Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-28
J.w. eARRETTy THE CITY OF WASH
VIZ I'm. INGTON.

isca are nccdcu 10 cllcct an onlcct OF uhAhlc
the imagination Of Congress, Mr.. Garrett has
An abundance Of them to offer. But lis
promises, bright a. they are, seem to be the
most easy things in the world to break II
the people Of Washington express any dlsap-
polntment at this, Mr.. Garrett Is ready TO
make amends by offering more promises for
the old and broken ones; and II facts to sns-
tain his assurances arc not In his favor, he
has knack of drawing on the resources Of
fiction and making Il serve his purpose Tor
the time. lie never did this more cleyerly
than in his address before the board Of direc-
tors Of his road on the Sth instant. In that
address Mr.. Garrett painted q rosy picture Of
what he Intended to do for Washington. Il
looks very much, however, like one Of those
bright and sunny pictures Mr.. q. has so often
sketched TO fasclnato Congress Just before is
adjournment, but which the people OF wash
ingt"n would like TO SEQ him na'sh.
IL was hardly ialr oil Mr.. Jarrett 70 make
the ehort he dld To shllt the responsloility OF
not hmshlng the metropolitan r"au On mr.
Bowen. In SNORT tue altempt was alamo one
notwithstanding 'he hne Puahty vi inc SopnS'
try used Inc OnJect, however, was so uah''
parent That no sensible man IN Warrington
will be deceived by IT, Nor was MS Niack gu
the press oil washington hadc IN any oeuer
NJ Garrett bas been guilty Of in dealings with
our people, considering now steadlly ne haS
opposed every railroad interest tilat lookeu TO
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NJ Garrett had other and ycry diaercnt
rcasons Tor M, dpIsbIno the METROPOLITAN
roIIrooa ond ,hrs giving WashInpton tbese
advantage of communication with the fertile
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win Mr. uartetI anu uie iorV "i'e9 "hoh
he coul" Hnish anu h"'o III oPcra''oi, nc
were d'poseu' III unreo molths NC WIZ take
MS own Time At bu' MT. nari'' ooslnS 70
understand the telnPer oil congress ana the
people OF Washington, and showing also that
any more trihing VIII not be tolerated, be
grasps at almost any excuse lie tancies VIII
serve his purpose.
w 'no ~ s",h Ia 800. so, and
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from Baltimore and give 10 washington. Let
ma take Uarper's Ferry for a starting point,
that bcing m importaut dlyorping point for
freii,ht and Messengers. Passengers from that
polnt to Washington arc now charged a. by
his amIal,lo advocate of low fares; and
freI,bts are even higher in proportion. The
NeiTonolitan road would shorten the travel
betWeen those two points nearly one half, and
II ia on,y natural 10 suppose that Mfr. Garrett
wou,d be compelled to reduce his fares and
freigbts In accordance. TbI, would be A &C.
rIons dImIrution of those profits Of the main
trunk Mr., Garrett so acts hi, heart on. For
ourselves VIC have never placed implicit conf
dence ia Mr.. Garrctt's assurances that he
really intended to build this road, and APP
pearances, II must he confessed, are very
much against H. The grading from the Point
Of Rocks to where the work extends southwark
is Of the poorest description; the sleepers are
sucb n. had been used ON the main trunk and
condemned as worthless; the rails II Ia laid
with are completely worn ont, and were also
condemned after being used on the main
trunk as worthless. The question arises,
then, would Mr. Garrett have used this old