The daily gazette., 1881-02-08
FAIR PLAY IN RAILROADS An
IN OTHER BUSINESS.

/ A@N " LEN bODlN EOS.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE GAZETTE
Noticing the reports of the cores
pondents to the different newspaper,
published in our State, their remark,
on ire nerce strife raging in our Les
islatIve halls, made by the endeayo,
OF . railroad monopoly through thei,
agents to retain the control ftbs fisld
of pubic traffic through our Sta Q.
As citizen Of Delaware, 1 have
witnessed the attempt to control our
Legislature in the interest of a mo-
nopoiy with alarm as well as indiRna-
| tion.
The arguments being used BY the
opposition to fair competition are mot
only untrue but unjust, especially that
OF forcing politics into the struggle as
| last resort.
Not q single argument has bean
brought forward by the oppositiop
that should have the least w.i1bt in
preventing the right of Q corporation
IKE the Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Co.
having access to our State and allowing
US to reap the benefits which natural.
y follow the building aud running of
new line of railway across our State.
IL Is known fact that The refusal of
such privilege will force thai somnany
70 pass outside and around us. tbps
dePrlving our State from the revenue
and advantages the additional line
would give Us.
lhe question is, Has our Legisla-
ture the moral right to refuse such a
grantT most emphatieally say, AoI
Gentlemen you may have the legal
rlRht vested in you, bat you have mot
the moral right TO say that an enter.
prise OF any kind has not the ri0ht to
be competed with by = like eoTpors.
tion. r'i~
suppose for instance, when the
jackson & Sharp Company applied for
an act making them a corporate com.
pany, the Harlan & Hollinssvor,h
Company had said no, We are here and
can build all the cars or vessels need
cd, and If We have not room we can
make moro and so enlarge our works
that We can accommodate all that the
want Will require, would it have been
right or just for your predecessors To
have said By their act that the other
company or companies should not be
lncorp 1rased by the State.
The men who are now ponder,no
the question in their minds, vould do
we'll to think twice before they act. "A
their constituents are also thinkiuo
and will not hold him Ruiltlesa vho
abuses the right the people have vest.
ed IN them, Wig The preventing of a
monopoly when the opportunity OF
fers.
Few indeed of the people of thi.
State have been so fortunate, partiou.
larly those of Keut and Sussex in not
having felt the iron heel of opprea asio.
personally, either in sxorbitant fares
OF in freight charges.
IL is scarcely necessary for me tn
recount the advantages arising from
the new line being privileged an
trance TO orr State.
Aside from the benefit Of the peonla
having mole free eyress and ingress o
our State and principal city (Wil-
mington) 10 the fact that hundreds of
men vii: find employment, aud many
will be brought 70 our State, besides
those Of our citizens Who v ill find per-
manent employment by The acces-
sion.
IL will of course be Of the greatest
benefit to New Castle county. hut
what can benefit one part of . Stats
without adding in some wayto the adj
vantage of the whole State?
The building of the road must ne-
eessarlly be of advantage to Kent and
Sussex in the lumber needed for its
construction, and hundreds of homes
made by the employees Of the new line
must by the amount of produce need
ed for their support add to this indus
try in our State.
As l understand it these ADVANTAGE,
are to be opened 10 the State and Inc
people of Delaware by the passage of
amendments to the Delaware Western
X. r. 20. charter.
The people are watching with zeal
Gus eyes that they be projected, and
granted such privileges az he Y have
a right to expect from their Repre-
senta ives.
This is no party struggle, but one
of vital interest TO the State at large,
and cannot see how q Senator or
Representative can vote against 1t,
and yet pretend to be serving The men
to whom he owes his political honors,
and while the bill needs a two.third
vote in both Houses, it certainly
should be passed without so much as
q dissenting vote, as its merits are in
vincible arguments to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
DELAWARRAN,
WILMINGTON, Feb. 1, 1881.