The daily gazette., 1880-03-30

Western Railroad, now practically own
ef by Col. III. S. M'Comb. Walter Nj.
Francis. also of this city, was for years
Col. II y. M'Comb's confidential clerk,
ami was associated with him during the
Colonel's management of tie New
Orleans, Jackson q Great Northern
Railroad. William Calhoun, OF New
York, has been associated with Col. IL.
S. M'Comb In railroad affairs, and is the
man to whom the Colonel assigned ten
shares Of Delaware Western stock for
the purpose Of enabling him to make
the necessary foreclosure for the sale of
the road, 1t requiring q nonresident
stockholder 10 take this action. These
are the bare facts. The readers can
draw their own inferer ces.
IL has been stated that the new road,
after crossing the Susquehanna, will
push on to Oxford, Pa, and there con-
meet with the Philadelphia and Chester
County Railroad, now in course OF con-
s'ruciion. Also, that the Delaware
w, stern will then be extended TO
Oxford. These statements, however, are
mere opinions, without any real found
alton,
Some suggestive ticts, however, are
as follows: The Philadelphia g. Reading
Railroad Company, which already owns
aud operates the "Bound Brook" route
TO New York, owns the old p, W. u.
b. r r. tracks from Philadelphia 10
Chester, and has recently extended them
to Thurlow. Only about five miles in-
tervene between Thurlow and Clay
mont.
The Delaware Western Railroad
tracks extend over into South Will
mington and the company possesses a
special charter authorizing it to bridge
the Oh ristiana below the mouth of
the Brandywine. To build this
bridge, and extend the road to Clay.
mont, which, the Company's chart
er gives a clear right to do, would
not be very stupendous undertaking.
Then, suppose the new Baltimore d
Philadelphia road takes the Delaware
Western at convenient point, or even
comes into Wilmington, and what is
the resultp A through, direct line
from New York to Baltimore, Wash
ington, and the South operated by
the Philadelphia & Reading, Della
ware Western, Baltimore & Philadel-
phia and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Companies, in opposition to that now
operated by the Pennsylvania, p. W..
g. B. aud Baltimore & Potmac. Such
an undertaking is not at all improb-
able, particularly when the opposition
between the Pennsylvania and the
Reading and also between the Balti-
more & Ohio and the Baltimore d
Potomac is considered. Indeed, so
far from being an impossibility, it is
almost certainty, as one of the
partie directly interested has been
known to assert, that the road will be
built, as the money is all ready, and
that it soiN run directly through WI
mingt0n, provided the City Council
gives the necessary consent. When
the charter is finally passed by the
Maryland Legislature Gt is now
pending in one of the houses) all the
facts in relation to the new road will
be given to the public.
The survey of the new route, II is
said on good authority, has already
been made, and the distance from
Baltimore to Philadelphia by this
survey, is ninety-five miles. BY the
P. W. & B. r. r. route, the distance
is ninety-eight miles.
For the construction of the new road,
the only Legislation necessary is the
charter for the Maryland end. The
Phil. & Reading can push down to
Claymont without any additional
charter, while the Delaware West
ern, having a Growing charter" can
extend its line in any direction within
the limits of the State. 1t can thus
spread out in both directions, and
make the necessary connections to
carry the new railr Dad line through
this State. The prospect for a new
route from New York to Washington
is certainly very rosy, and the friends
of the enterprise are confident it will
be in active operation inside of two
years.
THE COST OF THE ROAD,
The cost of the road, it is said, will
be about So, 900. 900. which amount is
already subscribed. The heaviest
single item of construction will be
the bridge over the Susquehanna, in
the vicinity of Lapidum, the cost OF
which is estimated at $500, 900.
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