The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-08
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sc he United Companies OF New Jersey
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Conn
pany.
When we look back few years and review the
public spirit manifested by Phlsdephians, and the
nxietv felt by them to have great railroad lead
:. nx from the West to make its terminus in this city
vwhen wesremember how literally the citizens and
the corpoI alton Of Philadelphia itself subscribed TO
hese public works, and how enlarged their expec-
tatiOns that this great work would aid to build
up her commerce and manufactures, and make Phi
ladelphia what her geographical position and
superior harbor for shipping entities her to become;
when we reflect upon the many improvements
made by this great company in and about our city
the building of extensive wharves and piers on the
Schuylki and on the Delaware, of grain elevators
on the Schuylkill and Delaware, OF railroad bridges
and branch railroads to connect with the wharves
on the Schuylkfl and on the Delaware, at which
coal, Oil, and other freights from the interior OF
Pennsylvania and the West are shipped into vessels
TO ports in the United States and Abroad and wnen
the citizens OF Philadelphia, with the liberal aid OF
this powerful company, are about TO build up
steamship line from this port to Europe, and while
fondly hoping that their beloved city will again
OCCUPY high commercial rank smong the cities OF
the United States they find that Philadephias boast
and LTide the oreat railroad Of Pennsylvania is ABOUT
to change her terminus to New York and add an
other bright jewel to the crown OF sister city's
greatness and thus deprive Philadelphia, her first
had good reason to expect to realize for all future
time.
With the road extended to Jersey City follows the
traffic now landed and shipped at Philadelphia giv
ing employment to her people,, except what may be
used in Philadelphia All the rest will pass the
railroad and be shipped at Jersey City, and thither
of a necessity will the projected steamships make
their harbor for dischargng and for receiving their
Cargoes for foreign ports.
The city Of Philadelphia possesses advantages that
should make her the great city OF the United States
her harbor is unequalled, capacity unbounded, and
access from the ocean easy. There is no reason why
she should not grow into commercial Importance
faster than any city in the United States The State
OF Pennsylvania is unsurpassed In mineral wealth.
her coal and iron ore have made her the leading
iron-manufacturing State OF the United
States. The city OF Philadelphia is the
first in rank as manufacturing city,
and to that of late years, rather than commerce,
her capitalists have paid their attention, but that
superiority give her. over all other Cities advantages
for commerce. New enterprise should be
instilled into her citizens, and her large
capitalists should stimulate the building OF ships nd
endeavor to prevent the railroads and canals OF
Pennsylvania from passing by her and adopting New
York as their shipping port instead Of Philadelphia,
the natural outlet OF Pennsyvania's public works.
How different the policy pursued by that great
public work. the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, now
stretching her arms in the far South, West, and
North, and all to build up the commerce OF Mary
lands great city, Baltimore. There all her coal and
freights are shipped, and the management OF that
public work has made the city of Baltimore its
permanent base of operations. and from which 1t can
not be seduced. That pubic work, like the Penn
sylvania Raj road, connects with the lines to New
York for passengers and freight by rail seeking that
city, but the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad sends no.
thing away that she can ship from the city OF her
her attachment, and by the instrumentality of
that great company Baltimore now sastians
laYGe steamship line TO Europe
The above thoughts have been suggested by the
Indifference manifested by the enterprsing citizens
OF Philadelphia, the authorities of the city itself, and
the Philadelphia press, while negotiations going
on 10 remove the business Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road to New York. PHILADELPHIAE.