Smyrna times., 1873-02-19

REMOVAL OF OUR Town DEPOT. Our town
is in a fcrment. The Railroad company has
decided to change the location of our Depot.
The present site is inadequate for the business
of the road and cannot be enlarged. Very
little in the way of freighting has ever been
done from it for this reason. The Company
desire more space. The short curve and heavy
grade has also, all the time, been doing great
damage to the rolling stock, especially the
locomotives. In addition to these disad.
vantages, the present track is worn out and
will have to come up. Therefore, inasmuch as
a new track has to be laid the company prefer
to lay it to more eligible site, where they
can have better facilities aud avoid the dis
advantages named This removal has been
moOted for over year, but nothing definite
has come of the matter till now. And what
excites our citizens is this The Company, it
is understood, has left them to decide as to
where the New Depot shall be located. This
task has put the whole town at logger-heads.
Saturday was as warm day with some Of our
business men as if it had been the eve of an
election. Some wanted the road to remain
where it is; some wanted it to stop at Flat
Iron Point" others wanted it to go to Glen
wood Avenue, or Cemetery ST., in "lrlshtOwn
others still wanted it to 90 on the south side
Of the town, and still others wanted it to 20
! tO-well to warm place they would not like
to buy ticket for.
| The matter is still canvassed with interest,
not to say warmth. A town meeting has even
been threatened, but we hope this misfortune
will be spared us, for that expedient would
only be confusion worse con!Ounded." Any
thing but town meeting, say very many oil
our citizens.
| The contest for lOc1tion is now mainly
between Cemetery ST. aud the south side of the
! town. The advocates of the former route desire
TO get the tract off the public road as far as
possible. by this route the track would defect
at the lane of Horace Spruance, Esq, and run
down the vacant road Cemetery St to 'Irish-
town. where a depot would be erected on
Main St, at some point between North and
and Cemetery. The advocates for the south
side Of the town would be better served by
that route, while MessrS WOrden & Evans
could sli retain their siding, now so useful
IN receiving logs and other material used in
their business. This firm insist upon this sid
ing, as necessary to their large transactions in
in manufacturing ship timbe", and their needs
have strong influence in the minds of many
Tor the last named route.
The company, it is understood, make the
change at their own expense, and desire to
CONSULT the interes of the town in 81
doing. he matter is in charge of
Manove Hayes Esq of Dover, it is said,
one OF the Directors Of the Company, who will
probably make decision this week.
The talk is that the Company will erect a
neat Depot building OH the new site, wherever
1t may be, and take the present unsightly old
structure for freight house, unless they con
clude to sell it and the grounds it occupies
The road has but very few advocates as it
now stands. 1t has long since been voted a
nuisance in our main public street, and ought to
be changed 70 a more suitable locality
Next week, doubtless, we can name the route
selected.