Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-14
from the N. 7. Journal of Commerce.
OUR RAILROAD CONNECTIONS SOUTH.
The Men Who Manage Them.
JAY GOULD AND THE NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN
RAflRoAD

'N AAA A&W JEhDEX SOUTHERN
RAnRoAD
Whatever may be said Of Mr.. Jay Gould. either
president Of the Erie Railway, or as . stock
Spectator, It must be admitted that he il n man
ot e1 Faordl4ary ability. He ls q wiry, enduring,
.osgnly constructed man, whose physical organ-
1auon uon Is not hoWevers as strong as his brain
esqplres. 1t Is wonder that he has existed under
tne mental strain borne In the Vast amount Of
work he has undertaken and accomplished But
ae Is man who would die in the breach his sword
oao cut rather than endare the Illumination of a
ieIeat. And this, with the shreWd and ideIiherata
netnoos oi.hls planning has carried him TO where
ne y the chief operator Of Wall street. and rail-
soac % man that may be ranked with Vanderbilt,
Southern Railroad he has worked a connect;op
%ltn Fhlladelphia, via Sandy Hook, Long Branch,
Manchester, thence By tho Camden and Rnrlino,'
con hailroad to Camden. From New York thew
auvG out ~ ING metropolis an immense steamer that
cartles twenty cars OF freight to Sandy Hook and
others OF the sane capacity are building. Thev
nave strong boats at Philadelphia that land from
camden TO Chestnut street. From Manchester
.ne 1oms y River Railroad connects for Toms river
and barnegat, and the Tuckerton road also CON.
nects az Writings for Barnegat From Atsion.
wnSre W tne New Jersey Southern makes its devil
atton for Philadelphia the road goes aonthsrlv
tnu @ Weseerly 70 Vlneland and Bridgeton and
thence to Bay Side. on tho Delaware i3av From
this point they will have large and rowerfui
ners 20 cross the bay, and thence across DeIavaro
aud Maryland by tho Maryland and Dslnware
viii build, iA = y ~ company
The New Jersey Southern road will reach the
Cnesapeaie Bay and Baltimore. This road Is one
u Inestlmaole value e, the city, taking into CON
liberation the necessity for competition tbaf II
Sni cause between Gould, Scott and .rrett. At
Saitlmore MIR. Could will take the Baltimore and
Ohlo connections south aud west and comnete
%lth the Eric New York Central and Pennsylya-
an Central roads for western trade, with Scott
'or the Southern trade and with Scott and Car.
rsIt tor the Baltimore nud Phlladelphia trade
rus makes thr-e competing rail lines to PhIla-
,NI SIiRnht, win tue early probability of fourth
Cdarretrs), and twot Baltimore. with early nros.
pects Tor two more (Garretts and Gould'sl.
ARE RAILROADS TO suPERsEDE COAST sTEAMEas ?
II Is demonstrated by experience that a railroad
running out OF New York to another large CITY
is sure 10 pay handsomely II well managed.
aehce tnefe Is no probability OF our getting more
railroads. 20 Southern cities than We can snnnort
Inc question whether the railroads VIII divert the
tIade Of the coaatf steamers is dlficult one AS
10 passenger travel, the man who has NO time To
make iti and wants TO take tho sea trim Will %
that way always. As to ffeigiit, valuable goods
VIII generally go by rail, because they do not In
sure Dy rail, and the insurance by steamer ave-
rages as much as the fFeight by rail The instl.
rance on package valued Al f5o0 and wciohino
lOO pounds is about IS from New York to New
orleans. The freight by ran for the same pack.
age 70 ana fr1mthe same pOints D. "a Less val.
uaole freight costs less insuran te ut costs Iess
too, iOr railroad freight and the railroad people
thlnk they will make enough on dfy goods and
tght packages 70 compete with the steamers ID
leaEy ,frelghtL ButtheBtbSmhhip folks SEEM 10
pc doing well YET and say their business increase
steadily and rapidly!0 tE0TbNIM3fW