Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-13
M. Wi.lI.m Dean's V'tws.

M. Wi,ii'm Deans views.
49, For the Gauotie .
Mr.. Ed roR A letter Of President Hinckley S
publlshcd IN the 'Deiawarean" In which he fluids
faul with our Les stature for th~ir action in pass
ing the present law taxing raj roads, and asks
any member Of the Legislature who voted for IL
/ to n ease eXplFin. Would not some of iegula-
tOub governing the p, W. & B. L. L. be equally
difficult Of explanation Not being an operator
OF railroads, We do not pretend 10 know much
about Their management but some things l
| learned from President HmCkley's own lips,
among which were that all railroads were expect
ed 70 pay running expenses, repairs, interest on
bonds, and pr cent. scniannual dividends
II they do not, he rays, the Stockholders find
fault with the management President H.. with
ont explanation, says ave cannot carry a pas
SengCr the shortest distance for less than Horse
Car Railroad rates, say g cents per passenger"
Why noty The p, w. a B. r. X. carries pas
sengers from Philadelphia to Baltimore for 81!
ccnB per m 'lc the same train carries passengers
10 Wilmington, p miles for so cents or less than
, cents per milo. II also carries passengers to
Stanlon, miles, for ~ cents or q 80 cents per
mila and TO Newark, IL mites at Is cents, or 5iS
cents per mile Why this differenceY why dis
crinlinats al all times in favor OF Whining ton and
against other towns in the Slatey 1t does appear
that President II. has got hold of Que of those
that we call "Dad rules that won't work both
ways, vet he is trying 10 make it work, for he
first tells ou that they cannot carry passengers
shop Instances rs cheap as longer ones, vet by
the action OF his company rules he tiles to do
Just the OPP osite For example, q passenger in
Philadelphia can come the short distance of Is
miles for less than cents per mile, vet il he
wants to go twelve miles more lac must pay 5lS
cents per mile for the last twelve miles, or il he
buys his ticket in Philadelphia for 40 miles, he
must pay cents per mile An explanation of
the above example would no doubt cnlighten
many patrons OF Mr.. HIS road
What all patrons OF any railroad want, is that
sll shall be fairly dealt with. Does President H.
deal fairly with ell the patrons of his road while
the above example is allowed to remain in force
Not having seen copy of the law referred to,
know nothing OF 1t except through President HIS
letter; but If the object Of the law was TO make
uniform rate of fare per mile for all distances,
why not not adept ii? II 81 cents per mile for
through travel is paying rate, why should those
using less than The whole distance pay at a greater
nteI will not the dollars received from local
travel pay as far in dividends as those dollars re-
ceived from through passengers?
In regard TO the frieghting business, il is
equally unfair hal ing paid the freight on pressed
bales of wool trOm New York 10 Wilmington,
lis miles, p cents per lC) lbs, or So per ton
Now the supposltion is that il paid 10 do il for
that rate orit would not have b en done; for
thougl corporations arc said to have no souls to
save, they, like individuals who have, are not
willing long to do a loOsing business. Now if 6
per ton would pay for lis miles, why should the
company charge 81 40 per ton for II miles with
out any reshipment, or at the rate OF Sl3 per
ton from New York 10 Wilmington or more than
two and a half times more than the regular rate
charged between New York and Wilmington?
Is 1t fair, let me ask any citizen of Delaware
outside of the city of Wilmington, that a Rail
road Co. should be allow I TO discriminat, in
favor Of Wilmington at the expense of the st of
the StataS The probability IS that the ver,' ct of
the people Of the State will be that '',e LegsIa-
ture are on the ght track when ley e~e 'ng
to equalize the burthen OF expense imposed on
them Of eping up railroads. To prove that the
Ts'lroad company arc ch"'girg exerbitsnt rat
beyond Wilmington: The three firms with which
am connected are haI -ng me7t of tfeir t"r''ng
done TO Whining on in wagons at 5 RAJ t',"H
1t is now done by rF''ro '. J. ilroad chr on
wool and mr. nufac .dTcd goo"S between Phil lel-
Phia and Newark is Si.2O per ton; let rs compare
the two mothods of .sporta' on
By X. Il. ON Phila. to Newark one to, Fi00
T" Newark = T. a, 410
Har'ing 10 and from r4me sh It depot. 350