The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-02-01

in court its fight for the right to build the line
nearly q year ago. has led to inquiry as to
whether this company OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad proposes seeking any new legislation
in connection with the line, says the Baltimore
Neps. Two wears ago the Pennsylvania had
completed its plans for building line around
the city, and was asking for q charter, when
residents of the territory through which the
road was to run went before the Legislature
and opposed the company, with the result that
an act was passed prohibiting the construction
| OF railroad within q certain section.
Owing to it's failure to get the right to build
| the line the Pennsylvania would not start work
| on the new depot which it promised to erect
10 replace its present antlquated Union Staton,
| claiming that this could not be done until some
| arrangement was made for handling the
through freight without it passing through the
| station, as at present. Shortly after the ad-
| lournment of the Legislature, however, 1t de-
! veloped that the Baltimore and Ohio, which
/ which to send its through freight, claimed ex-
emption under its charter from the act passed
by the 1906 Legislature. The route made by
engineers of the company touched the prohlbl-
ted territory at two or three points, and test
case was made. The Court of Appeals finally
decided that the Baltimore and Ohio had the
right to construct the line as proposed. 1t was
then stated that the Pennsylvania had made
an agreement with the Baltimore and Ohio for
| the joint use of the cutoff.
II ID now Claimed tndI tne mouey malkel
has been responsible for the failure OF the Bal
timore and Ohio to start work on the freight
| line. About the time that the Court of APP
peals decided the case the market was not FAVOR
/ able to the financing of such an enterprise,
and, as the company did not consider the line
urgent, it postponed the starting OF the con-
struction Monetary conditions have not i'm
proved since then; indeed, they are not SO
favorable to the financing of the work now as
when the decision was rendered.
1t is undertood that the Baltimore and Ohio
has acquired some of the property needed for
lsihenew line and fully intends building it, but
when the work will be started no one seems to
I5AnQw. The whole idea of both the Pennsyl-
| wanna and the Baltimore and Ohio in having
sucha line is to avoid the necessity OF having
| to haul freight not intended for Baltimore over
| their tiacks in the city. Each road has to use
tunnelsin getting through the city, and a big
movement of freight often interferes with the
running fpassenger trains through the tunnels.
The route of the cutoff proposed by the Bal
| timOre and Ohio is about 40 miles long. 1t is
to leave the Philadelphia division at Sewell
and extend to Gorsuch, on the old main line.
| After leaving Gorsuch the route takes north
easterly direction through Rockdale to cross.
ing of the Western Maryland Railroad east OF
Pikesville Station; thence passing under the
Reisterst0wn road by means of deep cuts and
a tunnel and passing through the property of
Mr.. John Waters, at Pikesville to a crossing
on the Northern Central Railroad near Sher-
wood Station; thence passing north OF Towson
TO crossing of the Maryland and Pennsyl-
Nania Railroad near Oakleigh Station thence
to a connection with the Philadelphia division
at or near Sewell, in Hartford county.
As it is only short distance between the Bal
| timore and Ohio and Pennsylvania at Sewell it
| has been thought that the Pennsylvania would
build the link and use the cutoff. 1t is esti.
mated that the cost of building the cutoff will
not be less than 100000, and it has been
proposed to make it double track road the
entire length.
Secret Orders Elect.-Fort Howard Coun
Gil, Daughters of America, of Sparrow Point,
has installed the following officers Councillor,
| Mary Strasbaugh; assistant councillor, Myrna
Funk vice councillor, Emma Moore; conduc-
tor, Mabel Moore; warden, Susie Price; re-
| cording secretary, Emma Hancock financial
secretary, Eva Strasbaugh; treasurer. Mary
Hoffman sentinels Eva Crumlich and Annie
Hackman; trustees, Clara NJ. Thuma and
Mary Strasbaugh; representatives to Grand
Lodge, Mary Diehm and Cora B. Hewitt.
Minnehaha Tribe, Independent Order Red
Men, of Glyndon, has elected officers for the
ensuing wear, as follows: Prophet, John
Brown; sachem, Arthur Chenowith senior
sycamore, James II. Penn; keeper of records,
Charles e. Sentz; collector of wampum, An
drew Wilson treasurer, 6. II. Fishpaugh
first sanap, @. Fishpaugh second sanap, W.
Turner; outside guard, Edward Allender; in
side guard @. Mari; trustees, James II. Penn,
Charles Fishpaugh and John Brown.
