Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-09
CHESAPEAKE BEACH ROAD,
Construction Train Expected to Soon
Reach Marlboro


Reach Marlboro.
Work on the Chesapeake Beach railroad
is rapidly progressing and 1t II expected
that within few days tho construction
train of the Washington and Chesapeake
railroad will reach Marlboro. Twelve
miles of this newly constructed road will
have been completed. This road will take
its passengers at Deanwood. near Benning
where 1t intersects with the Baltimore and
Chic. and has for Its terminus q summer
resort on Chesapeake Bay Much difficulty
has been encountered in the present work.
owing to the deep cuts and fills and the
trestle work near Seat Pleasant, which
has a span ], 200 feet long and 80 feet deep.
Near Marlboro q force Of $50 men are at
work and 225 more are laying track. Next
week the work will continue with an ad-
dltonal force of 800 to work at night.
The Chesapeake after leaving Marlboro
crosses the Pope's creek line of the Bal
timore and Potomac railroad near
Chew's station on an overhead bridge, the
material for which is now on the grounds
and then winds its way over to the Pa
tuxent river near Mount Calvert. The
work here will take some time, as 40 eco
yards of earth must be removed to make
the grade. Here the river is crossed by
an iron bridge 6OO feet long and it is said
any bridge in tie United States. Then
Calvert county Is reached and most of the
grading Is completed to the beach. The
terminus will consist of large hotel and
a town with streets laid out eighty feet
wide In connection with the bridge across
the Patuxent river. the publication first
made in book form of the acts of the legis-
1ature of Maryland passed al the last ses-
sion has resulted in a surprising discovery
regarding the charter of this road.
Al company to build the Chesapeake
Beach road was chartered in 1894. under
the name Of the Washington and Chesa-
peake Beach Railway Company. This
company after doing considerable work.
failed. and Its assets were sold by receiv
er- They were purchased by Mr.. Otto
Mears of Denver, Col, who got up another
company called the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Company. 1t was in effect a
reorganization of the old company. The
new company applied to the legislature at
the last session for the passage of a bill
comforting upon 1t all the rights and fran
chises of the old company. This bill pass
ed the house. In the senate, Mr.. Randall
of Annapolis, fearing that a bridge over
the Pa:uxent. below Bristol, would OBJ
struct navigation, got an amendment add
ed to the bill providing that the bridge
must be above Bristol or about half mile
above the place where the company pro-
posed to build it. This amendment was
rejected by the house. The bill went to
conference and their report was adverse
to Senator Randall's amendment the
president of the company agreeing 20 con-
struct u sufficient drawbridge to keep navi-
cation open. Both houses, it was under
stood. adopted the conference report and
the comp my proceeded to build the bridge
below Bristol at large expense, the
structure now being rearly completed.
But there was a surprise in store for the
company. The law published In the
new vollme of the acts of the session of
1896, chapter 231. appears as containing
the anne ldment offered by Mr.. Randall.
1t provides that the rights asked for
shall be conferred upon the company ION
the express condition and stipulation that
the said company shall not construct any
bridge over the PatUxent below the present
steamboat landing at the village of Bris-
toll. Leon post office, in Anne Arundel
county, but shall construct It's bridge
across said river above, or higher up said
river than said steamboat landing"