The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-11-08
Application for Changing the Beds of Two
Public Roads in the 9Th and 18th Dis
tricts of Baltimore County. y
OFFICE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BALTIMORE COUNTY. >

OFFICE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF BALTIMORE COUNTY. =
ToWsoNToWN, MD, October 70, 1880.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that petition
has been presented to this Board, signed by
James l.. Gemmill, William McAbee, Albert N.
Wineholt, L, N. Williams, G. G Lee John Q.
bert Schuckart, j. Adam Shuppert, George Reh,
John P. Keller, Daniel Sweeny, n; A. Bailey,
John S. Morris, John c. StandifOrd, Caleb Free
land, Jesse Daley and other taxable inhabitants
or Baltimore county
For the purpose of changing the beds of two
roads in the 9th and nth districts, to wit One
leading from the Baltimore and York turnpike
to Hoffmanville and the other leading from Hof-
ern Central RaiIroad to New freedom Pa. Both
of these roads cross the said Railroad at grade,
about 800 feet apart, at Oakland Switch; that the
grade at these crossings is very steep and trains
going south are hard to CONTROL making it ex-
tremely difficult to avoid accidents that about
midway between the crossing of said Railroad is
Bridge No. 63, OF said Railroad, which has lately
been substantially rebuilt 30 feet wide and about
25 feet high, with view to paSSageway for road
purposes. 1t is intended to close SO much OF said
public roads as cross said Railroad tracks at grade
to wit On the first mentioned road leading from
said turnpike to Hoffmanville, beginning at
point, corner of the lands of Hikes Ebangh
and Samuel S. Sweeny. on the east side of said
Railroad, thence north to point where the road
from Oakland to New Freedom intersects the
said road to Hoffmanville; and so much of the
second mentioned road leading from Oakland to
New Freedom crosses said Railroad at grade
north of Oakland from the west side of said
Railroad at the curve of said road to New Free
dom at or near the corner of the orchard of said
Hikes Ebaugh; and that new road be opened
from the beginning of the first mentioned part
of the road desired to be closed thence along
the limits of the east side of said Railroad to the
corner of said road at the corner of said Hikes
Ebaugh, and passing through and under said
Bridge No. SO until the proposed new road inter
sectS said road to HoHmanvllle the object being
to do away with the grade crossings of said Rail-
road.
It is thereupon this 10Th day of October. 1890,
ordered that Messrs. James Rampley, William
EnsOr and John E. Balm, three disnterested
taxpayers of Baltimore county, be and they are
hereby appointed Examiners on the roads named
in the afOregOing petition, to meet on the prem
iSeS on i
Thursday, NOre,,ber 27th, 1890,
. At 10 o'clock A. NJ, ... ..,
Make an examination and report to this Board
whether or not the public Convenience requires
the granting of said petition in accordance with
the Acts passed January Session, 1878, Chapter
$40 and the Acts passed January Session. 1880,
Chapter $50. THOMAS TODD,
ts~., JOHN SMITH, '!- uat
ROBERT MAGRUDER,
County Commissioners for Baltimore county.
True Copy-Test: M. F. COMMON,
Nov. 8.-2t) Chief Clerk and Auditor.