Smyrna times., 1875-02-10

IhE M HAILkOAD AND THE Peach MEy :
5"Sn - w " eG9eSday evening the Presidents of the
W; ~ ID; Hallroad Company Mr. Hincklpvl
ana the Del Railroad COMPANY. (Mr FsIto1
helu consultation with a number of nconb
growers at Dover, in the Representative Gbam.
@ Osa. a committee OF the Legislature was also
~ TTiuSeut' Ut Inc meeting was largely attended
IL ooJect was to 1x up the railroad tax ,o
tnGt It may 1t possible, be put At lower rat.
and thus enable the Railroad Comnonv 70 'ro0 az
IucS 20 the ireghts Senator Ray presided md
~ H. Budd OF Middetnwn, acted as Secretarv
oSui townsend said proposition had been
. nauo Oy the Peach growers to get the LeOisIa.
We tuie u pass an act, to tax the T. W. & n
company IN bulk $20,OOO in lieu of ali Other
.a4es ana for which the railroad would abolish
ane speciaF tax OF $3.50 per car load of peaches
II. Il: Cummins, at considerable length
aSTleu ;1Ii tue proposition, and showed how un.
justly the system worked against tho p"aoh
growers the Railroad Company having naid
last year about $5l 800 in taxes which w.
again ieVled and collected in freigbts from the
In'PperS. In 4 years tho Railroad Comnanv
uau SohecGed about $4,000 from the Peach,
growers. The tax was unjust on the growers
ou' "hlie the Legislature taxed the comnanv
so heavily they Che Peach growers) had No.,
ask reduction. p""y anu
These remarks lead Pres;Jo,. I'LL,
the following statements: ~
ne Sald that 1t the peach growers ral;n-
quIShed the $l5,O 900 which he held in trust G,r
i the Shippers OF 1869 and 1870, received from
them In the way of freights and not maid 70 thn
ntate' the railroad company would n,aka ,he
G 1Grarge per car OF peaches from Dover to .Iarsov
ITlty S92' instead of 500, as now. he sail
wa cb.g'Ig sba peaches to Jersey City, this year,
pe " snail 6e obliged to pay the Psnnsylyan;s
-" a COMPANY a special car tax of 81 so
ou t", eaon car ~hlch Will be added to the ST 40
Tax per car for Delaware taxes. But if tho
legislature ct Delaware ceases to law n'r>
u IAN S2O,OOO tax on the p. w. & b Ro,ir,aS
y company, we will not have to nav I'm tha
eunSylVahla Company the ST. so. and tins
ave % the peach growers, in all, SIS ner car
Ihe Inc T. w. Il B. has paid tax to the Stats of {
Iela%are since September, 1864, little mora
nan Hsn Sol3'oOO; S358,0OO has been paid since
oGo. % Our customers have paid this tax in =
na,Iy 1u pennsylvania our property is ,
IS.y inoIe valuable than in Delaware. Penn.
yIvanla taxed US the last four wear $40 34f a r.,
le over $4,000 per year. That is against thrS5a
W. a year we have paid the State of Dpla,va,o |
u maryland where We have more trark--n,oro f
nan halt the rallrOad-where the bridga oyar
ne Ousquehanna river cost over 50 460 0o0
lore than the ?. W. & B. Railroad Comnany, |
vea spent IN Delaware for construction, tbcy =
'1eu u.s. 1or State, county, school. and iii l.
xes, in one bill, only S33, 966 during tbe aiu al
'lr VI years, years, or only IS, 600 year. In MARYLAND
~ tennSy vania we have yearly paid $50 GOO -
x IN Delaware, $40, If. the State Of u, :"
eia"are must collect $4,000 wear tar from ~ ~
'I3adS, | respectfully urge that the reonp~t @ - y
the peach growers be granted, and thar ~ ~
IT proportion of the tax DO levied on the g
her elght or ten roads in the State If tho
a, ale can afford to reduce the tax $40 ono !, NJ
i, or'ng $4,000 or $4,000 of money into the B
ate noo IT you don't reduce, we will 10 forced d.
= 80 ths 04u,OO0 on OF the peach growers kr
further explained why his COMPANY should RI
pald t such freight charges as are IMPOSED 1'0
AFTER ! I[ this statement, both Mr.. Hiartiav
. Mr. feIton answered many questions asked try
those present "'~ou m,
NlesSrs, William Dean, Henry Todd, CbarI.. Of
own David j. Cummins, j. Alexander X,
, Ion, and 9,5Ihers, participated in the dis roo
'slon' and Hon. Benjamin T. Biggs cIoscd MIS-
meeting in an appropriate speech, urvin" ]