Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-06-21
ForestaIling am Injunction.

The american of Wednesday gives long
account of an effort which has been made for
several weeks past by parties antagonstic to
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad to re-
strain the cnrporators from laying their tracks
over or along certain streets of Baltimore. A
series Of resolutions were passed by the City
Council having for their object cessation OF
the work on that portion of the road lying
within the limits of the city, but the Railroad
Company needed not the provisions Of the
esoludsns and kept on with the work as
usual. Finally it came to the knowledge Of
the Company that an Injunction would be
asked for at cone of the Courts on Tuesday
morning, and 10 order to outfank the injunc-
ton party the Railroad Company on Monday
afternoon nassed several hundred laborers
and track layers at the depot on Pennsylva-
lila avenue, and by nine o'clock on Tuesday
morning they not only had two miles of rails
laid on the disputed territory, but astonished
the good citizens of that section by running a
known why the rails had been SO suddenly
laid a5great crowd of persons assembled at
the depot, and as the laborers started off in
the train for Washington a great cheer at
tested the spifit~in which the people appreci-
ated the out-fanking of the Injunction party.
To the more detailed statement furnished
by the Aaerican's reporter, we learn that in
order to combine all the forces of the road at
some given point to accomplish the defeat of
the injunction movement, early on Monday
messengers were dispatched to all parts of the
road and here we take up the reporters ac-
count:
The hands working on the Lower Potomac
Branch at Huntington, numbering about sixty,
were sQon in readiness, and had joined in a
very short time those of the Washington
Branch, making altogether about two hundred
hands. They proceeded at once to Baltimore
and brought with them.as far as the Franklin
road four trains ladened with all the necessa-
ry material needed 10 the work before them
They were under the charge of Capt. Thomas
Franklin one of the engineers of the road,
and reached the depot about three o'clock 10
the afternoon, and were j,ined by about one
hundred bands from the upper portions of thu
road, under the command of Engineer Smith,
thus making the entire force employed about
three hundred. The scene around the depot
was singular one, as can we'll be imagined
three hundred men, some laughing and talk
ing, while some refreshed themselves beneath
the shade of trees by sleep.
At four O'Clock the work was commenced
in earnest, it being considered as absolutely
certain that there was then no danger of the
Injunction. The track was not laid over ten
feet upon the west side of Townsend street at
the crossing, but just barely enough to say
that it was laid, and that was ALL Night set
ting 10 they were retarded little in the work,
but the moon soon came out and they went
ON with the work the same as ever. Attwelve
o'clock nearly half the track was completed,
and the men feeling tired and hungry from
their excessive labor pitched into four wagon
loads of provisions that had been brought a.
long and ate with fine relish. Work was
again renewed with great vigor, and before
nine o'clock yesterday morning. the time when
it was supposed the injunction was to have
been made, the last spike had been driven and
and the last shovel Of dirt thrown by an old
Virginia colored man. The distance of the
track laid was about two miles, and crossed
three Streets. ,Calventon road, Franklin and
Townsend at the two latter double tracks
were laid. The hands belonging on the lower
section of the road embarked on the trains for
their quarters. and as they moved off chorus
of yells and screaming of engine whistles was
raised that will not soon be forgotten by those
who reside in the neighborhood. 1t is au-
thoritatvey stated that the road will be run
ming to Washington from this city in a week
or ten days, and it is thought that the fare
will be placed at about eighty cents.