The daily gazette., 1881-02-03
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8. lssl.
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The New RAILRoAD.-As there
can scarcely be any doubt that the bill
amending the charter Of the Delaware
Western Railroad will pass the leglsls-
ture In some shape or other our people
now begin to consider the probable line
oi route this road will be located on. As
there is some dispute as TO the amount
of tax which the p, w. & B. have paid
or do pay upon passengers, there ought
to be no room left on which lawsuits
could grow out of disputes about the tax
the new road shall be required to pay.
In fact the amendment is not such as
we believe should be made. There
should be no reference to what other
roads pay; for where litigation ensues
1t only makes matters worse. In years
passed the P, W. & B. paid large sums
to the State. This, however, is q mat
ter for the legislators, the guardians of
the interests of the State, to attend to,
and We leave it to them. That such q
road will be profitable to the builders
there can be little doubt, since it will
not cost one-third the money to build it
that is now invested In the p, w. s. B.,
which held an eight per cent. stock after
paying all its heavy expenses and
furnishing the very best coaches and
safest conduct between two great cities
that is TO be found anywhere in the
world.
But the location of the line of the
new road is what our people are all in
quiring about; and this is just what
'sno fellar can find out" But the sup
position is that the Delaware Western
would be two track that 1t would enter
the city on. 1t would have to be made
wide enough for the tracks. The road
would then, it is thought,pass its through
trains along Jackson, Van Buren,, Adams
or Franklin strsets-either would bave
to be tunnelled-and cross the Brandy
wine just above the Wilmington ami
Brandywine Cemetery. In that case
depot would be made near Delaware
Avenue, which would greatly ascommo-
date the people Of the western section
of the city. Should there be no tunnel
made the road would doubtless be run
on line further west +; perhaps passing
near the railway depot aud crossing
the Brandywine about Rattlesnake run.
The improvement will be a very i'm
portant affair to Delaware, and may,
We are told, result in line penetrating
the lower sections of the Peninsula.
1t will be important from the fact that
it will open an additional avenue
through which the growing youth and
population of the State may find en-
ployment. One Of the great difficulties
with the Eastern States is to fnd EN-.
ployment for their young men and the
very same difficulty has existed in ths
lower part Of Delaware and the Penin.
sula. Young men from Delaware are
found in all of our great cities and VT
hear of their going West every year
Here will be an opportunity for hun
dreds OF them to find employment il
hundreds of occupations that railroad
always furnish, so various are the in
dnstries that every road gives rise 10
This road will be furnished with every
thing requisite to make road the mos
complete. Improved engines, stee
rails, double tracks, telegraph, iror
bridges, &C., &c. 1t has been suggsste
that the bridge across the Brandyuin,
should be one that, like the Cray
Ferry bridge, and others across thr
Schuylkill, woald Accommodate tn
ordinary travel in carriages as well a
the railroad. If this is done it vii
tend greatly to increase improvement
along the route and in the end largel,
repay the road for the small ad
ditional expense. Some persons hay,
been under the delusion that tbi
road was mere speculative project
and that the operators in the NOV
ment were ready to sell out and aban
don it at any favorable moment
Such il not the case. Perhaps III
gentleman the most active in efor,
to bring the road to the CITY ia %
ID. 8. McComb. But this should -,
be thought strange. Col McComb
native of our city, has always mar
tested great desire to forward
interest, and as he has been work.,
at this project for about sighte
months under the idea that it won
prove one of the greatest benefits al
tend to the advancement OF this ci,
Certainly every good citizen will wi
him success in this matter.
"SoLID For SToKELY The !
groes of Philadelphia at a meeting
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