West-Jersey pioneer., 1867-11-01

away from through route can possibly con-
ceive the advantages Of being on onei had
the pleasure. If not the honor, once in' my life
Of commanding regiment Of soldiers. some
thousand and thirty bright good d-ooking fell
lows; and in their evolutions they were pretty
emart. Among the evoutions that were per-
formed none pleased me SO much as changing
rear to trout. That Is he evolution We want to
perform here, We want to change rear to front
and stand with or heads as high and as much
lifted up as they do op the Pennsylvania road.
the New York Central, and the road through
the Canadas. When that is done gentlemen,
| shall feel satisfied.
Mn. WILSON said | don't know that can
add anything to the lucid statements that have
been made by Mr.. Lands and Col. Bostwick
However, as have been ca led upon, will
say something with reference TO our agreement
With the Delaware & Raritan Bay Co. SO soon
as it became known to that company that we
intended building road from Atsiou to Vine
land, to connect with their road, and probably
to extend that road TO the Delaware bay, they
were very mucn interested IN the project
They saw at once the Importance of the scheme
to them, throwing, as it does, into their hands
the freight and travel that now goes by way of
Philadelphia. and through the Camden & Am
boy road They concluded that if this road
was built, they would have all that trade, not
to speak Of that which would grow up under
the impulse of the new route: the trade that
would be fostered aud encouraged by the very
building Of this road. We proposed to confer
with them on the subjsot of connecting with
their road and they were preprred to confer
with US at once. We met the muragers of the
company and representatives of the bond hold
ers and had conference with them, which re-
suited favorably to US. AS Colonel Bostwick
has said, they granted us all that we asked in
the way of arranging the time tables, freiqhts.
&c. We agreed to charge with them pro rqta
on all freight i'll proportion to the distance
In addition they were to allow us eight per
cent on all their freight charges, whether
coming to US from their portion of the line. or
going to them from ours. They were yery
willing TO make this allowance in our favor.
because they regarded this as u new business
to them. Now suppose certain quantity of
freight leaves Vineland for New York. 1t
goes, in the first place, to Atsion, "a miles, and
then proceeds by the Delaware & Raritau Bav
roa d. 81 miles, exactly three rimes and half
our distance. Suppose they charge three and
half times as much as we charge. We
charge hundred dollars for our portion of the
road and they charge three hundred and fifty
dollars for their portion. Now, on that three
hundred and fifty dollars they pay us back
twenty-eight dollars. This makes an addition
of tweuty-eight per cent on all our earnings
on freight from or to Vineland And as Vine
land is about equally distant between the Del.
aware bay and Atsion, We consider that to be
about the average on all freight going and
coming. Now then. if the business of this new
road only paid expenses, we would have our
twenty eight per cent. to divide among the
stockholders.
| +. +. Westcott, Esq of Bri3ge,on, then
said: AS our friends from Vineland have come
over here, suppose they would like to know
how this project affects the minds of the neo-
pie here | can only answer for myself. and
can say that 1t strikes me in the most fayora.
BILE manner. You have heard the remarks
that have been made, and think the truth Of
what h&s been said, must be evident to every
mind here. We all know what the building Of
Railroad between here and Philadelphia. has
done for this community. Six years ago. all
the trade wes done by two or three stages a
day, and now there are trains of cars every
day, almost as large as those that pass between
Philadelphia and New York Business rener-
ally is fnst developing N this community. and
the transformation upon the face of the coun
try along the line of the Millvlle s Glassboro'
road has been even more surprising than on
ours. remember, when that road was first
built, once at the dusk Of evening, arriving at
the point where Vineland now stands, some
NIFTY or sixty wood choppers got into the cars.
and people said, "what are those men doing
getting into the cars with their axes?" They
replied that Mr.. Lands was coming there to
build town. | thought at the time that it
was chimera, but if you 90 there to-day. you
will find settlement which, in ten or fifteen
years from this time, will not he surpassed by
any place IN New Jerseys place that has
| become so famous, even now, that special hon.
ors were awarded MIR. Lands, at the Paris ex
position, for the founding of such a mod set
Element. It does seem to me that if we bp;l5
this great through route, by which we can Law
one hand upon New York, and the other on
| the south. We would derive advantages from
that road, even greater than from the two that
have been built. We do not want to be con.
nected merely with the South and New York
out we want to be connected also with Vine
land. think we would find it to our mutnal
advantage, and l Tor one, would be glad to
avail myself of the privilege of going to Vine
land more frequently than | can now afford to
do. Now, as regards the matter of payment
whether this road would pay in the matter
of stock-that matter has been thoroughly dis
cussed bofore you. | have listened TO our
friends from Vineland lay open their plans
before us here, and supposiDg that they would
! desire to know how it struck the general
mind here, felt moved to get on my feet and
say that, as far as 1 was concerned. | wish
them every success. think the people of this
county will be blind to their own interests. if
they do not go heartily into the building of
this Railroad. The only question is whether
that road will be built here, SO that we who
live Bridgeton can share in its privileges.
Hon. Providence Ludlam hoped that the
road would be built through, and moved that
committee Of three persons should be ap-
pointed for the purpose of soliciting subscrip-
tions, and laboring generally for the advance
ment of the project. Mr.. Ludlam said it was
of the greatest importance TO us to have the
road extended through, and hoped that the
! gentlemen present would make it their busi
ness to talk to their friends at home. on the
subject. 1t was, he said, evident to the minds
| of all, that if We do not build the road orr
selves, no outside parties will build it for ms.
We can have no help, except from the people
who live along the proposed route, and when
man helps himself, he generally finds the
best help. MIR. Ludlam sat down, after NOV
ing that committee Of five, instead of three.
as at first, be appointed to represent the Town,
ships of Bridgeton, Greenwich, Deerfield.
Hopewell and Stoe Creek, to further the in
terests of the proposed railway route in their
respective twnships. The motion was after
wards amended by the addition of the clause.
'swith authority to add to their numbers so
as to admit of advantage being taken of the
aid of reliable representatives from other
townships, should any come forward The
motion was passed, and the following gentle
men appointed: For Greenwich, VIM.
Stewart; for Stoe Creek, Lewis Dowdney; for
Bridgeton, Hon. Providence Ludam: for
Hopewell; Ethan Swinney; and for Deerfeld,
Joshua C. Davis.
Mr.. Lands said he had made an omission in
his enumeration of the business prospects of
the new road. 1t was this: Mr.. John F. Bo
dine has given up the intention of building
road from jackson to Penn's Grove, and has
decided to build from Williamstown. in order
to connect with our road. That business will
probably be worth from ten to fifteen thousand
dollars year. I would also state that I
would add to that another projected line of
railroad from Mays Landing, to connect with