Smyrna times., 1879-01-22

The election Of Directors for tboN =
Bank at Dover resulted in the 70 "a IHlonal
of the following: y. b. Smithors preereChon
w. l.. Cannon, 6. V. Massey. NJ ulssUeAt =
T. Jakes, j. w. Cullen, T. p CiaaayyssJ
A. B. Richardson; J. II. Bate,nan and
Cashier. lie
APPROPRIATIONS TO BE ASKED rop
meeting OF gentlemen rcprcsentin, A''
mercial Interests, a number of IN. Lo con,
Port Wardcns and ship owners LYarl LaI}l
Philadelphia last week, the follo,r;a
luton for the improvement Of navira9,;'tS@ 'tS@
| the Delaware river was offered and HC
Rcsolrcd, That We request the City Copnc.iy
Congress 70 make an appropriation Of sl60T% 70 70 ei
| proving the Delaware navigation from h. iIF h.
| south; Schuylkil navigation, Sln0n0. dri5 nieNtl
other Improvements at Cherry Island Flu 6s5Is al
and at Schooner Ledge SIG1GNJ. fr N datN Sll4G.
work on light house at the lower end f inenc,
FlOSgers Shual, 10 take the place Uf NJ he he 'J,
FnOk Bank, sNtG3; range lights between ~ ,uiltel.
creek and League Island $1,000; rc-sIrvat' hlaag
Delaware RIVER, bay and approaches >3Jtfsi VI ,ts
storm signal on the Delaware s5Un; total S,tsi. an.
ABOUT PEACHEs.-Lcglsirtt9a B.s..,
Samuel Townsend thinks the paacho.
been killed north of Us (not bring at1' H"'4
stand temperature over ; 10 : do de
below zero for three days at 4 ti,note gre,
that we have the prospect Of supulv;,.,,a,II aII
entire market. lie has published 'ae
munication in which he says: ''a'
Therefore, as the prospect n
looks fair, propose to said peach aroS' r,esgl'
and peach shippers Of Delaware. 10 ,,"es ro,.
the members of the House Of the S,o.lSi iueSi
5 Delaware TO grant Us an afternoons r'' ~ y.
the House OF Representative TO bo,a Vi
@ grievances, and the looking to ol'
: reasonable freight from the railroads f,n. ".'
carrying Of peaches to market. TLn :, D.. We e
ry Of the Baltimore & Ohio Raiiro,ji i'''%I %
IS Pennsylvania Railroad and the Xrr vI 'a'
IS Central Railroad, is 50 great that ,bo...oI.' ioI'
roads have flooded our old gram rra.i "a.
h 20 that we cannot compete with tie ".
Il in grain and | have been told car H.. y
corn have been brought from C,,ic'al
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New W.
i $50 per car load, white those same r,;l,."" "
4, companies charge Us peach growers 81"
$5OO lor Il car load Of peaches. W.
" to lay our grievances before the Low. ""A
ar and as our law making power, to !ee., ),
in such q manner as TO do Justice ~ !,
branch OF Delaware business. The Y
=, " Is. Rallroad Company use as one Of H.
= arguments that the State charg., them :,
much tax, and they have never bean :
Ill FSHtth ny our LcElSldtureS. 20 far. fro
D. laying this whole excess of tax O, :.
il. one branch Of Delaware husine,,-tLe r.,
business. This policy has been subn;r,
e. to too long already. But there i. no nac,
~ sity Of collecting 50 much tax off the ;.
er pie of Delaware; therefore, am in f,y.
AS one Of the peach growers, that the ,
ng on the Delaware Railroad in round mn
at bers should be laid at twenty ,hop.q
an dollars per year. and that the railroad
IN. duce its freight on the tluit business m,
on equality with other freiehts. hold
:; offer in writing from the North PennsyI
-. MIA and Bound Brook Railroad routes
III take car loads Of 500 baskets of ppac
&C. from Noble street wharf Philadeltb;a
a. Jersey City, for thirty dollars per car 10
and return the empty baskets free
las charge.
he Mr.. Townsend proposes a meeting
,ht held at Dover, Tuesday, Feb. 4th.
ing ES-For additional County and sat, Hers. -.
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