The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-02-13
The State Line and Juniata Railroad.

Those who have not lost faith in the pros
pect of railroad being built through Har-
ford, will receive fresh encouragement from
the fact, which is announced in our Penn
sylvania exchanges, that new departure has
taken place in the affairs of the State Line
ed that the muchtalked of Maryland and
Pennsylvania railroad, portion of which is
now graded between the Relay House, on the
Nothern Central Railroad and Cromwelrs
Bridge, Baltimore county, is merely branch
of the State Line and Juniata. RECENTLY at
meeting of the stockholders of the ast-named
road, the name of the company was changed
TO the Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York Railroad" A bill is also before the
Legislature of Maryland to authorize this
company to extend their lines of railroad and
telegraph through Maryland. Alta meeting
of the stockholders, in Philadelphia, on the
4th inst, the following officers were elected
President-John Rutter, West Chester
Directors-Ninian Irving, Norristown;
Enos Smedley, West Chester Samuel Wiki
inson, Unionyile, Chester county; Jas. Pott
Fulton county; Paul p. Keller, PHILADELPHIA;
II. G. Woodruff, Philadelphia George w
Irwin, Philadelphia; Geo. w. McPherran,
Philadelphia; w. o. Leslie, Philadelphia.
The newly-elected President, John Rutter
Esq, is experienced in railroad affairs, and is
besides gentleman of untiring energy. We
are therefore inclined to believe that the
new management mean business, and with
the assistance ofBaltimore and Hartford coun-
ties, which ought to be literally given, the
project that has engaged the attention of the
more enterprising of our citizens for quar-
ter of a century, may at last be made an ac-
complished fact.
In this connection, the following from
Erery Essning published at Wilmington,
Delaware, will be read with interest:
1t is stated on very good authority that q
substantial effort will soon be made to add
renewed vigor to the enterprise of building
what is known as the Estate Line and ,Tuni-
ata," and Maryland and Pennsylvania" Rail-
road. The latter is tie corporate title of the
line of road lying in the Stutc of MARYLAND.
Two well-known citizens living in West
Chester, and who have large landed interests
in the State of Maryland, have been urged to
take hold of the enterprise and push it for
ward One of them is an old railroad Presi-
dent, and whom it is now proposed to place
at the head of the new enterprise The af-
fairs of the company are being inquired into,
and if they are found as represented, the ar
rangement will probably be fully consummat-
ed.
The company have almost five miles of the
road completed in the State of Maryland, and
which will take but very little more labor to
make the connection with the Northern Cen
trail Road. The road passed through two or
three counties in the State of Maryland where
railroad communication is greatly needed
The Commissioners of these several counties
it is said, have agreed TO subscribe literally 10
the enterprise, ifsome persons in whom they
have confidence, will take hold oft. There
seems to be, from present writing, very little
doubt that the road will DC completed at no
very distant day from Baltimore to the Sus.
quehanna river.
Whether it will be extended beyond that
point will depend entirely upon the DISPOSE
ton of the people to help do it. The gentle
men above alluded 10 are in favor of running
the road through West Chester, and entirely
ignore the insignificant effort That has been
made in the vicinity ofthe Street Road. The
engineer, Mr.. Norton, expressed the opinion
that Il route could not be secured through
West Chester, but il is proposed at no very
distant day to have the ground surveyed from
that town to some point beyond the Brandy
wine, and thus set this vcxed question entire
ly at rest.