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。