Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-09
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TCorresp 1ndence Of the C1mmercial.l
the passengers to and fro on the P. W & B. R.
r., from Wilmington to Baltimore, look with ad-
miration and pleasure upon the busting and
thriving thwn of Newark, as 1t crowns the ridge
of rising ground, three quarters of a mile from
the railroad Indeed at this season of the year,
when the trees are clothed in their brightest
robes Of green, the location of Newark from the
railroad is only known by the handsome college
and church steeples which rise gracefully above
the dense summer foliage of surrounding trees,
and reflect from their gilded sides the rays OF
the sun.
Upon closer introduction to the town, we see
a very long main street. along which are located
large stores, several manu- factories of different
kinds, neat and in many cases handsome resi-
dences with beautifully laid out grounds and
lawns. all denoting ease, refinement, and pros
perity. The usual monotony OF rural town is
relieved by the daily routine OF college duties.
It is matter Of no little pride and congratua-
ton. on the part of our Newark neighbors, that
tho only regularly recognized college in the
State Of Delaware is located in their midst, which
together with the Academy lthe latter 30 long
under the able management OF Prof. E. d. Por-
teri offer educational advantages superior to any
other section of the State.
Amongst other public buildings, Newark may
Justly be proud not only of her church edifces,
but 1t is peasurable reflection that her citizens
are generally a church-going people. The Pres
byterian church recently finished is built of blue
granite, and is really very handsome ediice.
The exact and we'll proportioned steeple which
adorns it is readily noticed by the traveller. Rev.
j. s. Vallandigham has for many years been the
acceptable pastor of this church. Not 30 conspic-
uous, but also well attended, and popular, is the
Methodist Episcopal church, under the able min
stry, at present. of Rev. Jas A. Brindle. Besides
those already mentioned, there are the Protestant
Episcopal church and the Roman Catholic, each
with large and influential congregations.
Along the foot of the hill, north OF the town,
runs White Clay Creek, with first class water
power and upon which are located the large pa
per manufactory of F. A. Curtis q Brother, and
the extensive wcollen mills of Joseph Dean i
Son. These manufactures are to Newark, what
the large manufactures of the Christiana and
Brandywine are TO Wilmington, and in addition
to its literary and agricultural significance they
give the town an air of industrial Importance.
Newark, although only about three-quarters
of mile from the station on the p. W. Il B. II.
r., has felt comparatively isolated until now
that the Delaware and Pennsylvania Railroad,
which is about completed, and which runs through
the eastern end of the town, has been construct
ed. The citizens have always taken deep inter-
est in this railroas and many contributed largely
to its construction. They are looking anxiously
forward to the time when regular trains will
be running over the road, and atording cheap
transportation for their products and the ship
ing OF coal direct from the Pennsylvania coal
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