Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

The BOMBAY Hook RAILRoAp.-For the
fourth or fifth time this little road is
brought into notice by promises of future
success. And there seems to be some
grounds for the promises. Col. Bingham.
Gould's agent, was down last week to
look after the Kent County road and see to
a continuation of its lease to Fred. Gerkor
while the Nd. & Del road is building a
pier at Oxford, twelve miles below Easton
with view of running the trains there. 1t
was originally intended as the terminus of
the road. The idea seems to be to omen IN
the oyster trade Of that end of the road to
the New York market, and also to open up
the grain trade of this end of the road to
the Baltimore market. Now the oysters of
that section of the Chesapeake nearly all
go to Baltimore, while the grain. what
there is to ship, goes to Clayton. from points
not further than Marydel-only about IA
miles. By making the Baltimore market
an inducement this freight would 20 TO
oxford-about Sc miles-consequently it
would be diverted from the short to the
long end of the route. And if the New
York market can be opened up to the
oyster trade of the middle Cbesaneaka II
will give the road line of freight that is
now of very little value to it. It is q
noticeable fact that all the railroads are
now bidding for this oyster traffic. The
Old Dominion Co. have completed a road
to village called Stockton, on the Svne.
puxant Bay, in Worcester co., Nd. and is
already loading its cars with the Cbinco.
league oysters and hauling them to the
New York steamers at Lewes. And the
r. W. d b. Co. are preparing to construct
a road from Newton, Md, to Swan Gut
Creek, or Horntown, in Virginia, which is
directly opposite Chincoteague Island, so
famous for its oysters and ponies. These
oyster beds are hardly, if any, behind the
peach trade in point Of value to tI...- it,,f,,,
interests of the Peninsula. The wonder is
that the struggle to secure them has been
deferred so long. But the -Aiuror- Of fi.o
oysters of the upper Chesapcahc have the
advantage in that they are about $50 miles
nearer the market; therefore, if the Md. &
Del. road, by its connection with the Bonn. |
bay Hook and New Jersey Southern can
out-bid Baltimore, it may secure a valuable
Irelghting interest over its whole line. with |
out fear Of competition. Some important
outlook, at all events, is operating to induce
The building of pier at Oxford.
The article we publish in another column
shows the latest developments in our local
railroad interests. We publish the article
as we find it, and leave our readers to nut
their own estimate on it. If it is really |
proposed to continue the Smyrna & Della. |
ware " Bay road to the Herring Ponds, on |
the eChesapeake,opposite Baltimore, it will be
the short cut to Cape May, Rehoboth. Ocean
City, DC, and if 5000 Baltimoreans 90 70
Cape May alone, during a season. this short
cut Is surely entitled to some consideration.
If it is proposed to expend ssS.5OO on the
smyrna d Del. Bay road we supnose that
nearly all that sum will be required for the
pier at Bombay Hook or Bayside. The
road is in running order all the way from
Clayton and the Bombay Hook pier nearly |
finished. The Kent road is all graded to
Herring Ponds, and the track is laid To
Nithin o or miles, we believe. The
heaviest item there would be pier. we
refer our readers, however, to the article In
our local column. = IVY -