The daily gazette., 1876-07-28
For the Gazette.
Letter from Harrington.
HARRINGToN. July %, 1876

HARRINGTON. July 70, 1916.
Arriving here and looking around upon the
lorn place, The Phila. vii, r B. r. r.. run
the delaware Railroad, and run it in its own
interest. They built a shanty here for ticket
ONCE and a shed for freight years ago. These
buildings have been going into decay. the
shanty floor has been worn through. and is
llttie better than dangerous, some one it is
SAID broke through some time ego, and skin
ned their shins. | see an old board is nailed
gers, D. coffee box served that purpose fora
time, but it has been removed, passengers
nave to wait an hour. or two tor want of
trains. making connection you can conceive Q
OF the restlessness OF passengers without any
place to sit down, and women to walk about
with children in their arms and exposed to
s sun and RAIN. yet this station pays as much
station on the railroad and is the meanest
dealt, by Others having respectable and COM
portable depots. though inferior to this in
travel and Importance.
Some think the z. W. i B.R.R, have
prejudice against Harrington because here is
| the ! Junction railro to Lewes. whose inter-
est they antagonize, Others think the Presi-
| stances OF the case never travelling over it
| and the Superintendent does not deign to
get out as he passes to look at it. The pre-
thou done who would be induced to live in a
place or ENCOURAGED to build t up with such
| depot. It is a disgrace TO- Harrington and
to civilization. Besides it is an injury to the
have such place of transaction where pas
| sengers have to wait in such inconvenience
| and exposure wonder the citizens of Har-
rlngton do not rise en- masse and demand Of
the Railroad depot they would certainly
| have much more claim to- demand it. than
your city bloods to demand employment of
the town. Council or the Governor of the
State.
1t is to be hoped Mr.. Hinkley will look in
10 this matter and by winter erect depot
here. as even their employees suffered last
winter by the cold. in addition to this draw
back Harrington has had not only to endure
| the distress of times. in common with other
places. but the peach crop this year has been
rlmost an entire failure. other small fruits
have been at comparatively low price and
OF lumber enterprise. saw mills and timber
! business. They have spoke and hub fac
| tory here doing thriving business. There
are also two establishments of Monies. father
and son making mast hoops. Mr.. Thos. sharpe
one of the merchants buys great deal of
grain. he is also erecting new dwelling. An
here and few dwellings.
Squire Fleming has some very eligible
building lots right in the heart of the town.
for dwellings, others for factories, also Mr..
would be central location for factories be-
ing the meeting place for railroads between
Baltimore and New York, Norfolk and PhIla-
delphia. Mr.. Thorpe has abeautiful sight
III BrOSo lOr Nh huucdIloudl Dullu1nR anQ L
am not without an idea he may have in COM
temptation such an enterprise that will grow
into honorable proportions, Harrington GER
tainly is very eigibly situated 81 for a large
town. and has certainly prospered and grown
into importance hey ond many of the towns
on the Delaware railroad and ought to be
equally tostered and the travelling public be
so honorably dealt by here as elsewhere,
while write four six horse teams are pass
ing, little rain would be grateful to allay
the dust cool the atmosphere and facilitate
the growth ofthe corn. So might it be. b: