The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-04-06
VOL. XXVIII----NO. IA.
Baltimore and Ohio VS.. Some Other
Railroad.

getting railroad through the Deer Creek Section On
send you some of my views upon the subject
Ihough somewhat crude, l can only offer in ex
rnsbad int ,in 70 S S rso ' t nave eyer
heart the mouth speaketh
First, then, the Baltimore and Ohio is beyond
all question OF doubt going to build railroad
through some part OF our county, and you and ]
and all tax payers Of the State of Maryland are
stockholders in it.. 1t is home corporation, in
which we are all interested, and will be in oppo-
sition to all roads now or hereafter to be built;
and we all know that opposition is the life of
trade.
The p, w. and b. and the Baltimore Central
both belong to the Pennsylvania railroad, and
would therefore afford no competition but would
sui be monopoly. The Maryland Central Is
Gon1essediy not able TO complete It's own road. 1t
the city of Baltimore, (Which it will never getD
consequently, what chance is there for it to'buid
us road down Deer Greek? The p, w. and b.
has helped to stop the building of two roads
through this section. Are we to allow it to stop
the third? If man is once fooled, it is the fault
of the party who fools him if fooled a second
time, il is his own fault but if fooled third time
1t clearly proves that he is a fool himself. SO,
that category. If the b. and o. deceives us, we
can lay. the blame TO its door; but if the p, W.
pie indeed. Again, the HdlJ0rd DcnlOcydt, in re-
porting the proceedings of the meeting held at
Shurehville, March Ath, says it demonstrated
that there is wealth and enterprise enough along
the line to grade the road. bed. With the Mary
land Central equipped and running to Bel Air as
it will be in two months hence, it only needs the
assistance of the people interested to the extent
indicated to insure its extension to the SusQue-
hanna river, or the construction of road from
the Susquehanna by some other company to con-
meet at Bel Air with the Maryland Central" /
would like to ask the DtH'Ocldt why the Maryland
Is IT beeausei its depot is two miles from the centre
of the city? Or is it because it would want us to
take stock to help to pay FOR the iron and eqnp n
ment? Now the Baltimore and Ohio only wants
the rght-of-way and our good will. Again, why
some other company to connect at Bel Air? The
some other company would be the Baltimore
Central owned by the Pennsylvania company
and consequently a monopoly. The Pennsylva-
mia company lately got possession Of the r., W Il
H. What is the consequence? We have to pay
three dollars car more now than formerly for
car load of fertilizer from Baltimore to Aberdeen,
and ] understand other freight rates have ad-
vanced in proportion. Bel Air soon will have II
railroad. So let her keep her hands or. Now, as
President Lincoln once remarked, it is no time to
trade horses while crossing a stream. We have
set out to induce the Baltimore and Ohio to locate
their road through our section, so let us stick to
the text, and work for that and thar only. until
i is clearly demonstrated that it is success or
failure And tell you, citizens of Hartford. that
firmly and truly believe that it depends upon
you and you alone which it shall be. Don't allow
slurs and innuendoes to swerve you from the one
purpose you have set out to accomplish, namely,
the location of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
through the Emmorton, Churehville and Deer
Creek sections of cur county. If this should fail,
it will then be time enough to look for that some
other company. Now what you have got to do is
TO lully ana freely give the rlght-Of-Way. IL you
have not been called upon, look up some of the
canvassers, get blank, fill it up, sign it and send
it to the committee. That is all you are asked to
do.
If the road should go through your farm, it will
be worth fifty per cent. more the day the track is
laid than it is to-day. Why is land so low in Har-
ford to-day 1t is Tor the want of foreign pur-
chasers. What keeps them away from county
so blessed as ours? The want of railroad faci-
ties. That and that alone. The first question
party who is in search of farm asks
is, how far Is it from railroad? If over three
miles he will not entertain Il thought of plIrchas-
ing.
Consider the difference between maxi
ing one load and four loads day to a railroad
station. team of six horses and a driver is
worth six dollars day. TO n man enmilCs from
q railroad it takes all day to make one load. A
man three miles distant can make four loads
day. SO the latter makes twenty-four dollars
day, while the former makes only six. | think
eighteen dollars day profit in consequence of
close proximity to a railroad, is making money
faster than most farmers are now doing. So let
us have the railroad, and that right soon. Come
up and give the right of way at once, and do not
wait for that same Otht1' raul for which you will
have TO give the right and also grade the
road bed, and probably take some stock which
Will never pay dividend. DEER CREEK.