The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-24
THE FIRST THROUGH TRAIN.


had been opened sufficiently for near By points
to b. reached.
THE FIRST THROUGH TRAIN.
As was stated last week, this storm furnish
cd the only instance in the history of the Bal
timore and Lehigh Railroad when there was
no train service between Bel Air and Balti
more for full week. The last train arrived
in town from the city on Sunday evening,
February 18th, and seven days af.erward the
road was blocked, the trestle at Watervale
broken and one of the best Locomotives in the
possession Of tee Company was hanging over
the rails, menace to everyone and OF use to
TO one. The railroad organization decided to
clear the way au1 the heavy machine was
buried from it's position and sent crashing
down to the ground nearly two score feet be-
low AID added its wreck to the scene of dis
aster at Winters Run. The necessary repairs
were promptly made and at 5 % z. NJ. on
Sunday, traffic was resumed between Balti-
more and Dclta.
THE COUNTY ROADS.
have even as yet only been opened as far as
strict necessity required or close economy
allowed. On Monday the Board of County
Commissioners ordered the General Super
visors to have those roads opened which are
OF the greatest public utility: and private
need has been the Incentive In preparing
routes for The resumption OF general business.
The history OF Hartford county offers no par
allel to the present instance. The famous biz-
| zard Of March 13, 1888, in which so IN any lives
were lost and so great an amount Of property
was destroyed, was nothing like so severe al
| though it afforded the greatest means of com
parison when heavy storms became subject
| Of converse, sinks almost iuto insignifcance
| when mentioned with the storm Of last week
THE COURT
| and its business has been very materially in
| terferred with. 1t has never, prior to this in
stance, becn found necessary to postpone the
sessions of the court for two weeks on &C.
count Of the inability Of the jurors and other
officers Of the court to promptly attend.
Judge Walters, however, ever mindful OF the
comfort and convenience of ohers-a trait OF
character which is pre-eminently part OF his
| make up-found 1t an absolute necessity ia
do so at this time. Only thirty OF the forty.
eight jurymen, responded to the call on Mon
dayand great majority of the abseutees reside
in remote parts OF the county. The call Of
the docket and the assignment OF cases fo
trial, which usually occupies the first two
days { T the term, were therefore postponed
until Monday, February 9th.
THE Tulw
which gave great promise on Friday of as
Stunning proportions which would result In
freshet, gradually lost its threatening aspect
and became SO moderate that all fears OF dis
aster from that cause were happily averted
The ice was reported as less troublesome Ii
the Chesapeake bay on Tuesday than at an
time since February ID and the main river
empty ing into lie bay became open to navi
CATION. The sudden change into aim os
spring like temperature has however yer,
materially interfered with the ice harvest II
Hayre de Grace, which promised under til
: | Influence of a temperature below zero
{ furnish abundant labor for some time to
large number Of ice cutters.