Smyrna times., 1871-02-22
For the SmyrnH Timrs.l
Railroad Freights.
DOVER. FcLlruaIy.

lpNEh: CHuTudlS' l0lH IS'I.
ISAAC HINCKLEY, Esq ple-idrnt of the p |
W. x B. X. Il. Co. Dear Sir Il take Ih
liberty of addressing l"u o. il ,uljrct OF vital
interest to thI> Peninsula, n ul vital interest /
t. tn Rail Rods over VII ch yuu preside. !
That subject /, the tr ch rseI for the trans |
purtatiun of fIuIrs and v"g''a les over your
rrad>. aud the Camd.n l. An.boy road To
New York will uoi: I".uH YOUR superior
Int lgeuce, 10y attempting TO >huw thai those
charges arr rx"r6itant The late Of charges
last seH.On from tins oin. vas ninety ht Z
rents p, T o:,e hundred pound which Is soluble
the la,e charged for Or'iiua y freight, aud
fully iouhle the rate At which hoe puIdurt>
could DC ;rau>Irn ed with I'rUhI To the Rail
Road Cnmla ries. he Ie :. "i their exolb b.
iaht htrge~ Is TO take from 'hr fruit gInwer>
| Of this Peninsula, "nuunlly, III rye sums OF
money. 10 which they are Ju y entitled, To
swell the earnings OF the Rau Road. This Is
done with the vh W ni add NJ t.. the prosperi-
ty oil those Roads and hooking only t. the
present the % jet l. W. II carried out. But
think it will b. ound, IN the e'd. that thes- ex-
orb;tant chaIg.% Iesuit from - short >.ghtrd
pOlicv. The result l. the en- .rndering Ut al
unirienily ferling in th"se VIII" re- fe"ted BY
these high charges. l. rye m''nied corpora
! tinnS exert great Influence in - immunity, aud
are powerful in the elements nf Self-protectinn
But, he assured. sir. that io"g continuance
of these high charges will so imlitter the pub
lie mind that the Companies you represent will
hnd their interests imperrlIed. 1t Is not sale
for you or the directors Of your Road to for
get that the people are the source of power,
and make and execute the laws. Again,
these high charges interfere with production
and greatly lessen the amount of freights
to be transported. The fruit business on
this Peninsula is capable Of almost indef
ute expansion. aud If the rate of charges
= tor transport alton we're reduced fifty per cent,
it would not be long before the quantity to
transport would be doubled, pelha ps trebled,
! and the earnings of the road would be as
much rhap< more, than at present, and
every lrut grower would be the warm friend
aud ready protector OF the read. But there is
E another danger to the roads now existing re-
sultng from these excrbtant charges other
roads will be constructed, other means Of trans
portaion will be adopted, and in the lower
treightS which competition will inevitably pro-
duce, your roads will be glad 10 carry freights
, of the kind spoken of tor halt the rate now
charged, ioith less than halt the amount to car
ry: Be aSsu. ed that If the fruit growers are
compelled to establish other means of trans
pOrtation, they will give the patronage to that
other route and not to you.
You now have the means under your control
to prevent the construction of other roads, OF
: other means OF transportation, by charging
. such rates rs will amply pay you for freight
> aud give satisfaction TO those who now are
. reluctantly compelled to pstr"niEe you.
4 speak the honest sentiments Of my heart when
| say to you, that it the rate of transportation
on fruits to New York, from this point is re-
duced to fifty cents per one hundred pounds
: with a corresponding deduction for all olhel
; points >uch reduction will be found to CON
: port with the true interests and lasting pros
' perity of the Roads over which you preside.
= Very Respectfully yours, &c,
EARuEp