Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-28
THE W. 4 II. RAILROAD.
The location of the terminus OH the ri,

The location of the tcrmiuu s on the river.
Editors Commercial I'm your issue of the 18th,
notice n communication, signed Stockhold-
err" in which the writer complain that the Will
mington and Reading Railroad company was not
preparing to extend their work to the Delaware
river, and advises other stockholders to do as he
" intends to do,"-pay no more installmcnts till
the road is under contract To the river. Now, If
your correspondent is n stakeholder In the VIII
mington and Reading Railroad company, and
presume he is, he subscribed to the stock before
the company had any po,cer to build road to the
Delaware river.
The act ehartcring the Wilmington and Read
u road from the City of Wilmington to point
on the Philadelphia aud Reading Railroad at or
near the Village of Birdsboro. In Berks county"
1t was not until the 10Th day of February, 1867,
when additional powers were granted to Them, by
the Legislature of Delaware, In the following
words, viz: 1.-The Wilmington and Reading Rail-
road company mny In addition to the powers
"herctoforc granted locate and construct the said
:. Railroad as follows. That is to say, Beginning
IS ut or near the Delaware river, within the limits
!" of the city of Wilmington, wheneper in The judy
q ment ot'Me Directors ne said road may be decm-
ed necessary, IN order TO transact The business of
"Me said company, or 10 effect a complete comniu-
"nicdtion rih he said Deldvdre river" and not
before.
Now, my friend Stakeholder you subscribed
your money when the company hud only the
power to build a road from the city OF Whining
ton to the Village of Birdsboro. The Directors
have already pari the road under contract from
the city limits of Wilmington to the village of
Bitdsboro. Suppose. then, they never extend
their work beyond the limits of the present con-
tract, is not their contract with you, as a sub
friber, fulfilled, and have you any just cause for
refusal to pay up your subscriptions think
| you have none.
II you have lived about Wilmington, you
ought to know that the Company have located
lines to the river, on each side Of the lhrlstana,
although they have not yet determined which
| they can adopt, In order to fulfil the terms of
their charter, to the best interest of the stock
holders and the city of Wilmington.
With regard to your charge that some OF the
Birdsboro Directors are part owners of the wharf
| ut New Castle it is we'll known that that is the
joint property Of the Philadelphia and Reading,
and the p, w. & b. Railroads, and does not be-
long to any individual.
| Wilmngtopian, true TO the interests of his
| city, of which class have no doubt You ere one,
1t appears to me, instead OF making factions
complaints, ought to try and strengthen the
hands of the Directors in the great work they
have undertaken, and instead of asking stock
holders to withhold their instalments, urge them
| to take more stock, and instead OF talking about
New Castle, should set himself vigorously to
work TO prepare Wilmington to become what
she is destined to be, when this road is completed
one Of The most important shipping ports in Tie
/ country. A PENNSYLVANIA.