The daily gazette., 1883-06-26
AEpRlNrED FRoM vEsTERoAY
THE h. 4 o. EXTENSION.
work on the Line soon 10 Begin-Eie-
waited Railroad Schemes.
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waited Railroad schemes.
Baltimore Sun, 25th insf.1
Mr.. Samuel Spencer, second vice president |
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who |
has charge of Interpretations connected with |
the construction Of the extension 70 Phila- |
delphia, said on Saturday that none Of tho
contracts for letting the work have yet been
signed, but some Of thom viii be closed this
week and work begun In few days there
after. The bridge over the susquehanna Is
the most important work on the line, and
will require at least as much time In it's con-
structiOn as viii be necessary to complete
the grading of the road aud the laying Of
the rails.
Right of way has NOT been as yet secured
ON more than two.thirds of the line between
Baltimore and the Sasquehanna. some
landowners have rights, Others ha' accepted
a nominal sum, and the balance will be set
tied on estimates obtained through judes OF
condemnation, which Mr.. Hammond, the
right-of-way agent, will soon have sum
moned 1t is stated that the masonry for
the Brandywine bridge and approaches at
Wnmipk ton will be awarded 70 Gen. r.
Snowden Andrews and Major Milo W.
Locke. Abont AS I00os cubic feet. of9 stone
500 feet long and over 100 feet 10 height. 81
1t has been several times stated that tn 9
work OF grading is to be begun some dis
tance east of Bayview Station, three miles
from the eastern limits of Baltimore 1t
appears TO have been settled that the COM
pany will have its Baltimore terminus IN the
east. This will give easy access TO Locust
Point, across the harbor by steam barges
like the one now In use thered But It has
been iutimated that the policy will be to
eventually get to Camden Station by direct
route. Officers Of the company say
nothing has been 3 settled so far
as the plan for getting into this city is con.
cerned, and that the matter has not been
more than generally discussed. The com
pletion of the line will cost large sum OF
money, perhaps as much as any 100 miles OF
road ever built in this country, and with a
connection with Camden station secured
surely by way of Locust Point, It is not i'm
mediately intended TO make further very
large expenditures to make the connection
more direct.
Outside of the railroad circles It is as
serted by persons who have watched the
course of the company in trying to get into
Baltimore that an effort will be made to get
authority TO build an elevated railroad
along Pratt street or some other east-and-
west street. A tunnel under Patterson Park,
they say, would give the company the needed
inlet into the city proper. The North
ern Central Company has been cred
tied for several years with en-
tertainiDg a similar elevated railroad plan
for reaching the centre of the city at the
City Hall from Union Station. The large
expenditure necessary for such an under
taking is believed to have delayed the matter
but 1t is has probably not been abandoned.
Well-informed capitalists and others be-
lieve that the elevated railroad plans of tn,
two companies as here suggested are feast
BILE, but that time and money are indis
pensable in carrying them through. At