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The Frederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad ran from Frederick, Maryland to the Pennsylvania-Maryland State line, or Mason–Dixon line near (Kingsdale,PA ) consisting of of center-line track and of total track including sidings. Chartered in 1867, the railroad started construction in 1869 and cost $868,687.50 ($=). It opened October 8, 1872 and was subsequently leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) from January 1, 1875 and in July of that year, PRR formed the Frederick Division to operate the rail line. In the spring of 1896, it was liquidated in a judicial sale to the PRR for 10 percent of its 1896 book value. Pennsylvania reorganized the railroad in December, 1896 as the Frederick and Northern Railroad Company. In March 1897, this new company was itself merged with other PRR-controlled railways (Littlestown Railroad and the Hanover and York Railroad Company) into the Hanover and York Railroad Company, chartered under the general laws of Pennsylvania and Maryland. In 1914, this railroad and the newly built Central Railroad of Maryland were then merged into the York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company which remained a wholly owned stock subsidiary of the PRR into the creation of the PennDel company in December 31, 1953〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16038coll12 )〕 and then the Penn Central merger in 1968 and then bankruptcy in 1970. The Frederick and Pennsylvania Line segment was transferred to the State of Maryland in 1982 for unpaid taxes. As of 2013, all but two miles () at the southern terminus at Frederick still exist, operated by either the Walkersville Southern Railroad or the Maryland Midland Railway. ==Chartering the railroad company== In January, 1866, organizers met in Frederick to discuss chartering a railroad from the District of Columbia to the Pennsylvania State line thru Frederick. This required a legislative act by the Maryland General Assembly to incorporate and charter the railroad. Without it, the group could not solicit stock, purchase property thru condemnation, or obtain financial backing in the form of stock subscriptions or bond sales from either the City or the County of Frederick. In March 1867 the Maryland General Assembly passed an Act to incorporate the Frederick and Pennsylvania line railroad.〔() an Act to incorporate the Frederick and Pennsylvania line (F&PL) Railroad Company (Accessed from Maryland State Archives)〕 One of those senators voting to incorporate the railroad was its future president, Charles Edward Trail of Frederick.〔 Volume 133, Page 694〕 The F&PL was authorized to raise $1 million ($=), in capital (at $50 per share, US$s, 1867) to construct a railroad of one or more sets of tracks (within a right of way of less than one hundred feet () in width) from Frederick City, Maryland, through Frederick and Carroll counties to the Maryland and Pennsylvania line, in the direction of Littlestown, Pennsylvania. The charter also required the road to make connections with the Western Maryland Railroad but made no specific references to requiring the railroad to serve any of towns along the line such as Walkersville or Woodsboro. The charter further required the line to commence construction by March 1870 (three years from passage) and be completed within ten years or be dissolved. :''(see also (The full text of the corporation charter ) as well as (General Regulation applicable to all railroads incorporated in the State of Maryland prior to 1872 ).)'' In August 1868, the company was organized with John Loats elected as the first president of the railroad. This organizational effort required additional legislation. In 1868, John A. Lynch, John Sifford, and 356 others, citizens of Frederick, requested legislation to authorize the corporate authorities of Frederick city to subscribe to the capital stock of the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Rail Road,and to levy taxes on said city for such purpose. A similar measure was requested to authorize Frederick County to subscribe to the capital stock and endorse the mortgage bonds of four railroads, the Western Maryland Rail Road Company, the Frederick and Emmittsburg Rail Road Company, the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Rail Road Company, and the Frederick and Williamsport Rail Road Company. On March 30, 1868, the Governor signed a bill authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of Frederick city to subscribe to as much as $250,000 ($=) of Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company stock and bonds subject to a vote approving such subscription. Frederick would issue its own debt to pay for the railroad capital and pay the bonds off with taxation on the real and personal property of Frederick city. On May 4, 1868, the City had an election seeking approval which passed 797 to 80. The Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company's incorporation act was modified a second time in 1870 by the Maryland General Assembly to authorize it to build a rail line south from Frederick City, its then authorized terminus through Frederick and Montgomery Counties, and on to the boundary of the District of Columbia, so as to make a direct connection with the city of Washington. The F&PL was authorized to connect with or cross over any railway in Frederick or Montgomery counties as well as construct one or more branches, none of which could exceed in length. The railroad was authorized to build a right of way in width, modified as necessary for cuts and fills. The company was authorized to issue another $3 million ($=) in stock or bonds for this purpose. The extension had to be commenced within five years (1875) and at least one set of tracks completed by 1880. This target schedule for starting construction was revised in 1874 to 1876 and complete one track by 1882,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000211/html/am211--3586.html )〕 but the railroad was never extended south of its 1872 terminus. In April 1872 the state legislature revised Frederick City's charter to allow any railroad in the city such as either the Baltimore and Ohio, or the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line to construct track on any of the city's streets,lanes, or alleys.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000190/html/am190--2776.html )〕 Although the right of way for the track had been granted through Frederick, the railroad then had to negotiate with the connecting railroad (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad). In 1874 F&PL was authorized by the Maryland General Assembly to lease its railroad to any party or group of persons it saw fit, subject to the assent of a stockholder majority.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000211/html/am211--3069.html )〕 Legislation was passed allowing Frederick county to purchase stock of any turnpike built or starting construction after 1868.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000211/html/am211--2892.html )〕 In 1878, the railroad issued preferred stock which if issued must pay a perpetual dividend of six per cent, per annum out of the profits of said company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000399/html/am399--668.html )〕 In 1882, the railroad was ordered not to obstruct any streets in Taneytown, longer than five minutes nor to allow any of its engines to stop longer than five minutes noting in the law's preamble that a great inconvenience has been suffered by the citizens of Taneytown and vicinity. (Session Laws, 1882 Special Session) Two years later, the railroad is ordered to station a flagman or a signalman by day and by night, at the crossing over the Frederick and Woodsboro turnpike, near Frederick, in Frederick County.〔 Volume 390, Page 1201〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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