Daily Republican., 1882-11-28
GII1y RAILWAY 90 New Castle.

We are in entire sympathy with the
efforts of Jour friend White, editor o.
the New Castle Star, in his attempts tC
irfuse new life into the feasible project
of constructing Street railway from
this city to New Castle. Some years
ago when DR.. Lesley was living and in
good health, the project was lively agi'
tated and we have no doubt that had
his health and life been preserved II
might have been success. We are
glad that friend White has taken up
the subject and is determined to keep II
before the people until an effort, which
we hope will be successful, will be
made to build the road, The cost OF
such road will only he aboutSS60, 900,
following the river grade to near the
mouth of the Christiana, and from
thence over the new bridge soon to be
built across that stream into the city
There is no good and valid reason why
this road should not be built during the
next summer. 1t is needed and should
be built, and though Wilmington is
deeply interested in all such improve
ments, New Castle, since the removal
of the court house, needs the road more
than Wilmington. The time is not far
distant when the net work Of mar u
factories, now stretching from VIII
ming ton down to the river on the south
side of the Christiana, will extend on
down the Delaware and will leave
but a short distance intervening to
reach New Castle. The right OF way
for the road &C aid be more easily and
cheaply obtained now than when the
prospect of manufactures and improve
ments enhance the value of land.
The great manufactures now in OPP
Grafton at New Castle and constantly
growing, develop the need of street
railway 10 this city. Quite nun mber
of the employees in the New Castle
manufactures live in Wilmington, to
whom a street railway would be OF
great convenience, Pnd II oAe were
built there are many unemployed per-
sons in New Castle who would come
over to Wilmington and work in our
manufactures, returning home every
day. Not only this, but it would give
our New Castle neighbors an oppcrtu-
nifty of attending our excellent markets,
saving more in prices than would pay
the car fare. On bee line New Castle
is only five miles distant-indecd not
more than four from the outskirts of
each city. To all intents and pur.
poses it is but an outlying suburb
which will one day, perhaps before
long either, constitute one of the wards
of Wilmington. We do not say this by
way of reproach, for we would not de-
tract one iota from the character,
the independence and the indus
trious habits of our neighbors, but
looking 1t the situation in a business
point of view, we are firmly Of the opin-
ion that New Castle would be better off
were it part of Wilmington aud the
latter would be better off if New Castle
were ward Of Wilmington. Mana
ynnk, Germantown, Frankford, Brides
burg and TaCony are all distinct manu-
featuring and thriving towns in the
city of Philadelphia, some of them
much farther from the old city proper
than New Castle is from Wilmington,
and yet they profit aud prosper by being
a component part of the city. This is
about the relation New Castle would
bear to Wilmington. We're it not for
street rail Mays the towns we have men
toned in Philadelphia, would be as re
mote and disconnected from the city
proper, as New Castle is from Whining
ton. Links of steel are wonderful aux
iliaries in binding cities together. There
is already a railroad link, Tut III ore are
wanted not 80 heavy and ponder us,
but smaller and still stro1giu the shape
ct city railways. We hope the subject
will be brought prominently before
the people of the two cities and the long
talked Of street railway he bnilt.