Evening star., 1896-10-03
PENNSY MAKING EXTENSIONS
Confidence Shown in the Stability of the
Money Market.
Improvement Projected for an Inn
portant Territory Now Only
Partially Covered.

The Pennsylvania Railway Company
have. 1t Is stated, become so thoroughly
convinced that there will be no violent dis
turbance Of the money market as result
Of the election In November. that they
have prepared plans for extending their
lines in Maryland and southern Pennsyl-
vania to such an extent that the expend-
fture Of a large amount of money will be
necessary, and many men now out of work
be given employ ment. One Of these i'm
provements is the extension Of what Is
known as the York Southern railway,
controlling interest in which was q few
months ago acquired by the Pennsylvania
from it's present terminus at Delta, Pa,
through Hartford county, Nd, to Magnolia
Station, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railway. The line of the
York Southern, so far as constructed, runs
through a magnificent section Of the coun-
try. and its business has been increasing
since the first day 1t was opened for public
use. The road starts from its junction
with the Northern Central railway at York.
and runs to the slate region of Delta
where 1t ends rather abruptly. At present
all shipments intended for points along the
Southern from the south have to 20 to
York over the Northern Central railway
which makes considerably more hauling
necessary than will be the case after the
proposed extension is completed, and by the
proposed plan connecting link will be
made that will reduce the distance by rail
from Delta to Baltimore and Washington
at least five miles. At the present time to
come from that part Of Pennsylvania to
Baltimore alone and transact any business
requires more than day, but by the new
route the trip could be made in a very short
time.
Further Improvement.
Pennsylvania is the continuation OF what
| Is known as the Stewartstown railroad,
| which runs from Stewartstown, Penn, to
| Bel Air, Nd, where it will form a junction
with the York Southern. thus giving the
latter an outlet to Baltimore from the
state line other than by the way Of the
| Baltimore and Lehigh, a narrow gauge
| road, which extends from Baltimore to Bel
Air. The Stewartstown road extends from
| the Northern Central railway at New Free
dom, Pa, not quite forty miles from Balti-
more, to Stewartstown, distance OF seven
miles. Remarkable to state, there is not
| a dollar of debt on the road, and for its
| size 1t Is considered to be one of the best
| paying lines in the country. 1t was built
the plan now under consideration is to con-
| tinue the road from Stewartstown to Bel
| Air, distance of about twenty-five miles
and there connecting with the York South
ern. These important railroad develop
ments have been under consideration for
| some time, but it has only been recently
| that any considerable activity in the matter
| has been shown. Within the past few
weeks engineers have been at work making
| surveys for the extension and they are
| now placing pegs to mark the route they
! have gone over. There is much enthusiasm
| among the land owners along the surveyed
route, and 1t Is said that without exception
| they have donated the right-of-way. 1t IL
expected that but little IL any, trouble will