The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-10
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM MARYLAND LINE.
MARYLAND LINE. Nav Sth. ISIS

MARYLAND LINE May Stb, 1884.
Me0srs. Editors The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the York and Peach Bottom Rail-
way Company was held in York on Monday last.
The meeting was called to order by President c.
R. McConkey. John B. Welsh, Esq, of the York
Gazette, was chosen chairman, and W. F. b.
Stewart, ESQ.,, secretary. The President submit
ted his report which shows the total earnings to
be S57,967.42; total expenses, S39,SS3.59; net
earnings, S1S,OS3.S3. The bonded Indebtedness
of the road is 1852 023.23. Total number of pas
sengers carried during the year, 64,O79, and 49,
994 tons of freight shipped over the road. The
road has been placed in better condition the past
year by putting down heavier steel rail and
better class of cross ties. 166 tons of new steel
rails, $50 pairs of improved joint fastenings, is
new steel frogs and Is new switch fixtures COM
plete have been added to the improvement of the
road, and two new passenger coaches, five new
box cars and one new stock car have been added
to the rolling stock of the company. Mr.. E. C.
Bender and Mr.. VIM. G. Ross, two of the direc-
tors elected last year, died during the year.
The meeting then went into an election for
President and Board of Directors, when the fol-
lowing were elected President, c. r. McConkey (;
Directors, E. G. Smyser, John II. Small, William
Smith, John Humphrey, Michael Schall and
Harry Keyser. The ending of the fiscal year of
the company was changed from April Both to De-
cember 31st of each year. A resolution was adopt
ed looking to change of the road from narrow
to a standard gauge in the future. The President
and Directors were constituted q committee to de-
wise ways and means to carry out the above plan
and report the same to special meeting OF the
stockholders.
The triennial meeting of school directors of
York county, to elect a county superintendent of
common schools, was held in the Court House, in
York, on Tuesday last The meeting was called
to order by Prof. D. G.. Williams, the present
superintendent. B. F. Roller, Esq, of Shrews-
bury, Pa, was elected president of the conven-
ton Capt Frank j. Magee, of Wrightsville, Sec
rotary, and Messrs. WIN. Heltzel, of Hanover, and
II. c. Smyser, of Dillsburg, assistant secretaries.
There were 1875 of the 1926 school directors answer
ed to their names. The following names were
placed in nomination for county superintendent:
Prof. d. III. Gardner, of Wrightsville; Prof. ii. G.
Brennaman, of Washington township; j. p. Hays,
of York Prof. d. G. Williams, of York f; NJ. II.
Seitz, of East Prospect S. P. Barnett, of Peach
Bottom and Jacob Smith, of Manchester borough.
There were four ballots, and the contest narrowed
down between Prof. Williams, the present incum
bent, and Prof. Brennaman, Williams receiving95
votes and Brennaman 80 votes. Prof. Williams
was declared duly elected and the convention adj
journed.
Our people are in the midst of corn planting
The rain has been great blessing to the farmers.
Some of the grain fields had shown yellow ap-
pearance from the dry weather, but now it is
saved from injury.
About 400 head of fat cattle were shipped from
New Freedom, over the N. c. r. R., to the Balti-
more market this spring. They were purchased
by Baltimore cattle dealers-Messrs. Dornberg
Sondhem H.