Daily Republican., 1884-06-06
FOURTH EDITION,
Chesger Visitors.

where the most active operations 81
carried on. There is reason for thil
and that reason is becaus
, the Legislature OF Delaware in til
charter granted to the Company ha
stipulated that the road shall be fin
iished In December next. For thi
cause every effort is put forth to fins
the road in Delaware according to tn
Iprovisions of the charter, even IL not g.
= lrapid progress is made elsewhere.
VI For this cause but little SHOW
y of progress has been made in Ches
ter city, though the right o
way has been purchased, an'
q some of the Chester business mel
we're still in state Of uncertainty
| whether the road would actually be
built or not, or whether when built II
: would not only be freight line.
@ To diasbuse them Of this idea Captain
Smith, of the B. & o. Company, and
who has charge of purchasing the right
OF way, gave the Mayor and City Coun'
Gil of Chester, together with number
OF other business men, an invitation tC
pay Wilmington visit, and there see
the evidences Of the character of the
road that was being built.
In response to this invitation a dele
CATION OF seventy Chesterians came
down yesterday on the 10 o'clock train
, and were met at the p, W. & B. depot
by captain Smith, Chief Engineer Rich.
Iardson, Superintendent Connell, Secre-
tary Farra, and other officials of the B,
I& O, Railroad.
Amongst the visitors were eX.Mayor
Larkin, In IL SH'h year oihis age, the
first Mayor Of Chester and ti- MAN who
built the frs, '1.or m.il III thLr city
ii lSjl. MAY. t. s0,d, pIc>eh, May
or of the city, l'nc,meIt OF Council
Black, editor N&.at,e If the Times and
Spencer o; tie Advocate, Samuel
Greenwood, ". b, BrooIuall, Esq, Dr.
letieris ana Il number Of other promi-
nent gentlemen.
The party were taken in street cars to
the middle depot, making quite al i'm.
posing display On the way. They were
joined on the route by the President Of
theWilmiugton CITY Council, H,C.Con.
rad, Councilman Hersey from the dis
trict through which Tho new road runs,
il. T. Heald, James l.. DeV0u, James
Brad ford, s, Eodiaond Smith William
r Porter, representatives Of the vii.
min2On press and others. When the
party reached the middle depot the
visitors opened their eyes wide with
establishment to see the huge embaNk.
ment of clay and the splendid masonry
erected at Delaware avenue.
They were soon convinced that the
b. 4 Q. Railroad was a reality and that
instead Of irs being freight line it was
to be one OK The best equipped passenger
| roads IN the country. From this point
all the visitors who wished were taken
on Ryan q McD0uald's dump cars to
the deep cut At the Schuetzen Park to
see the operations Ot the steam shovel.
Some CT tie visitors, amongst them
President Conrad, were here given an
exhibition OF the ieXterity with which
one Of these cars can unload, for scarce
y had the car stopped until it dumped
its occupants, with their blaCkened
shoes and clean clothes, out into the
clay and mud.
After watching the steam shovel
| scoop up a Car load Of dirt at one time
the party returned TO the Logan House,
and scattered out to the Brandy wine,
the major portion making deilex to
bring Hartman & Fehrenbach's brew.
cry Oh the line. The sun being very
hot, the venerable ex-Mayor Larkin
gave cut, hut happily William NJ
Field, who joined the party, had his
carriage along with him and MIR. Lar.
kin WAS put into it and conveyed back
to the Clayton House.
From the hill on the west side Of the
Brandywine the towering, massive
granite pillars were lCokel upon with
wonder aud auazement, aud every
doubt was removed from the minds of
The Chester visitors. Mr.. Locke, one |
OF the gentIemaniy contractor. for erect. |
ing these piers here, appeared and ex-
planned the working Of the vrlOcipede |
arrangement that carried huge stones |
across the BranlywiDe on "a wire cable. |
II seemed queer, too, that the only stone
that has dropped from the steel clutch
es Of the veiucipede since the works
were commenced dropped yesterday
while Mr.. Locke and his visitors were
watching the operations. Mr.. Locke
informed the company that there was a
very fine spring Of water on the other
side OF the creek. Quite a number fol-
lowed tie sta lWart leader III search of
the spring, which II is supposed they
found, rs when they returned they
looked a, il hey might have been bath
ing in Ponce ne Icons springs Of ever.
lasting youth.
one Eh"3terian Of thoughtful meiu,
who looked with awe upon the massive
stone pillar some 50 feet high ,AstUnsled
II" gathering by surprising that pillar
Tx" thai must have cost 81 400. II he
had said $4,000 BE- would have been
nearer the mark. 1t being nov nearly
: O'Clock 'he company made their way
back To III" depot and took the street
cars for tt" Clayton House. When at
TN" END ut The monument lot, one of
the wheeIs Of the larger excursion car
twisted Oft and a sudden halt was
called. The occupants were transferred |
TO ether car? and the excursion car was
Ipnahed aside
About 2aG Il. IN. nearly one hundred
guests SAT down 10 dinner at the Clay
ton House. Captain Smith sat at Ouel
rnd Of the table, with Mayor FOrwood |
and s. ltodlnOud Smith on hiB right, |
"nd prtaidcnt Black, nt the Chester
| City Council and William l., Porter on
hls left, EX.Mayor Larkin sat at ,he |
other eud Cft'" table with President
Conrad on lis lcfc, w. B. Droomall on
bis right
hitrr fartaking Of the various courses
""r"'d IN nmIip's tauliless style, Cap.
, iNIn smith led off with a happy speech
showing The advantages Of railroads,
the new F. y o. in particular, the
great benefit il has been and will he to
| Wilmington, and will also be to
Chester Captain Smith was followed
IN his remarks by Mayor Forwood,
Presidents Black and Conrad, W. Il.
broomalI, Esq, s. Kodmond Smith,
Etq., editor Wallace, Mr. Houston,
Samuel Greenwood, }. b. Hannah,
| Or JetitieS, d. NJ. Johnson, G. Is.
Lindsey and }. r. Heald.
| Tn motion Of President Black the
thanks Of the company were extended
to Ca ptaiu Smith and the cnmuauv