Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-05-31
TorHE CITIZENS OF WI. MINGToN.

| You will be shortly called upon to contri-
butte TO the building of the Reading and Will
nington Rail Road. The great and lasting
benefits to be conferred upon you by the CON-
| pletion of that work have been ably discussed
| by different writers, aud we trust you are gen.
| orally alive to the Importance Of said road, sc
far as the great interts SITS of coal, iron and
lime are concerned But there are other in
| terests and other products, which the growing
business and popul 'tion OF your city, demand
tor its development, equally with supply OIL
those indispensable materials; and which we
think have been TOO much overlooked BIZ those
who have written on the SUBJECT We mean
the produce of the farm, the garden or the or
chard.
You arc twice a week reminded that you
are and have been tor years, paying high pri-
ces for your fruit aud vegetables. Cheap coal
will avail you little without corresponding
supply of cheap food. The importance OF Sc
curing the latter, at the same time and by the
same road that you procure the former, " i'll be
admitted by all; The question then arises, " hich
one of the proposed routes, If auy, will most
contribute to SO desirable au end. We answer
beyond all question, the most westerly through
the valley of Mill Greek, crossing the Balti-
more Central at Avondale, aud up the east
branch Of White Clay Greek through Doe Run
valley TO the Brandy By this route you
not only reach the greatest amount of local
man afacturing trade, aud an abundant supply
OF the best limo. but you pass through rich
agricultural and fruit growing country, seek
ing easier access to market, and whose natur-
al outlet is, and always has been, the city of
Wilmington. Many of you may remember,
add doubtless miss, the steady stream of wa
gons, loaded with grain and market produce
that formerly made their appearance in your
city BY way oil the ancaster turnpike. Hap
pening to resids where we can command q
view OF mile Of that road, we bave sometimes
counted, years ago, ten TO twenty wagons in
view at one time, vending their tedious way
over q rough and billy road to Wilmington -
That trade has been for the most part diverted
by the Baltimore Central road to Philadelphia.
Locate the proposed road through that coun-
Try anil it will come back to you and in large.
ly increased supply. Locate it on the Brandy
wine, and you come closely in composition
with Philadelphia, and pass through ii popu-
lation either indifferent to, or hostile to the
road. On the other band there is hardly
manufacturer, farmer or mechanic 10 reach Of
the western route who does not feel az interest
10 its construction.
1t may be said that you have part OF New
Jersey and Delaware to supply you with market
produce. So you hivo, but the state OF yol-
market does not testify TO an over abu ndance
III tnat direction. In point oil e4rlDesj II Is con
ceded that we cannot compete with the south
ern portion ofthosc States, but tor fertility of
soil, and quality and amsuut of produce, we
Will not yiold tho point OF superiority TO any
section OF the Atlantic slope.
The anticipated increase ead prosperity of
Wilmington will require in the near future,
the produce and ira le that can only b. gath
cred by a western route. 1t Is your natural
ioragiug ground, and the only one that is not
open TO competition from other cities viii
mIngton must make road through that Sec
ton new, or at some future day. Good econ-
omy dem ands that it be m lde now, aud serve
the purpose at once of through line and of ID
local produce road. Again, the railroads now
communion ing with your city are chiefly under
the control OF men who are not Immediately
interested 10 your prosperity. This road, ii
you are true to your interests, will be under
your own control, and 80 managed as 10 invite
trade and custom, instead OF discriminating in
favor Of other cities. You will be called on to
to its ereci>l, See to it that it is
located where 1t will serve most of your daily
wants. If Wilmingt.n ia required to furnish
three hundred thousand capital that capital
should have a voice in the location of the
road. Ifthe above remarks will serve to turn
your attention to an important question requi-
ring thought and discussion, and the decision
OF which is now at hand, they will serve the
purpoBe of a FARMER,