Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
The Ponnsylvania q Delaware R. R.


TRAINS MOVING ON PORTION OF TEE
RoAD-AS EXCURSION panty TRIL-
LING INCIDENT.
speei'- ~.rrsspondsuce OF M, sv~-H rarRNAr.
DELAWARE Ony. February 4th.-This
road Is so far completed that a regular
pa senger train ruus daily. leaving Della
ware City at $50 a. IN, aud returning at
7.30 p. M. 10 Oakland Junction, as some
propose to call the junction with the Della
ware Railroad. The name is suggested as
euphouious aud as descriptive of the char
ncter of the timber that has made the
Diamond State so famous for shipbuilding,
The Delaware white oak being regarded as
the best to be found on the continent fur
shipbuilding purposes. The high table,
land where the P. & d. crosses the Della
ware road was once covered with this
beautiful oak, traces of which still remain.
Invitations for free ride to Newark
were extended by the indefatigable Super
intendeut, Oh the Sd inst, TO a few friends,
who at the appointed time were moving,
with quite a number Of passengers for
Wilmington and Philadelphia, up the
gently ascending grade of the beautiful
Delaware.
The first station is Reytold, a name
well-known throughout the country, as
formerly one Of tue largest landowners in
the State and for the well known line of
steamers by that name. Then comes the
heaviest grade on the line, and yet only %
feet te the mile, TO Corbit station, and
then Oakland station" as suggested by
the worthy President of the road as we
were now In waiting. AS he first asked
for name, and then suggested this, did
not respond with much enthusiasm but
hours of reflection makes me say, quite
beautiful and more appropriate. After
leaving the passengers here, we p oceeded
amid rapidly falling snow, and soon a
dreuching rain, through Purgatory."
q hope none of your readers will go
through a worse one).
Near here an Incident occurred, which
speaks We'll for the future oi conductor
McMunn. The train stopped near a cross
ing and an old mau drove by in sleigh,
when, though the cars were stationary;
his horse took fright and leaped from a
bridge some eight or ten feet. But as the
harness was not strong they gave way,
AID the horse fell on the ice and stones
below, leaving the sleigh and the old gen
/. tleman still on the bridge.
All thought that the horse was Killed
Though the rain was literally pouring
down at the time, the conductor was at
once on hand to relieve, aided In getting
the horse up and putting Tin the thills anC
in mending the harness, and saw the ole
: man move OF with his battered horse be
y fore he entered the cars, II he alwayi
shows such consideration, as | believe hi
a will, he will add another to as gentle
manly company of conductors in GU
4 State, as can be found in any State in thu
Union, and will he sure of a good berth
=. In Newark the storm was so severe tina
a orr courteous Superintendent brought II
= ! f.1 rrh fu a,
a loved, and an untring conversation till th
whistle signalled the hour of return, AM
q brief hoHr brought us to our homes.
d day to be remembered.
, Cry BUILDING AND LoAS ASSOCIATION
v "A meeting of this Association was he'll
e Tuesday at the Fame Hose Engin
e Company's house, for the purpose of Of
" ganizing and electing officers. The fol
l. lowing officers were elected for the en-
d suing year;
e. President, David Wooman.
e Vice President, John Green.
(, Secretary, Wesley Taley.
S Treasurer, Isaac Murray.
10 Auditors, J. Eidridge Pierce, G. X. Rol
4, erts, Robert Reynolds.
ie Directors, Joseph K. Walter, +.
ID Crawford, William Miller, Daniel II. Ken
ge Martin johnson, Robert Thompson, Pa
d cal II. Peterson, Allen Ruth, Joseph Ricl
le ardson.
=. HORSE DRowSED-A NARROW EscAPl
e Last evening a man (uame unknown
~ us), said to be boss carpenter at du Pont
~ Powder Works, in driving in a wage
over a small bridge at kennett squar
n had his horse to oveTstep the limits Of Il
footing, and falling into the swollen Gu
- reut, was carried under the bridge al
" drowned. The vehicle with driver WI
W mraculously left standing upon the bridg
~ owing to the harness giving way in u
horses fall. The escape was very na
Of row one Vast Chester Ns,os, 5th inst
I'D A PAINFUL FALL-About three o'clo
T a Tuesday morning, Mrs. Arm trong, wi
OF ex-sherH Armstrong, residing at q
In and Jefferson streets, made q misetep al
m fell headlong down a flight of steps. S
I'll was very badly hurt and immediaily al
be the fall she was seized with nervous chill
ill Her injuries, though Of a very paint
at character, are not considered serious a