Middletown transcript., 1873-05-10
A Sew s~apars nm the Delaware Riv~r--The
new railroad t0 Delaware City. sud the
Result OF hs Completion.

The completion OF the Delaware and Pcnns,l-
vania Railroad from Poneroy Station, on the
main line Of the Pennsylvania Central TO tide
water at Delaware City. Is attracting c'ca,
deal OF attention on the part OF the newspapers
in tie Wtst aud in New York City. our neigh
hots on the Hudson have already discovered tina,
,hi. new road makes the distance from Chicago
to tile Atlantic Ocean thiriy-iiyc miles shorter
than hy WAY Of the roads Terminating ~ New
York. The shortest route between Chicago and
New York Is hy way Of Nirrishut. and Eision
whish i. ten miles less than by way Of Harris
burg and Philadelphia
The distance by rAil mud winter from Chicago
Ia SANDY HOOK. via EnSiun mil New York. is
about equal To that from Chicago to Cape May
vin Philadelphia.
The Pcnn,NltanR Delaware Railroad is
forts miles long, and extends from Pnmcroy, on
the PENNSYLVANIA Central fWrty miles west Of
rhilulrlphii, TO Delaware Cry, on the Delaware
NJ the head ui the ht,. about forty miles hriow
Phiudeip phi, II has brru leased by the Penn
sylvinN, Railroad Company, who have purchased
a large tract ui lard un the river front On which
the terminal iu,ilinss will he crr,tci, To this
poiu, the products o. the grain and corn hrld-
oi the grea, Nest the anthracite and bitulnl-
mons coats the lam cr. irun and petroleum Of
renn.ttvanii cun bc conveyed a, tie same cost
ns 10 Philadelphia.
The new .hirpin. poiri is also located a, the
eastern terminus Of the Delaware & Chesapeake
caua which brings yast amount "f uahr
from Baltimore and the South, including the
rich Li'uminUus coal ~ ihc Cunt ofand district,
So saiua L. ~ The fuel uf steam vessels
Delaware ClIy is At the head OF Delaware Bay
ami is oHiy Sixty mtir. tgum the Ai!Auur
ocean. 70 which il hl. lcrr~. At Az inics ut the
wear in selecting This lOcsity. The PcnusElva
& MIA Riilraai people have rui Tie nofd!an Knot
/ uf Tie vrNA'ious Horse Shoe. and lid defiance 10
/ the ice h,ucAiic.
Th- CrOaacrs who have been rFpphc,ting that
the large ofvau steamer. Of the American Siraui-
ship COMPANY could no; trade 10 the Delaware
+ IN The wtn'ct season, viii tHd hrir calculations
,u l.c somewhat erroneous, Rather than ant
/ in'gry the new port viii be great advantage
" ut'hiAde'phia. whose harlor I. already crowded
With an increasing cu4,siwisr nuh foreign com
mrrrr, and Na,h ALREADY has ditey, railroad
z communication WITH i,'awhrr cuy.
TIE new locality Il surrounded ty one of The
richest ngtiCu iis'flr', IA ihr cnurlri, and
which +, ftmun lr 5ls crops ef'rui' anl wheat.
I IpA has 'n its 81, .uiit sui8r ~ lbc r0rs' shiI
jubtr 'ttj lu the U1itrl Siur.. !. . are
some " THE ro,' Important clrmcrrts iutscrycn'
2 10 tile rapid growth uf tuuri.hug city, whlra
hl, 1!rr,it tnr nucleus Gi 4 settlement around
which 70 expand and ~ this ptist nro'hrr rcl'
urttj"u VIII hear The huU OF thr .uduurt pur-
,Gii, ut hl.f hundred thousand people sscnu
rHrrFiug Qut Vie conceptions VI rsin'
4 minds. wl ha.e accomplished tie wora
\ will lc exempt iren 'hcrN,cSstsc nxaura shic,
4 hangs Ike a nightmare over the ,.ly u le.ln =
ghii, EcMmy T,srIJd.