Saint Mary's beacon., 1896-02-27
A New Railroad.

f1ouse Of DcieRates Satur1ay. the
t5th instant. bin Incorporating
the Baltimore, Chesapeake and
Western Railroad Company. The
friends Of the measure claim that
it 10 the intention of the company
to develop portions of the State
now inaccessible except by tedious
rides. The incorporators named
are Allston Gerry, of New York;
George b. Bovnton, p. II. q. Bire-
iy and George p. Shaffer, of Fred
rick; John q. A. Sand, DR.. WI.
Gascoyne, Frank C. Drane and W.
r. Gascoyne. Of Baltimore.
1t is said that syndicate of cap
Italists from Boston, New York.
Philadelphis and London are be-
hind the scheme. The capital stock
's 1000. 900. with power TO increase
TO o., 500, 900.
The route of the road as laid
down in the charter is as follows
Commencing IN Baltimore city to
some point in the western part of
the State, about Hagerstown, and
from a point on the line between
Unity and Olney, IN Montgomery
county. to Bladensburg, in Prince
Georges county; thence to PIney
Point, on the Potomac river, and
to the Chesapeake bay, from Drum
Point harbor to Point Lookout.
This is the main line and is pro-
posed to pass midway through the
several counties from Washington
comfy, on the west, to st. Mary's
on the south.
In addition u branch road is con-
templsted to run through Middle
town Valley of Frederick county
from north to south. Branches are
also projected from the Washing
ton stem of the main line to Rock
vile, and from the Baltimore stem
TO Ellicott City. The idea, it is
claimed, 10 to connect the county
towns Of the western and southern
counties directly together or by
connections with other railroads.
The company it also given the right
to build other branch roads from
time to time as may be necessary.
The total mileage Of the road as
now contemplated is about 800. 1t
is said by its promoters that it will
open up o new country, and does
not intend to conflict with existing
roads. The bill contains an enab-
ling act permitting the counties of
Washington, Frederick, Montgom-
cry, Howard, Prince Georges. st.
Mary's, Charles, Dorchester, Wi
comico and Somerset to subscri De
TO the stock OF the company il they
shall decide to do so by majority
vote Of the legal voters of those
counties. The vote to be taken at
the election next Novemb Der. 1t
also enables the board Of public
works Of the State and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore 10
subscribe to the first mortgage 6
per cent. gold bonds of the comps-
ny, after il has been constructed
and in operation, for the sinking
fund OF the city and State.
The project was conceived by
Mr.. Frank G. Drane, formerly in
the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The officers of
the company as now organized are ::
Geo. Z. Boyntcn, president; Frank
G. Drane, first vice-president and
general manager; W. J. Gascoyne,
second vice-president; W. Z. D.
Gascoyne, secretary; John q. A.
!. Sand, treasurer.
On motion Of Mr.. Markell, the
bill was referred to special CON-
posed of one member from each Of
, the counties through which the pro
posed road ia to run.
The Speaker will announce this
, committee on Monday. This takes
the measure away from the corpo.
rstisns committee, to which it
woald properly have been referred.
i-~Esvves.