The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-04-15
some marrow Gauge No.es.

The turn-tabls at Gi,tings' leo. pond is almost
ready for use.
"A heavy landslide occurred on the line Of the
road above Belalr one day last week.
The passenger rates between Baltimore and
Towsontown have not yet been made public.
MIR. Order, contractor, has increased his force
Of hands. lie Is working near the Rocks Of Deer
Creek.
1t Ia hoped tha, In short time the passen-
ger cars Of our road win DO run right In 10 CAL
vert Station.
Mr.. J. Park Wiley, who Is to be the agent Of
the road at Towsontown, arrived here on Tuesday
with his family.
"A son Of Mr.. Boyd, the general superinten.
dent, Is member Of the engineer corps Of the
narrow gauge road.
viii be placed on the property Of Mr.. Il. b.
Almony, near the York road.
The officers Of the company made an exeur-
sion over the line 10 Towsontown and return on
Friday afternoon Of last week.
The company will have several excursion cars
built 10 run on the Loeb Raven excursions when
the line Is completed 20 that point.
Cyrus Diller, who is . contractor on the mar
row-gauge road, now weighs upwards Of four
hundred pounds and 10 unable TO lie down 10
sleep.
The formal opening Of the road TO Towson-
town will take place on Monday next, 17th inst,
AFTER which date passenger trains will DO run
regularly.
Two new passenger coaches for the Baltimore
and Delta road arrived In Baltimore on Monday.
The company now has Eve coaehes-enough 10
commence business with.
The last train over the road at night will
leave baltimore at o'clock. This will not suit
those who always prefer waiting for the "owl'
train. There will be Sunday train at 10 p. NJ.
The "Enoch Pratt" weighs % tons and the
"John NJ. Denison" Is tons. The two new engines
which have been ordered will weigh 30 tons each,
oh Ia H.. h. A.fls
narrow gauge roads.
The "John NJ. Denison," the FIRST locomotive
engine that ever entered Towsontown, reached
here at exactly 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
April 18th, 1889. Il will DO well TO remember
this date as II marks an important epoch In the
history Of Towsontown.
An officer Of the company said few days
ago that NJ an induccment for people 10 buy
property and build along the road be proposed
that any one who would do 90 should have their
building materials hauled free Of cost. II Is this
kind OF liberal spirit that will make the road .
success.
We don't want people to get the idea that be-
cause We have only n narrow gauge road 20 Tow
sontown that this IL n narrow. gauge place. On
the contrary We want TO impress upon their minds
the fact that IL is broad gauge in every respect.
Some Of the people are Of the marrow" kind, but
as a whole the town IL all right.
For some time Il has been favori,e amuse.
ment of some people to walk the high tres-
,les-jusi to let other people see that they could
do IL, you know. Last Sunday a Towsontown
man tried IL. lie got half way over, sat down and
after his head had stopped "aying around" made
for the starting point on his hands and knees,
presenting n very ludicrous spectacle. IIe said
IL be con sound IL you git me on any more hHs-
sies."
In its account Of the crcursion Of citizens Of
Towsontown over the road the Journal Of last
week trys 10 convey the idea that the coach for
the trip was sent here by Superintendent Boyd
especially for the use fthc county officials. There
j. no truth In this. The &C ach was sent at the
solicitation of private citizen. and few Of the
county officials were invited, Mr.. Boyd having
nothing to do with Il except to kindly send up the
coach. The gentleman who planned the trip had
seen 6t not to unlock the door there would have
been no excursion that day. Il was not general
excursion and those who were expected 20 20
were either invited verbally or by note.