Smyrna times., 1859-03-10
&URkiISPONDENCE.
The Delaware Railroad The Curve, &c

The Delaware Railroad The Curve, &c
10 the Editor Of the Smyrna Iimts:
S1a-An article in your last NUMBER COM
planning of the Legislature for moi allowing the
Railroad company to curve their road east OF
Smyrna, does injustice to the direction OF that
company in two respects 1t first lmPutes TO
them, as a fault, the ia lure to place the road
there originally and then, assuming that they
had the power Of legislation, censures them Tor
not changing the road as desired. bo'h OF
these charges are without tou"dat on Inc
Railroad company desires, aud always did de-
sire. location near Smyrna. Ii would have
heen extremely foolish for them not to desire 1t.
But they were building road with very made
0uate subscriptions, none of which were from
Smyrna, and they could not break their line at
at cost of $4,000, without aid from that
Town. They proposed to do 1t for twothirds
the cost viz; a stock subscription of 900,
which the town declined To ascertain what
would De dome, Subscription books were opened
and sume Sl7,0U0 were said tn nave been sub
soribed,-a part of which was immediately
the town; while parties on ,be west line re
sisted IT'S lncation there To the utmost. No
profer of subscriptions, to Say amount on Gny
line, lUas eper rendered to the COmPany. Tn
result was that the rod was located where it
Is Whose fault was it !
Top recent pm sosll"n t" chang this loca-
10. c,a:- :to.3 ll, iosn. o"d VS. p'umpIly aud
lIl, ra ly met by la. . rtct"r-. A mej"riy OF
the Board AIRED o a.}o~ S}I,UuO To be added
to their stock, npou wh,ch thr lrsSr,s agreed %
ply interest; to .e,Ltnen their Rad more than
NILE aud etrG to curve ar 'GAd ihO town, II
sucb carve VAS prur cable; ard they eGdra-
vcrrd. ~ e,rd fa'th TO g. l"gI>tatl." authority
TO do so Tine r'su.utiOn II the Board was
signed 6y lhe,r president; the bill was drawn
up by hun; and h., with others OF the directors,
warmly advocated lis passage. WhateVeroher
influences were adverse to it, no one has The
right to say that the action of the Company,
public or private, was not in It's favor But
Inere arr njl3tr in strts's Involved now and
nn ii,tI, pp,sltton came from Smyrna itself
There are adv ocales sllil for a western route
some for its own sake, many more because OF
the greatly increased cos! of an eastern lOca-
ton /; the town was greatly divided on the ques
ton of giving ;he power of taxation; interests
have grown up at and west of the present line
Of The road, and as many persons both at this
point aud or al! tue line below, are interested
in maintaining that line unbroken, it was not
uurta ;onaole Tor those so interested to fear the
influence OF such precedent OH The stability OF
the general line of location. Many IeasnnS,
therefore. can ne assigned tor the acliuu Of the
Legislature, wi'h"ur surprising that The railroad
uduagrrs we're taHhirs- not only TO their en-
gagements, but To what they Judge to be then
interests. It was that Judgment which induced
them to consent to have their hne broken; the
same Judgment was motive sufficient to contro
their action with reference to the means of car
ryng it out; and II dad control all they had The
power to control The ceusure of thus cnmpa ny
in the article referred to, is undeserved and un.
Just aud it comes with bad grace from part!e.
who first compelled them TO leave the town
and were then met cordially in the FIRST attempt
10 get back to it. Always acting in concert
with the citizens Of the town of Smyrna when
such action Wa, compi ibl,' with their interests
wiling, first, to add to the cost Of their road
thirty thousand dollars. and now thirty-fye
thousand dollars, for the sake Of getting neal
the town. and carrying out these views IN goot
faith, the Directors are unwilling to be consid
cred in this mater without this statement 0
the facts by One Who Knows.
March 7, 1859.