Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-25
CFrom The Baltimore Ssn.
NV RAILROAD PLANNED
%. Ms.y's County Line Mssns
AAueh To That Section.
" WILL RUN TO EsPERANzA

Farmers Subscribing For Stock
BY Furnishing Wood Or Labor
Mr.. Watson Behind Protest.
Steps toward building . railroad
through So. Mary's county. which
viii DO IN extension OF the Washing
ton. Potomac and Chesapeake rail-
road from Mechaniesvilie 10 Esper-
anna on the st. Mary's side Of Drum
Point harbor. have been taken. and
the proposition has advanced 10 the
opening Of subscriptions for stock.
This stock will be IN issue Of $500.
600 Of 6 per cent. preferred stock.
secured by the deposit with the
Union Trust Company, al trustee OF
600. 900 Of bonds and o. 900. 600 Of
common stock Of the Washington.
Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad,
which runs from Brandywine 20
Mechanicsville, distance Of about
% miles. The stock and bonds are
owned by Mr.. Henry w. Watson. o
Philadelphia capitalist. and repre-
sent oil the road . outstanding obli.
cations, except O small portion that
In owned by the State Of Maryland.
Mr. Watson purchased the Wash
ington. Potomac and Chesapeake rail-
road about IL years ago, and since
10 has been paying proposition.
The new road will be about 20
miles long and will run through the
heart Of So. Mary's county. The
people Of st. Mays county are en-
shusiastic over the prospect Of get
sing railroad and many OF them are
subscribing for stock. some even
arranging 10 nay for part of their
subscriptions In labor or by supply
az ties for the road.
Nm Eden, Says MIR. King.
The sentiments Of the residents of
che county are well expressed by Mr..
Francis v. King, Of Leonardtown,
who said:
Between the Patuxent, the Poto-
mac, the Wicomico and the bay We
have o terrestrial paradise. But in
this swift age men will not come TO
our Eden when Ii takes them four
days to get here and back.
We must have o railroad"
Mr.. George Blackstone. president
Of the Union Trust Company. speak
Ing Of the possibilities OF o road in
81. Mary's county. said:
IL will open up o new garden for
Baltimore and Washington. Garden
products in ST. Msry's are but O few
days later than those that come 10
Baltimore from Norfolk. Much OF
che farmland In the county 10 not up
10 the high grade Of fertility 10 should
Do. or what 10 used TO be; but what
10 once was ID can be again with pro-
per cultivation. A railroad which
"opens up the markets OF Baltimore
and Washington will bring farmers
into the county. There will be sHfi-
cient traffic TO support the road.
Every thing has hesn arranged for
the preferred stock. which will DO
ISSUED % soon as IL In subscribed.
Mr.. Watson wants the people OF
Southern Maryland 10 take as much
OF 10 O they can.
Il look for great development In
farming ss soon % the road In finish
cd. So. Mary's county, with it's
amiabls and trustworthy climate.
ought 10 Be the garden spot OF the
State with proper cultivation. The
land now 10 cheap and money in
vested In farms % the present time
ought 70 pay good interest when the
road Ia built and the markets OF
Baltimore and Washington brought
within reach.
What a Farmer Did.
Some slime ago l ran across q
striking illustration OF what cultiva-
sion will do for q rundown farm.
/ drove into q place in Baltimore
county 10 buy some cord wood. Twas
attracted 20 the wood by the bust
nesslike way ID was banked. The
owner turned out 10 DO o former
wagon builder, who had never lived
on farm and knew absolutely
nothing about farming uutil he
bought the place. which was then too
poor TO raise chicken grass. He
said no learned farming by studying
the bulletins issued by the Maryland
Agricultural College and by expert
ence. After buying the farm he
made living by cutting firewood
and bringing 10 10 Baltimore, the
farm being too poor 10 cultivate sue
cesstullN Hstook oyster shells back
% the farU from the city, and with