Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-22

: ~ " 81 - Ia Atk4 tttfA 70 ttt~ 0H 4fIt II
vania and the b & O. could get To-
/ gether On terminal proposition
something might be done. and done
with his hearty support. II was
mot long after this time that the
Pennsylvania acquired or finished
| the acquisition oi 40 per cent. Of the
| b. q o. s stock. aud that Mr. L0ree,
third vice-president Of the Pennsyl..
vania. was chosen president 81 The
Bultfmore and Ohio II was not
long after this, that all opposition to
the plans fora more beautiful Wosh.
lington vanished, suddenly, and that
10 its place grew up powerful ally
TO the scheme, which helped and
fostered II ID every way possible,
even to the extent cf inducing con-
! gress TO appropriate 81 .50O. 900 70
reimburse the Washington Branch
lof tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad
/ for the right Of way aud other pro-
perty which it owned 10 Washing
/ ton
Now here are some Of The spots,
10 the presumed rotten zone, which
may upon investigation turn out TO
BIZ exceedingly sore indeed:
Passing over what disposition The
b. 40 will make Of the a 300 900
/ which IL got appropriated. solely on
/ the basis Of Washington Branch
relinquishIngs. Isa matter 81 some
I several million dollars WORTH ~ pisr
cf0ses for tho new facilities, all made
/ 10 III understood by the most pro
niment real estate form II Washing
ton which IS alleged 70 be Ufiicered
or controlled. DR. perhaps onlytyloses
/ ly allied with. the Union Truss ard
/ Storage Company. The Union Trust
and Storage Company, 70 digres
from the main stem FOR moment, ~
big concern which bought lard
and built o large warehouse, at q
cost of something like sI5O.0O0 81
or near the junction 81 X Street
and The tracks Of the Metropolitan
Branch, by q singular coincidence
/ almost the only spot 10 oil that re,
Qion which will be and Is being i'm.
mensely inhapced n yaluc by the
I b0ildlng operations, but which is
I hardly effected az al III d detrimens
I tnl way by III there Is no heavy iill-
( Ing Immediately al around II as
there is at little distance o. one
side. aud no equally deep cutting
Immediately adjacent, ~ there is
not far Oh on fhe otlIve side liz
other words. in All that district
I where street levels are being RAILS.
ed and lowered Is much a. 40 feet
/ la more instances 10 carry tracks Ia
Oh an upper or d lower level. With
heavy cost aud Inconvenience on
abuting properly holders. iba ware
house ~ the Union Trust aed Stor-
age company seems TO have been
built on Il spot selected. almost at
q divine inspiration unless Of
course It's officers should have bad d
full iorekn0wiedge 81 The improve.
ment plans. as they would have had
for example. ifthe Onion Trust aud
Storage Company Is subsidiary or
holding company Of tho railway cor.
poratiOu Iu other words. there
are circumstances "a ihiscase which
would at least suggest she posi-.
blliiy d same millions ~ dollars
Worth 81 property purchases having
reai estate drm relsffed b @Nldli
seems u 81 controlled Of affiliated
With The Union Trust and Storage
Company. which III turn may BE- ID
some remote u way associated with
the interests which own the Butt,
more and O0io railroad and mn.
jorsiy q the stnck 10 she Washing
ton Branch There may turn out 10
be nothing Ii this ~ oil. but TO
Judge By some Of The transactions
which have been ncceptuatHd by
this as q lead which can certainly
result Ia no harm. II followed up
The right hand II the y 20 has not
been paying Washington Branch
money 10 commissions over 70 It's
lsft, but Il cau do no harm ~ make
ibai point certain. The r. a O
dosn j Owp any coal Iauds III West
Virginia either il only owns con
tFoi 81 company which does own
such properly
There s another peculiar situa-
ton, aroupd Florida Avenue
TIE Washington Branch owns D
coal yard south of Florida Avenue.
It's tracks really run right by that
yard Apparently as PINNED, rs
tracks, when the terminal Is entire
ly completed, will end short on On
the north side IL Florida Avenue.
from which point 10 It's own enal
yard u will be compelled 10 pay The
the Washington Terminal Company
rent for ibe Washington TERMINALS
tracks. which the Washington Ter
minal COMPANY kindly purchased or
succeeded IN having given ID Il.
from or by the Washington Branch
This is how the matter looks from
Annapolis, although upon ingesgi0a.
tion II may develop nothing This
may all be perfectly legitimate 10
the great game of high finance. 10
which lbe Stale of Maryland Ii yet
stupidity dense, and IT'S Washington
Branch no less; on the other hand
Il may be the dead dnRers, on tho
hand 81 what may turn out 10 be,
alier d little digging the whole
murdered thing, too hastily buried
ID ~ al too shallow grave
There are several other iudica.
tions, scattered here aud there. such
as tho method IL which The pennsyl
vania Railroad succeeded III making
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad and
14t4 Il.