The Baltimore County union., 1882-04-29
Some Narrow Gauge Notes.

Some Narrow Gauge Notes.
Three car loads Of coal arrived here By tho
new road on Tuesday.
The Adams Express Company Is arranging
for service over the neW line.
-P,stmaster AdFeon has ordered a letter. boz
to be put up at North avenue station.
The company has ordered from York twenty
new gondoIa cars about half Of which have already
arrived.
--superintsndent Boyd ha, taken rooms At the
Smedley House and will bring his family here
next week.
afternoon last, brought out between forty and any
passengers.
The slate for the station house at TowsOutown
has arrived At Baltimore; also . large lot Of lum.
Der for use east Of this place.
The station houses now being erected arc only
temporary and will be replaced By more substan.
tial and imposing ones in the future.
On Thursday work was commenced on the
permanent turn tablein Towsontown. lis being
put upon the property Of Mr. Y. d Aimony.
Mr. VIM. Gilmor, financial agent Of the CON.
pany, says the road 10 doing an exceptionally good
business between baltimore and ToWsontoun.
--TheteinpOrary trestle over the turnpike In this
place 10 going up rapidly. Il IL designed 10 re-
place this with enc iron bridge at early date.
Last week the road carried about fifteen hun.
dred passengers, which Is very remarkable when
We remember that Il was the FIRST week Il was In
operation.
If the road is 10 be finished 10 Loeb Raven BY
the 18th Of June . stronger force Of hands must
be put on otherwise II will not be possible 20
complish u.
boundary avenue bridge has become much.
frequented resoT, since trains began to run regu-
larry. The beauty Of the TowsontOwn bellies mus,
be the abrasion.
Some Of the Falls road boys have been pay
ing stony respects 10 the windows Of the new pas.
hat he Wtwflau us H. Ilafa
soon scoop them up.
The York True Dsmocraf takes rather .
gloomy view Of our narrow. gauge. Hadn't t
better wait further developments before predict
ing such diTeful results.
-Baggage-mnsier Burke has been appointed
mall messenger between Baltimore and Towson.
town and the company will commence carrying
the mails after May Ist.
MIR. Stevenson Archer John, the local freight
and ticket agent, appears 20 be well qualified fos
bis duties. lie 10 = very polite and obliging gen
tleman and will make many friends.
An engagement has already been made with
baltimore beneficial association for an excursion
of 900 persons to Lock Raven, rs soon as the
read 10 In running order 60 that point.
The steam road is already bringing number
Of strangers 60 Towsoniown. Many of them ap.
pear TO stroll around aimlessiy, but they may be
looking for comfortable quarters for the sumner.
The time from here 10 baltimore has been
tween IS and 30 minutes. The engineer of the
Hnoch Pratt says he could easily run Il 10 Is
minutes
--Tweniy new passenger coaches have been
ordered from York and Whining gton 60 be delivered
In June. These. with the two new 30.ion engines,
90 be delivered will give the road first. class
equipment
-.ltissaid that some exiensive mprovemcntswill
be made at NOtre Dame station. A fne, large
store building is talked Of: also that twenty cot.
:ages are to be put up there. We have no doubt
that in time villages will spring up all along the
line Of the road.
Mr.. Rob.r, Diivor;h has been awarded the
conirae; for supplying all the tie. necessary be.
tween TowsontoWn and the Little Gunpou DER
lie has bought the wood leave on portion Of the
Hampton estate. east Of Towsontown, and l. ad-
vcriising in this weeks USioS for hands TO cut
and hew the ties.
Our neirhbor of the Delta Herald is no,
pleased because champagne was drank atthe ban
que, to celebrate the opening Of the road to Tow
sontown. II says that had IL not been that, by
the indiscTction of few. champagne flowed with
unnecessary frceness. the whole affair would be
pronounced 4 success Of the fret water.
--woodbrook station. located At Charles street
avenue. will in time be made a very attractive
place. The grounds eomprise two acres and when
the station Is erected I; Is designed 60 handsomely
embellish these. The surroundings Of the station
very beautiful. the handsome residences Of Mr..
wm. u. Perot, Mr.. J. Hall PleasAnts aud others
being located near by.
Mr.. Edward e. Price was the FIRST man who
introduced the subject Of the narrow-gauge road
into the Forest Hill Farmers Club. which organ.
nation may be said 10 have originated the idea.
AnerWards Mr.. Price. much against his own wish.
was made collector of the stock subscriptions and
iabored faithfully In the work. collecting money
in sutHe quarters were IL vas thought next 20 i'm
possible 10 obtain IL. Al this time Mr.. Price IL
experimenting the erection Of station houses, 4e.
on the road.