Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-04-24
TCoMMUNICATED.1

MR.. WELLs-Deor Strive were glad
to see, in your last issue, that you reflect
ed the views and wishes of all those per-
sons receiving their mails at and below
Port Tobacco. The B. & P. r. r. is now
running two trains day, which is in every
respect all we could ask, for travelling and
freight facilities, but why our mails are
not brought down in the 10 o'clock train
is certainly beyond our comprehension
This train leaves Baltimore at Z o'clock
A. M, with the mail for our county, and
said mail has to lay over at Bowie until
the afternoon train, and for what, no one
can tell. Why don't the Company attach
the car, fitted up in part for the mail, to
this morning train9 We do not care
whether our mails are brought by freight,
mixed or passenger train, SO we getthem by
the earliest possible and practicable route.
We think that this matter ought to be put
squarely before the Company, and if they
refuse to give us our mails at a seasonable
time, we say let the Railroad slide, so far
as our mails are concerned, and let us go
back to the Glymont route.
Now we can readily see why persons
living above Cox's Station do not object
to the present arrangement, because they
receive their mails before night; but to us,
who receive our mails at Harris Lot, New
burg, Aliens Fresh and Newport, it is
hard, indeed, as our mails have to lay over
in Port Tobacco from Tuesday night until
Thursday afternoon, from Thursday night
until Saturday afternoon and from Satur-
day night until Tuesday afternoon, and all
from no reasonable cause that we can con-
ceive. We hope those having the matter
in charge will remedy this great inconve-
nience.
Now, there is another matter to which
we wish to call the attention of the Rail
road offices: There was petition sent to
Gov. Bowie, the President of the B. & P.
r. r. Co., some three or four weeks ago,
signed by some 100 odd persons, most OF
whom are large shippers of produce, who
live east of the Railroad from Fowler's
store to Glasver Hill, praying that the of
fcers of the road would give them place
at Jameson's crossing, to ship their pro-
duce, receive their back freight and to
take cars when we wish to travel. We dc
not care whether it is called Switch, De
pot or Station, all we want is shed to
keep our produce and back freights from
the weather, and place for passengers tc
be protected from sun and rain and, oul
word for it, the Company will soon see
that this will be one of the oery best stop
ping places on the entire road, and will
then, we feel very sure, give us all the
buildings we need. Of course we must
have shed to protect tobacco and othe1
produce, or else the farmers will not SEND
their produce to be left out in the wealth
er. Let US have this stopping place, gen
tlemen, and that at once, and you will soor
be convinced that you will be well paid
- We care not where else there are stopping
places, but we want one at Jameson's cross
ing--neither above nor below-for our
benefit, and by having it there the Compa
ny will accommodate the entire citizens o.
the neighborhood of
NEWPORT, EAST HUNDRED,
AND BUDD's CREEK.