Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-12
PENNSY TO ENTER
CURTIS BAY FIELD
Plan Made for Laying Tracks and
Constructing Terminals.
OVERCOMES OBSTACLES.
Will Aid Present Plant and Bring
Many New Industries.

Plans which will mean the entrance
of the Pennsylvania railroad into the
Curtis Bay, this county. section. and
consequent greater development Of
that manufacturing district. as well as
the establishment Of keener competi-
tion for the already great tonnage Of
the many large manufacturing plants
in that section, are now being form
ulated by the officials OF the Pensylva-
MIA Railroad Company.
II is understood that plan which
will accomplish the company's en-
leavors has been evolved whereby the
Pennsy Will. by the laying Of tracks
and building of terminals at Curtis
Bay, enjoy its full share Of the patron.
ago at that point
For several weeks past officials OF
he Pennsylvania Company. including
a number Of it's engineers, have gone
carefully over the section mapping out
Just where the tracks Of the Pensylva-
MIA Company might be laid
They have also conferred with
number Of manufacturers OF the sec
don. and have, Il Is understood, com
pleted the necessary plans. For many
years past the sole service Of thePenn-
sylvania Railroad az Curtis Bay has
been conducted by lighters from two
slips which the company owns.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad en-
ters TIE property at all points and has
"a network of tracks leading to and
from all the manufacturing plants I'm
the neighborhood This later feature,
il was thought IN the past would prove
"a permanent barrier 10 the entry OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad or. in fact.
any competing company
The present plan of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad officials will result IN the
lighterage feature OF the company's
service at this point being a secondary
means Of service. and while the install
ation which Is TO be made IN the inn
mediate future may be but limited, II
will undoubtedly result in the expan-
sion OF the Pennsy tracks throughout
the entire rich manufacturing section
of Anne Arundel county.
Arrangements have been made by the
Pennsylvania officials for the necessary
land to enable the entry Of IT'S system
In the very heart Of the manufacturing
section of Curtis Bay and within sew
eral months time Il is expected that
the various INDUSTRIES IN that section
will be equipped with spur tracks
from the company's lines.
The plan, which has just been ac
complshed, while being withheld by
General Agent Gamble Latrobe and the
company's engineers. IS said 10 be a
masterpiece OF engineering ingenuity.
For many years past It Is known
that the company has had its eyes on
the rich industrial development az
Curtis Bay, but up 70 the present time
the solving Of the proposition whereby
the company could on the proper basis
come into competition with the Balti-
more q Ohio railroad service had ap-
pearcd TO be beycnd solution
The accomplishment, however. Of
the companv's object viii not only
give an additional advantage 70 the
present manufactures IN tho neigh
borhood by afording IN additional out
let, but will bring other industries to
the section which Is now one If The
chief manufacturing zones around the
city Of Baltimore.