Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-06-17
Very respectfully, your on. syt..
Isaac liIScKLHY,
DIu.lluul


President |
The accomplishing document read as follows
Rules proposed under which cars Tor peach |
trausp ttutiOn may be- secured in advance,
10 secure cars Tor peaches, application must
bn made IN wrilng, To tile superintendent o. the
Delaware Railroad Company, previous 10 July
-, 1868. An agreement rs to terms and condl- |
lions must be signed, and an advance payment !
mast be ngic Of part uf Tie elglil-moucy; ING
cans are expected 10 cam 10 tue tX'eht ol my
Gullir- (=5U) Tor each chr engaged. lhc niJfet
of this ADVANCE being required Is In prevent CARS
being taken up by III se who do not really livcd
them, u TIE injiiy OF those who do. This adj
vance will bc refunded 10 the shipper as lie pays
his freight bills, at the rate OF five dollAra (-0)
per car load oi peaches shipped in the cars on
which the advance was paid, until the whole has
been thus refunded. Bat II his shipments are
not large enough To cancel the whole advance
payment vt the of five dollars per cnr load, the
remainder of the advance Will he Forfeited
r. B. Bradford, Of Dover tsw no OBJECTIONS 10
anythirg III the proposition, II he understood
that part in rel. tcrcp TO The Tx. 1t read; "tiSc
dollars per car, aud ii ii meant that and not
10 On every ear i1d he "a moi Object. The
Company Was taxed lii SO pr year on each
freight ear and he did not object to- their a-sV-s-
Ing half 81 it To the peach bu.nrss, but he shOlll
| consider - per car Dad I'M utJn-t and uGrcaopn-
able eXacton He lskcd to hear from me EN-
ccuiiyc Committee.
George ". Cummins, a member al the EXccu-
I
| Dt tlc Committee nad uct Mr., llnchlcy and
\ other riirunA officers, in rniladclthii, and mad
been pleasantly received AID politely entertained
lhrt taty md found tue objects dc ir9us ii
| hNilg pleasant understanding with TIC peach
growers aud Of doiug AL thCy could ur tlr'it uc-
curmpdl,ion. In relation 10 Mr.. BIldtord =
iDqlirv le wopl state most distinctly that it
meant i've dyiilr per car load i1r al tie reieAc'
carried
mere wis n Strong excitement NJ ths an
nuuncemcut, aul f. H. Cuulniiu,, iulcmupiue
tue SPEAKER. denounced the proposition as an
Infamous swindit Sevcsal uller memlcgs Joined
+, III similar strau
George ~ Canu.iis, tcsulniaE, said tbat
ilr. bradford WIS mistaken Ia 5uip1slG-
that Ills five dollars per cir LOAD
have any particular reference 10 tic .ld anilUi,
tax laid an freight cgis Of The Company, bn
WIS iutcndid as the assessment OF tho lrupOrlirl
which They thought If TIE peach business ough
TO ppyol tn whole sun, i'd upon rcNncti iron
sam townsend, iulcrruptiug. Lauctd thGts VIZ
WORT Tie company b. the state. Nlr. linekr'
had shown the speaker carefully ircrarpd' table
estimating tie whple Tax lvw upon the Ktlirnu
: Company Ny Tic tnN law recently pissed with tir
!, amounts tqlir.hly aRporluncd % The vuiou
Kinds oi business according to the Gslimnirs az,
the amount thu, lallirg on the peach bu,ines
, was so 700, about cent per bl,het on the c,tl
matcd rtup or ~ per car load 81 500 baskets
lhs WIS wtat wAs meant by the 50 pr clr loa'
on ni ieiI l ears cm ''''''' - tue Nv IT,
Henry lodd protcstcI aeaiust the iuliistice q
tile Company charging - ~ CIR load whe
, they only pad so per year tax on, nch err.
Il > iinurl townsend next tupk " ,"pur. II
D said Watcher tic gcutlcmeA were abe,- uuior
stlud II ~ not this committees understood Y .er
Il hurua-h'y. lllAl ive dolmrs PR car load Ia Il.
