Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1852-04-23

Address on he Dcia,pare Rail Road Al the
opening OF III su5scfirlinns IT the capital
stock OF the peawar Rail Road. at Milford
March G, the Hon. S.ps Harrington, deliyere
an address, which his Just come 10 hand, hav-
ing been published il the Milford Beacon oil
the 18Th inst. This address, is sn able, masieTl,
document, and the Iidse states, and proves
conclusively 10 our mind, and that Of any un-
lpreudicsd individual, what we have before
again and again s,a,ss, that II construction oi
the Delaware Rallrcs4,wIll more than treble ihe
value oil land through which II passes. Tue
Judge states that thisniroad will form connec-
tons by railway and einal from Norfolk s1ulh
and west 10 Wilmington and Raleigh (N.rthl
Carolina) and svenlb Memphis (Tennessee)l
embracing in its fange, and drawing towards
a market the productions not only oil rslnla'
North and South Caplina, and part Of Ohio,
but also OF large portions Of illinois, lndlana
and Kentucky.
i He accounts for Dc great prosperity Of New
Castle Co. and inpease In the value Of lis
} and over tina OF {tnt and Sussex, from her
} different works Of Eternal improyeme NIX
ing her known, and throwing her lands into
the market 10 the req, Of the world. In abiding
10 the dissatisfied hexpressed In this county
as to the means used to construct the road, the
Juugo makes use ohNh0 ioUoWihg iahsuas :
l"She" New Caslll Coz "has been the pct
4 (being the beauty }Sou please) oil the family.
and il would be uikind Of her to sneer at her
sisters for stiempls1o come out into society, or
to censure our common mother for allowing
I them to use a litlleloi the oil with which she
has SO long smoolhp her own hair and beauti.
fed her own person They want new girdle
with which they nay 60 10 town as she has
done, and take iheii lucs. They have hand
some dowry of brdd acres; they are not I'M
comedy Of person; hey hevo good sense, high
pfincip' es, and domestic habits; and they may
yet be sas well TO II in the world and have as
many children, and raise as many citizens as her
sister ope their " i be nc rivalry or family jea
ousios; am sure tere will never bs any dispo'
alton on their part,o ask Of their common pa
ent any undue iav,rs; and cannot agree that
1 liz was an unpardoaihe presumption for them
I to ask for little all to buy the new belt rib
bon, and dress themselves up like their sister. "
The Judge state, taking the rise Of land in
, other states as Criterion, that the rise in land
= only two miles eati side Of the Delaware Rail
= Road would ply u. coal Of The rord ihriee ocer.
5 In speaking Of bs value it would give TO
0 woodland, he says -" /. In the price Of tim
: Der. Many Of ypi know better than ! tho
amount OF ship iiuber in this region; but
I know il to be verylarge and also know il
] to bs very valuable; for haro heard a respect
able ssip builder say that he would make a
difference. in the fame oil la,ge ship, Of eight
I thous md dollars in favor OF Delaware white.
, oak. have und rsiood that the builders oil
the pennsy lvanis ship Of the line were obliged
} to resort TO this 6eunIy for particular stick
rIof timber, difficult TO bs procured. and fol
which they paid the sum Of one hundred dol
lars. A ship builder in the meeting confirms
, this statement. And yet, sir, have myself
sold land within The probable range oil this
road. at two dollars per acre, on which was
! growing finer white oaks than ! ever saw oui
OF the limits Of this State. ,. Ia the price oil
wood. When was at Vernon year ago last
summer, on an occasion similar to the present
saw Tor the fret time good fire wood boing
2 burnt up III get il out of the way. ! enquired
: about il, aud was informed that cord wood was
} not worth the cutting and delivery at market ;
yet every cord Of this wood could be delivered
, at the raj! road for suppose, fifty cents or a
= Desc 90 sssfsr&k-aos ssxaniJ cents and woult
: then be worth shise dollars. railroad there
: fore, ia this itsm actually creates value oil
: two dollars on each cord Of wood that ia thus
being wasted an destroyed"
: The Judge si2o dwels at large on the advan
o tagss OF conveyance OF gtain 10 market and re-
turning the cars filled witfguano and lime
. The rail road he estimates will not cost ovel
4 $780, co. The State has already furnished
E $3.50 900 and there IL only $4,000 wanteC
: which he says the citizens OF the State ar,
i abundantly able 10 raise. he Judge then reat
the following letters from the Hon. John NJ
+ Clayton and Charles |. Du Pont, Esq.
BusNs YIsrA DELAWARE,
: March SIX, 1882
: DKAR Sin:
Nothing has given me more pleasure for
: long time, thanlVie intelligence have receive,
from many sources, that at last the good o.,
}, counties OF Sussex ard Kent are fully awake h
their own bes, Interest. and intend TO consirdc
+ hhs proposed railroad from Dons Landing I,
y sealord. You know | devoted myself for
9 time to the es ablishment OF steamboat AM
s,ltrsasporisiion company 10 operate on this rout
y In conveying passengers between Phiadelphi
land Norfolk. by the aid of stages between Dc
ma and Seafofd, we often beat the Baltimore lin
D. from FIVE to ten hours, for we travelled on on
j. and then on two, sides Of tho triangle. Blu
this transportation company, Of which wa
, for long time President. was discontinued 10
= reasons which you will remember, and whic
% it is unnecessary now to stale. They had n
B. connection with the question which was III
Isl best route between Philadelphia and Norfolk
u the railroad 10 made between Dpna and Sea
tori, the southern travel via Norfolk must TAX
Il that routs. reed not tsl you why.
I'll consider tie noble enterorise in which 20
D. are engaged, finding as il mast ,s the prosper
'lty Of Kent snd Sussex In the highest dsgrse, a
a ksving no connection whs,evsr with the mons
u poly question 10 which public attention here
now attracted. While many citizens OF Ne,
" Castle county feel deeply aggrisvsd for tn
want of the requisite legislation to enable lhel
thlto construct a lailroad considered BY them TO b
he necessary to their prosperity, yet as true Deli
lei warisns they will ever rejoice 10 the advanc,
az ment Of the best interests oi their fellow cit
10 gems ia thelowff counties; and as the Dona an
H. Seaford road mksa when accomplished. be M
T. lionel instead d loeai in its oharao,er, thin
,el you may re'y Oh the general spprobaion oftf
tic people Of all the Atlantic States, sou ,hen an
il northern. The South will be most deeply il
Ito ,eres,ei In it, and the intelligence of souihsl
ID. men will speedy disc 'ver that.
es regret ihadin consequence Of the time g
III ceived the inglsien to attend the meeting
oil the railroad. But tell them have long ar
is ardeniy cherished the hope that their enlerpri,
NJ nigh, succeed; dad that look forward TO II
Cd day when the work they have in hand wi