At its last regular meeting, January 18th, the
following officers of Belair Road Council, No.
715, G. B. L., were installed: President, Fred.
:Hefner; vice president, Andrew Kreit; collec-
tor, George Seidel; secretary, Henry f. Wind
Ter; treasurer, John Strehlen orator, Joseph
Krastel chancellor. Lewis Snyder; marshal,
John H. Klein, Jr. guards, Edward Snyder
and Andrew Grabus; trustees, Joseph J. Sny-
der, John Kraus and Peter J. Snyder; chaplain,
Rev. Charles J. Trinkaus representative to
State Council, Rev. Charles J. Trinkaus alter
e6aags q sssas osse5
thurman who was assisted by Comrades Adam
Welzenbach, of Lord Baltimore Council, and
L Frank Chetelat, of Gardenville Council. After
the exercises the Council enjoyed fine cola.
ton and listened to the speeches of the officers
and visiting comrades.
Leon Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, of
Sparrow's Point, had the following officers in
stalled on Wednesday night: Past Chief, R.
G. Macauley noble Chief William ]. Harri-
son vice chief, s. f. Strausbaugh; high chief,
E. j. Harrington; venerable hermit, Frank
Nahatise; M. of R., Harry D. Crawford K.of
E., Herbert W Stone; Cot E., David Gillespie,
Jr.; ensign, Stewart Neave; esquire; William
g. Little; guards, E. b. Miller and Joseph ].
Grant sir herald, Harvey W. Hayes.
The City and County Seem to Have
Agreed on the Water Questionable mat
tiers upon which the officials of Baltimore city
and the Commissioners of Baltimore county
differed in relation to the proposed $780,
| 600 Water Loan Bill were settled at lengthy
| conference held at the City Hall, Wednesday
afternoon The Commissioners wanted the
city to furnish the county with free water. but
after discussing the matter charge of half
cent per 1000 gallons was agreed upon, 30 far
as the 10000, 900 gallons the county is to get
daily from the proposed 2O,OOO,OO gallon
reservoir is concerned. Water supplied from
mains the city may extend into the county at
some future time is to be charged for at the
regular city rates, or more if the city SO decides.
AS compensation for the loss in the taxable
basis of the county resulting from the purchase
by the city of about 1000 acres of land for the
| proposed reservoir, the city will make the
| S35, 900 after the property has been acquired.
No further payments to the county will be de-
manded or made.
It was further agreed that the city should
| bear its proportionate share of the cost OF re-
| pairs to county roads in the immediate vicinity
| of the reservoir during construction work.
| The agreements reached are to be carefully
| considered by both sides, however, before the
loan bill is finally drafted and sent to the Leg
| isature. The bill will be prepared by Mr..
| Bruce and Mr.. John F. Centrum, one of the
| attorneys to the County Commissioners. Mr.
| Centrum and Mr.. Bruce attended the confer
ence. Others there representing the county
| were Commissioners Mann, Byerly and Matt
| feldt, Mr. John GrasoD, of counsel to the Board,
| Roads Engineer Shirley and Mr.. E. Stanton
| Bosley, chief clerk and auditor.
| Circuit Court-Criminal Docket-Sale Of
| LIQUOR without license, Joseph Katzen, not
| guilty Mrs. Mary Epstein (six casey, not
| guilty sale of liquor on Sunday, James W..
| Shea, mol pros.
| Wood vs. State, motion for new trialgranted;
| Lee VS.. Mercer, sub curia Hartley vs.. Wright,
| decree signed for sale of property; Krause vs..
| Krause. settled; Bowling, receiver, vs.. Robin
1 SOD, sub curia.
Criminal Docket-Sale of liquor without a
license, Joseph Katzen 1.-TWO cases), not guilty !;
Mrs. Joseph Katzen two cases), not guilty !;
| larceny, Frederick Stehr tried before court and
! held sub curia; nonsupport, John Markell,
| tried before court and held sub curia.
| Criminal Docket-Sale of liquor without Ii
cense, Samuel Rosenberg, not guilty; Lucy
| Cooper, guilty, sentence suspended.
| Impure milk, John Il. Seeger; demurrer to
/ Indictment sustained; prisoner dismissed.
Selling liquor without license, Mary Keyser.
| guilty; $500 and costs; Rosa liant. not guilty.
Selling liquor to miners, John W. Nichol, not
| guilty.