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

A PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENT WI" W
the SITUATION.
STATE InuRNAL readers do not need mneh
idiitional Information concerning the UNI
Guilty between several OF the com ps,Hll w.,
controlling fhc through line between New
Yott aud Washington. this paper having
published the facts in the case in advance
NJ an other papers. its representatives nay
ing obtained them directly from ihe oinolhls
1l the com ianies interested. sun II may
nrove interesting 70 many 10 see now ihe
matter strikes others writing from inner
emf stauipoint. Here is what the Philhuel-
nhia correspondent Of the 6eImamtuwn
Trieqraph says about it 90 his last letter TO
You viii notice that the new line to
Baltimore and Washington from New ork
tnd Philadelphia. via COLUMBIA mas heeh
suddenly withdrawn. and the through rhlns
restored 10 the Wilmington route Inc
fact is that everything Is not hHogethef
lovely nor WAS thc goose hv any leAha
elevated. The Wilmington Company Whs
discovered 10 be backed by two Of tue
strongest railroad corporations in America
the Philadelphia aud Reading and the
Baltimore and ohio. and the President OF
the Wilmington Company threatened 70
break OF all arrangements with the Penn
sylvaniA Company 1t this through train
were not withdraw. What such threat
meane you may imagine when 1 tel you
that the Wilmington Company controls
over four hundred miles Of railway. monop-
olives the fruit trade of Delaware and
MARYLAND. and could cut OFT from the New
York lines every basket of the southern
fruit and provision trade. II also involves
the entire New York business Of the balu-
more and Ohio roHd. But the most I'M
pprtant development was that the two
southern companies were ready with new
line 10 New AorS connecting WIN me New
Jersey Southern. A Z present the Baltimore
and ohio has It's terminus In Phiadelphia.
lf the through train via Columbia was in
tended As a menace 1t is a deplorable fail
ure. IL has. however. shown the carus OF
all the PLAYERS and the Pennsylvania does
not appear 10 hold the winning hand. The
parties. hswever, are 20 well matched that
II will be quite entertaining 70 watch the
movements. The game OF the W ilmington
Company Ia for entire INDEPENDENCE anu
the monopoly Of its own particular field
THE rRNNsvLvANfA COMPANY MIXING SIR
WIS FoE AN INDEPENDENT ROUTE PROM
PHILADELPHIA To HALTfMOhE.
From The Lanca. ter Intellgsncsr. Wednesiay.l
A corps of engineers Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad is engaged In preliminary sur
yey Of the route for branch OF the main
line 10 Baltimore. The rnau VIII leAte
the main near Penniin n,,o tsrrs 'd to
the north west 10 pass through me
Dap into the Pequea NNllcy-and, keeping
the same sOuthwesterly course which me
parent line has maintained through me
Chester valley. will pass by Quafryflic
and the Buck beyond which latter place IL
will strike the headwgiers of Fishing
Creek. aud will follow this 10 us NOUN,
where il will reach the Susquehanna. at
some sixty feet shove the he'd Of the river;
turning up the river the road Will follow
along the side Of the blum. giaduAl'y It
seeming TO phites' Eddy. where hridge
will be thrown across the Susquehanna, the
piers resting on the islands here located.
On the York county side the road goes up
the valley OF Muddy Greek. and connects ~
An eligible point with the Northern Cehtrai
Railway. ,.,..t..,,.
The engineer corps commenced their H'V-
vow Mt phites' Eddy and have ieacheu a
p1iut near the Buck. They believe that
they have secured n proper grade year OF
two ago the same route was surveyed ~ ny
instance of the Pennsyl, ania kaiiroau' uut
| II was found that Fishing Greek descended
80 rapidly 10 TIC river AZ 70 make the srhut'
! following along the bed of the stream lhi-
practicable; this difficulty has been otel-
come iu the present survey BY taxing "
| line along the hillsidcs bordering the creeh;
striking the river high UP on me hlun @n ,,i
following up its course for between one ana
/ two miles tn Phites Eddy.