New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-23
tn. N.w.J.r.sy Railroad MosopoIy

pear in q Postscript 70 this paper
The Sew-Jerssy Railroad Monopoly.
Mr. EDIroE: Ia your paper Of this morning
motto. an editorial beaded New Jersey recon neodins
the Abolition o. the Railroad Monopoly between Ne"
York and Philsdelpbis AZ these ne-'psper srtee'
are calculated 70 DO in my opinion great dea on
harm and principally from The i.et ms, %. paun.
following short communication IN your e''en''.y CIT
A. tbs ridiculous attempts that have been made to
-. mn :. IN. Monopoly" by making unfOunded ssser
,or II arose frauds aud 10 other wsys ssndefnR ano
abusing personally the managers ana onlcefs OF 'nf
road they have Al been cast pscf on lhei'
and are not Of sueent consequence u Dc any longer
cou.ider@d 10 conn -crion with the business N)
But the state Of the case 10 this The state OF ne"
Jersey mas, for . certain confederation grantee /"
company the er elusive privilege Of building h1foe1
scros. The STATE These considerations (the transit
duty have served TO pay in great measure tne ste'
OF the State much 90 that our ts1es arc oe"r'''
Ioss than any other State Ia the Union Nhis We ~
entirely OUT Of debt and IN every respect In noursn
I'M condition and ss citizen Of New Jersey nave
no desire ~ see things altered %
=. But you ssy values would be raised &c &C sbo
that have these advantages bad better consent 70
pay more tsres this comes Of typopsPhiesi error
We wrote that taxes would be lghtened IA If~
This TO say the least very doubtful pohcy Dut even
40 did il not stnfe you thst In consentng 70
svo away our present certain advantages Tor these
Questionable ones, We also consent % give away 'ne
honor and plishted faith OF tne otab 90
YOU must remember that II WAS years ago, before
much II ANYTHING was known of Railroads. before II
could .scertained with any degree Of certainty that
Railroads would pay or not mat the Lesi'a'uie con
scented to give 10 coftsn individuals these excus Fc
privileges In consideration OF their expendng an I'm
meuse amount of capital In new and almost NJ
tried experiment, when this returns which they
would reap from II were very uncertain snd when
M only certainty that the state aud every ndl'
vdua citizen of the State must be benefited Immense
ly by H. aud when every passenger between Ner iols
ma h.tu taxi
city 10 the other n one quarter of the time, for one
hafihs money and much more comfortably -
That the state could have made a better bargain,
che had waited longer, 10 true enough but the bar
gain she did make and now because II has turned out
good one for those that she made II win tthough II
has not been bad for hcr) 10 nO<rsson why she
should fuhl II Justly and honoraby ana any one
who would wish her to do otherwise should be ashsn
et 10 h.il.s A CITIZEN OF INV JEksKr
August 10, lets.
Remarks
l. Considering how ridiculous, unioundsd and
uudsservns Of consideration "a Citizen OF New
Jersey" sstsoms the charges OF fraud and gross
mismauasement against the directors of the Com
panies. the wonder is that he should have any
thing 70 say about them. We did not provoke u
in the article he takes in hand. We suspect that
hs i. by some means CALLED on that subject, or
else he would not have dragged 1t into the die
cussion.
No desire TO see things altered Content
with New Jersey as she isl Content with her
position and reputation among the States OF the
Union Satisfied with the condition OF her public
schools, roads, the general enterprise, spirit and
intelligence Of her population and her growth IN
wealth and prosperity We optns that ou'
correspondent has many fellow citizens who DC
not share his complscency, but who would prefer
IL see the State 60 ahead. develop her resoufce'
and become what her natural situation and capaci
ties enti,ls her to be made. Is New Jersey in al
.Aourishing a condition" az Massachusetts Il
abe even tending towards as fourshins con
dition, except at snsirs pace Is there any
comparison between the progre. of the tw'
fr the past fifteen years Nobody will pretend
il. And vet in all the requisites Of soil, climate
and position New Jersey 10 far superior. WIS
Is the reason that she 10 then behind hand Ths
is "a question which In its whole scope, Ia for he
people 10 answer. No doubt there is more thar
one reason But we tell them that a sufhcien
reason 10 this very railroad monopoly That ALONE
must keep the State comparatively poor, veal
aud unnAaentiaL IL chokes her industry. stop,
the exchange Of products, prevents the influx o
CAPITA, tut hindtFs lutcENNuttc htt'h
Our correspondent is especially pleased witt
the act that the expenses of the State are MANI.
paid BY a tax on goods and passengers psssinl
ihroashit rhisis perhaps natural for New-Jersey
She always had leaning that way II We re-
mesber rght she once tried to levy tnbat
o. u uele Sans mali coaches But according
the principle Of car correspondent he ought not &
be satisfies ul the whole expenses OF the Gov
eminent are paid from the same soarce, nor eve.
I'll the State shall divide toersbe annual sur
Plus among her citizens The moderation OF IN
ideas ia astonishing. Most individuals aud com
paues " no set out publicly on the plan OF com
pelling others L. pay their way do not do It ..
halves freebootins baron Of old times evied hi
"trausis duty on such travellers a. he caught o.
his domains with much greater thorough -
Still # Jersey THINKS abe can't get on without tax
ing travellers few cents head let he do IT. Bu
don't lie, her authorize any lesser power to ts,
them from one to three dollars.
3 This cry OF vested rights, na great one 70
parties who have fat monopoly to sustain
When their profits are in question they apes
Ioudl, to the pishted faith. and honor OF tn
State Then they are profoundly sensitive 10 tn
SUPER riy of moral over mere material consider
atious, and are very Romans In their stern zei
Tor public virtue But in the present case W
trust the attempt 70 humbuS she people 81 New
Jersey by the pretense that the State Is moral
sal c,usu,a,ioualy boand 10 sustain the Non'
poly will not De successful. The question at issu
between ths public sna the Company IL not ne'
one. 1, has already been decided by the oe'
authorities. and decided sgsins, the side Of n
Monopohsis. And not only law bat common sens
decides IL against them Can any sane man sapPo'
that the Legislature Of the State had IN 1889 IN
power 20 pass an &C, which should prevent the cit
xsns of Monmouth and Burlington counties trc'
ENJOYING the benefits Of 8 RAILROAD for thirs
>ear.7 The assertion would be absurd. Sesid
were the monopoly deiensbe In law or eommo
seuse. 1. it not fac. that the companies have io
feised their privileges by continued rsn'sress'
o. the conditions oa which they depend Doe
not the law limit the rates they may ehsrs