach
Bottom Railway, We're employed in making
tall on the deep cnt ntar the forks OF
Muddy Creek, the breast of earth being
Undermined suddenly gave way, killing
one man and breaking the ley of another.
The latter, though tbiown down and
hurled to the shoulders, was promptly dug
out and escaped with broken leg and
other less se,ious injuries. II 10 thought
he will recover.
Two other accidents have occurred in
an fhrp4s kyfHE =
IN the tlret instance Il nan narrowly es'
capped being killed by spall, whl.h in
blasting had been thrown to great htighl
and did not fall until danger was supposed
TO be over, and the men Nere returning Il
the pit, whcl il Il scendCd, grazing The
forehead Of one of the men, knocking hln
down and leaving an ugly cut on his he ID
In the second accident Mr.. ieager, tn
fotgman, was removing The tamping from
a hole that had missed lire, when th
.scrapeI struck GU lnt vein and fired IN
charge, blOging the serapor through H.
baud and iujur,ng one of his eyes. He
recovering rapidly. Il was during MI
Yenger's absence that the last accident
Eeruting in the loss Of lite, o CARED. W
aie informed that an electric battery
ah0Ht to lie introduced for firing blasts !
che deep Gu, Il being much safer, and b
arug aug number of hoes nt the sam
Instant rs much mere effective. THIS Pre-
ce-s was used In the deep cut ut Rowland
vile on the 2. Il -. &. Railroad.
NEW ROAD.
The information reaches the Bel A
lMil 4H,gis through a reliable gentlemal
that a surveying party is in the field,
Baltimore county. locating route for
railroad from Baltimore 10 New York, II
dcpendent Of to- one now in progress.
Is as0 fumOrcj thaa the latter j. backt
NJ by the Penns lvauia Central Road, an
the surveying patty nllude to Is employ'
by the Baltimore and Ohio Company.
EXTENSION OF THE PEACH BOTTOM RoAi
The New York True Democrat says thi
on the l4th inst, the corps Of engineers
the Hanover Junction and Susquchann
RlrOad, headed by j. 5. Git and VI
Mcl}suald, arrived a. YO X amer the bett
,pait o. 3 Reek's work surveying the rou
from MaTicita, up the Cordorus, to Nor
ehding at pOipt on Newbcriy sre'
syst Of Cottage iiill College, at poi
cCnnect ng with the f0rs and OxfJ
road, surveyed some time ago. The {
gineers say that a lrIctical aud en-
Ionte was found, and that the most fag'
al IL reception was awarded them by I
ei Ems along the lire. Onc iron firm d
pr mhed 100000 to the road and anotl
$4,000. II will bring ore Is cents per I
Cheaper ~ them than it now costs the