Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-12

DISPATCH FROM JUDGE TOWNSEND.
TO he Editor of the Commercial:
l sent you, on last Wednesday, few lines
concerning the published proceedings of the New
Jersey Il Delaware Central Railroad Co., held
at tue Clayton House, last Monday, and at the
same time sent you correction. l also cut out
from your paper, the said published proceedings,
and sent them, with few lines, to our Secretary
of the Company, Samuel N. Robbins, Esq, and
hore follows his reply to me, word for word
PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 1873.
Samuel Townsend Esq; Dear Sir Yours has
been sent forward to me, here. In reference to
the article you refer to, went TO the CONNER
CIAL Office, gave them simply the names of the
officers, and they made no allusion to the route,
nor did l. The whole thing was botch.
Yours Truly,
s, N. RoBBINs
But let the mistake or addition come from
Wleie 1t may, it makes but little odds in men-
toning the name Of Odessa, for the express
words OF the charter OF the New Jersey and Del
aware Central Railroad are that the said road
shall commence at or near Port Penn, on the
Delaware River, and then run a South-W esterly
course to Townsend, thence to the Western line
Of the State. Now a straight line frem Port
Penn to Townsend will cross the old State Road
about three-fourths OF mile East of Odessa
but after crossing the Appoqunlmink Greek, at
FehnmOre's Polnt.if slight curve is made from
that point to the East end OF the Odessa cross
way, the road.will be within about 400 yards of
ouesha, (Which would be nearer than the Dover
uepot IL to the State Capital, and also preserve
southwesterly course from Port Penn to Town
send | have had, from the first desire to
hep Odessa. and named several of its citizens
ahd properyholders as corporators in our char
Ter, but some OF them, in return, have been do
ln6 all they could against the New Jersey & Del.
central Railroad-that is chartered to run from
fort Penn to rywnsend, and thence to the Mary
Now, will say this to my old friends and ac-
qualntanees OF Odessa and Middletown there
heed not be any clash or i'll feelings between us,
ior TINS reason, il no other If you stick up
stakesh Townsend, and measure the Globe each
way, you will find Townsend the centre OF the
world, and taking that place as the standpoint,
you Wlll hnd d0dessa and Middletown slightly out
VI VI me CENTRE and not in q straight line from
Fort Penn to Towsend
But this Odessa and Middletown railroad mat
Ter might be easily remedied by making, on a
Sharter they have, road from Mildletown to
odessa and over the creek to connect at the
East end OF the crossing, or some other point
On VI, the State Road, with the New Jersey 4 Del.
oehttal-that is to run from Port Penn to Town
se'q-and q, thence on to Baltimore, Cincinnati,
~ ~ Louis and San Francisco and also from
6oakln 6oSl Point to Washington Chattanooga, New
olleahs, and Galveston, and thence where you
please and Northeast from Port Penn, up
nniouBh new Jersey and all over Yankeedom.
,oI nut Iecollect the main gateway to the outside
morla % Is from Port Penn to Townsend, in that
sVoa Old Hundred of Appoquinimink, in the
state OF Delaware SAMUEL TowNsENp.
townsend, May 10th.
ldr' Robbins is mistaken in his recollections
VI us interview with us. We positively aver that
'ne information published was obtained from
,lln and the gentlemen who accompanied him;
tUt hter they had furnished the names of the
olncers they expressed their readiness to answer
Suy questions we might have to ask. The first
ohe propounded was in reference to the route, and
mhat @ we published was our recollection of the
dIony.ersstion. We might, possibly, have misun-
SeLs'ood as him in some particulars but when he
says no 'allusion was made to the route" he
u.. o..ers what is not true-AssooIATE Ed. CONNER