Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-02-05
RaiIrkd Changes.

Railrld Changes.
The followinsAanges went into opera ,
ton Monday on lie Northern Central and
Baltimore and Ptomac railroads by order
of George c. Wins, general superinten-
dent John Re,olds has been appointed
general dispatch at Baltimore. He Will
have charge of II the yards, including
Lafayette stock lrd, the street tracks and
Canton, to takes ct February l. On and
after Sunday, Jauary 81, all special or
ders for the moument of trains north OF
ashington, ind,ding the Popes Creek
line, will be Used from the superinten-
dents office. Baimore. All trains south
or Washngtonwill receive orders from
the assistant trafmaster's office, Washing
ton. Saturday !, K. Sharp was appointed
assistant trainmster. with office in Wash
ington. Godfre, Rhodes, appointed SUI
perintendent ofnotive power of the Bal
timore division, with office at Baltimore,
took charge of nat position on Monday.
George c. WILKINS, general superintend-
ent, has commqced the removal to the
Union depot of he clerks from the depot
offices at Baltimore. The auditors de
partment at Harrisburg, together with the
clerks there, Willie removed to Baltimore
this month. Aposals have been asked
of Baltimore Rers. for the erection of
tue ns., - ->yernon shnns to &C;
commodate the Workshops 10 be removed
there from York, Pa.-Baltimore Sun.
As matter If interest to our readers,
we publish above the names of the new
officers of our Railroad We are sure,
from what we learn from private sources,
that we will be the gamers by the change.
If the newly-appointed gentlemen cannot
better our condition in any other respect,
we are sure they will always treat our PEG
pie with courtesy and consideration. which
is their due, and that is good deal more
than has been done by some of the
officers, who have happily left us, and to
whom We tender cordial and. we hope,
Il long farewell.
We were glad to learn that Col. Thomas
\. Scott, President of the Pennsylvania
Central and of the Northern Central Rail
road had made a flying trip over oar road.
Inasmuch as it is generally understood
that the two former roads control the b.
X p. K. r.. we augur from this visit of 80
experienced a railroad man as Col. Scott
decided advantages and improvement, es-
peciallv when we rccOllect the change late
IL made in the officers. Already we hear
reports of daily MIXED train to brin.
our mails down. and will hope for further
improvements. 1t has always struck us
as rather singular that no wharf or build
ings had been erected at Popc's Creek
Had there been wharf there during this
winter. the oyster trade which would
thereby have ought that route To reach Bal
timore and Washington would have paid
handsomely. These biyalyes. necessaries
almost 10 the residents of the cities, were
selling during the ice Blockade at almost
fabulous prices, 50 we learned from the
papers. Indeed in Washington the restau-
rants and hotels were obliged TO get their
supplies fpsm New YorS and PhiladelYhia,
The river rarely il ever freezes as low down
as Pope's Creek, and then tie ice is but q
skim. certainly not enough To stop nayig@-
ton With wharf and warehouses nj
this terminus of our road, there is M rea
son why all the oysters for Ishington
and large bulk of those ior Baltimore
should not be carried over this route. Be
sides this, the people ofthc Northern Neck
If Virginia, Immediately across the river
would patronizc this line. inasmuch rs il
is their nearest way To market But it is
impossible for them to do SO now, for
though the river bank ut Popc's Creek is
the terminus of the road, yet there is nei-
thcr wharf or warehouse there-and in fact
the trains start in the morning from point
at least five miles inland. All these things
we hope 10 see changed under the new
management We speak Of them frankly
because we are now and always have been
a sincere well-wisher of the road, knowing
as we do that in proportion as it pros
pers so will our people.