Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-08-08
Sourusas MAHYLAxp II. X. Co.
Prrsfpysr's Orrrrr.


Sourutas MAsYLAxp II. r. Co.
prYuDysr's OVricr.
Eashing'oa. u r.. JAY 80. 1879.
j.. y. BnfscoE. Esqr.. Iaorney at Lar.
Leonard o1n. .HaryLmd
DrAR sra: / have war. Of the 10Th.
You tan upon authority" as-arc vour
peope that the Southern NarvIand Rail-
road Company will. by the 10Th of Oc,o-
Der next. have con- plc;ei fifteen miles from
the junction with the Baltimore aud Poto-
mae railrnad. near Brandywine and the
cars will be- rnnning from the junction.
fifteen miles towards Leonardiown, and
by the 10Th Ut January next (unless We
shall be interferred with in getting our
right Of way) We will haze the road COM
ton; and by the LIST of March next will
have completed the road to ST. Mary's
river. thus opening 4 route from B,lt!-
more to the sea and by the first OF E"y
nexf the whole line from Washington to
Point Lookout will be completed.
Mr.. Dumer. our chief engineer. writes
that he has just com pIetei the preliminary
survey TO a point on the Baltimore and
Potomac road few miles below Brandy
wine. and thai IL. location to that point
will be finished within ten DAYS. when one
thousand additional nlen will be added to
the present force there, AMI thereafter
the work will he pressed from the junction
with the Baltimore and Potomac read
down the liEc toward Poin, lookout tn re
finished at the period have stated. thus
giving the people o: St, Mary early az
cess to Baltimore and Washington
The distance between the Junction with
the Baltimore aud Potomac railroad ard
ST. Mary's river bv our survey is only
forty-tuur miles. end as the work is com
para,ively light We propose to connec,
these two points first, to wit. the junction
with the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
aad ST. Mary's river SO as to have IN out
let to the sea from Baltimore aud Wash
ington; this accomplished. we then pro-
pose 10 tinisl, the route between 81, Ma
rvs river and Point Lookout. ten miles Of
which is already under construction and
nearly graded.
Having thus uEbarrcd the doors to the
outside world ut both ends of a.. peuinsu-
la, we viii proceed at once 70 construct
the lite of the roasl between the junction
and Washington city. Ths section was
reserved Tor the last. because it is the
heaviest and most expensive work along
the whole line, our desire being TO give
the earliest possible communication by rail
to the two cities. and your people especial
ly could have early and direct COMMUNE
cation with Baltimore. their comm crcial
business emporium. This great point be-
ing accomplished. you can afford to take
little roundabout ride by rail to WASH
ington for few months until the direct
route shall have been finished.
From glance at The map it will be ap-
parent to your mind that our plan is the
wisest that could b. devised to effect an
early communication by rail to Baltimore
aud Washington. Aud | think i, must
be equally apparent &c your mind that no
other line will ever BE- built, notwi,hstand-
ing your commissioners. swsyed BY the
wisdom OF multitnde Of counselors. have
given our opponents Q conditional order
for tie public fund of which they are the
cus,odians, which order. if it shall ever
have any effect at all. j. wiil be TO eubar-
rass the action Of the only company which
can accomplish the great object tor which
your people have been waiting all thee
long years All this will be fully realized
by the commissioners and all tiiose CON-
ccrned 10 tia, notable Transaction. and all
the consideration which may or may no,
have been realized will atone for the luis-
take. as time alone will only disclose
If our opponents are really in earnest
in their prsic ssions. | don't think that
either they or their friends have corsijer-
ed the subject. Ii will reqaire more time
and ,noney to build the road from the Ess-
tern branch Of the Potomac to Brand wine
Cay twenty-five miles) than i, wrk to
build from that point Ia Point Lookout.
4 distance OF tiisy-hve TO sixty miles. But
VIXEN YOU add % this tue fact that to en-
ter the city they mus, bald suo,a
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