The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-08-05
An Impor,an, Railroad Movement.

An Important Railroad Movement.
The most Important movement nov going On
in CONNIE ,,ion wiih the Baltimore AMI Delta Rail
road u its contemplated cancellation With the
Maryland Central Railroad. which "a, chartered
IA l~67 by john. Hopkins. Herman Strmp Jcssr
X. liInes. John ". Davis. Thomas e. NhutriIee
AMI Others. but which has never been built. The
charter o. the Maryland Central has been kept
alive. however. and today Is controlled BY pariss
most q whom are connected With the Baltimore
and Delta narrow gauge road. and among whom
are Mr.. William Giim0r, PRECEDENT Mf. Caleb :
Taylor, secretary Hon. Stevenson Archer and
sir. = q. Boyd. directors. Mr.. Gilmor u duan.
cial agent. and the others directors of the Bai;i
NOR and Delta. In fact, IL h stated that the tso
boards Of directors are almost identical.
- far AZ the Maryland Central u concerned.
although no work has been done towards builIin !.
the road II nevertheless. possesses valuable fran.
ehises. which II 3. desirable that the Baltimore
aBi Delta road shali acquire. The most valuable
Of these franchises ~ contained ia city ordinance
uhieh. Il IL claimed. guarantee the beads of the
Maryland Central Railroad g. the extent 81 5000.
900 a, Der cent. a. soon as that corporation can
prose the expenditure Of sJOn.UNU in the c0nstrsc
ton q a road pgt and through Baltimore AMI IIaf
ford counties. Ihe charter Of the Maryland Gen
ifai called for the construction II railroad out
ani through Baltimore and Hartford cosniics. AMI
within tao miles u Belair. &c. Nov. the Mary
land Central has not done thi. bat the Baltimore
aud Delta Narrow -tiaasc Railroad Company has
t. eome within the prosi.o Of the 500. 900 eNpen
digre. since $500 GOO stock subscriptions and the
proceeds Il $500 900 u bonds have been usel in
building and elaipping that road. The Baltimore
and Delta have the privilege % placing sGauVuu
Of bonds; 100000. or nearly that amount, has
been placed az -, aud the company intends 10 re
the other s2o0 600 20 place At better advan-
tage. To do this. the baltimore aud Delta sells
it, road e. the Maryland Central, or consolidate.
AID the two thus become the Maryland Central
The Maryland Central having now expended il.
100000 through the Baltimore and Delta. a.
called for by the ordinance. will neat give the city
at baltimore a first mortgage on iis ROAD. and the
city stands, u Is claimed, a. guaranteeing it,
bonds 20 the extent u s60o.O00 at per cent. The
bonds being thus guaranteed as % much city stock
u 10 not 60 be expected tha, the s2O0 Il bonds
not yet placed ~ill 70 begging at IS, but viii
probably sell for perhaps l9j. While tho Mary.
land Central road. a. il will then be, will thus
sumo \ good standing. IL h stated 90 be impossi-
Bile that the city should lose by the Transaction
the road a. IL stands to-day. and which IL wili
have first lien, IL worth double the amount Of
the bonds. The consolidation q the tao compa-
nies-the baltimore and Delta and Maryland Cen
tral-has, IL u undsrsiooi. already been Effected
by the two boards % directors, and only awaits
confirmation on the part of the stockholders of the
two corporations. for which purpose meetings will
be held ON the :sih Of August next- IL Is not
supposed that the stockholders will DO otherwise
than rAiify the consolidation. by Of the fran
chises Of the old Maryland Central II also has the
right 10 bridge the susquehaIna river near Deer
creek-as Priest Ford Bridge-and can build
line % Philadelphia. IL II can get in. The fran.
chise may be available q, some time for branch
road. but the company is not thinking much of
that now.
The proposed consolidation Of the two roads IL
causing considerable discussion among Baltimore
city officials and others, and IL IL now claimed
that the City Council, after the ordnance
ratified by the people by vote Of 3,0l3 TO go,
IN lsI0. passed an ordinance repeating the same.
The entire question thus appears 10 hang on the
point that the City Council had right TO repeal
an ordinance pasted by q previous Council slf,r
ratification Of sash ordinance By ths people. How
ever, differences Of opinion exist. on this point,
and the whole matter, " pressed BY the railroad
officials, will probably 20 into court.
A Dwelling House on q summer Tour.
The Sss Of Saturday last says: The large two.
and. half story frame dwelling house situated on
the north side of Huntingdon avenue, baltimore
county, owned aud occupied by Mr.. Robert q.
Ware aud family, started last Tuesday, mounted
upon rollers, 10 seek q different location. The
journey made the 6rst day was Eve feet, the
second day seventy feet; on Thursday sixty feet,
and on Friday Il stopped for dinner In the centre
of Oak street. where some friends took dinner
With the family. The house, 80 by &c feet, moves
along leisurey and expects 10 reach the end 81 It's
journey, on the corner Of Oak street aud Hunting-
don avenue, some 600 feet from its former resi-
dence, some time to-day. Mr.. Ware, nov ~
years Of age, built the house In lsfS, and having
fashioned II to his own ideal, and wishing 20
change the location, resorted 20 the method Of
thus moving the house without disarranging or dis
locating any Of its joints. lie states that he
struessd the house 10 please his wife, who has been
long since dead. aud he wishes 10 spend the re-
mainder Of his days In Il because Of its dear old
associations. Mr.. WIN. Roasey, architect, of Bal
timore county, superintendei the removal of the
house, and he would probably admit that very few
Of the frame.houses built nowadays could be
moved ~ readily ~ this dwelling.