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the wants of the soil; and whatever is wanting may be readi-
ly obtained from other localities by the abundant means of
transportation which it enjoys.

MEANS OB TRANSPORTATION.

Radiating from the city of .Baltimore at the head of the
Patapsco River, four Railroads either pass through this sec-
tion or large parts of it. There are first, the Washington
Branch of the Baltimore & Onio Railaoad which forms a part
of its southern boundary between Baltimore and Washington.
Second, the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Road,
which completes its southern boundary from Baltimore to the
Pennsylvania Line. Third, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
proper, which leaving Baltimore traverses the counties of
Baltimore, Howard, Carroll, Frederick, part of Washington
and Alleghany county. Fourth, the Northern Central Rail-
road, which passes through the centre of Baltimore county,
connecting with numerous Roads north and west. Besides
these there are other roads, viz: the Western Maryland Railroad
branching from the Northern Central, a few miles distant
from Baltimore, passing through Baltimore county, and Car-
rol county to Union Bridge, near the borders of Frederick
county, to which place it is in constant operation. This
Road is under contract to be completed within a short time
through the county of Frederick to Hagerstown, in Washing-
ton county, and will open to great advantage a beautiful and
fertile county, parts of which abound in mineral wealth.

Besides this, the Cumberland Valley Railroad connects Ha-
gerstown with Harrisburg and the northern markets, and the
Washington County Railroad is now under construction from
a point near Weaverton, to connect the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad with Hagerstown; and also one from the Point of
Rocks direct to Washington, passing through the counties
of Frederick and Montgomery,—giving to the latter facili-
ties long and greatly needed.

On the northern border of this section is the Pennsylvania
canal, along the banks of the Susquehanna, and on its whole
southern line, side by side with the Potomac River, from the
mountain to tide-water, is the Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
capable under proper management, of conveying not only all
the coal and other mineral products of the mountains, but all
of the agricultulal products of the region. This division of
the State then is lavishly supplied with transportation to the
great marts on tide-water, by means of Railroad and canal
facilities.

Its internal communication is carried on with great conve-
nience by numerous well-graded and well-paved Macadamized
turnpikes.