Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-18
New Railroad Between New York
and Philadefpaia.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPENING THE LINE COMPLETED
WORK TO ne coMMEscED AT oScE--THE ROUTE
TO BE VIA BOUND BROOK. VAUDEVILLE AND
THE NORTH PENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
Arrangements have been quietly going for
ward for some months past for the opening Of
n.w railway line between New York and Phil
adelpha. Until lately, the corporations inter
ested in the proposed line have kept the matter
secret so that nothing more than an occasional
rumor has found its way into print. The enter
prise has now reached such degree of progress
that there III no longer any doubt az to lts sue
cess or any occasion for secrecy respecting it.
| Work will be commenced at once upon the links
| of the new ronte which are uncompleted, and by
the end OF next year, passengers travelling be-
| tween the two cities will have choice OF
road, and consequent Improvement
in accommodations with a possible re-
| duction in fares.
| THE NEW LINE WILL BE OWNED BY
three companieH-the North Pennsylvania, the
| Bound Brook aud Delaware and the New Jersey
Central 1t will follow the present line of the
| North Pennsylvania Railroad from Philadelphia
to Jenkintown, a distance of eight miles, whence
| the North Pennsylvania Company Will build
| road to Yardleyvile, on the Delaware nver,
| twenty miles distant. From Yardleyvle the
| second named company will build twenty-seVen
| miles of road to Bound Brook, where connec-
| ton will be made with the main line of the New
Company succeeds to all the rights OF the Ma
! tionsl Railroad Company, which has spent about
| 8150,000 i'll grading on the same line, with avleW
| of opening new through route between New
York and Washington. The distance by the
Pennsylvania Railroad from New Yorl
to Philadelphia is SO miles by the new road it
will be SO miles. Other advantages are claimed
for it besides the slight saving in distance. Pres
ident Comfy, of the North Pennsylvania Co., sayt
| that it will reduce the time between the two
cities fully one-half hour by the trains getting
out of Philadelphia at once, and losing no time
in running at low speed through its suburbs and
through large towns like Trenton and New
Brunswick. In the matter of freight transporta'
ton he thinks the
NEW LINE WILL. BE AN ADVANTAGE
equal to 25 miles of distance over its competi
tors, because the Pennsylvania road has to hau
its freight cars from it's new depot OH the Della
ware westward across Philadelphia, and across
the Schuylki river, then northward owe
tho Junction Railroad over the Schuyl
kill n second time, and northeastward
long distance across the northern suburbs of th'
city to reach point attained by the Nortl
Pennsylvania trains in few minutes. Passen
gers over the new line will leave the foot o.
Liberty street, New York, and Will be landed IL
Philadelphia at the Berks Street Station, whicl
is about the same distance from the principa
hotels as the station of the Pennsylyani'
Railroad in West Philadelphia President Com
" says it is not intended to "run opposition Il
the existing line in the ordinary sense OF TN
word. He believes
THERE Is BUSINESS ENOUGH
for two roads, and thinks the competition that vii
arise between the two will be in the way OF al
fording superior accommodations to the public
rather than cutting under in rates. reduction
in through fares may ensne, he says, but Ii
thinks il too early to consider that question
There can be- no competition in local fares, be
cause no single town will be traversed by botl
lines. His company has been importuned to rul
the new line through Trenton, but has deter
mined not to do So Work on the section be
tween Jenkintown and the Delaware will be be
gun within ten days, and the line east OF th
Delaware will at once be put under contrac!
PHILADELPHIA Correspondence Ne'o York 1rt