. Ave duilifs per car load, and it was lali On lhcl
. to pay lils Tx. rs late rs the 4ih of March, Ia,
the ffc,dcnt of the rlllioad company woul
l. have teen wiling 10 ctrty thrir peaches unil
r the schedule of prices udoptcd IN 1867 for lsj
nut which hcvtr went into operation on acc IN
vi the failure ui lhal year, crOp) hui he woul
V rOt lpakr ally bargain uGil he saw whrt II
'c state Ia cndrN To do ia this mlllcr OF tax II ",
20 PLAN iia the nose ou your rNe that this - y,
- car HHs To ps the slmlc winch I'LL t. the pcW
+ business If NC Delaware stale lAN; tue whole
It ON lrclmnUtivgs, Cirs aud everything cs
Til i WI Il euiuc- Of attempting To uX tie rai
q. rpad As ssch The d nwue .lailrpr
- mas got - be made rs ltce 'ol !.
as Tho Delaware river Let Tie proper
uwGtd ny tlo railroad companies be tiXed III
VI any other proper y, M more. no less; Int ~
t. attempt u make II bear special burden, III az
n l llie pcap'e along tue line III the road. III
" gsla,ule @as Numbering smart. on, ~
ih,y would rel W lind FROM wouldn't thr,
~ They hat p.9ycd the Old Harry Relieving Ian
ID hadn't they: They had ciu,ed The sutakti
n land u pay ~ 0iuX for lis year tar Ill eclch,
ley ma phtod inc Old Harry ellevin. lii
hlt!u't tnN! tel every mutuCf'a son of VI
:. that W pc i H. wll 1--we alUn.s the rlirnad "
III lay On tue rnilrn1d, wEe N So who live AIN
Tic wal r t-capt It. he Gully two members
!, the late l., aisAiture iroh Neg Castle CONT
- VIM lived IN the peach gr vim district, liv
= near the water; he dill MT know whether II,
'c, ii a seu-e enough TO Know whatth were Ill
hut he did know H. Y l,d made dcyish %
IA. thing Of il tot tl.rmsclyts aid their nclahnu
d., Gelilumtn might blow about the Railroad CD
VII pany but III Nix master, il interest aud ours
~ lruictl,nua 50 iar n 10 wac concerned any In
ir Ind luuud il w.s no use - kicking against /
is preks' He would Ii lp the Railroad up-et /
Ia, itw- tet 10 eEslituIiHntv. lie would b,
H.. gahlle II no tx panty: dpunything to prev,
re Il l'lhei such srt ul fellows from eyri gong
the LEGISLATURE az tln.
ln- Charles Btowd allied the speaker to order
~, -i-liug INT hn was MOI iailiig on Ihr Il lc,ti,
',E mud stating that lie (Hruwl) had something in
~, gard to b,k-i,, his hobby 10 bring before
u" lncclilg.
sun townsend retartcl that h. did not eli,
M tuhu lrHct and 50 id not put on any Flci
bp ais, lhit Brown had never been able to
,,,r beyond bl>ke5S, Int the rest Of them had sol
thins ul nlfe importance 10 think about.
m MI. Brown insls,ed on the paramount imp
tAncc "i the hasNcl ones Ion. They c0ula iii
ain i"aeh' g hire cars bat thry could get uotliu.,
ave Put the prachc- in.
~, Un-in non ui George W. Cummins each mt
~ bcr WIS limited " five minute.
r"' E. u. tEniluins Violently opposed Tie accc
ace q the proposition. 1t was an ufam
cen one. The Railroad Company onght 10 be lai
Nil more. II he wcie II the legislature he wO
.,n lav un tie tX, 'Gd 10 TIC same lilne rcgul
W their charges. Toe object Of President llucll
I'VE wis 20 Create rrjuiicc NJ iinst the tax law
tht L"4isiituie ~ lhe nlnis of the people.
nv would be lhp communication. II was IN
~ flmous sGindlc. q fraud and a cheat
- q. w. Cummius sirclslicIy suggested thl
eai committee OF tlree ri these wise heads be
vas pointed t. see If they could make any be
the terms
Mr.. T. y Bradford again referred to the 50
IN car load Ne nuIast since tue company did not
mr. but -ln PIT ear.
.y q. W. Lrnpin. again explained
red Assnc,n,io,, was c, ' rd T., ,' 81, If .ring
W. President Hncklry. He would like T., ask If
roIIld 1,a t,nd