The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
A lPeninsula Railroad.
BRIEF DEscRrPTIoN OF ONE OF, THE
FEEDERS OF THE DELAWARE RAIL

A BRIEF DEscRrPTIoN OF ONE OF THE
: FEEDERs OF THE DELAWARE RAIL
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One of the most prosperous and i'm
portant of the Peninsula Railroads is the
dorchester 3 Delaware, of which Mr..
". Wilson Byrn, of Rose Hill. Dorches-
ter county, Md, Is President and the
controlling spirit. 1t runs from the Chop
tank River, at Cambridge, to Seaford, In
this State, where 1t connects with the
Delaware Railroad. and forms one Of the
mosS important feeders thereof.
Rose Hill, the home of President
byrn mas one Thousand feet frontage on
the Choptank. 1t Ia surrounded by
Deautifuliy laid of grounds, thick with
ssnraDDery and hsdged by Usage orange
pie bloom, the oder Of which mingIes
with the perfume 81 the blossoms Of q
noble avenue offull grown Young cherry
eIees forming the approach to the grounds
through peach plantation. Mr.. Byrn
says there was nothing on the place when
~ came into his possession. The man
sion has noble situation in view of the
piue water of the noble river, yet it is not
hill, as the name of the seat would i'm
ply, but an elevated plateau. A hill
would indeed be a rarity in this level
country.
To the energy of the owner of Rose
Hill Dorchester county mainly owes the
building of the railroad to Seaford. The
hne passes through the towns of Lake.
wood, East New Market and Federals-
Durg, the latter lying half in Caroline
county. Lakewood is wholly a result of
the railroad, and fredericksburg has doub-
led its population since the opening Of
the line eight years ago. A number of
y orthern men have been attracted to
this section of Dorchester and the ad
Joining county of Caroline, who have To-
Gated near the railroad, and readily iden-
siy themselves with local interests and
make themselves desirable and active
citizens.
Q In the first year of the Dorchester aud
Delaware railroad it transported $4,000
quarts OF strawberries during the straw
berry season. Since that time il. has car
rled In season nine car loads of 70, 900
quarts of strawberries daily. On the 9th
Of March this year the fish trade opened
with the transportation of $3.50 llbs. of
nsh and $3.50 dozen of eggs for the day.
Amorg the many articles of merchan-
1ize sent through to the North one day
!ast week were two car loads of ivy root
lacturer indicated that this business
would require car week of the same
The wharf of the Maryland Steamboat
company, at the mouth of Cambridge
Creek, and the depot of the Dorchester
and Delaware railroad adioin each other,
and track enables freight to be DROP
ped at the gang plank. Through the eff
forts of Mr.. Byrn and other citizens of
cambridge, and Senator Vickers and
Biggs, of Delaware, then
n Congress, the mouth of the creek has
oeen deePeled from sixteen inches to
eleven feet.
On the east side of the creek consi-
1erable town known as East Cambridge
has come into existence with the estab-
ishment of the railroad and deepening
If the harbor. Messrs. j. W. Crowell g
20. have a shipyard, marine railway
md sawmill; the latter burned short
while ago, but is being rebuilt. When
he Dorchester and Delaware railroad
vas begun only one house stood on the
ground now occupied by East Cam
bridge, which has been laid off in streets
Ind building lots, with many improve
nents already made and other building
n progress.
Mr.. Byrn speaks of another railroad
project which will be realized in a short |
while. This is to reach the oysters on
he southern coast of Dorchester The
'oad will be built from the Dorchester
ind Delaware railroad, a mile or two
from Cambridge. via Lakeville to Bis
hops Head, twenty-five miles. Preli- |
ninary surveys have been made, and by !
popular vote the county has subscribed |
10000. Twenty thousand dollars addl-
ional will be raised by subscription,
rhen the work will begun within year |
,r eighteen months.
The peninsllla of MARYLAND and DaIa
ware is already covered with net work |
If railroads and the result has been ex-
raordinary development, especially in
Delaware. where the towns are all pros
,ering and an active population is con-
in motion. Nearly every coun-,
y town of the Eastern Shore of Mary
and is connected with the Delaware
runk line.