Daily Republican., 1881-10-03
EDITION.
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the Engineers locating the Line
| from Wilmington to Phtladel.

the Engineers locating the Line
from Wilmington to Phtladel.
Pbia.
The engineers employed in Surveying
the line from this city to Philadelphia
for the location Of the new Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad have completed their
work and are ready to make their re-
port to the officials of the company.
The route from where it leaves the
Delaware Western on which it enters
this city, is said to be up Shipley Run
to Fifth street where tho tunnel il to
commence which will carry the road
through and underneath the Northeast
corner OF the Wilmington and Brandy
wine cemetery, emerging on Adams
street and crossing the Brandywine on
a bridge will follow q Gulch through
the opposite bank through the property
of Ben, amin aud Isaac S. Elliott.
From this point the route runs on .
old =. w. Il B. Railroad. AT this point
the line is so near the front piazza, of
the residence of NJ. b. Mahoney, and
that gentleman is so indignant at hav-
ing the B. Il q. tor near neighbor that
h@ will do all he can against
the building of the road. Leav.
ing Mahoney's the new line ruus
through the property OF William
IC. Lodge, Joseph NJ. Wilson and
l.. Taylor Dickson, cutting all OF them
completely in two before it reaches the
Grubb Landing road. From this point
the line strikes through farms of Amor
q. Forwood, Alfred ID. Bird, Col. John
II. Taggart, the property OF Thomas l..
Young, of Philadelphia, A. II. Sloan,
cotton broker, Charles Graf, George
NJ. Troulman, Wharton Smith, George
w. Bernadou, all OF Philadelphia. 1t
will run through the property of the
Protestant Episcopal congregation at
CIaymon through DR.. Clemson prop
erty, and =. Ctyde's tu the railroad,
which it will cross at grade. 1t then
skirts the river up to TLurlow, where it
will connect with the old track of the
7. W. u B. Railroad, which the Read.
ing Railroad Company had extended
from Chester TO that point.
Another surveying party has been wo
rking ON another line THAT ru is through
lands of +. q. {. barley back TO Col.
McCombs' farm and which Will cross
the p. w. x b. road at grade at the
State line.
There is considerable opposition to
the route by the owners of the hard
some tarms and country seats through
W lich IL passes, As II cu's OFT the rear of
the farms which run down from the
highlands towards ,he Delaware river
and, as the owners say, renders them
almost worthless by contining then
he .ween two double track railroads.
III. greatest objection will come from
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
which now owns the Z, w, \ q. Riil-
road and one Of the points for more
than one pitched battle will be Cay.
mont, where the B. Il Q. road proposes
10 cross the other at grade
The whole matter will he apt 10 be
thrown into the couIts and the right of
the B. X q. road to use the road leased
to the Reading from Gray's Ferry to
Chester. | nder the lease The Reading
Company isprohibted under forfeit,
OF 100000 from carrying passengers
but the new road is expected to pay tina,
forfeit. There will also be some trouble
in the company getting into Philadei-
phia as tbs Pennsylvania Company is
thoroughly In possession Of all impor-
tant points. However the public will
soon see what it all means and what
will be the result of the contest which
is sure TO follow the location and
work upon the new road.