Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-28
Railroads.
PROPOSED BRANCH FROM THE MARYLAND
AND DELAWARE RAILROAD.

PROPOSED BRANCH PROM THE MARYLAND
AND DELAWARE RAILROAD.
A petition Is being numerously signed
In Iiappe District, and also in Easton,
Talbot county, asking the Maryland Leg
islature TO authorize the commissioners
for Tablet county to subscribe for twenty
thousand dollars Of the stock Of the
Maryland and Delaware Railroad, to
build branch road from some point on
the main line below 1iippe's Crock: to
Irappe. This would give railroad facili
ties to "A large AID fertile section of couu-
try which Is now remote from the track,
aud have little advantage from the road
a. now built The branch road would BE-
about three miles long.
THE GEORaETows ASD FRANKFORT LINE.
The Sussex Journal of last week saws
The Directors OF the Georgetown and
FrankiorG Railroad Company have given
out the contract to build the road and
have bound the contractors up to do the
work in o limited time and now they are
ready TO work aud yet the work is not in
condition to begin. The fault is either
with the directors or the engineer OF both.
There are enough men on the engineer
corps TO do the whole work in one week
and the directors have held meetings
enough TO plan the Northern Pacific.
SOME PIGUERs REGARDING THH FROPOsED
CnRKKfsTOSR LINE.
Engineer Daniel Hudson recently made
another survey Of the proposed Cherry
stone Cor New York aud Norfolk Rail
road, which is to connect with the Frank
ford and Break water Railroad at the
former place when the line il completed.
lli- sErvey commenced al the Maryland
and Delaware line, near Sclbyvilic, and
run direct line to Berlin, a distance OF
! eight and ten siXteeuths miles, then by
he Snow Hill road distance of four
teen miles to Snow Hill, thence to Stock
| ton, eight and one fourth miles, thence
| to llorutowr, six and one, fourth miles,
| THENCE TO Drummondtown, twenty and
I Onc-half miles, thence to Eastvile,
/ twenty aud one half miles, thence
| south Thirty degrees west, four and
tlree-eighths miles, thence north sixty
and onc-half degrees west, TO Cherry
stone wharf, two and flye-eighths miles
total distance from Delaware line 10
/ Cherrystone, Va, about ninety -four
miles; distance FROM SNOW hin to Cherry
stone, seventy one mlles.
TUE WORCESTER EXTENSION.
The Snow Hill (Md.) Messenger says
The bill TO amend the charter of th,
Worcester Railroad, which was intro
duccd into the Senate Of this State som,
time since, WAS passed by that boty oi
Thursday last. II seems there had beer
some objection raised 10 it in the Com
mttee, which caused the delay. W,
presume there will be no difficulty abou
II in the House. We have the prospec
therefore of having direct Railroad com
muhication with Lewts, Delaware, theme
by water with New York, next sunni err
Our fruit growers and truckers therefor,
need not despord they will no longc
be subjected TO the ruinous lreights ia
posed upon them by the monopoly OF ia
Delaware Railroad.
PROPOSED SALE OF the 5. : v. Il. r. u
THE O. d. y. =. c..
There Is rumor, apparently WEI
founded, that the Old Dominion Stear
ship Company are negotiating for IN
, purchase Of tue junction aud Breakwatt
Railroad, and the proposed sale is locke
= upon with favor by the people Twin
along the road, who think that II IN
A steamship Company get control of
a there will be no difficulty in shippn
!, freight to New York aud Philadelphia
p. !. way Of Lewes, all the year round.
o CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAY RoAi
S A correspondent writing from Green
/, borough, Md, says The Balimor
u Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Railroa
7, which will pass directly through Of
. town, Is now settled and fixed fac
Al being under contract and the iron fer Il
t, entire road purchased-the completion
i which from Harrington to Kent Islar
De at an carly day will add much to Il
e energy Of our citizens,