, 1874-09-05
PHILADELPHIA AND THE PENNsYlVAtl1
RAILROAD.

~ "o 1"o' " 80 s'~"9D A'e..e' ........
DEAR en' In your tsauo Of this dato apponss
m article commenting on tho policy OF tho ponn-
svtvontn T}o;lrnnd connanv tnvorda +1,o ,,,rt ~
philadcln1io md Tho roci1ittoa ~ thnt 49, nor. for
fAi,auv,l'un', Auo w le.''lvs VI tnat poft ior
trn,o Of tho West, 90 compared with othor son
board Cities ind Baltimore In particular. Bipoo
YOU eah If there In "any }yIue luman botnr WHO
an, mini to a singh noyo nf lin ps,.narsonis
~ sot NJ Hronn nntsidn III ii.aito ~ nbn
lolphln." and AK Further "What NJ nnitj-
nna to tony s1 t any ~ yous
towards pIiiadonhtn ar INV othor oitv has hoon'
IN not nino tn say md i; nonanaar~ r. LUZ "1n1oin Jo
thoy arc tl,onlgoiyoa fnIly eomnotent tn In 40:
Init TINT Il Inn not bnoi1 sgitFont tntoroat IL
PhilaloInha. as tho baltimore j. Ohio il 10 isali.
oninion Of tho writer thnt Il vnn}I mt
be peru diflou1t to diacoyor thnt thoy
have sneut. and nrc sncndir,9. consIaornnjo
money outside Of Phlladolphla, that Inns not
ia doubtful If INV tra1nk.ino entering Nav Yorl
civ Las moro @ @copaciouu Or haudaomoer riorg md
froichs-aopotu iu thnt CITY tnan the ponueyl-
yanIa Rallroad Company.
TIM factlitiog ,osgeegcd by p1jadophin far 9rait,
oxnort. have lust read IN ortiola ia tho Piiiis-
desphia Prcss,-loubt!oga tho ono to WHICH you
rofor,-which clearly and truthfully sets forth
6flTh1f1RGE.
buancss-men of Chicago, + am persuaded, would
bn iniorand bv taon1 In ovorv nertcular. In ynr
vaInabfn fo11ruaI YOU hayo rocontly giyon much
1,sofni inforn1nt1on on thfs snbIoct, md pointed
ont tho adyantages Of tho goaport oitias over
Nav Work r.;vi1,5r eHnor;al nron1innncn 10 Dalt-
mora ma tllo baltinoro 4 Ohfo HAIL
way; and I aslf, Would 1t not bo OF
sotno va1uo to tho great shipping interest
of f,1,icaro bagidoa contributing usofuI inrotnn-
ton to tie public t general, to reprint the whole
Of tho article in question, which, think. brssoB
viii fecta OF iotorost 10 every oxportoy In our
i,y tho now limo. Baltimore ia dfbtans from
Chicago BIG uiloa by ,nil (taking thoir own
tiguroR). wAilo phiadolphia Is $40 niles or only
6 mics farther than DaItinoro,-a difference SO
insignificant 40 to place both cities on q par in
that respect But It IL inst horo Tho comparison
aome time to come. In tic mattor oflako.trans-
portation, Philadclnhia ia infiuitoly nlload OF
baltimore at Tie proaont moment. Except Ban-
dusk7 on Lnko Eric, the Baltimore & Ohio Rufl-
road Company havo no lae.port, md this ono ia Of
comparptiyely little yauo. boi1,g accessible only
to yoaeels of very light draft, aud is distant by
rail from baltimore sos miles. They have no
lakc-lino Of psopolcra whntoror In striking con-
trast to tig. PHILADELPHIA. by tho wcstorn oxton-
siona of tho Pennsylvania Itairoad. has aceesa by
tho aIortcat rot1tea to Tolodo. Oloyalond. Aslta.
bula, Eric. and Dufraio. with ampio hasbor il
cilItcs, and limo Of e-propeers oaaal to any
Oh tho 'laltos. lilo distance from Erie to phila-
aolphla by rail is 34l miles apl from Buffalo, yi
Emporium, 312 miles wliilo, from Buffalo to
Now York, thu distance By rail is 4a2 milos,-
showing o difference In favor Of phi1adolplia Of
81 milos ovor Now York vim Erie, 10 milo8 yia
Buffalo; and over Baltimore, 294 n1ilca 7ia Buf-
tal9, md 255 miles VIZ Eric.
Railroad Company haYe gtyon to the nation,
without subsidies or governmental aid whnt no