Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-27
baltimore ana Potomac Railroad.

10 Ll-ttlllys
Baltimore ana Potomac Railroad.
THE ROUTE TO BE CPEN 20 TRAVEL NEXT
y-EEK.
This new and important lire of railway be-
tween Washington and Baltimore ard from
Huntington and the Potomac is so nearly com
Peted that IN the early part Of next week, prob
ably CD Tues day, tTaias ysill commence running
from the depot in this city, corner OF 9Th and Il
streets, 10 baltl more, the terminus in that city
being fer tie present until the completion OF
the tunnei) "a temporary depot on Townsend
street By street cars, however, passengers
may connect with any other lines OF travel By
land u water out of Baltimore.
Tie surveys for this road we're made seVera!
years a. but Il wSs not until 1859 that the
work Wa actually commenced. Since thattime
The Work OF grading, bridging, track laying,
and bdlls-ting has been going steadily on, and
those qualified 10 judge state that the road Is
now one OF The most substantial! in the country.
The bridges OF the line from Clenton jEnc-
tcu of tie Annapolis and ElkFitge railroad,) 70
his city lad pretty good test yesterday, Blr.
IL X LiEtEisam. the road foreman OF engines,
bringing oEeI the1 three large engines in train
The weight beng IN all over ninety tons. The
Work tas been ole o. considerable difficulty.
Besides the tunlelirg in the cities there was a
places very heavy cutting and niiing 10 do.
BRIDGES AND TUNNELS.
gina avenue ans. Scafh X sheet. thrc..sL the
navy yard funnel, 1905 Get long, heretofore
described in TIE STAR the Erst bridge
(across the EaiteTn branch OF the PotOgi.Se) is
reached. 1COO feet long, of strong trussel work
built by Mr. c. h. Bliss OF this city, in the cen,
ter OF which = l00-fooi lowe truss span, erect
ed by tie Kingston bridge company. Next
comes 1j-foOJ Howe bridge over Beaver daGc
SIX niles father On; and ahclt one mile fIrthe.
north watts branch require a 5O-fOot bridge.
VIC miles north OF Huntington, now called by
the railToaders Bowie in konor OF the presi-
dent Of the company, (ex-G0T. Oden Bowie.I IS
the big Patuxe1t- Over this stream there are
Two spars OF Howe uuss-work, each $50 feet IL
length About two miles further on, The Howe
truss sran OF 1So feet over the little Patuxent,
and less than mile beyond that. the bridge
over thai CaP2ciOCs stream, RogGe's harbOr
branch, Ga 55-fOOt Howe truss) comes in view
He;Ween The Annapolis road and the PatapscO
mere are but few streams OF water, AID these
have stone CUiveFts built over them. Al the
fStaIsco. however. another the bridge y
CURED II Il, IN the size o. its timberS and
general construction, like sections of the new
Long Bridge, and being built three firm
granite piers o. pile foundations will doubtless
be able 70 resist ali freshets. This bridge Is in
W sIans, making tots. length O. about 500
4 ct The road passes under the Bait. more and
ONO ROAD lew miles north OF the Relay House
b. a tunnel, and over Gwynns Falls BY a bridge
- Feet IL length and 90 feet IN height Over
GWyhns Fa-k branch there Is 8 I5-fOGt truss
b-ir-e.
Tie length o. tie road is abort thirtv-seven
niles Nineteen stopping places have been De-
te, mined on between the two cities. the object
tehg 70 give the People along the road al the
sCct n mcdatiCEs they require. The telegraph
WIGS axe uP from the ofSce on Virginia Avenue
:. Baltimore, and the finest Instruments are in
pace. the Tie : " the very best materials.
AID the Instruments are OF the latest improved
IstteTo>.
WHO rIr TIE WORK.
Nr y 3. Jones i IN charge Of the lire A.
Civ sion superintendent. The whole OF the road
except The tunnel has been bgiit under contract
b ". Thomas SeabrO0k- &. y. Emack was
The chief eugirCe- o. The construction. Israel
Sta4tL was principal assistant engineer, aud
Thomas Franklin vas resi- lent engineer an had
charge or tie track laying Of the whole road,
GessTs. Baldwin BrotheTs. Of Washington
bong Tie contractors Tor Lhat work. The cleo
rive G.heeTs Of The company are - follows.-
IrtSident. cdeH Bowie, vice president y. y
IaBaTtyi secretary, stephen Little: treasurer
=. letS' general superintendent, r. l.. Dl
Parry chief engineer, C.S. EIhack Mr.. Part
ridge Was engineer IL charge Of the work in the
District. Superintendent Du Barry has been IN
tte city for several days with AIr. Woods OF the
Northern Central railroad. arranging the time
t'ae-e-i Wn.ch VIII be published IN a day OF rvzO.
