The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15
From 0pr Sgsc5h Co;rsspaadenL. !
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTrM"KE, February 10. 49,

ire "ouurii'al Eio"ln OF Baltimore dur
lug tho past fifteen years has been such "a
- attract atIr::ripa IN all the leading cities
"i The seaOraIt, Is veil ss Ia the great IAN
producing sections OF tie West. Baltimore
has Tor many years. been considered great
iipur market, and the causes that have
brought 1t 10 the front in this branch of
trade, aud placed it IN 4 position to he en-
wed toy all great cumnc,ciAi ports at this
country. may be briefly explained ~ fol
lows:
FIRST. It's location, IN nearer proximity To
the central shipping points Of the Nest
than any other seaport, thus securing. with
ITS competing lines of railroad, lower rates
81 freight AT all times than can be obtained
10y New 1"Gk aud PhiladelphIl. In addl
ton |" these inducements THERE remain
the superior advantages of our port for for
elgn shipments In l~3; Baltimore was a
city nt hut 30. nn0 people, and has Increased
since that date iouif fold. DruId Il.i Park
Is but 4 shOit distance tom the heart nf
the cIty. and has mare natural h-auty about
II than any other pai k in the country The
P..k. the Pa>sengrr HIIlsaY aud uur paid
Fire Department we're all rsrabhsh,d about
year previous To the wal, when Baltimore
had the r@PurarI"n of being a dI>urdrriv
city Sine. .s';l oar police system has been
changed. and Baltimore II now a we'll pov
e'nen city. although the rnwdy element
occlsin"I.l, maulir>is Iiss II. as II did dur.
ing tie elections nl lSsJ and in july 1871,
When nine men were shot down On lSa!rI-
more street 10y the Sixth Regiment WHO
were an their way to Camden depot. The
rists of Baltimore brcan and ended with
two wAIs. 4 we Except the riot which WAS
brought about toy the strikers in the Baltl
more and Dino Railroad. Ia lSl2. fnl re-
sI>''ng h. British var. the al ss> storrned
10y = mob aud IT. inn aIe> horribly butch
rr"i. Among them tie father "f General
h1b'ri l. LIE. VIII" WAS blinded in one eve
his nose slit, his bps tipped. aud also sGran
Eied. In AprIl l~iil occurred the attacked
on the
MASSACHUSETTS, soLDIEgY.
Since that tim" rIotrn. mas not only oeas-d,
bur whatever fnstered II has persisted the
roway clubs. Tie volunteer lire cnInpaures
aud ihV bands of political hIrrl.ngs Here
~ a cI'y. which, between ISL. and 1850
was i pandsmnnIum. Police officers were
shot for trstitylng against murderers. or
were III league viii. them. In. polls were
spots iuI nassacrcs; celebrated men, some
NtIi. awe. allowed tEriT paIti>auS Ia parade
"lih banners showing discovered heads
cieuchrd lists and threats tn xiii, and the
newspapers advertised where avis would
he distributed Ia punch people III crowd
through the bowels or gr"ins.
The BaiiInors and ONO Railroad was
cnmmcnc.i lS2S sud com pi-tcd rn Cum
nrrlaud. distance uG rs miles in 1872
eight years before the Chesapeake aud
Ohto Canal was completed from Grnrg.
town, ID G., 10 thar mountain city. which
tow uumbers ia population fifteen thou
sand. The canal, which runs from George
town IL Cumberland. a distance Of 1871
miles. cost alone thirteen millions If dol
lIrs. al which eight millions wer- state
and corporate ards, while the Baltimore
and Dniu Railroad. with all the mount ain
work. from Cumberland IL the Ohio riv.r,
cost but seven millions. The neIehbnripg
part OF PENNSYLVANIA, in York county.
where one hundred aud fifty years ago
Thomas CTa"sap and many Maryland squat
tiers c'nducrrd 4 border war with the De
mans, was brought into rail commuuica
ton with Baltimore about l-3s. wiI- the
~u>qu-hauna Railroad t. ITavrr dc Grace
was up-u"d as early a. 1881. Tae r;,Ilrnad
ir"m FT-mchtown "a Nv Castle, distauc-
al 10; mIics. wa> completed in lS;;:::. at
T. '>t 81 400 600 vhIle the Delaware AID
Chesapeake Canal, which ran abreast OF II,
cost 3. 200 zoo. | well remember wurt.
the boats used TO run from Baltimore 10
Ff.uchiuwn wharf, where Il all that is left
To mark hs place where passengers from
Baltimore used to land, before taking tie
cus to New Castle. louI late. fellow cili-
I'm,
REUBEN l.. LAMAR
was conductor At that time ON the New
Castle Railroad. aud. after it's destruction,
vas conductor :oT many years ON The
WIlmi'e iun aud Bali more
K tll.uld, The Philadelphia. Wilmington
aud Baltimore Railroad cost about four and
Ia: ri luartcr millions OF do liars up To 1913.
v ben II was single track. and with a
ferry at the Su>qu-hauna rIv,r. which was
the boundary line between Cecil AID liar
ford counties. The Baltimore and Pnio-
mac Railroad was conceived and chartered
ahou, the time the Il Gilmore and Ohio
K IiroId reached Wheeling in 1853. but
not urgauIzad until 1853 aud then the war
interrupted the SoIk. 50 that the penuSyi
ya;IA Company dId not take a hand in IT
,IullI 1861. when they forthwith pressed II
through, aud II was opened Ia Washington
city ia l~12 and the following year To-
Popr Creek his road Is generally saIn
1,n r., , Iii -, -, - -
haN many advantages over other cries in
railIoaI communications all of which have
Il. ought muca wealth ~ the city Bati
more aud the state "f Mar, land ins'rru'-d
ihr Il 81 Aiiway IA THIS 'uurry. the Baiti
~ 'rr and ohio Railroad. Oar state spcn;
$40 600 nn0 nn the Chr>ape Ike and Oaip
anal, which has done much IN develop
the miner .l wealth II AllsssHv and Gar
reiI c"um,I-s Mary land has spent millions
Of dollars 10 open the highway Ia Peunsyl
vania and the North. but NJ railroad mas
iour 80 mur4 FOR the stale aud city ot Bal
iImore Is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
'omptuy, under the m sna:eIneni II It's