Middletown transcript., 1869-11-13
TINS PnorosrD RArLRuAD PROM ELKros

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TINS PROPOSED RAILROAD PROM ELKroN |
.-STo MAssEYs. .--'' Sheer nonsense, child
:. ish and absurd" are the courteous and
gcutlemanly expressions applied-to pgr re-
:. marks Of last week, In. reference,to this
project, by the conductors of the WI
!. usingtoa Copamercias.. If that Journal has.
" mot the capacity to enter into a discrssicn !
with contemporary, and to pursue it in
proper spirit, and in the. use of such
Y. tstlns. as are allowable between gentlemei., |
il had better hold its peace.
The Commercial acknowledges it has 20
1htsrest in the proposed road and asks:
."What have we or the Transcript to do
with the mattcr?". We ansyer--if it has
no interest in the matter, why meddle with
business which does not belong to it? The'
-, ,TaASscRIpr has something to do with it,
as We. shall show, Many of our sdbscri-
b bcrs, both IN Delaware and Maryland, are
stockholders. and th5uk -sheysmill subscrve
their interests in promoting this road, ,and
look to us to favor it through these columns.
:, This. we shah do, and we are not to be
questioned for SO doing, BY TIE CONNER
= cfd oarffany 1ohs else. ~,
!: The Commercial has not quoted our ar
: 'tielc.. That would be too fair proceed
:. ing. But it has perverted and misrepre-
sented it, for purpose, which purpose
is sufficiently apparent at the close of its
article.
1t says "why so anxious to divert trade
from Wilmington and Philadelphia to
= Baltimore, when each city presents equal
advantages, and the two first give it seven
eights of all advertising patronage it re-
:. eeises outside it, it LOCAL custom" ) 3.
= We say, that tho diversion Of trade from
either Wilmington or Philadelphia, is not
thought Of lor desired, by any one in the
intcrest of the proposed road. The object
Of the road. is to give she people along the
line, access to Baltimore, when the Ches-
apcake Bay is frozen ovcr-people who
: have business in Baltimore and who must
- .gothere to attend TO it, in. winter as well
-, vs. in summer. A railroad with
= takton could not and. would not take any
u s; trade from either w Wilmington or Philadel
:'e@ pklf, which these cities now have. They
j aa.srs secure. on that score; but, II would be
!, .7agreat convenience to people on the East
- ..eril Shore who. trade with Baltimore Civ
l.. ing tlteh tfeeess to that city when the Bal
<''iis ,fsozeT over: as well as when it il
~ t;.Eithout making acircuit round by vii
mington, at loss both of time. and money
We come, now, to. the disinterested OBJ
jcct of.'the Commercial in alluding to tn
~ aaSeftisiug patronage of tho rRASScmrr
in the cities Of .Wilmington and Philadel
phia. Who doubts that the Con,n,ercia
3 would lessen that patronage if it could
Who doubts, or can doubt, that its cover
8 I.Rrposc. in making allasion to the subjec
$50 70 iinjjgre the patronage pf iii
= 4. paper in Wilmington But the people {
! Wilmington can sec through this male
'.-f nant purpose of the Commercial as well .
we, and it will but recoil upon its ow
head" Those who advertise with us, b
:: :: licvc they reeciye consideration for the
=; money ih.the service we render them, an
=. the transaction is. between us and then
What has't the Commercial to do with OF
> affairs ? What right has it to meddlc vii
a. our business The act, We should thinl
IS such as all honorable men must spur
We therefore dismiss the subject witho
farther comment >.