The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-07

I79-1T9
Or rs cents per ton more by the railroad con-
nection ON west side of Schuylkill to Prime,
below Broad, than by way of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Broad street. to the same point. Thus
we have the coal delivered on Prime street,
below Broad, by another route than Broad street,
at an increase in cost of 25 cents per ton. This
higher cost is due to two, eauses-lst The very
low and inadequate rate of tO,lon the City Road
and I'd. To the unfinished condition OF the juno
tion Railroad. Coal is delivered from the yards
to the consumers residence at any reasonable
distance, say ten, fifteen, or twenty squares,
free of cost. This fact is too familiar to you all
to need proof, that no consumer pays for de-
livery of his COAL and as Prime street extends
from river to river, what portion OF the southern
limits of the city within ten, fifteen, or twenty
squares north or south of Prime street, would
the dealer thereon refuse to deliver coal to his
customers free OF cost? How then is this coal
to cost families in the. southern porto of the
city seventy.hVe cents per ton more il the Broad
Street Railroad is rem oxedt2 ,..,,.,...
The statement then, of these three hundred
and seventy citizens Is so extraord mary and so
wide OF what official figures show, that we can
not undertake to exricate them from the posi-
ton in which they have thus-placed themselves.
They have used 1t to defeat commendable,
enterprise, and to prevent their neighbors,
friends, and iellow-ctlzens who owR over twenty
seven thousand feet front on Broad street
(nearly FIVE miles of its length and improved
portionl, which for years they have struggled
to relieve from the depressing influence Of the
railroad nuisance and obstruction on Broad
street. Which of us are most worthy of your
consideration and belief? e.
To the I'd reason, z.:-''By it our city has o
cheap and expeditions mode ofdistrbuting grain,
humber, iron, and other articles, necessary to
eomfort and subsistancei-we aRswer;-That by
the railroad connections on the west side Of the
SchuJlkill, the grain, flour, produce, and iron of
the South and West come over Gray's Ferry
bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, along
Prime street into warehouses on that street, and
the grain into the elevator at the foot of Prime
street, ON the Delaware, and from here is de-
iyered to- city consumers, as the coal is, or into
vessels in the Delaware river, and with the pro
posed extension of the Southwark Railroad from
Prime street., along swanson street to Dock
street, directly into warehouses on the Delaware
front By the same connection traffic from the
South and West comes over Market street bridge
into warehouses on Market street. and delivered
in like manner to the city Consumers. Thus the
railroad connections on the west side OF the
schuylkill effect, with their connections with
Prime street. Market street, and Willow street,
as a cheap ana expeditions mode Of distribp-
tion, all and more than the Broad street con-
neotiops. An examination OF any recent map
of the city, sho wing those connections, will
more clearly indicate the soundness of these
statements. We apprehend that the peculiar
phraseology Of their second reason OF protest
was designed to create the impression that
the Broad street road was the only cheap and
expeditions. mode Of distribution. We have
shown you, however, that aaotl En- ana better,
as cheap and more expeditions mode of distribu
ion exists ON the west side of schuylkill