The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-12-18
The E4ktoa ana niiiletown Railroad.

In our issue of Saturday last VI, stated
that petition from the incorpora'nrs Of the
Elkton and Middletown Railroad had been
! presented to the Baltimore Board nf Trade
" it. session on Monday, the following
resolution, offered by Mr.. James Knox, was
{ adopted:
WHEREAS, This Board. recognizing the
( advantage 10 the city i'll general and the
grain trade in particular by the cun>truc-
ton of The proposed railroad from Elkton,
III Cecil county, Maryland, III Middciown.
Delaware. known a. the Eikton and Mid
/ dirtowE Railroad Company of Cecil county,
and THAI the condition upon which the
States subscription of SjS,oO0 to said rail
road is uhtdinabr be complied with: be it
RcSpi|tH, That the President he requested
to aplrint Il committee of five members of
HIS Exchange to assist and cooperate with
tbs iuvorporaforS of said road in obtaining
the S2p,bilG stock subscription required by
the act OF the General Assembly and APP
proved 10y the Governor, April Il, 1880, in
order 1u secure the States subscription TO
complete the road.
We are glad TO see the baltimore >"H SO
warmly advocating he construction of this
link Of railroad SO important To that city.
Beard of Trade the sun says:
The action OF the Board Of Directors of
the Corn and Flour Exchange. on Tuesday
last, in appointing Il committee to assist
and cooperate with the corp0rators OF the
Elkton and Nidlrtown Railroad, OF Cecil
county, for the purpose of Obtaining the
stock subscription of twenty-five Thousand
dollar, to aid in the construction of the
road, required by the General Il Ssemblv of
Maryland Al its last session. as 4 condition
precedent TO the payment of the appropriate
tlOn made by the STATE to this work, gives
hopCtnl promise that this long cOutemn plated
link to the Eastern Shore system: Of roads
will at length he completed The object of
The incurpoGatorS, rs we have more than
once stated, is To build a railroad from some
point ut or near Elkton, in Cecil county,
and on the line Of the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad, to Mid
dletoWm, in Delaware-a certificate of i'll
corporation having been taken ont for this
purpose under the general law Of Mary
land, and Il charter obtained from the Leg
isiature of Delaware for the portion of the
route lying III the latter State The survey
of the route between El6ton and Middle
town makes the distance twelve miles. At
the latter point the road, when built, will
establish Il connection with the system of
roads running down the peninsula.
The entire cost OF building the ElIlton and
Middletown road has been put ut 500, 900,
ali though we have heard that subsequent
and closer estimates make it less How
ever this may be, with the SOS, 900 aprropri-
atrd by the State, the SubscIi ptou vi SIS
600 the committee If the Corn and Flour
Exchange will endeavor to ras. in Balti-
more, and ST. o0u subscribed from nil other
sCGrcrs-making u told OF 500, 00O-it
would not he difficult to secure the other
moiety required by the issue OF bonds.
To our grain dealers, traders, and mer-
chants generally, His call for Il small sub
Srrintion to the stock of the Elktou and
Mi,illetown railroad is eminently deserving
of consideration. The link, ii constructed,
would open up 10 us, on about equal terms
with Philadelphia, the entire system Of
Eastern Shore roads, and might bc made
if coupled with push and energy on our
part, an important means Of restoring to us
no inconSiderable part Ut the trade with the
peninsula that at one time was exclusively
our own.