Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-13
phiradeiphia and New York.


A RAILROAD SCHEME REVIVED.
Some years ago the legislature of Penn
sylyania chartered the Philadelphia and At
tlebnrough Railroad Company with authori-
ty to construct a railroad from Philadelphia,
through Attleborough, in Bucks county, to
the Delaware river.
Several companies were afterwards incor-
porated by the State of New Jersey, with
power to construct railroads through the
counties of Mercer, Somerset, and Union in
that State. The companies are authorized
to connect their railroads; and a survey of
the several lines has recently been made, and
the fact ascertained that by means of these
connections line of railroad may be Con-
passing through the richest agricultural dis
tricts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
where no railroad facilities now exist, which
will be several miles shorter than thepresent
line of communication between the two
cities. The several companies have entered
into contract by which the connections are
secured. The name of the Attleborough
Railroad Company has been changed to the
National Railway Company, new board of
directors elected. The president of the
company is Mr. Henry Lewis, one of the
most active and prominent business men OF
Philadelphia, recently the acting president
of the Bank of North America during the
absence of the president ia Europe. Mr..
Henry NJ. Hamilton, of New Jersey, is vice
president and the board OF directors con-
sists of Matthew Baird, Jacob Reigel, Ed.
ward G. Knight, Charles Gibbons, Robert
phia, and A. S. Livingston, Samuel X. Will
son, of New Jersey, and A. B. Clark, ol
New York.
| On Tuesday, 9th inst, meeting was helo
at the office of the National Railroad Com
pany, in Philadelphia, which was largely
| attended by those interested in the enter
| prise, and by farmers and others from along
the line of the proposed road. Mr.. Lewi'
occupied the chair, and speeches were made
by Messrs. Hamilton, Knight, Gibbons, ant
others, explaining the necessity of the new
road. They generally said that the enter
prise was not got up from any spirit Of op
position to the Camden g. Amboy Company
but they pretty loudly intimated that the,
wanted that company to let them alone.
| Mr.. Hamilton, vice President, In speaking
for the board of directors. said it is thei
determination to construct railway ant
equipment second to none in this or an,
other country. A road with double track o
best quality of steel rails, balasted heavil,
with stone to secure permanency Of wa,
and to avoid the annoyance of dust. AL
bridges are to be of iron. Other railway
and all highways are to cross either abov
or below the grade of this railway. Ever
real improvement calculated to secure th
safety and comfort of the travelling publ
will be adopted.
1t is expected that the running Tim
between Philadelphia and New York can
reduced to two hours. After the speeches
5000 shares of stock were subscribed for
The Press is enthusiastic over the pre-
ject, and editorially says :
sBehind every word and resolution {
tie council stood $40.0O0,000 awuitis
the beck Of the. projectors:
The survey of the route has been con
pleted 1t traverses the city and Buck
county, crosses the Delaware at fardey
vile, and passing through Mercer, Somel
set, and Union counties, of New Jersey
reaches Jersey City. The road is to b
built in the most substantial manner, to b
laid with steel rails, and will cross n
public roadway an level. In this respet
it is to einbody all the perfection of the Ell
glish roads, To-day the company opens a
office in this city, and opportunity will t
given to take stock, preferred and ordinar,
\ An enterprise having so liberal and feas
BILE scope, and in the hands of energeti
business men, must prove Immediately SUE
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