The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-07-22
Some Narrow Gauge Notes.

"A passenger platform has been put down il
the of the residence of X. J. Cuttings, Esq
south of Towsontown.
The passenger travel on the road appears t
increase and the freight business is also growing
heavier. These are good signs.
Mr.. Charles A. Roe, formerly of this place
now clerk in the store of Mr.. G. NJ. Leisenring
at Luthervile, will be agent of the road at Loeb
Raven.
Seven new excursion coaches arrived at Bal
timore on Thursday and several others are ex-
pected in n few days. Two new engines are also
ready for delivery.
The offices in the new station at Boundary
avenue roomy and comfortable, affording
ample accommodations for the transaction of the
| business of the road.
Excursions will be run tomorrow Sunday
to the colored camp meeting in progress near
Notre Dame station, and on Sunday week to the
camp meeting at this place.
All the trestles now have guard rails on them
and the high one at the wash house will have
in addition to the extra rail-a heavy stringer
run along outside both rails, thus rendering it
doubly safe.
We should like to see a permanent and safe
| platform put down at the station here and the
station house painted. The air of newness-not
| to say primitveness-whch the place now has,
would then be done away with.
! County Surveyor Chas. B. MCLEAN has sur
veyed and plated the property of Mr.. D. A..
Clark, lately purchased from Mr.. Alder, ON Wynd-
! hurst avenue, adjoining Notre Dame station. The
property, which is beautifully located, will be cut
up into building lots.
The foundation for the new store building at
Notre Dame station is about completed and it is
likely building operations will begin shortly. 1t
is said that Messrs. Perry Wilson, of Baltimore
intend establishing factory at that point for the
manufacture of straw goods.
On Thursday Messrs. Waters, Gilmor and
Raven for he
excursion buildings at that point. 1t is stated
that it will require time to erect the neces-
sary buildings, large tents will be put up forause
as soon as the road reaches the Loeb.
The directors of the company held special
meeting at the Office, Boundary avenue, on Thurs
day, at which various matters relative to the in
terests of the road were discussed. After the
meeting an inspection trip the road was
made as far as Ewing's, to which point tho rails
have been laid.
"A passenger coach was attached to the gravel
train on Monday afternoon and number of per-
sons took n ride out over the high trestle, which
was found to stand as solid rock under the
weight of the train. 1t is certainly a splendid
piece of work and reflects great credit upon the
skill of the chief engineer, Mr.. Z. d. Peasants.
On Monday evening last the passenger train
pulled in on the siding here to allow the gravel
train to back past it. The first named train did
not get quite far enough in and when the other
cars came in collision, throwing them from the
track, damaging them to some extent and causing
a delay of about one hour. No one was hurt.
The residents in the vicinity Of Noble's store,
on the Manor road above Unonvie, are talking
of having public road opened from that point
(Nobles) to station of the narrow gauge road
which will be located on the farm of Mr.. Robert
Dilworth, in Long Green Valley. The distance
will be only about one mile and the road would be
a very convenient outlet for thicky settled sec
ton of country, the residents of which would be
otherwise obliged to travel very considerable
distance to reach the railroad.
The rocks of Deer Creek when the road is
completed to that point-which will be before this
time next summer-will become popular place
for excursions. 1t will be within two hours ride
of Baltimore and the country along the entire
route is of the most attractive to be seen any
where. Thousands of people who have only
heard of the Rocks and the beautiful stream
whose name they bear, will then avail themselves
of the opportunity to spend day at that
chanting spot to enjoy its cooling shade and
drink the almost ice cold water that flows copiously
from the hill sides.
"A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun ques-
tions the expediency of the narrow gauge road
running track up the east side of Loeb Raven to
Dulany's Valley, for excursion purposes. The
writer also thinks that Loeb Raven is not
proper place for excursion grounds, &C., because
the citys water may become polluted. What pos
sible harm the running of track along the
waters edge do we fail to see, and as the COM
pany has purchased excursion grounds, which are
located very considerable distance below the
breast of the dam, we fail to see how the water
can be polluted. The writer is evidently not well
informed upon the subject which he undertook to
write about.