Daily Republican., 1882-02-15
THIRD EDITION.
VIEWPOINT WAKING Up.

The Baltimore snd ohio Rail-
ra ID - be EncOuFSg I'D Loeb lns
fer cheaper transportation oi
Nasufae,uSsd articles.
Special Corrt .pondent ofthe REPUBLICAN.
NEWPORT, Del, Feb. IA
Those who few years ago thouSht
that Newport was finished town nave
livea long enough to find themsel ves
agreeab.y mistaken. 1t is true that
the great numbering Conestoga teams
that used to roll down from the rich
alluval lands of Lancaster County ana
discharged their cargOes at the wharves
on the Christiana, have disappeared,
but after a numb Der of years they were
succeeded BY the railIsad and the Old
warehouses once the scene OF hustle and
activity were al,owel tO lapse lhto
silence and disuse.
But there havs been many changes
since then. The railroad was followed
by the telegraph. The building ana
organization Of tue Real Estate Bank
of Newport was an important epoch III
the history Of the town. 1t is now the
National Bank Of Newport. The ola
frame NJ. Z. Church has been succeed
ed by beautiful brick structure. Inc
bell in the tower of the Episcopal
church calls the worshippers together
in new and commodiOus church edl-
tice. The old school bouse where the
birch and stern commands were the
rule, has disappeared and a new house,
graded school and teachers that govern
by love and kindness have taken their
places. The rolling mills have for the
last few years woke up the denizens OF
the town with the music OF crushing
rollers, and Gathering sheets OF iron.
The phosphate factories of John a.
Cranston Is another new industry,
odoriferously unpleasant, but there is
millions in it," and what enterprising
town could DO without such INDUS
tries
So much for the past, what for the
future? The en- erprises mentioned are
certain ard permanent, those talked OF
are but Lrospgc I've. Those mentioned
were once prospective too, but now
they are realities. The same specuia,
ton was INDUCED in before the Rail.
road was built, the telegraph string
through the town, the bank, churches
and school houses were built, bat out OF
the speculations came the realities.
. What are the specuations now :
Here are few of them; The managers
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
have taken a notion to ran their new
line from Stanton right through the
heart of Newport and have asked the
property holders of The town to grant
the right of way. The citizens, aux
ious to encourage An opposition lite,
have called meeting of the Citizeus i'll
the school. house on Thursday (to NOR
row. afternoon, 10 consider the PROPOSE
ton. The school will be dismissed in
the afternoon, 10 give the citizens a
chance TO ventila.e their views upon
the enterprise. 1t is said that here
will be no opposition to the request Of
the Company, but that a pr vision will
require the line o run through the town
between the pike and the =. w. &. b.
Railroad. Several millions OF dollars
it is said, will be savet by running the
line through this part OF Newport, aud
close along the P. W. x B. Road and
along Front street ia Wilmington.
Another important thing to Newport
Is the proposed starting of cotton fax.
tory i'll the town which proposition is
nearly an accomplished fact the firm
being gentleman of Philadelphia ami
con of DR.. Booths, now a clerk in the
Arlington Mills III your city. The cid
wars house belonging to j. A. Crlnston
has been leased for the purpose and it
is expected that the machinery will be
put in and factory put in operation by
the 2jrh of March
And there is Still another important
movement on foot; 1t being reported
that line OF freight and passenger
boats were to ran bet tween Wilmington
and Philadelphia in opposition to the
p. w. x b. Railroad the prolOsi ion to
have one tfthe boats come up the
Christiand as far as the town and relieve
the manufacturing companies Of the
excessive trelghts they have 10 lay To
the railroad company.
The lrOu Works Jay S2i, 600 a year in
freight and the firm Of j. \. traustOn
g. Co., owners Of the lumber yard and
phosphate works, it is said, pay III BE-
neignborhOod of 81, 900 year. These
industries alone should be sufficient TO
induce one Of the new boats to come
this far up the creek.
Amongst other improvements already
accomplished it would not do to omit
mention that our streets are lit up By
lamps, and when they are all burning
at night, our little town has the APP
pearl nee Of city twice as large.
Newport is going ahead, you may
rest assured Of that, and when VII
mington stretches out her brawny arms
in this direction and claims us for the
fifteenth or twentieth ward, she will
have something more to gobble up than
she had when she scooped in Brown