Daily Republican., 1885-01-01

tOtho works are 70 be laid here for the
accom- mediation OF these works. A
mile farther and the train stopped with
tho locomotive In Maryland, the for
ward paft Of the car In Pennsylvania
and the rear part In Dolawsss. This 10
historic duelling ground. and two hun.
dred yards TO the left In grove stands
the prismAtic stone that masks sbs
acute anglo Of three Ststos.
Tho regular boundary line 10 indi
catod BY . regular Mason and Dixon
boundary line stone. On tho west side
OF the pr ismstic stone Ii seen the fol.
lowing inscription
Ref xed by
II q. 8 Key, Of Nd.
J. p. Edge, Of Pa.
g. X. Riddle, Of Dol.
Commissioner.
lB49.
The stone stands about threefest high,
and Its three faces arc about fourteen
inches wide. A number Of the ex-
cursionists an used themselves by
mounting the stone In order 70 say tha t
they sat in three States At ono time
others pla ed their thumbs ON the apex
Of the stone In order to say that they
had their thumbs In the three States At
one time. while Others still stood In
tho marrow strip OF Pennsy lvaniA and
ex tended one hand into Mary land and
the other into Delaware.
Captain Smith greatly edited the
company by giving . running history
Of the boundary troubles and the plant
ing Of the stones.
Tho party then resumed their 500 t.
In the car and helped themselves
heartily Of sand wiches, cheese and lots
OF pure cold water. The locomotive
sofeechod, and the train started on its
return, stopping first ~ White Clay
Greek, where nearly every body got out
70 examine the splendid masonry Of the
abutments. and the hnely arched cul.
verts, ono on each side OF tho creek,
made 70 carry Oh the surplus water In
times OF high foods, when the creek DO
comes very Wild 81 this point. At Red
Clay Creek the train again stopped
while tho occupents got out 70 inspect
tho placing Of the iron bridge over this
stream. FOR . considerable distance
iron beams. iron plates, iron posts, iron
braces and iron rods atrew Cd the ground,
but they were all finding tho right
place ~ the building Of the bridge pro-
grosstd. Here, too, the masonry is Of
soO sAAbos ooUobonstoi ChoA8C1Is uI8
bridge will be completed In about ten
days or two weeks.
A mile moro and Kiamensi junction
II reached, aud the train 10 switched
over on the Delaware. W. Western track
which IL followed about two miles,
when it sWitchoH of on the new track
and sped on TO the Brandy wine bridge,
stopping on the east side. Though the
train Was 109L feet above low water
mark, balanced on false wood trestle
work, there WAS not tremor. The
most beautiful sight on the road is from
the top Of this bridge down the Bran
dy wine and away out into the Della
ware river. ratnall and Ham IN lit
could here find q scene worthy OF their
gifted artistic talent.
The masonry in the massive piers In
this bridge La said TO be the finest In the
world. Amid the waving of handker.
chiefs, the train sped on northw ward.
Another grand view burst upon the
sight at the Concord pike crossing -
Leaving the pike the road leads diTec tiy
amongst the blue Brandy wine bould
The houses In the main are built OF
stone, the barns of stone, the spring
houses OF stone, and the farm fences of
stone. The numerous streams tumbling
down amongst tho rocky beulders no
cessitated the building Of quite = num-
ber OF bridges, thirteen OF which are
found from Wilmington to the Penn.
sylvaniA line. The bridge over Skill
pack, or rather Shellpot creek, is .
model OF beauty and durability. Some
Of the walled cattle ways built ON this
section of the road cost rs much as tho
farms on which they we're built. What
utrav a. eh..
woodland through which the road
sight of farm house and tho sight OF
the Delaware river through openings In
the hills, the unsettled western wilds
could hardly have presented . more
romantic and picturesque view.
The pretiiest view of the Delaware
river is from Isaac N. Lodges place.
The sight is simply grand. The most
romantic spot is on the Shipley proper.
ty. A most gratifying sight was TO sec
such substantial farmers as Amor
Forwood, Clark Webster, Isaac N.
Lodge, Lott Cloud and q number more
Of solid men of Brandywine Hundred
come down TO the railroad track waving
their hands ~ . token of welcome
From Isaac N Lodges place on to tho
line tho road runs through several
cuts Of almost solid rock.
No wonder the city of Wilmington
almost trem bled beneath the shock Of
blasts that threw up tons of rock like a
belching volcano. The stop WAS made
several yards over the line, ON the east
branch Of Naanan's creek, where the
natural wildness OF the scenery seems
abruptly to cease. The distance from
this point to Ciaymont Is over two
miles, and at no place after the road
leaves the Concord pike Ia 1t within aI
mile and half of the p, W. & b. road
Keeping on the high ground incurred
great expense in construction, aalit
r,Qu red more cutting down Of hills |
ana filling up OF hollows. The last |
thr N lies Of the road is . perfectly |
s,ra,sht bee-line. Three more miles |
will bring the road to Chester, and
thesr three miles will soon be COM
pleted. The run back was necessarily |
slow and uneventful. There are q |
little over 1000. lineal feet of iron |
bridges In Delaware. The bridge over |
the Brandy wine is 300 feet long.
The iron for this bridge is In cars
nov In the city. Work will soon be |
commenced on 1t, and 1t Is expected TO |
have the two spans over the Brandy |
wine and the settling pond completed |
in time to remove the false wood work |
before the spring freshets come on.
Engineer Richardson says there are only |
three cuts now left TO be completed |
this side OF the Snsquehanna. Two of
the piers at the Susquehanna have
been completed, all are above the sur.
face Of the water, and will be complet-
cd by April l. To the question Of
" what are your prospects of getting
into Philadelphia where you want?" he
sa id be had nothing to say, but you