Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-08

THE CRANBERRY AND aIusKRAT ROUTE AGAIN HEARD
FROM.

THE CRANBERRY AND arUsKRAT ROUTE AGAIN HEARD
FROM.
The popular impression in New York that the
Continent of America consists of that city and
its suburbs does not stimulate or encourage the
study OF geography. The city being the most
Important part of course 1t wonld be unreasona-
BILE to expect that its denizens should know much
about the suburban localities 30 long as they are
posted as to the situation OF the Bowery, the
Battery, the Astor House, Central Park, the
Herald Office and all that, and 30 they don't
know much about it, and project all sorts of air.
line schemes in impossible directions over insur-
mountable obstacles to accommodate the sup
posed eager haste Of all the people of the rural
districts to rush into the metropolis tobe plucked
of their surplus dollars.
The newspapers, unfortunately, do not know
much more than the people, and hence, we find
in them from time to time. such paragraphs rs
this taken from the New York Ecening Post -
"a line of railroad is now nearly completed
which promises to add largely to the commerce.
and business prosperity of New York. The eff
fort to obtain a direct soul hern route without
going through Phiadelphia- which has 30 often
been attempted and failed-is near accomplish
ment. The Vineland Railroad, which runs from
Atsion, on the New Jersey Southern Railroad, to
the Delaware Bay will be opened in few weeks.
1t is entirely graded, with bridges all built, and
the iron is laid for sixteen miles. At the Della
ware, it is proposed to cross by boat, short
passage with deep water. and connect with the
Maryland and Delaware Railroad at Smyrna.
This roail il now building to Oxford, on the
Chesapeake bay. The rails will all be laid by the
| first Of January. These roads will complete a
direct line from New York to the fine wheat and
| fruit lands of south Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land, and to the trade and cotton regions OF the
| Southern States, and will give New York and
| New England new route for both freight and
| passengers going South
It would be new route, that is fact, and
what is more. novel one. A traveller over II
would probably add to his usual luggage life
preserver and a steamboat. He would get on
| the latter at New York and sail gaily down tt
Rarltan Bay, then he would get across the State
| of New Jersey by a crcuitous route, with sucf
| haste and convenience as broken down, impe.
| cunious railroad company could offer him, which
| would finally dump him on the banks OF thu
| Delaware, near where it is s:x or eight mile
| wide. Here he can take to his steamboat again
and so over to the Bombay Hook. where he
may, if it be built, find railroad ready te
take him to Smyrna, abont eight miles, or ma.
be less, thence he can go by the Smyin
branch Of the Delaware railroad to Clayton, ant
there he can take the cars on the Maryland an
Delaware road, and by them be transported +
Oxford, pleasant village on the shore OF til
Chesapeake There he can get into his steam
boat and sail whithereoever he chooses, pre-
vided the Maryland Oyster Navy do not sus
pect him of designs on ducks or oysters. Abou
80 miles would take him to Baltimore, or h
could sail down the Chesapeake and up tn
Potomac, about 150 miles, probably, and reac
Washington, or he might, if his boat wer
staunch enough, sail to the cotton regions.
For leisure tourists, who wish to inspet
crarbsiry patches and go cunning for musi
rats, this ampliibious route will offer advantage
n, 1t possessed by the more direct land route
now in existence.