Smyrna times., 1867-10-16
The Bombay Hook & Vineland R. r.

meeting of the friends of this road was held at
BrIdgeton, n. j., Saturday week. Chas. K. Lands.
President OF the Vneland Railroad, made lengthy
'Peec" !" Ia'of OF the two routes above named from
which we make the following extract;
-, Now then, what does tins proposed railroad do
MS railroad changes entirely for the future or mn
sltoh WIN relation 10 the outside world Instead or
our o-lng an isolated country it pats us on the great
tnrOugh route between North and South B,iween
we" ork as starting point have New Eapl,nd
ana all the Southern States. The route will make
The time from six TO eight hours shorter than bv ,yav
u IhlideIphIa, and the journey will cost from
twenty-five to thirty per cent. less The itIuht and
d'el which VIII then be attracted To the new rome
represents millions of dollIrs OF express business m
year. ahd millions OF dollars worth Of freight
"Heh you lake the entire hu>ne : that exists he
tween the New England and Southern States il il
50 vast as 10 De almost beyond the Limits Of calcnla
"on' Inc result VIII be that this railroad by run.
ming cars to Smyrna, and making connection with
These Southern rOutes places us on Ureat t,ronri
iu'e we are on the grand highway of natlon,, our
country IS tructlfed by the wealth Of rnlllions of
dollars that belong to other people.
Anothtr very Important question now ,,ili
the tairoad pay In order to do away with even
the lmPutatlon of making an extravagaut c,Icula.
tion' have not taken into account all inns immense
business. l think | can demonstrate IN von that
Il'S railroad VIII pay better than even the West
Jersey or the MlIlve and Glassboro lines pald for
~ 'o" "idlhly that 1t will tap more lines of rail
way IA It's course, and enjoy large run Of trade.
-" my ieaulhg e&perIence,-and that has been the
""'y experience L have had before this IN r,iIyav
"aterS'-l never knew line of railway 10 start
WIN certain prospecto tof having so large an amonn,
u BUSINESS as We can stake our faith upon in start
i"g this projected FInel4nd Railway route And
i' oo'iiiiiece upon the line of the VIneland Rail
g anu 20 oo"n to Its termination, and detail to
9 Inns a.
'''1 business that we must strike upon our Jour
"ey' we start from Atsion. The first nlac- ve
sr'He is ulmmontpn. The freight from Hamn,oD.
70" alohe 10 New York this summer amounted some
udy ; 10 NE hundred dollars per dar We take all
t'e NJ Ne" ork business of the Camden g. Atl.n,ic
,1Sl""y ctdE down to Ab>econ aud Atlantic CITY.
t"Ae Ihe New ork Win>lo~ business. We /
take the Egg lIarbor trade and all the tr,rel nt
business that has always been done " inn Teu, VI
III preference to Philadelphia After leayjD, VIZ
low, we run through beautiful section OF conntrv
wei tulOered' with good farmers all along the vvav
nnti G,m m we come to Vineland. Reference 10 t5e
w, w ild'ilSto"n branch was accidentally omitted
w heh We strike FIneland we come to a nn,rI.,io,
of ten thousand people, whose trad4 i l,no, I
s"tiy win New York in preference To- PaIlad4I,bia
''s merchants BUY al their store goods in New York:
-e CItLehs themselves are from New f.. GLAND and
points north OF New York. Vmeland station alane
1'eS business Of one hundred thousand dollars a
III anu t"o-'hifds OF that goes 10 New York
"N'4''N'o he
iheidhd tract we STRIKE besides the NilivilIs ana
-,lasSOoro road and all the country Soutb +. ca
Nay We get large business from Nii,y,lIe, Jhs
'iass manufacturers send large quantity Of tba,r
goods to New York. Such is the cx,cnse and ,h,.
annoyance OF getting proper accommodation bv IN.
IIliVHle ana Gllssboro road that thew SOMETIME.
onward their goods even now TO jackson stotio, I
We take the Millvlle business and that Of tho en-
ire river country below. But we run over the Vine
ana tract seve al miles and we come into the coun
fy TINS side OF Maurice River, and | do not bpIeve
mere IS better section Of country in the St,Ie or
New Jersey than that which this Railway will o,en
p' 1t Is rich, loan SOIL well timbered. Thcn
We come on and strike the Brdgetnn rcrion .pd
n.y. winch Is rapidly developing in WEALTH ponnI,. {
ION ana enterprise. From here we run 10 tLe D..
'are bay, and from tins point it is certainly A.
eautiu region of country as ever eve rested m.
H. ana from every point we carry the business ~ '
'e" ork They cannot afford 10 do il as cbeaI
y any other route. NP I
we cross the river and stri &c Smvrna. and bero
e come IN contact with another profitable busnoss
men WIZ be all our own. The peach trade tbis s
car n eGed two hundred cars a d4v to carry thd 4
eaches. Thousands sf baskets could m, 6po
ahsPortatIon. The Camden and Ambov rond
ouid rather not have this peach trade. When We r
rlke that section of country, we yet that en,,ro
zach trade. '''' L