Middletown transcript., 1899-06-03
MY MARYLAND.

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will be held from June 18th to 21st,
inclusiYe.
The Rev. E. M. Hardcastle, Of Eas-
ton. has been appointed assistant rector
of st. Michael's and All Angels
Church, Baltimore.
Mayor Mslster, Of Baltimore, has
purchased for $11, 500 the handsome
country home Of the late Morris G..
Howell, near Catonsvills.
District Attorney Beck and Officer
William J. Burns went to Snow Hill
and found plates for the printing Of
front and back of $40 notes buried at
the home of Breddell's father.
Earlville Council Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
raised flag over their new hall on
Wednesday last. Addresses were made
by Hon. John S. Writ, of Elkton, and
Rev. R. I. Watkins, of New Castle.
1t is very apparent that the Balti-
more Sun intends to support Governor
Lowndes in the coming campaign, if
he is nominated, unless the Democrats
present a candidate for Governor en-.
tirely acceptable to that journal. AS
the Sun is power that cannot well be
ignored, it would be we'll for the Dem
ocrats to nominate come individual
that the Sun can endorse. Cecil
Democrat.
Harry K. Stout, formerly of Dover,
now of the Washington Post, Wash
ington, d. G., and Miss Olga Hill, of
Chestertown, Nd, were quietly mar
ried at the residence of the BRIDES
parents on Wednesday night last by
Rev. j. M. Gill. Miss Hill is niece
of the present chancellor of Maryland.
Miss Mary Hill, sister of the bride,
was maid Of honor, and Fred Usiltor,
of the Kent News, was test man.
The tracks of the P. W.&B. r. R.,
in the vicinity of Elkton have been
Strengthened, and the dangerous curve
near Iron Hill is now a thing of the
past. The work was commenced
about three years ago andthe new
ground was purchased from Jacob
Howard, James A. Merry, William
McKelvey and others. The contract
to build the new road over Big Elk
Creek, near Elkton to Iron Hill, a dis.
tance of over Two miles was given to
Simms&Co., Of Philadelphia. During
the progress Of this work surveyors
had been at work on other parts of the
line, and as soon as the work between
Iron Hill and Elkton was finished, a
contract was made to have the curves
between Bacon Hill and Northeast,
and Charlestown, although a distance
of six miles, taken out. The work
was started, and the new roadted
crossed the old bed some five times.
cutting out two bad curves. The
work began at point about one mile
above Bacon Hill Station to within one
mile of Northeast Station, land from a
point about one-half mile below North
east to short distance below Broad
Greek culvert, about one mile above
Charlestown. The expense incurred
in making these changes was very
heavy. The engineering department
was in charge of J. T. Stuart. To
d. this work the contractors had
three steam shovels, six narrow.gauge
and four standard gauge locomotives,
40 narrow and 70 standard gauge cars.
q I'd 10 hosting engines employed on
the work. The highest number of
men employed at any one time was
$40. To give some idea Of the magni-
tude of the work, over All, 900 cubic
yards Of dirt were moved, representing
over 19, 300 large carloads and 10000
small carloads. Five new arches were
built, and two old ones enlarged. repre-
senting over 10000 cubic yards of
masonry. Part of the new roadbed
went through the edge of the river,
and this was filled in with the dirt from
cuts. The length of the change be-
tween Bacon Hill AMI Northeast was
1906 feet; curvature eliminated, 70 |
degrees 81 minutes; line shortened by |
change, 98 Clio feet. The length of |
the change between Bacon Hill and
Northeast was IA, ,356 feet; curvature |
100 degrees and OF minutes,
line shortened, SOB feet. The total
saved by all of the changes is
from one-quarter to one-half mile.