Smyrna times., 1875-03-17

Our RAILROAD ENTERPRIsEs.-Wc copy the
following from the New York Times:
The Old Dominion Steamship Company,
having established their line of steamships
from New York to Lewes, and conditionally |
purchased the junction and Brcakwater rail
road, have recently developed line of policy |
which, if successful, bids fair to enable the |
company, in connection with the railroads of
the Peninsula which are under their control, |
to monopolize the freight carrying of a large
portion of the great fruit belt, including the
lower Peninsula.
The company has been stepping quietly in
this direction for Il long time. They have
leased the FrankfOrd and Brcakwater railroad
from Georgetown to FrankfOrd. They have
bought the Worcester railroad from Berlin to
Snow Hill. They are to build the necessary
connections to make of these a continuous
road from Georgetown to some point on the
, Worcester and Somerset railroad, which East
ern capitalists have agreed to continue to
t ChcrrystOne opposite Norfolk. This will give
t them direct southwark line from George
town to Norfolk.
= In order to render this line remunerative to
the last degree possible they propose to con
: struct a number of subsidiary roads or feed
l., ers, each one of them an enterprise of con
siderable magnitude, and each involving its
:, own peculiar difficulties. First a road is pro
e posed from Delmar to Georgetown, connect
ing 1T NllIl lle Eastern NIOfe railroad
without tapping the Delaware road, which,
,. under the management of the Philadelphia
% Wilmington, and Baltimore Company, is said
\. to have incurred the hostility Of the pOpula
II tion of the country through which it passes
Therefore the Old Dominion Company pro
=, pose to run their feeder" to Delmar instead
- of Seaford, which latter place offers some al
: vantagcS, but where the Old Dominion Com
of pany would be brought into cooperation witt
h,l. ,..bi oh tbox,
II to be dcsirOUs of avoiding.
ma The next move contemplated is road from
- Milford to Dover or possibly to Smyrna. Thi
,I will enable them to compete i'll the fruit trad
by bringing peaches to New York There
charter in existence for road between Ncy
in Castle and Wilmington, and among the poss
ol bilticS of the near future is the building Q
he this road, and the extension of the Miltor
In. and Dover Branch through Smyrna and Dcl1
to ware City to New Castle. This would give
rs continuous line which would compete wit
or. the entire length of the Delaware railroad
ed This is not part of the present plan, whic
ed is thought to be merely road from MilfOr
I'm to Dover, which by proptiating local interest
IN. will aid the company III their efforts to secul
ad State aid.
nv As subordinate branches of this great carr,
MS ing business, car shops are to be built
to- Georgetown for the repair and manufacture
mo rolling stock, and ship-yards i'll Lewcs are
or be started where it is said that the cOmpal
hr will not only do their own repairing, but cve1
mn tually build their own steamers. BY May Is
bv or in time for the early fruit crop, the comp
,ri ny expect to land daily loads of the prOdu'
of the South on their wharvcs in this city
The standard time between Lewcs and Ne
. 4 Yord is to be fixed at eleven hours, and Il
aid company propose to put on no boats that ca
md not make the trip in that time.