Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-26
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The B. & P. r. R. Co., is giving accept
able evidence of its determination to equal
the demands made upon its energies. We
see it stated that its business is steadily
increasing, the receipts of tobacco alone,
by the Pope's Creek line, averaging about
one hundred and fifty hogsheads per day,
and great quantities of groceries and other
goods are daily sent from Baltimore to
supply the wants of the new sections of
country opened up by the road. The
company is about to purchase two large
warehouses on North street, which it is
proposed at once to convert into extensive
depots for the accommodation of business.
The shippers by the road will be glad to
hear this, as it ensures ample provision for
the security Of freight against depreciation
or other damage. There is no doubt, with
proper facilities furnished by the compa-
ny, supported by polite and decent be-
haviour towards passengers and shippers,
on the part of the officials, the business of
the line, both as to freight and travel, will
greatly increase. There is an immense
quantity of patronage yet bestowed on wa
ter transportation, which, if the proper
spirit is manifested, will be diverted
to the road. The schooner of Capt. Elkins
sailing from tbs Creek for Baltimore is
taxed always to her full capacity, and at
Chapel Point, only two-and-a-half miles
from Cox's Station, great quantities of
merchandise and agricultural produce are
weekly delivered or taken off by the steam
er Express. On last Saturday, for instance,
we. learn that the steamer took from the
Point to Baltimore nearly sixty hogsheads
of tobacco and thirteen hundred bushel of
wheat, besides an extensive miscellaneous
cargo. Go ahead, gentlemen of the rail
road, you are moving in the right direc-
ton, and we are glad to see it.
Port Tobacco Station.
We have been requested to state that
from and after Thursday last, yesterday
the cars will stop at the upper crossing,
near the house of Mr.. Morris, on the Owens
vile road, instead of at the Newtown cross
ing. This point is about three hundred
yards from the place where the trains have
been delivering and taking on the mails
and passengers. Persons wishing to take
the cars will therefore take notice. The
point to which this removal of the station
has been made is regarded as being much
more eligible and suitable, in all respects,
than the old stopping place. The loca-
ton now selected is high and dry, and
freight can be put on or off the cars much
more easily. In this connection we would
call the attention of the Road Supervisor
to the road leading from Salem in the di
rection of the new stopping place. In the
winter season this road is generally in a
very bad condition, and now is the time
to attend to it. Put the road in a good
condition while the weather is favorable
and it will require but little attention dur
ing the winter.
Not long since the Times man, accom-
panied by few congenial friends, had a
most enjoyable visit of a few days to the
lower section of the county. Always de-
servedly proverbial for the freedom with
which they dispense their hospitality, the
good people of the Fifth district could not
otherwise than most agreeably impress all
with whom they are brought in social con-
tact. Pleasant fishing parties and sailing
excursions, in new and finely equipped
boats, made up the regular routine of the
day, and a more agreeable way of Willing
away the feeting hours it is hard to devise.
To our party, at least, it was rare treat,
and one immeasurabiy enhanced by the
pleasure it seemed to give our entertain
ers to contribute to our enjoyment. The
first oyster schooner of the season made
her appearance in the Wicomico while we
were in the neighborhood, and we had
ample opportunity of watching the opera
lions of the oystermen. AS we looked
upon this proceeding we felt that we real
lied, to some extent, the grievous wrong
being done to our people. These large
schooners are loaded with oysters from
perfect fleet of small boats engaged in the
business. The oysters are then taken to
Virginia waters where they are bedded,
and after they have grown sufficiently to
become marketable they are re-caught and
carried to the cities for sale. We were
informed, on authority we could not ques-
ton, that for every bushel of oysters so
taken from her waters, Virginia exacts a
tax of four and a-half cents, thus making
the very capital of which our people are
robbed source Of immense revenue to the
State of Virginia. The people justly com
plain of this, and rightfully demand that
the issue of licenses to take oysters be re-
stricted, by legislative enactment, to bona
tide citizens of the county, and that sutfi-
cient provision be made for the enforce
ment of such law. Quite an extensive
trade, too, seems to be doing in the ship
timber business in Cobb Neck. We board