Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-19
Fighting the Bill.


The bill recently introduced BY Soma
tor Posey compelling the railroads Of
TIE state to erect telegraph aud telo
phone lines alnng their routes is meet
ing, as was TO D. expected. with deter
mined opposition by the railroad corPo-
Ta'ions, shd every a.eaas : ~ be used By
them to pr vent is passage.
The bill as will be seen at glance
Is very meritorioas one and should re-
ceise the cordial support Of every mem
Der Of each branch Of the Legislature,
for when it is explained to them that the
?Opes Creek line has neither a tele-
graph Or telephone line south Of Marl-
bro to its terminus P.pes Greek. a
dsf ince Of about forty lies, We believe
all opposition will cease and The propos
ell measure will become a law
When the Pennsylvania road Fanted
u make eoune tion between Washing
ton and Baltimore, aud thus compete
with the B d . for the passenger traf-
&c between those cities. they asked OF the
Mary and Legislature a charter to build
the road to Pope's Cree, which was
granted, the company agreeing 10 oulld
"a substantial road and to keep Il 10
thorough running order. The road was
built. but what was taken az a matter OF
course. the telegraph line in connection.
was buiIt onft to Marlboro. This fail
ure to erect the telegraph lines -Was, ID
spirit. if not in letter, a violation Of the
original charter, which honl be sufh-
Gent to abrogate the same.
The many inconvcuienccs % our PEG
ole are well known, and. at times when
the trains are delayed, great anxiety IS
felt by those Mo hive friends Oh the
trains for fear of accident in
consequence Of the neglect Of this
corporation to supply the proper means
Of communication
Upon several occasions accidents have
happened to The trains or track, and
several hours have been consumed be-
lore needed assistance could be secured
and then not until tie slow moving hand
ear could be wheeled to the telegraph
station at Marlboro, many miles distant
Only year or two ago the train
woIid have been wrecked aud more than
one valnab life would have been sacri-
feed, had it not been for the energetl,
action OF Mr. T. d. Stone who found
after a heavy storm, that a culvert on
his farm, near Pope's Creek, had beer
washed away, AMI hastily provided him
self with a lantern and red horse 81 nike
created danger signal just in time t.
save the train aud occupants.
Justice and right demand that tht
lives Of our citizens shall not be Longer
ieopardized because 'soulless corpora
ton" refuses to take the proper proven
tative steps.
Again, Notwithstanding all that ma,
he said to the contrary. the Toad bh
been paying handsomely for years past
yet the convenience and comfort Of TIL
people is not consd ,red, for ,sere is no
. aApsx@ting room for G4Asssrs il
tins county an | at many Of ae stations
passengers nro compelled to wait in the
bitter cold on the platform for the com
ing trains
It is to be hoped that our legislators
will have sufficient influence 10 get the
measure through both houses and thus
secure to the citizens great benefit. and
at the same time. save them from great
continued danger because Of the dis,e-
gard Of plain duty By the corporation
That is yearly increasing its wealth
through its traffic with our people.