Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
LAUREL NEWS.
Route Of Proposed Railroad Through
Streets Of the Town.

Route or proposed Railroad Through
Streets Of the Town.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LAUREL. Nd, April %, 1903.
The municipal seal OF Laurel was affixed
recently, and the document signed by the
local authorities, to the franchise grant
ed to the Laurel Traction Company, by the
provisions of which that corporation is
granted the privilege to construct third
rail electric passenger street railway sys-
tenn over and upon certain streets of this
town. The route of the proposed road will
cover the streets and roads of the town as
follows: Beginning on Main street at or
near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sta
ton. it will traverse that thoroughfare in a
westerly direction to Sth street, south on
that street to Montgomery, thence north
west to Walkers branch doubling back on
the same street to the Sandy Spring road
and along that road to the town limits.
The tracks will again double back to Mont
gomery street and will continue easterly on
that street to 4th. when their direction will
be southwark to Laurel avenue using that
avenue in an easterly direction to Washing
ton avenue. when the direction will be
southerly to Crows branch From that
point the road will come back in north
erly direction to Main street. and thence
to the point of beginning. 1t is thought the
entire distance covered by the road will be
about three miles,
The franchise also provides for the road
to rum If the right of way can be secured,
from the terminus at the town limits on the
Sandy Spring road due east over West
street extended. to Sth street. thence south
to German avenue and eastward over Cor
man avenue to Washington avenue to Main
street to place of beginning.
While laying the water mains along 4th
street the laborers engaged in that work
recently disinterred a large number of
bones and particles of collins. 1t is the
supposition that that particular portion of
the street was at one time occupied a
burial ground belonging to the slave quar-
tiers of the Talbot family, the members OF
which owned practically all of the south
eastern part of this town.
At a special meeting of the town council,
held last evening the following appoint
ments were made: Mr.. William H. Owens,
supervisor; DR.. T. Watts Byerly, health
officer; Valentine Kaiser and James A.
Scaggs, town officers; Messrs. John r. Dor
sey of the first ward. A. Conway of the
second ward and John A. Flannery of the
third ward, assessors. Mr.. Stephen Gam
brill was appointed a member of the water
board to succeed Mr. George w. Waters,
jr. whose position in that body was made
vacant by reason of his election to the
council. Mr. Frederick Dallam was ap-
pointed city solicitor The bond of the
treasurer was approved at this sitting of
the council.
Funeral services were held yesterday at
the home of Mrs. Thomas N. Young over
the remains of Mrs. Isabella A. Whitworth
and Miss Mary A. Whitworth, mother and
sister of Mrs. Young. Rev. 7. A. tombstone,
rector of St. Philips p E. Church, officiat-
ing. Interment was made in Baltimore.
Miss Whitworth died Friday evening after
short illness. She had been an invalid,
who was in the ninety-second year of her
age, died the following day.