New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-01
THE NEw-JERsEY MONOPOLY.
A correspondent writes as follows:

4 correspondent writes follows:
rejoice 10 sec that III, Trjpnc enloayoT'ng open
the eyes Of the people Of New jersey TO the great injustice
they are doing themselves IN permitting the Railroad Con-
Jary to enjoy monopoly OF the privilege Of carrying III IN
aud her Iroduos they dee enter leave
tie, State Tie original grant Of such privilege an
evidence Of the most extraordinary short ghedaes but its
maintenance in defiance OF the fat that they daily pay
inc wee hd,c much for transportation the people
Of o,l,I States is sll more extraordinary. They must.
think he bnd, than moes they cannot see that the state
can never prosper a. it should do while that monopoly
is Permitted TO exist
You have most justly characterized the
r,nec uor Amlov ns an act of murder and a. such
BE- REGARDED by he community Here i great company
that has in the at three year You have stated not only
made large regular dividends but has also in addition di
,d,d among It's khoders than wond BE- sufficient
TO double h. track over the whole line OF road and yet
rel, the Whole travelling communty-to whom choice Of
route i. re11nr,d-io risk their lives upon the question
whether the watches conductors correspond and
far as have seem no evidence has been presented that
there any mode OF securing that they shall pond
Neither does appear that there are any arrangements on
the road 10 hat the switches necessarily very
Gus on single track road shall be kepin proper order
,ni who pass niger IN train that ran of the
track lew days since assured me thai be heard the
conductor .ay 10 he man Who ought have turned the
D
10 run OIL shin ten days-and that from the iha,
was made ho should have judged the utterly unfit
he placed in a situation Of any responsibility whatever
Tie Ma fiicuy with hs Company : said TO consist in
the fact that all is enpo5es underpgd and yet how
euormous are lis dv'dsnds
You have already acQusuted the public with the greater
facts connected with t, ate murder but there ar smaller
ones that seem worthy II notice a Illustrating the
syst,ln OF management was o. tie PASSENGERS bound
TO New York that occasion and hay n been uuioru
nate a. 10 escape unhur had fall opportunity Of seeing the
mannor in which al damaged and sound were treated
We arrived at Amboy after cock. tire hours after
should have been in New Yor and then al the passengers
whose arptites could not afford to wai until nornng n
taxed haf dollar for thing called supper and that
would have been abundaniiy paid for with shilling Ths
number OF persons thu, paid this for having been placed
in rk Of ther lives and for having been shut OF; from the
pos. tv of ob,a ming accommodations IN New York exeen:
at he cos Of several dollars cab hire, probably hun
drcd ard fy and thu, the Company made profit OF
least $50 toward paving The rpai-s Of their engns Again
VARIOUS small articles OF baggage were lost buried pnDba
bv in The ~ s OF TIE ears BIZ. the only ss;faon offered
to the own,rs Wa found in the Information Ina; Il they
would cell 81 the oce next day they would no doubt b.
produced Tbs wa. OF eourse highly Satisfactory to the
r<orlc who rroYos,d leave i.r Boston Albany n the
rnornrr and coEd not call L hey irlr any dpo;on
to 10 30.
Thee Il ues appeared 20 Ee very Ike robbery anI
cor'd ro hui uk thai men who could thus punier boiy
ofrssssnctrs after hav.nr grossly matreaild them u II.
vtn h srsrct OF tie greater with Which the mara
eers OF is Company have beea chIgel They a-e snail
h'rcs and 10 lot know Il Yea III deem them Of saia.-
er importance 20 warrant cal he asalon OF yoar real
ers 10 hem tui ihey eharacteEsc OF wha gene
v understood 10 lie Tia system 0: tbs monopoly. that
have thought YOU nigh. be wiling yourselves to know
them"
This statement requires few comments We publish
il chiefly because we desire every convenient Ocea-
sion TO cal the attention Of our Jersey readers to
the subject of this monopoly The mea who guilty
Of such ofences as these sre the men who make the
governors sppoin, the judges, dictate the legislation