Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-11-16
THE a. aB. SHORT LINE.
How the Work Is Progressing IAN
Army of Laborcrs nc Work. Busy
Scenes Along the Line.

1898 -
AS many Of our people appear to
be skeptics, and doubt even the truth
and reality of our ancient city ever
awakening from her "Trip Van Win
kle" sleep, and to set ct rest the minds
ofthese doubling Thomases, !" We will
give them few facts Of what Is going
on in our midst in old Anne Arm
deln on the Short Line Railroad.
At the invitation of q party OF
friends representative OF the CARR
tai visited the A. & B. Short Line on
Saturday, and was cordially met by
the genial and courteous Superinten-
dent, Major Goodwin, and his polite
and gentlemanly assistants, Messrs.
Morton IL johnson. AS far as the
eye could reach along the line of the
road an army of workmen were busy
as bees, with shovels and picks, hard
at work in drenching rain, every
one seeming intent upon working bis
way to Baltimore through the hills
and dales, at the quickest moment
possible. Teams of horses and mules
dragging scrapers, and carts loaded
with earth, filing up, and hands build
ing culverts, others erecting buildings
for the protection ofmen and horses,
giving an appearance altogether, of
war times, when an army would forces
a railroad through q country in a.
single day. II
The company have nine miles of
road under grading in elk different
sections and in few days, these Sec
tions will meet, making clear track
of about one half of the distanct to
Baltimore. ready for the ties. The,
bridge across the Severn is to be
built by the Bridge Building Com
pany of Baltimore. The bridge is to
be LOO feet in length and wide
enough for double track, il neces-
sary. The draw is to be of iron, 80
feet in length. The piles for the
bridge are now in the bay, near An
napolis and are expected to be on the
ground by Monday morning. The
contractors have agreed to have the
bridge finished in sixty days from the
beginning. The road is to be laid with
steel rails which are now being turn
ed out by the Pennsylvania Steel
Works of Pittsburgh, Pa, and are to
be delivered upon the line ofroad by
the lst of March next. There are now
375 men, besides so teams at work
and as soon as the buildings are fin
ished for their accommodation, they
expect to put on as many more. The
road is to be completed and in rum
ming order by the first of May, 1885.
II there is any virtue in zeal and ac-
tivity, we shall certainly have our
Short Line Road by that time. The
company have also purchased o tract
500 acres of timber land for the use
of their road.
We are not at liberty to say just
now whether this road is to be only
Short Line road or a much longer
one. bnt every thing 10 working swift
ly but quietly aud as soon as the road
is finished to Annapolis, the people of
Baltimore, as well as Annapolis, will
be astonished at the well developed |
plans of the managers of this corpora
ton; but let it be sufficient TO say
that this is only the starting point of |
opening up all of the Southern coun-
ties of orr State, as well as bringing |
back to Baltimore the trade which |
she has lost through her oversight. |
and which is now going to PhiladelE
phia through the system of roads.
now in operation upon the Eastern
Shore of Maryland
Success to the enterprise, and let
every mon in Annapolis and Balti.J
more give them all the encouragement
in their power and we will soon wit
ness new era of business activity in
our midst, which we have little
dreamed of. tA A ia
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