Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-04-05
Progress OF Our Railroad.

Track-laying is still steadily progressin!
and the bright sunshine of the past few day.
has given new and decided impetus to the
work. On Wednesday evening the locomo
tive and construction cars reached Cox's Sta
ton, distant ST miles from Pope's Creek, an6
it is thought that, unless untoward accident
intervenes, the 'iron horse" will exhibit his
majestic front" to the admiring gaze of won
dering Salemites about Saturday afternoon
We mean the admiration will come in when
they fnd out the ''critter wont -bite") Ties
are now plenty on the lower route, two YES
sci loads having recently arrived from Balti-
more. Heretofore much delay has ensued
from the want of ties. OF three vessels re-
Gently loaded at Forests Wharf, in st. Mary's,
two foundered in the severe gales of last week
and their cargoes lost. Rails are already at
hand sufficient to lay eleven miles of track,
and track-laying is progressing at the rate Of
5000 feet per day, though we understand
that on Tuesday the aggregate reached Il, 600
feet, owing, we presume, to the increased
vigor and energy developed by the change oil
weather. The county road crossings are be-
ing gravelled to ensure as little interruption
as possible to travel. In many places the
ties and rails make an elevation of twenty
feet above the level of the public thorough
fares. After leaving the Creek the first Sta
ton is that known as Cox's, upon the lands
Of Col. Samuel Cox, who has donated three
acres of land to the Company for the purpose
IF erecting thereon the necessary buildings
The Station nearest to our town, we under
stand, will be at Chapman's gate, on the road
leading to Piney Church. For this Station
DR.. R. F. Chapman has given four acres Of
land. There will, also we learn, be two sid
ings in the county, one near Salem and the
other on the premises of j. R. Hunt, Esq.
uear the dividing line between this and Prince
Georges county.
The Prince Georgian of last Friday gives
the following with reference to the progress oil
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in that
county:
The track layers expected to cross Charles
Branch at the Mill yesterday. The bridge at
this point is one of the longest and most SUBJ
stantial in the county. and has been completed
some time. Hence they will rapidly carry
the road on across Southwest Branch, and after
getting out of that section will come upon the
level country. which continues from the vcin-
ity of the Rosary Church to Charles and for
for s,me distance through that county. After
striking this ridge we apprehend they will
lose little time in working to the gang from
Pope's Creek, which is pushing forward also
as rapidly as possible. The large water tank
at the Depot at this place contained guam
tity of water when We were out there on
Wednesday, but it is not completed yet. The
hands were then engaged in grading at the
same point for the turntable and double track
which we presume will be laid at an early day
Col. Hills force is busiy engaged preparing
the timbers for the bridge be eontemplates
T5Feetlng across the Co1lingfo0, near its confiu
ence with the Western Branch, and we canno
t"o highly commend the enterprise of thi
ublic-spirited gentlemen in this matter, sine
it will place our village within at least one
half of the distance from the Depot that it i
now around by Coale's.