Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-18


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boz u the - nssy's and Point Lei
ose uifh - navikDtioa unobstrueoed
bytes. Cd shoui1e the importascs %
tt completioa - IL Southern Mofy.
land gsilrosd. We aerss With the BeA.
con. ,snd We are glsd to say thst tn.
paper h,s lag been an advocate Of ne
necessity and importance Of rail COM
munication TO Point Lookout and the
hsrbor Of the ST. Mary's river. Just to
think Of il: at this momeat, n The least
calculation. over one thousand steamers,
erigs. and vessels Sfeiw,ilins 10 get to
the port Of Baltimore. net saying any
.ahiae ebest lasge ssaSer wsieias- 10
reseh this city. The loss To- Daltnore
BY this ice embargo has been moe than
enoaeh to build two rosdh Ike The Soath-
err Maryland f,ilrood. = The pssl OF
Baltimore has ssesfed greatly. At this
time ships loaded with over ose million
Of bushels of grain cannot leave port,
and over seventy thousand barrels or oil
are now On shipbosrd and cannot move.
All business BY water has been suspen-
ded for weeks. No comEunication will
Norfolk. only BY the way Of Washing
ton, Richmond, PetersburE, thence 10
Norfolk. BY this route, which is around
Robin Hoods barn, - tia way hey get
their coamunication. The loss to the
Baltimore and Ohio rnilfuad. m we'll a.
the Pennsyl ssnia r4ilioad, has been
very heavy, aad thi, state Of aiairs j.
liable TO occur every winter: end the
only solution 10 for rail outlet where
there Is no ice obstruction: Had the
Southern Maryland railroad been run
ming. the city Of Baltimore and this CITY
would have been relieved of this em.
barrassment to its business interests,
and the products OF the West would
have had during all this ice embargo .
free and unobstructed outlet, and oil
ships, vessels, &C., could have unloadetl
their cargoes 1t the terminus of thi,
road and received eargoss BY the same
route. =
The steamers running from this CITY
to New York and Norfolk have not been
able TO run for FIVE weeks, and the loss
to the steamship companies and the bus
mess interest has been very great. The
oyster trade alone has suffered greatly
The advance price paid for oysters con-
sumed in the two cities since the ice
embargo has not been less than Eve
hundred thousand dollars. Oysters tina,
were selling at thirty five cents pc,
bushel before the ice came are now
selling al two dollars. 1t is hard to es-
innate the loss by not having q rail out
let to open navigation. In converse
ton with grain merchant in Baltimore
recently. he stated that the loss TO the
grain interest alone is more than enough
to build the Southern Maryland Rail-
road. We have made prediction once
before. and we now renew it, that the
day is coming, and within few years.
that there will be city at the terminu.
Of this road that will rival the city o.
Baltimore. Nature has made it 20, and
any one to examine the map and se-
the direct connection with the West,
North, and Southwest, and the grea,
outlet to all points Of the world, vii;
realize the importance Of this outlet.
Nothing can prevent it: il is between
the great highways, and the only unoe.
cupied point between New York and
the Gulf of Mexico. Col. Smoot ha.
had struggle to construct this road, and
put into it his fortune. Now the peo-
pie begin to realize that this is q great
link in the channel Of trade. Before
another winter sets in this road will be
in full operation, and We venture TO saw
no road Of its length in this country will
pay the investors better.