Smyrna times., 1856-12-31

rail. With a railroad TO Lewes, the steam
boats which now. in summer, ply from Phila-
delphia to Cape May, could be transferred to
ferry line across Delaware Bay. from Lewes 10
Cape May! And while passengers from Phila-
delphia to Cape May might thus seek the route
via Lewes, passengers destined for Cape May,
from all points west and south of Philadelphia,
wonid ESQ take the Lewes route. SSH E
Cordial and hearty Corporation between the
States, Delaware. Maryland and Virginia on
the one side, and the Delaware Railroad Com.
pany on the other side, will produce and dlffuse
reciprocal benefits for as lands are enhanced
in valuation, States are enriched in resources;
as new ways to market are opened, agriculture
thrfyes byitender care in fields undernew and
higher cultivation; and as crops are gathered
in larger harvesting, carrying companies swell
their earnings from the heavier transportation,
Ninety-three per cent. of the Delaware Rail-
road is siraig 1T hnei 20 miles are level; II
miles have gradients from 81 to 81 feet; IL
miles from ~ to IL feet; 81 miles from IL to
lsl feet; l6A miles have 2l feet; mile (as-
| cending irom Underwater at Seaford) 30 feet;
There are few cuts, few enbankments and few
and short bridges; the road is upon the surface
of the ground along uniform ridge.
| The cost of the Delaware Railroad to the
stockholders (includlng interest and discount)
is, we are informed. $l,2OO,O ,OOO. or Sl7 7,OOO Eel
mile.
The estimated cost of the proposed branch
| road from Milford junction to Lewes (29 miles,
| is $500, 900, or $40, 400 per mile. - -.f
FromS eaford to Cape Charles, the distance
measured on q map-is about ITO miles. Ia
the projected "New York aud Norfolk Air-iins
Railroad" extending from Raritan Bay to Del
aware Bay, and fro,a Lewss to Cape Charles
the distance from Lewes to Cape Charles, a
stated, is l30 miles as this division OF l3'
miles would run parallel with the ocean beach
It could only attract local traffic from the lan'
side This undertaking, therefore, Is more pc
rious and less promising than the proposed ex
tension OF the Seatord route 10 Cape Charles
which is better project than the so-calle
" New York and Norfolk Airline" and which
moreover, if vigorously urged, will head on an
Illustrate said projected "Air-line," and leav
the victor Seaford route, without rival. a.
A railroad traversing the peninsula length
D loise, via Sesford, is beyuund comparison msr
advantageous than a railroad resting on IN
sea margin of the peninsula, and obviously dc
signed TO drain business which else would pas
to the same destination over roads owned an
D managed by peninsular interests!
. We have an abiding faith, therefore, that tn
4 Delaware Railroad Company will be aided b
State and individual determination, TO carry OF
to completion peninsula railroad system; Il
: when the Delaware Railroad Company sha
have built, with cash funds, % miles OF branc
road to Lcwes, and about ITO miles of ma
o road to Cape Charles, ma king, with their exIs
ing II miles, 2i0 miles of rOallroad, their who
expenditure will then only equal the cost
J. ffiu consecutive miles of many OF the railroa
e in Pennsylvania. This fact. which is signI
h cant and expressive, as a contrast should,
Is the peninsula, be propellive and conclusive.