The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-02-20
THE sEGZS.
,IDAY. FEBRUARY oOth ISL
CORRESPONDENCE.
For the A2giS Gnd Mtelligenccr.
The Railroad.
FALLsToN, February 9th. 1874.

FALLsToN, February 9th, 1874
Mr. EDITOR: One year ago our county was
considerably exercised over the contemplated
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania r. r. Our good citi.
zens all along the supposed route orrouteS we've
busy locating dCpots, building villages, selling
building sites, &c, &c; not exactly at work in
! :nCse meters, but seriously talking over the
subject, as country people do any enterprise of
importance. But alas change has come over
our spirits in regard 10 railroads, and We just
now seem 10 be disposed to think and talk
about other things. In fact Notwithstanding
considerable money has been spent on the pro-
posed road from the n. Z. r. r. to Cromwelrs
Bridge many of our most intelligent ncghbors
have but little or no faith in II railroad being
made through Hartford at all
-, There may be cause for this lack of conf
ne on Tie part of our people No doubt in
own minds, they have good reasons for
ling rs they do; but there are also quite
~ Der OF enterprsing men with whom fire.
gSStly meet who are confident that the road
under contemplation and partially made,
Sy'nf DC finished, and that those of us who may
Dc blessed with life few years longer, will ac-
,tually see with our own eyes the engine" and
hear with our own ears the steam whistle "toot,"
rs train after train speeds its way across the
hills and dales of old Hartford Among my
friends who have from the first remained san
guine that the road would be made, and that
ut no distant day, Is our very obliging merchant,
Charles r. Hollingsworth. This gentlemen and
myself, on Wednesday of last week, left our
'bed and board" our wives and children, our
calico and our pills. and started as seekers of
information concerning the "Road." We made
for Towsontown, and arrived there about ~ NJ;
called upon my old friends, Longnecker & Bro,
editors of the Baltimore County Union found
those gentlemen the same genial fellows as of
olden time. From thence we repaired to the
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad office, sit
uated in Towsontown, on Smedlcy Row. Here
we found and interviewed to our hearts con-
tent, two young gentlemen in charge of the Of
, flee. They had nothing definite to communicate,
8ut gave us very hopeful view of the enter
@Asc. The Engineer was absent from his Office
he time of our visit This we regretted. The
ng gentlemen in charge will please accept
z q thanks for their kind courtesies.
! ricnd Hollingsworth concluded to visit the
Iene of operation now going on. So while
-anion office, he went afoot down the newly
made road, nearly to the n. c. X. r., where he
Mound one Boss" and thirteen hands at work
Awe We're informed that work has never been
Yirely suspended but for short time, since
-tfrc-eOmpany began its operations. Taking cv-
erything into consideration, we have n reasona-
Bile hope that we will soon have railroad
through Hartford.
1t now becomes our citizens TO do all in their
power to aid in the movements of the company
now engaged Considerable work has already
been done. The grading is nearly completed
from the Northern Central Road to Cromwell's
Bridge. Thousands of dollars have been spent
hence it is safe to conclude that the road will be
finished +. NJ H.