The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-19

The New RAILRoAD.-Mr. Chas W. Semmes
Secretary, furnishes the following account OF
the second meeting at Dover, to the Westmn-
ster Advocate of last week, looking to the build
ing of railroad from point on the Hanover
Branch Railroad through Baltimore county to
| Worthington Valley, and thence through "The
Caves" by an independent route to Baltimore
The meeting convened according to adjourn
ment. Col. John Carroll took the chair min
utes of last meeting read and adopted. The
committee then made the following report =
The committee appointed at a meeting which
| assembled at this place, Dover Meeting
House, on the 22d of July, to consider the pro-
priety of making an effort to secure the passage
| of railroad projected by the President and
| Directors of the Hanover Railroad Company,
and designed to pass through the Western Run
and Worthington Valleys, until it intersects
| the Western MARYLAND Railroad, at some con-
venient point south of the village of Reisters-
town,-beg leave to report, that at meeting
of said committee, held at Mr.. q. Jockeys on
| the 9th of July, after taking into considera-
| ton the best mode of carrying out the views
of the meeting which appointed them, and
| furthering the cause in which they were en-
gagged, determined to hold consultation with
| the President and Directors of the Hanover
Railroad Company and for this purpose sent
| a telegram to the President of that road, chat
| an authorized committee would, if agreeable
| to the President and Directors, meet that body
at Hanover on Wednesday the I'd of August
By return message the committee was cordial
ly invited to attend at Hanover as proposed.
The committee take pleasure in stating that at
that meeting the President unreservedly ex-
pressed himselfin favor of the Piney Run route,
and didn't hesitate to pledge himself to adopt it
upon examination, if found to be practicable.
He then laid before us for our examination,
map of survey which was made a few years
ago by Mr.. Irwin, former President of the
Western Maryland Railroad, which survey
was intended TO test the pr icticability OF
route for Railroad intended to extend from
Manchester to Cockeysville, interesting the
Northern Central Railroad at that point. This
survey passed through the Western Run and
Worthington Valleys by way of Dover, up P
ney Run to Trenton, thence by way of Union
chapel to Hampstead, and thence to Dehoffs,
point easily accessible by the desired Ran
over route. The survey made by Mr.. Irwin
represented the greatest difficulty to be q deep
cut of SO feet at the headwaters of Big Piney
Run, near Hampstead. Your committee find,
however, by inquiry and examination, that
that route is not at all desirable 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. If your COM
mittee 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 finally test this question
of practicability an engineer of experience has
been employed, the expenses of the survey to
be equally divided between the Hanover Rail-
road Company and the advocates of the Valley
route. This survey will be limited entirely to
testing the practicablity of avoiding the sum-
NIT height difficulty, which your committee
think will occupy but a 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 over
come. The choice of routes in the opinion of
your committee will come in the following or
der 1st. Fall into the line already surveyed
by the Hanover Railroad Company at or about
Burk's store, thence by Rev. Gill's, thence
down Nameless Branch by way of E. Benson,
Thomas Watts, John Armacost, John K Har-
vey to Big Piney Run, at or near Millender's
(short miles,) this we think is the shortest
and cheapest route. I'd. From head of Dam at
Trenton by way of Union chapel to Hamp-
stead, thence to Dehoff'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 Trenton, and pass
ing along the east side of the Dam instead of
the west side, as surveyed by Mr.. Irwin, five
miles from Trenton to Dehof's) Sd. From
Trenton Dam by way of Union chapelup Muir
phys Run to Dehof's, "a miles) 4th. From
union cnapeI 10 JaDeZ ArInOcOSCS ny WHY Oi
Georges Run to Daniel Caltrider's e miles.)
5th. From Richard Martins on Big Piney Run
by way of Mordeca, 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 wit
Messing 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. T. 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 and acceptable, that COM
mittee of five be appointed who shall superin-
tend as far as necessary the aforementioned
survey, and shall use every endeavor, and pur-
sue such methods as to them shall seem best
in furtherance of our common object in the
building of railroad through the proposed
section of country. The chair appointed the
following gentlemen on the committee: Col.
John Carroll, G. L. Conrad, G. T. Cockey, J. Q.
Caples and Ewd P. Philpot.
The meeting was then addressed by G. L.
Conrad, Thos. Watts and others.
DON'T LIKE ToURNAMENTs.-The Sun of 4th
instant announced that there was soon to be
held at Pimlico "grand tournament in aid
of the "Lee Memorial" correspondent of
naments, has this to say of the proposed dis
play:
"The Sun says that 'the public will be glad
to understand" that tournament is to be got
up at Pimlico for the benefit of the "fund for
the erection of the memorial monument at
Richmond to General Robert E. Lee" rise
to protest against the proposition. In the first
place because the tournament of this day and
in this longitude is essentially humbug and
mockery. A more CHASTITY parody on the real
work, the real fight, and the real chivalry of
Lee and his army could hardly be perpetrated
than by assembling together the wealth and
fashion of Maryland, whether southern in
sympathies or not, to hear list Of Electrically
Eedizend "sir knights" harangued on the du-
ties of sham chivalry, and to see them engage
in terrific sham fight with sundry unresist
ing rings. The only real thing about tourna-
ment is the Workmanship, and surely the youth
of Maryland have other opportunities of sus-
tanning their fame in this line. At least let
this kind of show be confined to the country
districts-say the Eastern Shore, where l am
sure the departing tournament will leave its
last lingering foot prints or footprints before
mounting to the region of forgotten vanities,
and let it not air its prettness in the precincts
of Pimlico, where it would at its peril provoke
comparison with such riding of professional
jockeys as we see twice year."
NEW ENTERPRISE IN BALTIMORE CoUNTY.-An