Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-02-21
CORRESPONDENCE OF 'sTHE TIMES
From Aliens Fresh District.
Editor Port Tobacco Times:

Editor Port Tobacco Times:
DEAR SIR,-In my last communication
promised to say something more abou
our Railroad, and it is subject that seems
to increase in interest the more it is talked
or thought about, and too much cannot b.
said in its praise.
Great credit is due to you for you
valuable suggestions heretofore offered
for the change in the time of the running
of the trains. think your editorial of thu
18th, fully and justly reflects the wishes O.
at least four-ffths of the travelling public
by the Railroad; and now that we are to re
ceive our mails throughout the county by
this Road, Think the present arrangement
is perfect, and could not be improved on
except by two trains day.
l have understood that this end of the
Road is paying quite as well as the upper
end, and if this is 50, what will it do wher
the county roads get in anything like 6
decent condition to haul over? The only
produce that our farmers now have to shiL
is tobacco, and but for the fair price o.
s'the weed" there would be few willing tc
strain point and their teams too to hau
over our intolerable bad roads; and indeed
very many are prevented entirely from
shipping, from the fact that it is impossible
for their teams to take their produce to
the different stations. Of course this is
not the fault of the Railroad
Too much praise cannot be awarded to
our energetic and philosophical county
man, Col Samuel Cox, for being the first
daily mail by Railroad at his station" and
I am glad to see that your town will also
be supplied with daily mail by the said
Road.
Would it be but just and fair that the
citizens receiving mail matter at Newburg
Harris Lot, Aliens Fresh and Newport
should each be supplied with daily mail
from Cox's Station7 I feel sure the De-
partment would cheerfully grant this very
much needed supply, if it was properly
and fairly petitioned for, and trust and
hope that the people in this part of, the
county will not sit idly with their hands
folded and be willing and content to be
SO far behind the rest of our citizens. Ou1
people in this part of the county seem to
be willing to make "haste slowly" in all
matters that seriously interest them, but
hope they will wake up to the fact that
we have Railroad, and that too, bringing
the mails daily to many points in our coun-
ty. Three cheers for the Railroad!
Now, to perfect the freight arrangements,
if Col. Cox would use his influence with
the authorities of the Road, and get them
to put switch or siding at DR.. Jamison's
crossing, the advantages to all those ship
ping from PicaWaxen, Newport Forest,
East Hundred and Budd's Creek neighbor-
hood, would be incalculable, as it would
save them at least two miles and a halt
hauling over the worst part of the county
road. And as the Colonel owns several
acres ofland right at the crossing, it would
only be branch of "the station" and
would of course be shipped as freight from
AAh thee EXPENSE necessary TOT the roau
to incur, would be to put switch, and
leave a car, or cars, if found necessary, and
for the Colonel to build shed of rough
boards to keep the weather from any freight
that might be shipped. DR.. Jamison has
kindly and literally offered the free use of
his road, which is always good, to be used
in getting to the Railroad.
One night last week, Mr.. VIM. Fl. Riggs,
of Newburg, had visitation from dogs in
his sheep-cot-had several killed outright
and great many others so wounded that
they have since died, and learn his ag-
gregate loss will not fall much short of
800. I feel truly sorry for Mr.. Higgs'
loss, and hope that it will open the eyes of
sheep raisers in our county to the fact that
there are thousands worthless, half starry
ed dogs, ready at any time to kill and
wound Gin one night half the sheep in the
county.
On last Wednesday night, the 18th inst,
the store of MI. Jno. W. Fowler, near Mid
in this district, was forcibly en-
tered and robbed Of some $50 in goods
and small change left in the store. There
was no one sleeping in the store at the
time. have not learned if Mr.. Fowler
has any clue to the rascals who committed
this ROBBERY. l hope, however, he may be
able to find them out and have meeted to
them the punishment they so richly de-
serve. OCCASIONAL.