The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-08-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

THg Nav RAILROAD. We are indebted TO
MIR. Charles W. Semmes, Secretary, for the
following account Of the meeting, held on
Saturday last. at Dover Church, Baltimore
county, looking to the building of a railroad
from point on the Hanover Branch Rail-
road through that county TO Worthington
Valley, and thence through "The Caves" by
an independent route to Baltimore:
The meeting convened according to ad
journment. Col, Jno. Carroll took the chairs
minutes of last meeting read and adopted
The committee then made the following re-
port The committee appointed at meeting
which assembled at this place, Dover Meeting
House, on the 22d Of July, to consider the
propriety of making an effort to secure the
passage Of a Railroad projected by the Presi
dent and Directors Of the Hanover Railroad
Company, and designed to pass through the
Western Run aud Worthington Valleys, until
il intersects the Western Maryland Railroad
at some convenient point south Of the village
of Reisterstown, beg leave to report, that at
meeting of said committee, held at Mr., c.
Jockeys on the 9th of July, after taking
into consideration the best mode OF carrying
out the views of the meeting which appointed
them, and furthering the cause in which they
we're engaged determined to hold a consul
tation with the President and Directors of the
Hanover Railroad Company, and for this
purpose sent a telegram to the President Of
that road, ''that an authorized committee
would, if agreeable to the President and Di-
rectors, meet that body at Hanover on We'd.
nesday the I'd Of August. BY return message
the committee was cordially invited tn attend
ut Hanover as proposed. The committee
| take pleasure in stating that at that meeting
the President unreservedly expressed himself
| IN favor of the Piney Run route, and did not
hesitate TO pledge himself TO adopt IL upon
examination, if found to be practicable. He
| then laid before us for our examination, a
map Of survey which was made few years
ago by Mr. Irwin, former President OF tn,
| Western Maryland Railroad, which survey
was intended to test the praeticability of a
route for Railroad intended to extend from
Manchester TO Cockeysyille, intersecting the
Northern Central Railroad at that point
This survey passed through the Western Run
and Worthington Valleys by way of Dover,
up Piney Run to Trenton, thence by way Of
Union Chapel to Hampstead, and thence to
Dehoft7s $, point easily accessible by the de.
sired Hanover route. The survey made by
Mr.. Irwin represented the greatest difficulty
TO be deep cut of 93 feet ut the headwaters
OF Big Piney Run near Hampstead, your
committee find, however, by inquiry and ex.
animation, that that route is not at all desira.
BILE, but on the contrary there are FIVE other
routes which, in their opinion, are entirely
practicable, and which easily avoid any deep
cut or any grade more than sixty feet TO the
| mile. II your committee are not mistaken in
these views, and they think they are not then
the President of the Hanover Road stands
pledged to adopt the Piney Run route. To
1 finally fhta ,,uacttan 81,
Engineer ofexperience has been employed, the
expenses of the survey to be equally divided
between the Hanover Railroad Company and
the advocates Of the Valley route. This sur.
vey will be limited entirely to testing the
practicability of avoiding the summit height
difficulty, which your committee think will
occupy but few days at but little expense
Your committee will now proceed briefly to
show how and by what route or routes this
difficulty alluded to above can be overcome.
The choice Of routes in the opinion of your
committee will come in the following order:
LIST. Fall into the line already surveyed BY
the Hanover Railroad Company ut or about
Burk's Store, thence by Rev. ellis, thence
down Nameless Branch by way of Il. Benson,
Thomas Watts, John Armacost, John X.
Harvey to Big Piney Run, at or near Millen
der's (sh0rt miles,) this we think is the
shortest and cheapest route. I'd. From head
Of Dam at Trenton by way of Union Chapel
to Hampstead, thence to Dehoff1 s. this route
has but one cut of any consequence, which is
at Union Chapel, and is said to be about 20
feet; this can be overcome by keeping on the
high ground along Piney Run south Of Tren.
ton, and passing along the east side Of the
Dam in stead of the west side, as surveyed
by Mr.. Irwin, five miles from Trenton to
Dehof 81 I'D. From Trenton Dam by way
of Union Chapel up Murphy's Run to De. |
hof s, "A miles, 4th. From Union Chapel |
toJabez Armacost' Shy way of Georges Run to |
Daniel Caltrider's, Il miles) 9th. From |
Richard Martins on Big Piney Run by way
of Mordecai Martins near Rineharts $, thence |
to Hampstead. In conclusion allow your
committee TO congratulate this meeting and |
the citizens generally OF this valley, on the |
bright prospect they have Of at least witness.
ing the advent Of the long wished for Rail
road, which will bring with it the full devel.
opment Of the wealth and great resources of
this fertile valley.
CHAs. I. CocKEY, Chairman.
The following resolution was then offered
by Col. Carroll and adopted, viz :-If the
survey Of the route, which has been ordered
shall prove practicable aud acceptable. that
eoniii'ee VI n'c De appointed VINO snail
superintend as far as necessary the afore
mentioned survey, and shall use every en-.
deavour, and pursue such methods as to them
shall seem best in iurtherance Of our com.
mon object in the building of Railroad
through the proposed section of countryside
chair appointed the following gentlemen on
the committee Col. John Carroll, C. l..
Conrad, c. T. Cockey, J. Q. Caples and Ed
P. Philpot
The meeting was then addressed by C. L.
Conrad, Thomas Watts and others. The
meeting then adjourned subject to call of the
President.
WESTERN MARYLAND CoLLEGE.-We have
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