Response of the Cumberland Pennsylvania R. R. Company

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. To the Honorable the House of Delegates of Maryland:<br><br>The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, beg leave to respond to the order of your Honorable body, passed on the 2d day of February.<br><br>In regard to the inquiry as to what charter the line of railroad running from Cumberland via Mount Savage, Frostburg and Lonaconing to Piedmont, is worked under. They answer and say the line of railroad named, is worked under the charter of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Maryland, a copy of which, with the several amendments thereto is herewith submitted. The organization, business and accounts of the said railroad company, have no direct connection with any other body corporate of the State.<br><br>To the further inquiry as to whether the said railroad is worked in accordance with its charter, the answer is made that the company is not aware of any instance in which the authority of its charter has been exceeded, nor its provisions in any respect visited. The company was only chartered, its stock subscribed and paid for; its organization perfected, and it entered upon the prosecution of its business of transportation precisely alike, and in no respect different from any other railroad company of Maryland.<br><br>Its power to charge the maximum rate of six percent per ton per mile have never been used, except upon the very short hauls near Piedmont of 11/2 to 5 miles, whilst in all cases of 15 miles and upward the rates of charge are confined to about two-thirds of the amount authorized by the State.