Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-02-08
The Canal and Railroad.

| Two works were chartered anu hlucu Nv lnt
State of Maryland for totally distinct and sep
arate objeets-the canal to open the coal and
mineral tracts of Allegheny county, and III,
railroad to regain and restore to the city Of
| Baltimore the western trade aud travel diverted
| from il by the continuation OF the Erie Cana
to New York, aud the State could never have
been guilty Of the folly of investing So, 600, 00(
| in the canal and So, 500 900 in the railroad
with which 10 fight and destroy each other, II:
they were then doing over the coal trade
| that the true remedy was for each 10 adhere &c
its own original and legitimate object, and
that such was the pledge and understanding
in the beginning and early history OF these
works had not then ut hand the text OF
those pledges and as the question is now com
ing up in the Legislature, at Annapolis,
send you from authentic sources q copy Of
those pledges, that ii may be seen which party
has broken faith and upon whom the RESPONSE
blitv rests for the loss aud disappointment the
the State has met with on account OF the nom
productiveness of its larger investment OF S.
900, 600 in the canal
| When the Court Of Appeals decided that the
canal was entitled to the right OF way upon
the left, on the Maryland side Of the Potomac,
the railroad was thereby stopped and arrested
| in its western course TO the Ohio, and neither
| cross the canal or locate its bed westward I'M
I'll the canal was completed to Cumberland
| No. wishing TO check or defeat this new enter
prise (the ralroad) the canal. at the sugges-
lion of its MARYLAND friends, offered and agreed
70 coh,Iac' us u''le',I'o D., IS
y, oo"ta't oe'"ee" t,O 81 - C. ~ :
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westward .o",se " .nI 80 'A'' N"'
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',e "s J"9 81 =, Wy sS
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ora - h;a, uo'a,us VI 80 o? =; -
o'e:, 'ne uauiou'iy y. pioSui'ns oapieai - u
=; .," " ~ ~ /" ~,
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Us US ny unu." ~, suy 'e, ,S ptu,'
ns G "n"S,s eos''Ie'eu, 'neie'ots, 'na'' oe
youu ouui'o' ''ic oest anu .neapes guy
ms S " ''e 20, :
NV ~ suio po' az, y, ~,
"a y, 'ne p;,,.h ""u ph'o
m anS ""u 1919 -, H. W." i,;o'o snoa
'"s eous "nu u.'esSa.y " 'ns NC eu0'eS'
. ,a .''oiuu'n' u '"o canal a' any o''iei II"
'eres. 49,. -. ., 1t.
iooA upou 'ueeo e.e't "olNs, "s"us M"'
n'oMeo4sty 'ose'ner, as no' secouu, ~ "n,
po'u, VI t'e", W any o'"e,s 'u tue ou,on
."PSO'o VI S,,eop.ns i"oa'ou'aUe ~s''l'n "
wy so.a'e vi n"i iauu VI aap'u Suu s"' 10y
au'anv.ng ner prosperity a"u .. pissclne ne
tue Union.
onoer these pienses ana resolutions, IN
Stale made good and available It's subsrlpio'
OF %, 0Oo,oOO 10 each work ana atterwaro
an increase oil Sl,3I0, 600 to the canal
VITA subsequent waiver IN favor OF parue
VINO completed the canal TO Cumberland
$l, zoo, 900. Thus making the entire invest
ment in the canal nearly SlO,OO0,00O. Thi
large investment by the system OF under-cut
ting and discrimination in forgettulness o
these past pledges and resolutions, las though
limitation had bound them, and in deroga
ton OF the Constitution OF the State which
enjoins upon the Board OF Public Works Il
require the Directors appointed by them, 20
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