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SUNDAY OCTOBER 28

NEW RAILROAD CHARTERED
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Washington, Patuxent River and Drum Point the Line.
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Work of Construction to Be Begun as Soon as Preliminary Surveys Are Completed.
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Special to The Washington Post.
Hyattsville, Oct. 27. - Articles of incorporation of the Washington, Patuxent River and Drum Point Railroad Company were filed with the secretary of state at Annapolis to-day. The promoters, represend by Wells & Wells, attorners, propose to immediately begin the construction of a standard gauge, double-track, steam railroad from a point on the existing Chesapeake Beach Railroad, probably at a point near Pindell Station, and from thence to run through Calvert County to Drum Point and Solomons Island, on the Chesapeake Bay, a distance of about thirty miles. The preliminary surveys are now being made, which show that but little filling or grading will be required, and only two or three small bridges required. It is stated that no obstacles will be encountered in securing necessary rights of way. 

C.A.M. Wells, one of the firm of Wells & Wells, when interviewed to-day concerning the matter declared that while the affairs of the company were practically in a definite shape, they were not sufficiently developed to allow him to announce the names of the officers and those most prominent behind the venture. 

"Soon we shall have a meeting for a complete organization," declared Mr. Wells, "and I am assured that then there will remain no doubt about our ability and intention to immediately construct and operate this railroad. I have had a rough estimate made of the probable freight and passenger traffic, which is very promising, and an assurance that the road will pay from the start. I find that the people of Calvert County will be earnest and liberal in their support of the venture, and it is my object to enlist their interest, as much as possible, in the enterprise."

The promise secured from Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte by Congressman Mudd that he would embody in his annual report a recommendation to Congress for the establishment of a United States naval station at Drum Point, renders the consummation of the scheme highly probable, and with the establishment of such a station, the need of a railroad connection is regarded as imperative. The construction of this road would give the products of the fertile soil of Calvert County accessible markets in Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, and would be an incentive for persons to erect summer residences all along the Patuxent River and Solomons Island. The people now living along the river and this section of the bay are now depending upon inadequate steamboat facilities. 

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PROPOSED NEW ROAD
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Important Bill Introduced in Maryland House at Annapolis.
STATEHOUSE, ANNAPOLIS. March 17. 
- Two bills were last night introduced in the house to incorporate two important transportation companies - the Washington, Patuxent and Drum Point railroad and the Eastern Transportation Company, the latter company being authorized to operate a line of packets and steamboats between Baltimore and points on the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries. The two bills have no connection. 

The bill to incorporate the railroad company was introduced by Mr. Peach of Prince George and names as incorporators C. A. M. Wells, Joseph R. Owens, Rexford M. Smith, Wallace A. Bartlett and Charles A. Wells of Prince George; Ira J. Baker and Charles C. Mayer of Washington. 

The company is empowered to construct and operate a railroad from a point on the Chesapeake Beach railroad, in Calvert or Anne Arundel county, east of the Patuxent river, at or near the mouth of the Chesapeake bay, with such lateral branches as may be deemed necessary. The right to condemnation of land is granted. 

The use of public roads is granted, conditional upon the approval of the commissioners of the several counties. Authority is given to buy land, to own steamships, tugs and barges and to operate same in connection with the railroad. The capital stock is $250,000, divided into 5,000 shares at par value of $50 each. It is said there is sufficient capital pledged to insure the construction of the proposed road.

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