Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-03-03
NOW for a Mem Railroad.

osan given TOT lhe passage OF new |
through railroad across its territory. In |
our rejoicing over the success Of measure
Of such Importance to Wilmington and
New Castle county, and, in fact to the
whole State, we do not propose to forget
the stubborn and bitter opposition to the
measure which has been stirred up by
men whose connection with the
present railway system Of
this State is about ended, and
we do not propose to forgive the lesisla-
tors who betrayed the trust Of their con-
s.ituents, and sacrificed the interests Of
the people of Delaware through ignorant
sslf-conceit, ssryility or something worse.
They have done their best to drive away
from this city and State great enter
prise, and inaict an incalculable injury
upon the majority Of the people of
Delaware resident in this county, and
the best thing the Delauarean-
which has attempted to rebuke
us for our language toward these
MEXICAN do is to get from under the
burden of the responsibility they have
taken on their shoulders. The Delagareaa
has failed in its duty to its party quite as
much as TO the people of Delaware in not
using every particle of its influence to
prevent the striking of the blow which
was threatened at the people of this
county by these members from the lower
counties, but which, fortunately, the
majority OF the members from those coun-
ties no thanks to the Delaparean or the
dominant coterie at Dover, refused to join
In striking,
Now that the bill has passed, the natural
inquiry is, What will be the practical
result We are glad to be able to answer
this question and to answer it authori-
tatively. The aep road authorised by the
bill uiH be built, and operations will begin
very speedily. The old combination
to build it was broken up, but
the largest representatives of capital
in the old combination never de-
serted it, and they have to-day new
| allies stronger than those who left them.
We expect, of course, Slis declaration
will be received with the same incredulity
with which every other announcement OF
real news concerning the matter has been
received, but we nevertheless have no
hesitation, as newspaper, in declaring
that the road will be built and that
the survey for it will begin i'll
very short time indeed. The
result will be that we shall have two
competing lines of railway passing
through our city. One, the Philadelphia,
Wilmington L Baltimore, despite all the
denials now current, will be owned by the
syndicate in which the Messrs. Garrett
are partners, and it will have traffic
contract with the Baltimore 4 Ohio Com
pany and be run in connection Will
that road its connections between Phila
delphia and New York. What it:
relations with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will be we do not know, and W,
- 10 He" '"t'e's ''ieiiSet'e' /! (
know or can know till they have entered
into possession of what they have bough
oo' iio' YET feoeise"' Nel'her "o '"
Ai'" "i'a' the Feia'iohS u tiie FeHiisF'
naii" WIN 'Ae ne" competing io"n 81
iiAeiy 10 oe, ou' snlplS 'hal tue he'
roau Will De pull''ahd 'ha' those ouiioih
II 90 not expect 10 90 so Tor lun, nut
make money, and hence must nave tn
reasonable expectation OF trafhc irol
some source We do not base our aSsei
, tons concerning the building OF the roa
on the word oil any single individual bl
on evidences OF good faith and serious d'
termination which we have ourselvt
seeh'ahd having stated the truth we leav
it to be believed now or hereafter just {
, people choose
entirely assured as we are that 1t WI
be on'lt' We congratulate the bushes
men and citizens generally OF Wilmingto
- on the TACT That II Is now PRACTICAL
settled tha' the new competing roa'
winch would nave been built before loi
.e between Baltimore and PHILADELPHIA