Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-19
Delaware State Journal
wHGmINSTON DEL
Saturday, July 10. 1873.



Shalt we Have Railroad FiehtT
We print elsewhere a report OF an in
terestiug interview a representative oil
the Journal had Tuesday with Isaac
HinckleY. Esq, President OF the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RIM
road. It will of course be seen that there
is very good ground for the rumor thal
there is no little dissatisfaction felt by
the officers Of the P. W. * B. Railroad
at the effort of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
to divert through travel from the old di-
rect route to its new roundabout "air
liue.~ and that this dissatisfaction If
growing, as the Pennsylvania company
begins apparently to manifest a DISPOSE
ton to continue for other reasons, an
arrangeu eut into which II originally en-
tered for reasons entirely satisfactory to
the PHILADELPHIA, Wilmington " Balt-
more Railroad.
MIR. Hinckley does not disguise the
fact that he is not non satisfied, however
he may have felt at the beginning OF the
experiment, and those who know MN
need not be told that when he says, as he
did say to our representative, that If the
new train is not shortly withdrawn ne
will break the through rates, he means
fight, if need be, and is most abundanily
supplied with the munitions of war. lie
is nan of deeds, rather than of words,
and he also doubtless knows how it is TO
he done when he says that in case OF a
contest such as seems pending they Will
have a new road to New York.
Il the fight should come, and we be-
lieve that on the whole we rather wish it
may, it will be veritahlc battle of giants
and the powerful Pennsylvania Company
may rue the day it invited the conflict
of course the p, W. " b. and the Bal
timore d Ohio would be close allies in
the fight and they would nave the active
sympathy and supporter all the rivals OF
the Pennsylvania. Whether the Phlla-
delphia & Reading would be a third
party to the alliance we have no means
of knowing, hut there has been very
recently remarkable degree of intimacy
established between il aud the p, W.
~ B. Company. Without counting this
the other two roads combined wou.
make as powerful combination as TIT
Pennsylvania Company has ever had tt
fight. They are both much richer th2l
it is. That is, though theh united CAPITA
IS nommally not so large a. that Of o.
other corporation, what they Lave The.
own. and their debts arc trihiug compare
with their capital. The Pennsy.vanl
company on the other hand, owls Tn
most enormous debt ever owed by any,
private corporation 10 the word, and is
borrowing capacity Is very nearly eS
hausted. while the credit of both th
Others is unsurpassed. All the uetpr'
advantages are on their side too an
if they make new and close couheotlo
in Baltimore. they viii hayrs shorter An
quicker route tAan amy one else can T.
any possibility obtain.
We hear g rumor that the P'nrsy
vauia Go. has already consented To ~,,l
draw it, ncw through, train hy the ron'
about Col imbi, route, ON Monday mN
so there will he no fight q. vas a'ti,
pated. Mr.. President llipckley'~ rrrdi
tion that this would be tie result Do
been speedily vgrid.d II ihe iumoi
correct. and we nmk tits.