The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23

tor large portion at the distance on private
| right of way. By this method the heavy
| grades encountered on the turnpike are Il void
| ed and = right Of way secured near enough to
! the m"'n thorOu&hfsrc for land deN iiucnt
and tn accommodate all business.
satisfactory contracts were secured from
of the Baltimore and Hartford turnIuk'. Tor
| right of WAY over such portion. Of the turn
| pike rs might he utilized. and the cont rpliu- ..
| interest III the stock of the Bel Air turnpike
| WAS purchased. This turnpike owns the
! three miles of road the Bel Air end "f the
| line. In addition to the above, the private
| rights OF way needed have nearly all hcen
| secured. with width of 81 feet. Traffic
agreements between the United Railways ~
| Electric Co. of Baltimore and the new COM
| pHny nave been entered INTO. arranging for ;tn
! Interchange of passengers and. freight. and a
| percentage is given the Rel Air Company by
! the United Company l"rncw business brought
% II during he first IL wears o. tli.COutrICt
y franchise has been secured from the town
| OF Rel Air to lay trucks through The streets
| OF the town. With exemption from taxation
| until 1910.
The subscriptions t" the caii,Hl stock II
ready secured and paid in have Cuahlrd the
company to construct and put int o uDCrat ion
the FIRST section OF the new road, extending
from the terminus of the Hartford road line of
the niicd RailwaNSN Electric Co. along tn"
Baltimore and Hartford turnpike to Carney
q distance nt three and onc-haf miles. This
section IS almost an absolutely straight line
for its entire distance. and i"capahlc of allow
ing good speed. In the construction of this
section Stc:im-railroad prinripIc> nave been
followed; the line is haI,Stvd with >iN inches
of crushed stone under he tics the rrnn~yl-
Nania Steel Co.'S Gu-pnurh - rails, with
i"ur,h"!t angie bars are used. In he over
head construction Sptnw:rC cons traction has
been adopted. with ;:o-fu0t chestnut poles
Current j. furnished az present from Ii.Llti-
more hy the | nitCd Railways y Electric CO.
This section has, been in operation since
October >. aud is run undcra@rccmcnt with
the United Railways, which has leased cars
and current to the new company. Tho traffic
50 Tar. AZ shown 10y receipts during this period,
IS most encouraging. particularly as opera
tinn of the line not begun until the oil
season i'll the ccctri"-railway business. The
contract for carrying the United States mail
to the postotiiccS along the route OF the first
section was given to the company at the
opening OF the road for traffic, and the post
otiicr department is anxious to extend the
service as soon as the succeeding sections are
put into operation.
The second section of the new railway will
extend to the Gunp0wdcr river. a distance of
nearly three miles from the present terminus,
and will lie located altogether on private
right OF way The rails and other material
for this section have been purchased and dc
hvered on the ground. and construction will
he begun III time to open this section for
travel in the spring. This section will give
the company opportunity to open the new
Gunpowder Park ON Il large tract OF land
purchased along the Gunpowdcr river. where
the buildings formerly used by the old copper
works will he transformed in O pnwcr-nUliscS
and repair shops. Power will be generated
from the Gunpowder river for transmission in
both directions, and the plant will he so con-
when it becomes available. Electric ii.rhl Ting
will be made q future feature.
In view OF the proposed DEVELOPMENT of
electric power on the SuSuuehanua river, and
OF the tendency to connect large cities by
electric roads. the building OF the Baltimore
" Rel Air Electric Railway is likely to become
an important cnterp' Use.
In a personal letter to the Manufacturers
Record senator stevenson y. Williams says:
What has been accomplished up o this time
is almost entirely due the efforts Mr.. !.
Alexis Shrivcr. the general manager of the
road. He has enlisted the local interest i'll
the enterprise. procured the traffic agree
mcntS with the nitcd Railways and he Bal.
timore " Hartford Turnpike Co, solicited the
subscriptions to stock, collected them had
the surveys made. let out the contracts. and
when the contractor got tired. hired I he hands
and completed them. He docs not seem to
know what encouragement is. and is now
actively Cnga% cd in trying to secure additional
subscription III both stock and bonds for the
completion OF the road to the Guupowdcr."
The officers OF the road are: : y. Williams,
president, Bel Air. Md; John u. Warrington.
secretary and treasurer. Bel Air. Md: !.
Alexis Shrivcr. general manager, Bel Air, Md:
directors. Albert ID. Graham. Citizens Ma
tional Bank, Baltimore: Charles J. Bonapartc.
Baltimore. Md: George l.. NanBihhrr. Be
Air. Mh.: i. Alexis Sh-vcr. Bel Air. Md: :. y.
Williams. Bel Air. Md: John NJ. Griffith, Bal
tiE!orr. Md: ogden y. Kirkland Baltimore,
Md.