The Baltimore County union., 1873-01-18

THE MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA X. Il. Cow
PANY.-We have before us a pamphlet contain
ing some valuable information concerning the
above Company, from which we extract the
following, viz:
.eThis Company is eonstructinga double track
narrow-gauge railroad, about 45 miles long
The route as designated in the charter, is
commencing within Baltimore city and ex-
tending through Baltimore, Hartford, and part
of Cecil counties, Maryland, to the Pennsylva-
MIA State line, at or near where said line crosses
Oetorara creek, in Cecil county"
"At the last mentioned point, it is designed
To connect with the State line and Juniata rail
road. and thereby form, besides other connec-
tions, an Independent through line from Balti-
more to Philadelphia.
"The present means of transportation between
these two cities are insufficient to accommoda te
the rapidly increasing traffic. Furthermore
the development of the rich agricultural sec.
lions lying between them, over which this road
is located, and not heretofore reached by rail
will add materially to the business growth oi
both shorter route than the present to the
southern market. will be established for the
Anthracite coal nd other products of Pennsyl
vauia while Baltimore, the metropolis of Mary.
land, will receive the advantage of new ave
nues of communication with Pennsylvania.
oBetween Baltimore and the Pennsylvania
State lire, the road as located, passes through
country is densely populated and productive
agricultural district until now without rail
road.
Gas a local road alone, it would pay a hand
snnae profit on the Investment, but its Impor-
tance IS Vastly Increased when connected with
a road OF the same gauge extending INTO IhiIa-
delphia, and to other points in Pennsylvania
In addition to the above the pamphlet con-
tSins copies of the charter, bond, IAN act to
provide for the creation and regulation Of In
corporated Companies, first mortgage, &C., &c
The incorporates are VIM. o. Leslie, Samuel
5. Davis, J. J. Fenton, Thomas J. Spicer, and
Beaman Laurence.
THE RoAD CAsE.-0n Tuesday last the third
district road case was again before the Board Ol
County Commissioners. About one hundred
witnesses had been summoned TO testify in the
case, many of them being some of the most
prominent residents of that locality, as we'll as
from Baltimore city. The commissioners office
was crowded, and many were unable to gain
admittance.S Great interest was manifested in
the proceedings. Seventeen witnesses were ex-
amined, who testified that the proposed road
would be a great convenience to the public gen
orally, and five testified that the public con-
venence did not require the road to be opened
The remainder of the witnesses were not called
Every property holder on the line has signed
the petition for the opening of the road except
the Messrs. Disney, who are the objectors. By
agreement among counsel, Messrs. Cuttings
and McIntosh on behalf of the Messrs. Disney
and Messrs. Newman and Boarman on behalf
ofthose favorablet to the eopeningof the road, the
speeches before the board were limited to five
minutes each. Atthe conclusion ofthe speeches
the case was closed and the decision of the
Board was reserved until Wednesday when the
following order was passed.
"0rdered by the board of county commission
ers for Baltimore county, this 10Th day of jan
uarary, 1873, that the action of the road super
visors for the third election district of Balti-
more county, in eondemning for public uses a
road or avenue "A feet WIDE, commencing on the
northeast side of the Reisterstown turnpike
road, $50 feet above Woodberry lane, and run
ming thence in a northwesterly direction through
the lands Of j. d. Sauerberg and others, to Rog-
ers ave-, about two and half miles, be ratified
and confirmed. And we further order that a
jury, as prayed for by the objectors or except
ants to said road, be summoned by the sheriff
of Baltimore county, to meet upon the lands oi
Snowden Disney, or the heirs ofMrs. S. Disney
on Monday, January 9th, 1873, who shall pro-
ceed to consider the damages done the lands
aforesaid by the opening and condemning said
road or avenue, agreeably to the acts passed
January session, 1870"