Smyrna times., 1859-07-28
Peninsular Railroads,

The spirit of enterprise is abroad on the Pc
nnsua. New Castle county, from its prox
unity to the markets of the great cities, ant
having superior advantages in the way of rail
EOad, canal and steamboat travel, has long beer
one ofthe most prosperous sections of the Union
but the two lower counties are beginning tt
look up too, and show that they are not fin
ished places" but have the elements of life
ehrft aud industry. and will yet come QUIZ
siaklng of the shacktcs that have so long kept
them prostrate. As an evidence of this we
would refer to the annual increased amount of
freight finding It's way to market every year
ria the Delaware Railroad. The same remark
will apply with equal force to the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland. The deep and earnest interest
manifested in the construction of Railroads in
different directions over the Peninsula, evinces
more strongly than anything else that the peo-
pie are wide awake upon this subject, and
fully appreciate the benefit of speedy commu-
aication with the Philadelphia and New York
markets. That part of the Eastern Shore bor-
dering on the Chesapeake Bay is beautifully
watered with fine navigable streams, atfordinp
easy access TO the Baltimore market, but the
enly means of conveyance are steamboats, and
sha .ps, which visit many of the towns only
semi or tri-weekly, and then have but IN indf-
ferent market. The portions, however, further
from the Bay, and bordering on Delaware, are
far less tavorably sltuated-havlng no paying /
market for the disposal of their berries, peaches.
apples and other produce, and depending alone
On wheat, corn and oats for their income. To
such the Railroad is al-important, and hence
The lively interest they are manltcsting in it,
The Continuation of the Dela ware Railroad
from Seatord to the lower part Of the Peninsula
Will be completed. aud in running order, TO
Salisbury by the Autumn; ditto the Junction
and B:eakwaler road to Milford while the
Maryland aud Delaware, and the Choptank and
Frederci, only need time-money, to solve the
problem OF their construction. When they all
get IN operation, the main trunk-the Delaware
Rrlroad-wlli do a driving trade. We have
already said that Its business was rapidly on
the increase. From some Stations the trade of
hundreds OF bushels of blackberries, buckle
berries and other fruit are now finding their
way TO market from places where formerly thew
would not pay for the picking, bringing back
ID return much change" which mainly finds
It's way into the hands Of the most needy. A
CITY coternporary, in speaking of the Peninsula,
says: "Tners is ample room IN Kent and Sus.
sex counties for the accommodation of a rural
population OF 100000 or 100000 people. If
tue population of this valua Die locality for agr.
culture could be made TO reach half that num-
Der within the next ten or fifteen years, eyery
acre of land there would be increased at least
one-thrd more in value, while the lands in New
Castle county would almost double in price,
from the fact of the existence of SO great
bulk OF population below. Nothing attracts 4
emigration so much as the building OF railroads
and other internal Improvements. With such
asplrt there is no reason for doubling that
delaware will reach the desired 100000 in
aaOl'ants within twenty years. The people
uereseened determined to have railways built
@'ah hazards, In order TO develop the resources
ana capacity of each section of the State
And TO insure the success of what they have
already done, they must construct the branches
'ad extensions projected aud surveyed for {
"n'le single road must necessarily struggle 1
20 ieebly without the aid of connections,
"unk line, with extensions and branches GOV.
sfing the whole peninsula, would of course be
enough to tempt the cultivator, and cheaper far
'nan the wild lands of the west In order to
Oscome populOus agricultural State, Della
ware must see that the owners of these unoc-
eapled lands throw them into market in the
great cities as rapidly as possible, and without
ee@andiog any higher prices than they have
0een hitherto asking"