Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-03-19
PrOposeI Railroad to Rock Point.

Proposed Railroad to Rock Point.
Mir c. c. L,ncaste-, of Washington, act
ing in behalf of the l.rce interests involved, on
Friday last addressed letter to II. Carter,
superin esdent of I Maryland Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, on the subject OF the
extension of the Pope's Creek Branch of the
B ,ltimare and Potomac Railroad to Rock PoInt,
on the Great Wicomico hsv With the letter
were so transmitted petitions, signed most
numerously by business houses in Ballimors
ard Washington and leading citizens, farmers
and planters of Charles and St. Mary's county,
urging the building of the extension. Il /.
proposed that the extention shall commence
abou. two miles below Cox's Station. and run
in direc, line dstanre of about eighteen
mics 10 Rock Point The cost will he com
parativev small, as the coustry is level and
well tinter-d. Mr.. Lancaster says That R"ck
Poin; is the best harbor and landing on the
Potomac river with n depth of water from
fitean to tweaty-Sve 'eet. There is no danger
from ice, as the present wharf has been there
fifteen wears. The largest oyster business on
the Potomac l. carried on on the Nicopico
b.y ari shipments made to Washington, Biltl-
more. Norfolk sud New York. steam can
ming establishment employing $50 to geo men,
ap! i,e or six large stores are located AT Rer K
7. int This inter- as in many other winters,
by reason of ice all navigation en- the upper
Potomac is cut OF. All the trade whish Is in
terrupted could 90 TO Rock Point. and thencT
hs rail to Washington and Baltimore, and the
Norfolk and New York steamers could make
their tertniL.s lhsre. The vicinity of Rock
Point, he saws is also particularly adapted for
sammer resorts, AID the proposed extension
would place within easy reach of the people oil
Washington the advantages Of salt water ha n
,nry h.h hl,In Cf. + n
could be mad. 10 pay from Washington as well
as Baltimore Mr. Lancaster says the people
in all that section IF Mary land ere Thoroughly
md deeply interested in the extension = n ash
iag'on correspondence Of Balo. sun
Tae facts set forth by Mr.. Lancaster in his
letter aud the petitions referred TO, are forciole
and well Pit snd merit the mature considsra-
ton Of the railroad company. As IL is now,
our read has no terminus atall. Pere's Creek,
The present terminus, scarce Y gives the road
SlO worth of traffic in the course of the year.
The whoe business is done at The way stations
The great advantages that would sccrue to the
railroad company by having terminus AT
some accessible poiut on tide water are TOO
obvious to lie over looked. The Southern
Maryland railroad company is constructing an
extensive. line Of road 10 point IN ST Mar. 5
county to a, accomplish the very object " hic h the
B. L P. company seems to have so lnconsd'r-
ately overlooked, viz: the attainment OF an
accessible salt va er terminus. When our road
can accomplish this desirable result Mt so little
expense and by such limited extension Of its
line il seems to Us that il should not be slow
10 avail itself Of tae opportunity.
Rock Point, probably, all things considered,
furnishes the Host avaiIntls and adraai'goas
terminus TO tich cur road cou'd be projected,
though We are lot entirely Milling TO concsde
that. The TIMES had occasion ssn.c lime ago
to call The attention OF The company TO TIE ad-
manages hi,h are held out BY Cha pei Poini
as an available iide-wat.r i-rminu. for our
road, and to puist out how, by projecting Il
branch from iouugs Switch down the fertile
Port Tobaccs valley via this ancient town, the
construction Of few mile, of road, without
any grading 1T al. would bring The line to an
excellent terminus. which would bring il much
trade from Virginia aai from The tide waters.
We hope that it will now ma,urelr consider
this poin; in connection with the prept sition
10 which its attention has just teen called.
Rock Point no doubt furnishes better harbor
and the water, being rather more thoroughly
impreenatcd with salt, may lie i-,s liabie 10
lie z, ) i'll there is little trouble 10 ne appEe-
Blended from lie a; Chsp.l Point in an average
winter and the h,raor facilities with li'tl-
dred2ing. would be greatly improved Tae
expens. of projecting road 10 Chapel Psini
would be much l,ss md the richest belt OF
soustry in the count, all uhdIrS N picturesque
sce>ery, TO Say pota'sc q ;he count, tors,
would Re raksn in. We hope our contrary
i'll show lis enterprise by promptly adopting
practical measures toward securing tidc-msnr
ter.iiuus