New-York tribune., 1890-06-29
RAILROID INTERESTS.
PLANS OF TIE WESTERN MARYLAND
PROPOSED LINES TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC IN
IRON AID ! -ANTuE AClrE 60 AL.

Baltimore, June 2s Cspcciap.-Thc Western Mary
land Railroad Company comes ont in an Official state
mcnt Of the plans for the extension Of its lines ana
connections with tho Reading and tho Baltimore ana
Ohio companies The route and other matters In
connection with tho tdewatcr line are also made
public The Official circular says simultaneously w!th
the building Of the tidcwatcr line IT Is proposed To
construct a branch line about twcnty-ninc mile, ia
length from the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway,
"A division Of the Western Maryland, through the Guy
OF York to "a connection with the Philadelphia ana
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at ChlcMcs near
Marietta in Lancaster County Pennsylvania also
branch line twenty miles I'm length from Ihoha'NHIe'
upon the proposed York and Cmckles lHc' 70 BOW
man,dac upon the Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad
about eight miles west Of lIdrri,bUrg and TO operate
il trains To and from Chiccs and Harrisburg under
contracts already made with the HARRISBURG l"en"inhS
the use of all Philadelphia and Reading ia'ihcS a'
Harrisburg, the rhadelph and Reading 'onIP""'
now having large force cmpioS'" i''
brlddng the susquehanna River ana cohPeo
ing In the name OF the Harrisburg Ac'"'
nal compauy the unfinished portion OF the lar-
ri.,,,r, and Potomac Railroad between Bowmansdaic
and tt,rrisburr The plans also cover an eA"hNio"
of the main line Of the Western Maryland halfVau'
undrr the name of the Potomac Valley hal'o"i' i'
, pont near Willam>port, Md to point "Po" Wv
main line of the baltimore and ONO hhroau io''
C,or-,. pun " Va in connection with when a
and ohio Railroad Company for full interchahEe Vi
hr.iuos. New connections will have an important
,raucnec upon the operations OF the western MarA 'nu
Railroad Company IL Will not Only DC c'"o'
thereby 70 connect the two great cs'apAs"''o"" y,
the Pennsylvania steel Works near baIu"oi0 '
Harrisburg and to form an anthraclte coai l'o i W.
po,dip, ,y,tem to baltimore. but Will be as snort
,,, ,.tu.c,n baltimore and Harrisburg as the
xo,tbcrn Central and Will give lire nearly as snort
| , ,b. cumberland Valley Railroad from faeersto"h
dovu the Cumberland Valley 10 HARRISBURG connect
in, the baltimore and ohio with the he"dihs sSeVo"'
,iu cvc almost an air line via Cherry Run, Hagers
| t,on ucttv,burg Hanover and York between t"c
baltimore and ohio and the iron manufacturing rson
-, pcnn.ylvanla centring at Reading, which
r., connection with the Reading system will
,d ,he shortest line between Cherry Run
| and U,gerstown and Reading. Philadelphia and New
York. a line nearly ~ short as the Northern 'ehVf''
| Letvccn Baltimore aud York; a freighthne Dc'"ecn
| UaltInor, and Philadelphia and New-fork VIA he''-
ing with this end in view It Is G proPG,ed pose nn@t e
| INV wear per cent gold bonds, Sl'-OooOV Oh tno %
pro,ccd, to be applied to the pr.hSS "t ~, o1 bster
Of the Baltimore and Harrisburg ka'iroad toi1PalS
Eastern extension from Porters station va tos H. "
! Cbtrhies With branch from IhomdsNiie " Do"
man dale: 100000 n the purchase oi the ,to'A VA
| The Potomac Valley Railroad on the main llne &C. cA !,
,nr.inn from WullamepOrt. Md to "a connection WIN
tl. EaltlmDr, and ohio at Cherry Kun - loOoooo' o'
a., much thereof may b. ncce' AIRY 10 tc p1.i o
more to td"wacr, the bahn,". ut'T P, pay e
during construction and meeting contingcnt sA m w.,
| tn h.. held 90, reserve fund or invested III Wr-
mina property and new equipment 70 De held IN tne
name IL the 1deNatrr Company The Western wary
land Railroad Company will lease the IIdc"ater anu anu
"tbrr uror-,rd lines, paving rental equal 10 . per
| cent npon the outstanding bonds Of the Ildewaier
ear of the proposed new lines supply Ia IT passenger
and freight trac In sufficient amount, to enable IL to
y.rv character and per ccns upon cost. either
dividend upon stock or interest upon bonds.