THE RoLIING STOCK.
Already have = I.st-Class and baggage ears.
built at Altoona, Peuns, arrived, and Others
sc expected daily TEe engines are what are
-knovn a. the Baldwin wheel, the connected
IOrt'oc without feel OF water weighing abort 80
tons each Five OF them are already nere-NOs.
3 :. .. = anu j.. Several engineers are already
h,Ts, among them MessTs. Bower, Burre.l,
.srosher, and witbeTs. Mr. Jerry Sweeny, who
has been runniig the engine OF Capt. WitheTs'
construction train since the track laying was
C0uuSESe,i, IL j sad viii have the ,-rlar u r-r-
nIrE 2 he fTst regular train Mr.. ". IL Price
Vii te fhe dispatcher at this end OF the road
aTc Mr. George Y Dunn will 0ccupv A similar
t'rt.tDu " = 7 more. II u probable That The
e-sirt rrS- e1fdu-;crss baggage men. &c, viii
BE- assigned - he respective trains tomorrow.
TEg Ez-FEsioS oF THB CAF1To1 GeoUxrz
a. toC- TO-DAY me commissioners n arprIiSe
The value Jt - Ilres adjoining the Capitol
grounds. under an act 81 Congress fCr the HuE-
L.~c O.! charging said gTCUn1-.--MessrS. i. {.
~ N-l-lF.s Samuel Bacon. aud J. q Hardness
me III rhe circuit court room, City Hail. There
vas a large attendance OF prcper*V holders sum
ncret % appear. Nr. Bacon said that under
the - g,ff -
o take tie testimony separately. Mes>TS. ".
j. Hickey. DR. Wm- tSurtt0n, james Lynch AMI
OILERS whose names have appeared IN TBE
STARl testified 70 the amount Cl property owned
h fher- NJ. y. p. Callan acts a. clerk 70 the
sFFFaisers.
TIE CoLoRED SCHOOL TRUSTEES met last
nigh. and applications tor positions a. teachers
we're received from Misses q. Simms. Jane
Wilson, W " Mclean, Mary t.. Porter,
Martha r. Hawkins, Emma y. Doster and
Sarah =. Banter. Mr.. Henry X. Searle
authorized 20 make an examination % the
Stevens school building and report whs; changes
are required 20 make IL better adapted tor
school purposes Mr.. CiuSs was also requested
20 examine lincoln school building, and report
WAT changes are necessary 10 prorsOte its
safety.
TRCTTING MATCH YRsTERDAY.-Ont the Piney
Branch course, q tTotting contest-best three in
I'VE, IN harness, one mile hea-S-tOok place yes-
terday afternoon between the Belle OF Gsttys-
burg, Sleepy Dan, and Razor Back. The mare
got over the frst mile in ? K3Z Sleepy pan
won the second heat same time, and the mare
then woT the second IN 25I. aLd the thIrd heat
III %, taking the prize, $500.
ST. Mathews FkMALk AoApRNY-The
annual distribution Of medals and premi ms 10
the pupik OF st. Matthews female academy,
tock place yesterday morning. gold medal,
The highest honor, was awarded 70 Miss Mary
McIaBus; the second honor, q silver medal, u
Miss Florence Thompson. Premiums were
awarded also 70 Misses julia McGraw. Maggie
Flanagan, and others
INDICTED FOR MURDER.-The grand fury
yesterday found two bills OF indictment against
LsWI- G.. Close for the murder OF .IOhn ". GRAY
and George ". JeRkins Tor the murder OF h.
vile, LasILia jenkins.
SEELEToS ard veu:sla-.ng corsets sre the
nos cJE.taEtaa.S 1sT ladies' 20 wear In not
moths Ch4S Baum has q fu4l ssScTt IN mt IA,
rtItet, between ID ami y.
DESIRABLE REssBESCx for a small family
o. Cav street. ere 81 the most brauf.rIl
tiorouRtiares CT Georgetown, for rent. See
adv ST..sS tEt.