Smyrna times., 1873-05-14

ARE VETO BE GRIDIRONED BY RAILROADs2 2
-" One swallow don't make summer" saws
an old saw, nor does one railroad charter. nor
half dozen elections of railroad directors
make railroad, but if one-half the railroad
schemes now projected for this State and
peninsula are conSummated we could more
appropriately be called the Iron bound State"
than the Diamond State" That so many of
these enterprises should spring up sosuddenlv
and promise so much towards actual coustruc
tlon, is subject for general comment. We
Will give list OF the more prominent enter.
prizes OF this character, such as look to great
through" connections between the South. or
West or Southwest, &c.
First, is our road the Bombay Hook "
road; Jay GOuld's road, or whatever our read.
ers may call it. We need not dwell upon it.
1t stands ahead, being under actual process
OF construction. But there are other projects.
looking to quite as important combinations,
that are promised just as sure as this one.
The New Jersey and Delaware Central"
Is the most prominent of these. As we have
said before, 1t Is to run from New York via
Salem, Port Penn, Townsend. etc., on to
Washington and the South. This is the con.
Meeting link Of a route recently chartered bv
the Legislature of New Jersey, making an air
line between Boston, New York, Washington,
and the South, aud also to connect with a
Penlnsular route through Delaware, to Cherry
stone on the Chesapeake Bay, under recent
charter, granted by the Legislature of this
state. And the newspapers tell US that sit
has now become fixed fact that said road will
soon be thunder contract, and be built" The
amount OF money to secure the organization
has been subscribed, and said organization at
meeting in Wilmington, two weeks ago, b.
+. Smith, New York railroad man of copsid.
rable reputation, was chosen President, with
others of note from that State and New Jer.
sey elected directors. The Delawareans in
the Company are Sam'l Towssend, Henry. II,
Appleton and Richard Townsend.
Next is the Delaware and Chesape axe r. r.
We cannot see where this route differs very
materially from the one above named, except
that 1t proposes TO touch Odessa In its course
Inc same foreign officers are at the head of
1t as the other-Niessrs. Smith, Pancost, Ran
salear, Robbins, &c. The Delawareans in the
Company are Messrs. Wm Polk, ,Josepb
Cleaver, C. Watkins, j. b. Fenimore, and L.
U. Vandegrift The Company was organized
at Odessa last week.
Next is the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Della.
ware r. r. This Company was organized in
baltimore last week, with Dr. G.. w. Colds
borough, OF Caroline, as President. John r.
Pennington, of Dover, is one of the Directors
Ihl- j. the route from Harrington to Baltimore.
.'mlte object, it is understood. is 10
make connection with New York other than
that now had by the way of Philadelphia.
Then there is a Maryland organization
called the New York, Washington & Western
H. X. Co., and still again the Delaware & Ma
Union X. X. Co., both under the same
organization and both looking to q route across
the Peninsula. We see that Messrs. Smith
Robbins, and Others named above, are at the
bottom of these schemes also-if they have
any bottom.
All these routes it will be observed. are 70
cross the two Bays, project that has hereto.
fore been looked upon as of the most cbimeri.
cal character. That SO many of such schemes
should, therefore, spring up SO suddenly Is
the wonder. Has the Bombay Hook enter.
prise been the inspirationP
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