In the South, the Chesapeake and Ohio Company, chartered in 1825, was busy with a project to connect Georgetown and Cumberland when railways broke in upon the undertaking before it was half finished.
在南部,切萨皮克和俄亥俄公司于 1825 年获得特许,当时正忙于连接乔治城和坎伯兰的项目, 这时铁路在项目完成一半之前就中断了。