Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-01-15


ness the Marrow Gauge pays over twenty per
cent" ,..,
y "'' ~" ThE pEAoHBoTToM n. II.
The annual meeting and election for the Peach
bottom llsilroad took place at Peach Bottom,
York county, on Monday. The following officers
were chosen President, s. G.. Boyd. Directors
Samuel Dickey, Sanders Mccullough, s. d.
Russell, John Twaddell, Nathaniel Mayer. j. A.
Alexander, VIM. Wallace, A. O. Manifold NJ.
Loncks, Michael Schall, Ohas. r. McConkey, l..
Messrs. Loucks, schall and Mcoonkey are new
members of the Boards the two former OF York
Borough. e Il
The animal report OF the Chief Engineer, j.
NJ. Hood. recapilulates the surveys made since
the organization of the Engineer Department,
December 9TH, 1871. The entire line has been
located, except six miles, East Of the Susque-
hanna, from that river to Donnell's Summit.
The whole of the located line having been placed
under contract soon after the location was COM
pleted, ground was broken on the Eastern Di-
vision about the 25th of August and on the Mid
die and Western about the 10th Of September,
and there Is now completed, with exception OF
the usual trimming up the graduation Of II AZ
miles Of line, of which 5.0i miles are the Eas-
tern Division, 1926 ON the Middle and g. IS on the
Western On the middle and western the ma
sohry Is also nearly completed on the graded por-
tions.
Tho report refers very favorably to the line
surveyed under the Company's auspices, for a
3-fest ,guege road from Oxford 10 Elkton as
miles J The grades are unusually favorable, and
there are large manufactures on the line. The
Engineer thinks it will probably be built this
year az the estimates show IL to be in the easy
reach of those who now regard it as a necessity
The Lancaster and QHarryyile Road to extend
from Lancaster via Quarryvfiie to Kings Bridge,
on the Peach B Bjttom will asp be a, valuable COR
nection, and is now In process OF constructs n
with a lair prospect OF All early completion. IL
also is to be a 3-feet guage. A reconnoisance
west Of York with view TO extending the Peach
Bottom Road in that direction, has been made
with favorable resultsAtwo very easy routes hav-
ing been traced as far as the Cumberland Valley
Owing TO the peculiar Jndition OF tie Suslue-
hanna river at Peach Bottom, it il believe that
a much cheaper form Of bridge than those
in common use can be improvised, and with
this in view thorough examination will soon
be made
From present Indications 1t is reasonable to
expect that the leastern, western. AMI a portion
of the middle divisions OF the Peach Bottom
Railway will be opened for business before the
close OF the current year in which case it is hop
cd your highest expectations may be realized.
THE LANDESBERG AND OXFORD EXTENSION.
A correspondent OF the Oxford Press thinks
the best route for this extension is what is call
cd the Franklin school house route which would
CROSS the dividing ridge between White Clay
creek and Big Elk on the low land between the
school house aud john ID. Wherys and strike
down John X. Steele's run to Hodgson's run,
SHpbo hbdt Jauio5 hOubboll iAoubb ailu baho buo
nearest and best route from thence to Little
Elk aud up said creek to Oxford by this route
tile distance from Landenberg to Little Elk
would only be about miles, and as was shown
by Frink's survey, made in 1855, the heaviest
grade would be under 80 feet to the mile.
The correspondent further says When IL is
decided by the two companies (the Wilmington
IL Western and the Peach Bottom K Little Elk)
which company would build the road the Ques-
ton Of wide or narrow gauge could easily be
disposed of. II narrow gauge the Wilmington
Company could lay third rail from Landenberg.
to Wilmington and il wide gauge then third
rail might be laid on the Little Elk part Of the
road. We feel confident that il the Peach Bot
tom Il Little Elk Company wish to build to Lam
denberg they can easily make arrangements with
the Wilmington Company by which they can run
on tho Wilmington charter. by uniting interests
much money could be saved and road built
that would pay"
THE wILMINGToS IL READING II. r.
Our report OF the annual meeting of the W.
Il II. r. r., Coatesville, yesterday, clossd with
an abstract of the annual report of the Presi-
dent. -
An election for Directors was subsequently
held, whom the old Board were reelected, as
follows Hugh e. Steele, Edward Bette, Charles
Huston, j. l.. Pennock, q. e. Pennock Hester
Oymer, 3. d Worth, +. @. Stotsenburg, Edward
Brooke, Il. ]. dupont, Geo. W. Bush and Joseph
Tatnall.
Hugh f. Steele, was reelected President,
VILLAIN s. Hilles, Secretary and Treasurer O..
$. Stolz, Engineer and General Superintendent.