The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-05-27
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There Is soon 10 be \ large Sunday excursion
ofeoloFed people from Baltimore 10 Homeland.
The grounds about sheppard station are bo.
ing pat In thorough order and Il IL now the neat
est and prettiest station on the road.
About eight hundred passengers were carried
over the road on Sunday last. Cne train to Tow.
santown brought two hundred people.
Round trip tickets are now being sold between
baltimore aud TowsOntown at 80 cents, good 10
use either way ON ang train.
Thirty thousand dollars worth Of the com
pany's bonds were sold on Wednesday, being the
largest sale yet made on any one day.
The name, ''Baltimore and Delta II. II. De-
pot, should be In front ~ well as at the side Of
the entranee at boundary avenue bridge.
The station house al TowsontoWn IL nearly
completed and ticket agent Wiley looks more
comfortable In his snug little apartment.
The uniforms of the train men are made Of
dark green cloth, trimmed with the Maryland
button. They are neat and nobby looking.
"A new thirty-ton locomotive will be ready
for use shortly. II will be able TO draw ten
loaded ears. Several new coaches are also ex-
peeted % arrive soon.
Some Of the workmen at the Baltimore ter
minus had some Of their tools stolen from them
last week. The place needs a Waterman or an
officer on duty.
Col. John NJ. Hood, president Of the Western
Maryland railroad company, came out On the
In Towsontown.
Money must have been plentiful on Sunday
last At tho baltimore end Of the road if the mum.
Der OF ten-dollar bills offered In the purchase Of
tickets 10 fowsontown Is any criterion 10 judge BY.
John Lights, living on the Falls road. and
.smPIoyed 10 the quarry ut boundary avenue, was
injured on Monday by the premature explosion Of
q blast. stone weighing several pounds struck
him In the side.
Many persous who attended the races this
week took the steam road TO Baltimore aud from
thence to Pimiico by the Western Maryland.
This Is cheap. comfortable and expeditions
mode OF reaching the race track.
Work on the road will progress rapidly after
the Gunpowder l. crossed a, Cromweil's bridge.
The work through Long Green Valley will be
comparatively light as there IL no trestiing and
very little bridging Of any account.
--Cullieons hen would he "a daisy" for the
halching business near the station house. She
was confined under \ neighbor's doorstep for
thtty-eight days. without food or water. and IL
still alive and we'll What q train-watcher she
would make
There l. one man In Towsontown who drives
god horse who has the temerity o. claim that
heean beat the train on the the Marrow Gauge
between this place and the boundary. lie IRE.
qusn,ly covers the distance inside Of thirty min
uts.
There are some complaints that some Of the
passenger trains do no come through on time,
owing TO stop nj the ;urn.table and other delays
which might be avoided Since the people have
team road u appears that they can't ge, 10 and
fr'm Baltimore quick enough. It's best not TO be
in too much Of hurry.
-Nr En0s Smedicy was In T0wsontown last
week 60 sec how the new railroad l. progressing
arl also 10 look after his business interests here
lie could do the town a great service-ani the
railroad aiso--by moving towards the establish
mcnt Of manufacturing enterprise here. Our
own people appear to be very slow In approaching
oar advantages in this direction.