Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-03
there will be o raj,

within her borders, and did we own
land there, would willingly give it for
such a purpose instead of trying to
drive them away by demanding exor
bitant rates for the land. Any one hay
ing one grain of common sense very
well knows that railroads benefit those
through whose lands they run five, ten,
or even hundred times as much as the
damages ever amount to. Lands in this
neighborhood that eight years ago would
not bring over eight or ten dollars an
acre, cannot now be bought for two
hundred dollars an acre, and that, too,
without their ever having had one bush
ell of lime or any improvements what
ever put upon them, but have increased
in value on account of their contiguity
to the railroad. So will it be with
Maryland lands.
We cannot account for some people
being such FOOLS, This editor says it is
not true that some of these men are ask
ing exorbitant rates of the company;
they simply want an adjudication OF
the amount of damages they are entitled
to-" THIS assertion he ought TO know is
rs much falsehood as his wonderful
fish market report published some time
since about this same company. Living
in the same town where the railroad
company have their head quarters, we
cannot believe he is so ignorant as not
to know the facts about these damages
and their awards, and cannot believe
that he publishes these willful falsehoods
for any other purpose than to injure the
railroad company.
We will give the facts in the case just
as they are and as any one can know by
asking the company in a respectful
manner. The entire line from the State
line to Easton was condemned by the
+ same commissioners in strict accordance
with the requirements of the charter q
:. short time after the road was com.
menced. All the land owners acqui-
2 esced in the awards and declined tho
appeals within six months as they had
@ the right to do if they were not satisfied
n They knew the benefits would be fal
@ greater than the INJURY, and the com.
missioners were of the same opinion
: but were obliged by the requirements o
: the charter to award damages when they
7 knew no damages were in reality iuflict
II ed. All the parties who are endeavor
q ing to extort damages from the com
e pany; have obtained possession of thes,
I lands since the road was commenced
=; with full knowledge that it had beer
&: tteno srsS fss H. ae-Nfs = ssssSis.t st.,
It benefits which the road would confer
&c The damages awarded by the compan,
e have been paid by the company, eX
u cept where the owners refused to receiv
;, them, in which case they were deposite,
N in Bank to their credit as the law di
81 reefs, and where ii now remains subjec
es to their order. The land of Mr.. Nor
A. gan, which the Star says has been liter
III ally torn up and for which he has bee
ge paid nothing pas giUen by Mr.. Morgan
10 fdther to the company before his daatf
lie and this portion of the land was selecte
y by the said Ii. c. Morgan as his shal
ny of the estate with knowledge of til
IL above fact, in proof of which he decline
n to seed wheat where he supposed IL
o. road would go, and he like every OF
=. else will be paid for the crops that hay
ast been destroyed by the company. NJ