Smyrna times., 1883-06-13
For the Smyrna Times
Railroad VS.. Water Transports
tiOn.


MR.. EDIToR.-In your issue of the 9th
inst. appears an article under the caption
of Cheap Transportation" Itseems from
the star placed at the bottom to be con-
tribution, indeed, it contains internal evil
dence that leads me to believe it could not
have come from your editorial pen. The
animating spirit of your star contributor is
evidently feeling of opposition to the eff
forts now making to have the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad "lOOp in" our town.
wonder if his identity can be discovered.
In the first place, he can not be q man FAM
ilar either with the details Of rairOading
or the practical" effects of convenient
railroad communication upon towns bus
mess prosperity. His idea that fruit
train should transport fruit from Smyrna
to Boston, under the existing circum-
stances, in sixteen consecutive hours, shows
that he has never been president of great
railroad company. There are unavoidable
delays in hauling train of freight cars
near four hundred miles, over various
roads, across rivers and through cities
delays that must be allowed for. And ex-
perience has demonstrated that, where
peaches, especially, are gathered in proper
condition and put in the cars here, say at
B to 6 o clock p. NJ, on given day, it is
very safe to rely upon their being in good
condition and in Bostons early market on
the second day morning, which is far pref
erable to having 1t there next day morning
on late market. His evident idea that
water communication would quicken
Smyrnas industries sooner or better than
convenient railroad communication reveals
the fact that he has not comprehended the
the meaning of recent events. COmmuni-
catiOn by means of q tOrtuous little creek,
twisting its way for ten or twelve miles
through malarious marshes, with the
| nh fO oiNy da,,k
come to the vOyager Even II it were
made by periodical drafts upon the pockets
of the well-meaning, but deluded and
unrequted public spirited, TO run down
! Com nerce street would never give such
life to Smyrna as the "get up-and-go"
| spirit of the Pennsylvania Railroad Gem
pany has to hundreds of towns. Water
! Communication is all very we'll in its way
| but your star contributor will learn after
due time, that business that cannot run the
gauntlet of .tOgs, contrary winds and adj
| verse tides, will take the SlCift sure line
! and that water communication no longer
satisfies the awakened Smyrnaite. 1t is
plain then, that he is not up to date in re-
( gard to railroads and it would also seem
that he has no interest in the Philadelphia
| " Smyrna Transportation Company. /
will tell you why. If he were interested in
that ten per cent concern, he would be
rather too shrewd to inform the public and
share with them his bonanza. He would
take all of those twenty-five dollar shares
and put those ten per cent. dividends into
his own cosy pockets. Perhaps, however,
| am wrong in this-he may be a man of
unusually large philanthrOpic instincts
Furthermore, he can hardly be man
whose property Is located in Smyrna. 1t
is so obvious that every inch of Smyrna
property would be increased in value by
having the Delaware Railroad run through
the place, that no man owning property
here can be supposed to object to the pres
ent movement. But your star contributor
may own property West of Clayton; now
that l think of it, | feel sure that he does
own such property. He fears possibly that
his grain and fruit will, if present endeaVors
be crowned with success, be compelled TO
come o mile further to reach this much
despised railroad communication, and lust
here may not this account for his solieitude
for Smyrna? Let me say, Mr. Editor, that
it is the manifest duty of all the citizens OF
Smyrna to unite as one man and make all
endeavOr to have the Delaware Railroad
curved into town. Petty individual interests
should be forgotten in this endeavor to
arouse the inactive but none the less exist
ing, net to say abundant capabilities of ouI
tt0wn. Smyrna has been divided In senti.
ment too often In the past. Theinterest OF
all is the interest of each. By all means
let the creek be cleared as suggested. ]
favor that but on the other hand, let nc
word be said to indicate eanyopposition on the
part of our people to the railroad coming
to town. All hail; to those who are de,
voting their energies to bring about that
result Let those who think Il "can't be
, done take back scat for the present
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