Smyrna times., 1867-12-18

The RAILROAD TROUBLES IN New JERSEY
"A railroad war" is now going on in New
Jersey between the Camden & Amboy and
Raritan & Delaware Bay Companies, and in
dlgnation meetings are being held by the
friends OF the latter to show up the monopoly
and tyranny of the former
About week ago an injunction was issued
by the Court of Errors and Appeals at Tren.
ton, and served upon the Raritan & Del. Bav
20, tQrbldqlng them to run their cars through
to Philadelphia, and declaring the branch road
from jackson to Atsion to have been ILLEGALLY
constructed. CThis branch connects the Rari-
gan with the Camden & Atlantic road, thus COM
munlcating with Phila.) The consequence is.
the road has stopped running over the norton
named and connection with Pbiladelnbia ia
cut on TO the great Inconvenience of the peo-
pie In that section of the State. Their indig-
nation against the court and the Camden 4,
Amboy Co., at whose suit the Injunction was
procured, is great. The Raritan road has been
the means of developing that region of conn
try which few years ago was almost a des-
ert. Land that formerly sold for S. per AGRA
Is now worth SlQO Fine residences and thriv.
lng villages have sprung up along the route.
ana the taxable value Of the property has in.
creased many hundred fold. All these i'm
proVements will be come comparatively yalue-
less should the decision of the court be allow
ed to stand. Is it any wonder that the peopIe
are indignant? f'''O
The Camden & Amboy Companv in 1920
obtained its chartar with the exclusive priyi-
lege for thirty years of carrying passengers
through from New York to PHILADELPHIA. Rv
various means the Company MANAGED 70 cot
tnls privilege extended, and now their char
Ier Will expire In 1869. Having a comnlete
monopoly OF the railroad business, thew suc-
cetd4d in keeping it by controlling the Ing;s.
ture, the courts, ETC.
In 1854 the Raritan & Delaware Bav Com.
pany obtained its charter to run from Rar;t.n
pay to Cape May. Subsequently the charter
was amended and fresh privileges granted. Bv
'he construction of the Camden & Atlantic
road theco nectiOns above referred to were m,do
thus bringing them in communication With
Philadelphia and passengers were carried from
that CITY to New York for nearly one e-balfI
fhe sum nov Charged by the Camden g.
Amboy. Hence the complaint Of the monop-
oily The court ruled that the Camden & Am.
boy 20. are entitled to perpetual Injunction
against the K. & ID. B. Co. interfering with
their business, irrespective of their monopolv
contract and should the defendants, either
before or after 1869, attempt to continue sucb
Interference the Co4rt Of Chancery ought to
cause the road to be taken gp from the noiDt
where it first deyi4tes towards Philadelphia 70
the point where it connects with the Camden
a. Atlantic road, or SO much as would effectu-
any seyer the connection between the two roads
90 much for the Camden & Amboy mononolv
we aaVe given these explanations because
since the starting of the Bombay Hook rail
road project, the Raritan road has attracted
our attention. we do not know what effect
= TINS decision will have upon the YipeIapd road
by depriving the Raritap road of the PbiIa
connection it looses great source of revenue
put the yineland road will make this nm nor
maps, and thus keep the road in operation
put 1t is not likely that the people interested in
the read will allow the connection to be bro