Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-10-02
MILTON.

The second visit or trip (by the writer
to the starting point of the new Queen
Anne's Railroad, geo feet into Chester
river, which will spin through our beauti-
full town for Lewes. a distance of sixty
miles and perhaps a trolley on to Rehoboth,
Delaware's delightful watering place by
old ocean. All this rumor that the road
would not be constructed beyond Green
wood, and its charter pass into the hands
of P. w & B. Co., is all stuff and bosh
All the right of way has been obtained
from Greenwood to Glendale. The con-
tract for grading between Greenwood has
been awarded to Burns & Co., and as soon
as the right of way has been thoroughly
cleaned up work on this division of the
road will be commenced The Y put in at
Greenwood-one half by the P. w. & B
Co connecting their road with the Queen
Anne's is $50 feet long and is fine piece
of mechanism. The two palace steamers
that will ply between Queenstown and
Baltimore,a distance of twenty eight mile s,
will be swift runners and will go it in two
hours across smooth waters, or the whole
distance from LeweS in four. The farm
ers and all the people at this end are ex-
tremely anxious for its completion that
they may be relieved of the high freight
rates We then will be in touch with Bal
timore and Washington and will open up a
market for our products. In company with
! Mr. Wilmer EmOry-On the steamer Emma
Ford to Baltimore-who has been so active
in the promotion of the road, | CLEANED
much information. The wharf and pier at
Queenstown is a tremendous structure eX
tending 600 feet out in Chester river and
is eighty feet wide at the outer end and
thrty-six feet in the middle, with two
tracks. $4,000 feet of Southern pine was
used in its construction and thousands OF
pounds of iron. The warehouse with sew.
eral offices on the second floor, is 6ox25 #
all finished in hard wood. The little wait
ing room on the pier is cosy one. This
wharf is built so strong that it will holt
two loaded trains the whole length of the
wharf. The high tressel single track
bridge, 1900 feet, over TuckyhOe river is
completed in full, and 90 600 feet of lum-
Der used and $4,000 lbs. of iron
All the rails are down within ~ miles
of Denton on the west side and 4 miles be
low, and by the time this is in print al
will be down, except across the Choptanl
river, and there the lower side of the bridg
is completed but the other side goes slow
owing to the tide This bridge is 1850 fee
long, single track, high tressel with &c
feet draw made of iron, and the contrac
for this draw is given out The large en-
gine Josephine" with her train of flat
] will soon pull through to Greenwood.
The frogs are ready to be placed in posi-
ton at Greenwood and Glendale in a day
notice sufficient number of cars ar
purchased and being built, and with the en-
gines, will be run down the P. w & B
to Greenwood and off on the Q. A. rOaC
at an early date.
Now you millonaires and all concerned
the short line railroad will be complet
without doubt before the opening of an
other season, as the work from Green
wood will be apparently nothing, with TIL
exception of twelve depOts to build Tn
land all along this route will be enhanced
in value. Mr. Moore, at Burrsville, Md
has purchased 80 acres of land on the sub
urbs of the beautiful town of Denton, nea
the sight for the depot, for $500 and ha,
already refused $1,000 for it. 6. w. A.