Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-12
From the ~ r. Journal of Commerce.
our RAILROAD CONNECTIONS SOUTH.
The Hen Who Naanago rhem. !

Tho Men Who manage Them.
The railroad routes soutb-beipy 4bs ..p,sd.
mont Route the "Coast Line" and the hGrea
Southern Mail Route'-has systematized mat
ters so that they now make the trip to New o.
leans in seventy-four hours. tits Interesting {
look into this subject now that the travel from,
the South to this city is SO great, and see what j,
doing to complete our connections in that quarter
The men who are battling for the mastery in tha
direction are Msssrs. Thomas A, Scott. John W
Garrett and Jay Gould. 1t ia difficult to separate
the works from the men, so first we take
TEoKAs A. scooT, OF TIE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL
ROAD.
Starting from NJ Y. we ha re Mr. Scott's conuec.
tons through to New Orleans They are made np
by the Camden q Amboy, and nearly all across,
part across Jersey railroads that point Aoutber.
~ from hefAa In going 10 New Orleans over
this limo there were, until recently eleven
chalges Of cars. These were at Washington
Aqua Creek, Richmond, Petersburg, Weldon,
Wilmington IN, Oh Kingsvie, Augusta, Atlanta,
Montgomery and Mobile, Now there. are only
two. aud in about three weeks, when the Atlanta
road is 70 be finished, the trip between New York
and New Orleans will be accomplished without
single change Of cars. Strenuous efforts have for
years been made to get q through connection
under one ownership between New York and
Washington. The war came between the time
when railroads began their great career of success
and the time they got under full sail During
that period the prosperous North and West hur-
RED them along, while the depressed South suf.
fsred in the railroad line a. well 90 other lines OF
business When the war closed there were
Northern competitions that looked southward
and II appears that Mr.. Scott stepped forward
more boldly than the rest. He built, leased and
bought, and succeeded south of Washington till
now he owns on rather tho Penpsylvania Road
owns or has leased a route and branches to New
Orleans, except the road from Aqua Greek to
Richmond (81 miles), and from Mobile to New
Orleans u40 miles). 2hs former belongs to the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Com
pany, who own the ohesapeake Bay Aearpbts end
the latter to.the Mofgans, who own the Cult
steamers. Both these are making money, and
will not sell out or perpetuallY lease to Scott. By
passing free railroad law at the next session Of
the Virginia Legislature he hopes to circumvent
the Bay Line people and build q connection be.
tWeonAluia Creek and Richmond. Mr. John NJ Il
RobIisoh, General WIN. Malone and Mr.. IN. L.
MeCrotdY, representing in Virginia the Bay Line
Of steamers, and Richmond, Fnedericksb1rR and
Rotoms6 BaiIroad, the Atlantic and Mississippi
Consolidated Line; and the Old Dominion Steam.
chip Company, are fighting Scott and favoring
Garrett. As for the Mobile and New Orleans
road, the Morgans will not sell 1t. The route is
In continuous march, and II would not pay Scott
TO build there rs long as he can rent 1Eofgahs
road at anything like o reasonable figure There
is no connection through 70 New Odearis owned
BY the company The PsnnqyiVanlN Central
comes nearer that than any other..s.- - -
IEsddillop, The arsnt Southern Nail route aud
the Goast Line both run considerable diStaRds
over the PennsylVania CompanyR lines and could
be stopped By refusal Of the lattsr to let them rom
after the end Of short leases 6r BY votes Ia the d
roctoFios, owned by the PennsylvanIa Company
andin friends. The simple fact Is, 80 far aS con-
troll goes that Mr. Thomas A. Scott O-daY ceRlrols
sll thethrcugh rail eommunIcatiohs south Of WASH
tfgto2'to Hew Orleans directly or Indirectly. The
dfst stp of opposition 10 that great railroad king
Mr. John W. Garrett, was in 1866 or 1867, whenl
Colonel John W. Forney and number of others
In WashinRton picked up. from the possession Of
an old canal boatman in Maryland, an old charter
for railroad. Mr. Clinton Lloyd was the moving
and responsible spirit in that affair. They let tho
owner 10, and putting money into the scheme, se.
cured necessary amendmendments and extensions |
from the Maryland Legislature, and the rights of
entry into Washington from Congress. Then they |
commenced work, and before they had gone far, |
Ar. Scott came along, paid the own oe the fran.
ehee (ssyen Of elght In 'numbet) $4,000 apisee,
And built the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad,
betWeen Baltimore, Washington and q point uear |
Oceoquan. It. has been complsted for several |
mopths, but the connecting tunRal in Baltimore /
was hniehed only few days ago. 1t was necessa. |
~ up TO last week TO land passengers over two |
miles from tho heart Ut baltimore, aud for that |
reason the road was not much patroni9ed IS Rlo- I
cal road between Baltimore and Washington.
List week the tunnel in B Gilmore was completed
70 2 copnectio4 with the NoFthern Central hail.
S9Sq, oy9eq by the Fsnnsy lvanla Company. On
Sunday IighGa train started from hers by'way Of /
Washington, over,a through route owned by. tlIe
Peunsylvanla Railroad Company. 1t goes by the
PennsYlvauia roads fold Camden and ,Amboyl 20
West Philadelphia; thence by Pennsylvania and |
Northern Genital to Lancaster, York aud BSlti-
more; thencs BY Baltimore and Potomac 70 Wash.
inSton. 1t avoids the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and BALTIMORE Railroad and the Union Railroad OF
Rattimore leaving WILMINGTON 0utof ths fo6ts /
II is forty miles further but makes the same
tIne as the Old road. Ghe trip to Washington is
made IN eight hours. This road aAius an adVan.
tage In time over the other by ytsaming through
the tunns instead Of using horses through the city
Of Baltimore, aud this in good part affects the DIFF
ference 10 length OF route
JOHN Wsa4RREzT, OF TEE RALTIEoRR AND OHIO
-s--t&-.4 ooAEPANR. e.. r. -
II Mr.. Scott has laid his hand on San Francisco
and New Orleans from PhlAdelphiA and.New
York, Mr.. Garrett, slower and more conservative
man, has exhibited his greatness by Rrasplug San
Francisco and New Orleans from Baltimore aud
fhIladelphta. Here is man who for o quartsr Of
century has studled the law Of trayeI, aud been
more or less pfactical Tallroader. In Baltimore
Mr.. 0aTrot u as much leader ct business and
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