The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-04-29
NEW ELECTRIC Line
rpou REISTERSTOWN TO HANOVER
IA HAMPSTEAD and MANCHESTER
The Required Amount Of Capital Is
Subscribed, $4,000.

.nd new electric railroad from
PoO?ctorstown to Hanover which has
h'ssnnentlv been referred to i'm this
IT, IT, the Baltimore American of
Wednesday says
1Tbe officials of the Baltimore and
nonnsvlvania Railway Company say
lsa+ baltimore will have in the near
t snt an interurban electric system
lannocting on the south with Wash
;na+on and on the north with Hanover,
IpISIiladelphia, New York and Boston.
Tbic company was granted a charter
Nv the last session of the legislature.
Tbo hill for the charter was intro
jnced by Senator Biddison, Of Balti-
more county, and the company has
+oday paid it's bonus tax, amounting
N $50, to Murray Vandiver, treasur-
~ of the State of Maryland. 1t is
renorted that 100000, 10 per cent Of
tba capital stock of the company,
which is 100000, and which may be
increased at the pleasure Of the COM
nonv has been subscribed for and
thaf the building of the road will COM
mence shortly.
The officers of the company are
Nessrs. J. Pierce Burns, president;
Jacob II. Sherman, vice president;
Newton S. Watts, treasurer, and JOS
pph P. Reynolds, secretary. The Of
fce of the company for the present Il
m he at 1909 Calvert Building, this
city. The members of the executive
committee are Messrs. Jacob A.
Frederick, Pierce Burns and Howard
Tebbs. chairman. The directors are
Dr. John H. Wilson, Newton S. Watts,
Dr. Jacob H. Sherman, Jacob A. Fred
erick. of Carroll county; w. II. DERRICK,
Daniel S. Reisenweber, John Pierce
Burns, Joseph P. Reynolds, J. S. r.
Waters, Howard Tebbs, of Baltimore
city. and William II. Alexander. Ger
tain of the directors from Baltimore
city represent New York financial in
terests who it is reported, are back
ing the enterprise. l. Howard Tebbs
is to act as general counsel of the
road.
The Maryland construction and De-
relopment Company has been award
ed the contract for the construction
work.
day, Mr. Burns, president of the road,
said
THE project was entered into by
ourselves and the interests in New
York which we represent only after
careful investigation had been made.
Our engineers have been at work for
sometime, and they have assured us
that the field between here and Han
over presents unlimited prospects for
an interurban electric line. Our
Southern terminus will be Reisters-
town, and we hope to effect some ar
rangement with the United Railways
Company by which we can enter the
city over it's tracks. No negotiations
to that effect, however, have been be-
gun as yet.
Our line will pass Fowblesburg,
Arcadia, Hampstead, Greenmount and
Manchester, paralleling the Western
Maryland to that point. From Man
chester we will construct our line in
direct route toward Hanover, pass
ing Melrose. The Western Maryland
makes a circuitous route from Man
chester to Hanover, and by our plan
We will save many miles of track. The
nearest railroad to Manchester is
three miles away, and in view Of the
fact that it is a growing town, paying
more cigar tax than any town in Mary
land outside of Baltimore, with other
enterprises, we expect to make 1t one
Of our main points. In my opinion,
too, Manchester is going to be one of
the health resorts of the State. It's
elevation is higher than any point east
OF the Blue Ridge, Lip feet being au-
thenticated by the United States Sur
Vey as the elevation. The elevation of
the entire territory over which we
propose to construct our road is eX-
ceptlonal for the sections proximity to
the Atlantic Coast. Beginning at
RelsterstOEn the elevation is 700 feet.
At Hampstead we find it to be
912 feet, and at Manchester GAG feet.
This is very important feature, as it
will make trolley riding through this
territory delightful.
BY the proposed construction of
the Baltimore and Pennsylvania Rail-
way Company the mileage from Balti-
more to Hanover will be AZ miles, as
against 90 by rail at present. York
Will be only Sc miles from Baltimore,
ana Gettysburg, when the surveyed
hnes are completed, will be distance
VI OF miles from Baltimore City. By
present transportation facilities, say
over the Western Maryland, for in
stance, the distance is Il miles.
1t is the purpose Of the road not to
10 any heavy hauling, but to confine
Nselt chiefly to passenger traffic. The
OUTLOOK from this source is very prom
1slng. We will, however, carry on a
Hght freight service, such az trans
portng parcels, vehicles, farming inn
PIGMENTS and farming products, but
our equipment will not permit us to
maui coal, lumber and the like. / do
not see much field up there for vast
amount an of tonnage Of this character.
we VIII be satisfied with the passenger
traffic.
When our road is completed per-
son can board train in Washington,
Slq making connection with our cars
l! 4 Baltimore, continue on without US
steam road, to Hanover, branch
alg tnere toward Harrisburg OF Phil
auelp9la, and from Philadelphia he will
y aD!e to continue his trip, uninter-
iuptedly, to New York and Boston.