Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-12-27
FOURTH EDITION.
nORE OF TlaE HEW ReAD.

Talk OF Another Few hsuls 30.
tween BaIsinsre and PhilaaeI.
phia.
Chambers, the Special Correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Record from Wash
ington, sends the following:
"The talk Of new railroad between
Philadelphia and Baltimore, ~ be con.
structed by the Baltimore and Ohio
Company, grows ont Of statements
made last week by Mr.. Robert Garrett,
third vice president Of the Baltimore
and Ohio road. II is merely threat
against the Philadelphia and VIII.
mington road because the latter refused
to take the Baltimore and Ohio roads
freight cars over It's tracks. :.
As the fight stands now, II will be.
come . matter Of necessity for the
Pennsylvania Railroads rival TO CON
struct the new road or else lose thous-
ands ofdollars, worth ofthrough freight
for New York. Late last week q train
Of perishabls freight was left standing
near Belmont, because OF the Whining.
ton roads refusal to haul cars from
New York that did not come over the
Pennsylvania road. The passenger
trains are running very light, and no
effort 10 being made to induce travel,
the idea seeming to be to merely run
the trains as q pretence for q lawsuit.
"lhere is not much sympathy here
for Mr.. Garrett. He Is, II is argued,
only being paid In his own coin. Gar.
rett compelled the Pennsylvania Com
pany to tunnel through Baltimore at q
cost Of four millions, and fought II day
by day and inch by inch TO keep II out
Of Washington, so as to prevent q
breaking up ofths monopoly no enjoyed
Of transporting passengers from the
North into the National capitol. Col.
Thomas A. Scott defeated him, how.
ever, after . severe struggle.
"Among the latest vumors Is one that
the Baltimore and Ohio Company will
build road to fhurlow, below Chester
where 1t will join the Reading, cross
the Schuylkill near Gray's Perry, pass
up TWsnty-third to Willow, and thenss
out to Belmont over the Reading tracks.
Failing In this 1t will Utilize the road
bed constructed some years ago for ,he
New York, Philsdelphia and Baltimore
Company, Of which some thirty miles
are said to have been constructed,
strike in near West Chester and thence
across the country to the Reading road,
making connection just above Mana
Junk. Plans ana being talked over
and routes being, laid out, az the war
does not promise sspeedy ending"
NBcH LOCAL IxssRBsT
attaches to this talk on the part OF the
Baltimore 1 Ohio Company. One thing
which now appears tolsrably certain is |
that II greatly strengthens the chances
for the building Of the new line 10 run
through Wilmington, which was talked
OF some time ago and which 10 still BE-
ing considered by leading capitalists Of
Baltimore, Philadslphia and Whining.
ton, prominent among whom OF the
latter city are Col. Il. 8. AOCon.b and
Mr.. H. C. Robinson.
WHAT THRr BAY.
A gentleman largely Interested In |
ths new enterprise was called upon by
q RBPuBLIcANI reporter this morning
and asked aboat the project. He knew
bat little which he was willing to make
public, bat he was Of the Spinion that
this determination only tended to
make mere certain the accomplish
Of the scheme Of building the new road.
He was OF the opinion that SEINE ar
raDgement would be entered into BY
the B. Il o. company and the rev cor
porAtion by which the read would be
built jointly. II this 10 carried ont
and the former company will give the |
new road assistance, the benefit to be
derived by Wilmington will be AlmoG.
inoalsulAbls.
AT0FHHR VIEW.
The New York Times, this morning,
has despatch from Philadelphia which |
the following:
"TheTs is no question that the ne
osssity for actual competition will com
pei the building Of new line between
this city and Baltimore. The Baltimore
aud Ohio has q charter from Baltimore
TO a connection with the Reading road
1T Chester, and this line could b. built
with only 81 miles Of track. The
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balu.
more, by its course in refusing TO de-
liver Baltimore and Ohio freight TO the
Bound Brook route, and which action
led to the establishing Of the steamer
route from Baltimore to New York for
freight has lost the Philadelphia, vii
nington and Baltimore more business
than 1t gets from the Pennsylvania,
and with a new line for passengers, as
we'll as freight, the new road would
End Just what its so-called neutrality has
led to. Last n GIFTS trains to and from
New York ere not so much delayed
IS heretofore, evil ag to the fact that
nost Of the PennJYlvania employees
we're celebrating Christmas.