Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-20

there Is some tolerably heavy work. and the cur
vsture on this part is more than usual Below I,
however, in Charles county, the grading cost but
very little, and for miles the tiee are laid on the
natural surface Of the ground, and the digging
small ditch on either side seems 20 have been
Ine only evidence Of q shovel having been used
The contractor for the road. Mr. SesbroOk, ex-
poets 10 be sble TO turn over the whole track
this fall 70 tie company-ballasting ana sur
iaclng being the principal work Ct TO be done
Messrs. Baldwin, the track layers. are now tu-
ishing up their work by putting in switches Sc
As fse as sections OF the road can be used trSins
VIII be put on, and in about a week IL Is expect
ed that Ntthers train viii run twice each dsy
between Bowie and Marlboro. In Charles conn
" there are no curves worth speaking OF and
one stretch OF nine miles between la Plata and
Matawoman Is in direct line, and for some
instance this side Of Cox's 70 two OF three miles
below there is another remarkably straight
stretch. Indeed, the topography OF the conn
Try Offers snch facilities for railroad build
ing that the only way 90 account for the
failure OF the Charles county people 20 build
q road before this ls the want of a pIa.e
90 build TO. Now that the road is nearly COM
Pie.ed We may soon expect TO see Old Charles
picking mp, and her products r Nuring into Wash
lngton and Baltimore by rail, instead of NV
Puhey, as heretofore, while the people will be
sole 10 obtain better prices The present ono
taoons along the line are:-Chickens, 80 per
uoIen, TOR good &c broiling specimens snd
eeet ~ cents dozen. The soil OF this county
Las VSeh worked down so as 20 be barely Able 10
grow broom sedge, but IL is now being brought
up again by the use OF fertilizers Including
mari round At various points. The principal
products are tobacco and corn, and althou gh
but little cultivated land is seen from the rosd
the number OF hOgsheads of tobacco living nj
various points on the line awaiting shipment %
BaluDore, afford evidence enough of the a.ten-
ton paid TO that crop. Melons, cantelopes ana
peaches are abundant ali along the line and
some varieties OF pears color better here IA an lp
other sections OF the state.
The telegraph wires are alreadyup from Bowie
10 Marlboro', a distance OF Ia miles, and as the
lower portions OF the road are opened the line
will be extended.
soCIABlLITY OF THE CHARLES COUNTY FoLEs
The people In this county or at least those who
boarded the train, appear TO be q very sociable
SCI, ana are not long in making acquaintance
train reached La Plata and SO many Charles
county people boarded il, but K was not long
before native sldled up TO him with the dueS-
non, where did you come from stranger?
That query being satisfactorily answered tie
next topic was the weather, and the reporter
remarked that Anne Arundel had suffered tor
ram possibly more than Charles, TO which the
native responded, "W ell if they have the Lord
pity EN-, for I'm feared We won't be able 10
nave many pones here (Pones are Indian corn
Ioaves baked in an OveB.) The Charles county
man then pointed cut various roads which AT
seemed TO lead 20 the capital OF the county Port
Tobacco. Another Charles county man asked
was sup" gave vent 10 his feelings fhusly:
'Thats so, or there's no HI Yes, that's So
but stranger II is a bitter dose. He is id old
aDolltlonist, but we must vote for him, i spose
There being no turn table finished on this part
OF the road, when the time came for returning
the pushing operation hsd to be resorted To- AM
after making innumerable stoppages 10 take on
tobacco-I01 hogshesds being Skinned on tbis
uip-the town OF Bowie was again reached near
midnight.