The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-06-29
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
NEWS OF THE TROLLEY LINE.
Work to Begin Next week-Full Outline
of the Routes, &c.-The Rockville and
Gettysburg Line.

Surveyors win begin work on the trolley line
from Reisterstown to Westminster next week, and
the work will be rapidly pushed forward.
letter from Rockville, Nd, June q, says "a
party of engineers under Mr.. A. Z. Lehman, Of
Philadelphia Is engaged in surveying fora railroad
from Rockville to Gettysburg, Pa. The route runs
by Derwood, Redland Laytonsville and Damascus,
in this county and thence to Westminster by way
of Mount Airy. The company making this survey
is known as the Washington. Westminster snq Get
tysburg Railroad Company and is understood to De
backed by the Pennsylvania Company. 1t Is un-
derstood that the proposed new road VIII reach
Washington from Rockville over the tracks OF the
Baltimore and Ohio.
The Philadelphia Pa Record of Thursday says
The directors of the Baltimore, Westminster &
Gettysburg, the Montgomery, Doylestown & New
Hope the Centre & Clearfed and the Amber q
Jenkintown Street Railways, which were incorpor-
ated and organized under the recent railway acts,
met at the office of. A. Swegard, the president OIL
the four companies, in the Terminal building yes
teray TO take steps to prosecute the work of build
ing the lines. Executive finance and other COM
mittees were appointed. The executive committees
we're authorized to proceed at once with construct
ing rights of way for some of the lines having al
ready been secured and for others partly.
The directors of the Baltimore, Westminster &
Gettysburg Company appointed an Executive
Committee /. A. Sweigard. Thomas F. Durham. w.
H Bartlett and s. L. Johns. Charles E. Fink, OF
Westminster, Nd was appointed Chairman OF the
Finance Committee and General Attorney rms
line which will be by far the largest OF the COM
panies of which Mr. Sweigard is the head, Will nave
total single track mileage of Dol miles, exclusive
of turnouts The line will start at Reisterstown,
Nd and will extend to Westminster, Md, and
Littlestown, Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Shippens-
burg Carlisle, Harrisburg. Mt Holly, York Springs,
East Berlin Adamstown and New Oxford Pa, with
a number of spurs. Right of way for more than
one-half of the POI miles of proposed road has al
ready been secured. Surveys are now being made,
and it is expected that bids for the construction Of
a norton of the line will be invited within few
weeks The line is to be strictly up to date in point
of construction and equipment. Later on ii is the
intention of the company to extend the road from
Westminster, Md, to Washington The distance
between those points is 40 miles
The directors of the Montgomery, Doylestown *
New Hope Street Railway appointed as its execu-
tive committe l. A. Sweigard, s l.. Johns John j.
McClosky and T. A. Snyder. The route as pro-
iected is from Willow Grove to New Hope, win
branch to Plumsteadyille. Bucks county. via Doy-
lestown a distance of 26 miles. The executive
committee was empowered TO proceed win the
work of procuring right of way and the construe-
ton of the line.
The Centre & Clearfield Street Railway directors
selected as an executive committee. l. A. Swelgard'
II. Rule. John j. McClosky and 5. L. Johns. This
line will extend from Grass Plat, Clearteid county.
to GAINESVILLE Centre county, distance of % miles,
and right of way has already been secured for the
entire distance. 1t is the intention to begin the
oft hat Of the line between
Pbilipsburg and Osceola IL miles, within the next
30 DAYS and to have it completed and in operation
by November l. Among the towns that will be
tapped by this line Winburn, Munsons, ALI
port, Oak Grove, Lumber City, Morrisdale, Hawk
Run, Phiipsburg, Gearhartsville, osceola, Moshan-
non and Houtzdale.
The directors of the Amber & Jenkintown Street
Railway appointed all executive committee |.
A. Sweigard T. A. Snyder s. L. Johns and John J.
MeCloskey. The route of this line is from Centre
Square Montgomery county, to Jenkintown ana
Fox Chase distance of 81 miles. Right of way
for considerable portion of this line has been Sc
cured and it is theintention to begin construction
work early as possible.
These companies have secured suite of offices
ON the seventh floor of the Betz building and will
take possession on Monday. President Sweigard
announced yesterday that he had appointed Chas
Atmore a civil and electrical engineer of this city,
as chief engineer of the various companies, and his
assistant, with John Gilbert as chief clerk. Mr.
Gilbert was chief clerk for Mr.. Sweiward when he
was general superintendent of the Reading Rail-
way, and later for General Superintendent Bessler
who succeeded Mr.. Sweigard.
a dispa tch from York last eveding stated that
President Sweigard on behalf of the Baltimore
Westminster & Gettysburg Street Railway, had
filed resolution in the Recorders office i'll thai
city announcing the company's intention to build
into York It further stated that right of way &c
that city had been secured.