Daily Republican., 1881-06-30
THIRD EDITION.
THE p. w. 4 b. II. X.
II Will pass into the hands of the
Pennsylvania Railroad To- NOR.
rOW-A short sketch OF the Road,

Tomorrow the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company takes formal possession
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad. This is the final
consummation of a series of events
which began over year ago.
The main line Of the P. W. &. L. r. f.
was formed in 1888 by the consolidation
of the Philadelphia and Delaware Co.
the Wilm ngton and Susquehanna, and
the Baltimore and Port Deposit. The
Philadelphia and Delaware County
road was incorporated on April =, 1881,
by the following Pennsylvanians: Ro-
bert Patterson, jonas Preston, Peter
Hill, David Johns, Richard Hill Nor
ris, John W. Odenheimer, Evans Ro-
gers, William j. Leiper, George M.
Hlckling, Henry kOrn, James Page,
John ii. Palethorp and Thomas Cave,
of Phila. B. Serill, T. Smith, Reniamin
Pierson, Preston Eyre, George G. Lei
per, Joseph Engle, Samuel Edwards,
Archibald T. Dick, John X. Zealin,
Joseph NJ. &. Lescure, Henry Myers,
William AmieS, David Lyons and John
Hinkson, OF the county of Delaware.
ltH name was changed to the Philadel-
I'!ib, " dlttl TdlblHlOT6 On
March IA, 1886, when its original CAPT
tai stock of 1000 shares of $50 each was
increased to 5000 shares. The Will
mington and Susquchanna was incor-
pora' ed on January Is, 1882, with 5000 |
shares. The incorpor1tors were as fol-
lows: Edward Tatnall, John Wales,
James Candy, William Seal, William
=. B-obson, Ben BoHlden, James
Price, Ashton Richardson, Henry Con
nelly, Abraham Egber., Allan Thomp-
son, Jos. &. Rowland, VIM. Chandler,
Eli Hilles, James Gardner, VIM. Town
send and John Gordon. The Balti-
more and Port Deposit was lncorpora-
ted about the same time in Maryland BY
Albert Constable, John W. Thomas,
iranyille 5. Townsend, Henry StiLes,
Frederick Dawson, William H. Free.
nan, Peter Nett and John Smith, and
OF 1000 shares of 500 each.
The State authorized its consolidation
With the Delaware and Maryland h. Il.
company, which had been incorporated
II March l4th, 1882, with 60, 600 shares
+ $50 eacn, by Messrs. William Hol.
Adam Whann, James
ewall, Alexander Scott, William Rick
It's, Samuel Holingsworth, Joshua :
richardson, Amos A. Evans, Caleb y
arker, Frisby Henderson, Jesse Upde-
rnve, Thomas Howard, Jr. Zebulon
John c. Groome, Henry ID. +
lilIer, Rudolph Bennett, Enoch Cloud, '
Ienry Andrews, John NJ. Johnston,
owland Ellis, Jacob Ash, Cornelius
IcCiane, Jr., and William Wingate.
he Baltimore and Port Deposit was
le name Of the consolidated company. Bt
The main line Of the Baltimore Rail
'ad is 96.3 miles in length and cost S.
-, III, includiI Ig the SchuylkiIl bridge,
nshed in 1883. 1t purchased the New
lstie and FrenchtOwn and the New
lstle and WiImingtt roads and mer- Ev
Il them in 1876, when It leased the sol
1laware Railroad and its branches, Ia Ia
miles long. 1t toperateS altogether
miles of road in Delaware and
lryland, with the main stem in Penn
.vania. The Port Deposit branch
YES the main line at Perryville The u
laware Railroad leaves il at Will
ngtOn and extends 81 miles down the
ninSula to Delmar, with IL branch NJ
III Smyrna to Clayton. The main ID
e does not vary ten miles in either
ection from a bee line between Phila- MN
phia and Baltimore. Its old track
m Gray's Ferry to EdGystone, now
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