Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-24
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a nsAs ADa dangerous non0poly 4 The PtiiA-
9sspEaz and EsAa4ag aailroad- Il = tbs onl7
earring route Of irup0Etsnes ls&diDg from TIE
sehHyIkiH Coal Region 4 kss possession Of sii
the Ioesl roads bFknehing 70 The vs-ioas nins@
n that Bsgion, ADD 0Hns O. controls raany Of
tbs mines, ihsmssiTsz. 70 oshsr rad can get
O. cary Behzylkll coal, uithOas its consent Il
kAs add 70 ihls Eansnss poser, TIE doznlnA-
tioz Of the retail coal trade n PEliaeelpi1tz, Aad
Il further proposes 10 EsonSpollzS the water ezr
rage Of eoAl from lie Eh&rvea 70 Eastern posts,
with feet Of steam eoAIezz-
AL the Il kAs Al zEq1estionAbls legal right 70
do 20, and ss do pos e0nFlatn thzs ". Gosen.
% sutsrpxissng, far sighssd razn. undertakes T.
Re l. sha 1gens of the I.01dOn capitalists zho
oxn the road, AID thsy expect ana require hlrn
70 nAks sTsrY possible fHrthins o1S Of ihs In
yessment British e4pitalls.s are not particularly
nossd for desire to sq1Andsr tbsix EaonsT,oE 70
bs1t0z Il upon ebissss nos rsnn1nsgztiys. Iasy
pat Mr. GgEsu IN the Pnssa3s0cy 70 make di17-
dsnda. 1nd Il the pubic intsEssts Of this eO1HtEy
sansr,n l. = matter of total tndsnsgenes to thsn,
Il ttsir own pockets prosper.
A. this moment, kozevet. Mr.. GOEsn fears
hat the opsbiag Of hs.BerkA CozntT Ratlroad
tlIrvagh BsEks county to the Lshigh Coal Rs-
gion, and eoanseting so1thEksd 10 tids-Eatsr
and rAgkss Il Wilmington, may threaten the
Ilonopolizing hold which biz Loudoa guinea.
have enabled kin 70 elnteh- The ezty of Read
ing, With is immsnss lndustries, i noS, AID has
b ssn, pros.ra.sd at the fee: Of his rAilroad. j
bss sapphsd them coal n ~ .ozn ra.az. ahd its
oEn plsAs1Es. CoatFarg 70 the Literal and wise
poliey Of Asa Packer, by which the Lshdgh Val
lsy haa become tbs Rol-m1king wonder Of AroeE-
lez, the p. & nsTsE would make encouraging
r1.ss q freight for ia loczl trade. and
the BehuyikLl Valley hAs lsagaishsd, instead of
pro3psTing and dsTslop ing with steady rzpi1ity
Reading might be, nov, sisy Of ssysnty-aTe
.hoEs2nd people, II the railroad lad BEEN ia the
hsois Of men IN sympathy With i,s Interests, in
sssAd of the eoId-bloodsd nousy-bEgs Of LOpdon.
TIE opening Of ,he new Line, hoEsEer, viii put
Lshigh coal in the Reading ron-sorkz' NJ.
G5Esn does not bring them schuykil a. fair
rntss. Il will feed supplies TO AL the line Of the
Wilmington L Reading road, down through
Chester County, 70 this city-suPpliss which the
r. h e., In violation Of its promise and agree
nlsnt, noE retards or vithholds At it, pleasure.
Hence the nonopo!Y L trying 70 cat the nss
nsz road IN two, and prevens it psssing through
Reading. 1t has alternately b1llisd and caiclsd
the people Of that city. After keeping them
for yssra with vTstehed depot accommodations,
and putting them oH from year u year with
promise Of soms.mng better, it now holds cut
to thsm expectations thl. il VII enormously
s~s!l the indussrisa Of the city, provided thsy
vii aid him in ssrzngiing tho Bsrkz County read
In othsE words Il ,hsy viii pu. thsnssiyss in
his power to be used A. the London capitalists
may order, and viii them away the opportuni-
ty u making their city Independent Of his
monopoly, hs viii give them prst.7 little
prsssEs
Having said tha, We do not blame Mr. GiTsu
fH aggraudizing the power and control Of hiA
great corporation, We must add, on the othsr
hand, that for the snOrmous private interests
which his echsmes vii Affect 70 quietly surrender
Themselves would be the most siupendDus folly.
The monopoly VII grab, Of oourss, but il they
sunsr Themselves 70 bs grabbed, they have
neither the ssnss nor the vigor which We sup
poAs them u posssas