Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-01

Ansered ~ the Post Office at Whining
N. Dol,, a. second class mail matter.
JANUARY 4, 1858.
a Notable Event.
Tho formal opening of the Baltimore
b Philadelphia branch Of the Baltimore
d Ohio Railroad through Delaware, yes
lsrday, was an important event to the
Otate of Delaware and especially to the
sity Of Wilmington. 1t 10 true the road Is
not completed to such an extent that
trains can run from Baltimore TO Phil
Adel phia, but far enough to admit the
passage Of train all the way through
Delaware, q distance Of nineteen miles,
On the very day stipulated in the char
ssr Of the road that II should be 80 COM
p!oted upon the pain and penalty OF
forfeiture Of that charter. To secure |
this desirable end the Company has
kept unusually large numbers of hands
engaged day and night and through all
kinds OF weather. The new road when
com pletely finished with station houses
and rolling stock will be one Of the best
in the nited States. We are informed
by good judges that the masonry is the
best, the piers, arches and abutments
built Of the best stone in the country,
being monuments Of mechanical art
and genius. The piers Of the Brandy.
wine bridge cannot be equalled for
symmetrical beauty aud strength. There
il no better stone In the world for
strength aud endurance than the Bran
DIVINE granite is the general testimony
Of those who have tested 1t and arc
familiar with stone masonry. When
the new road is completed, there will
b no other road in the United States
that has a. much masonry and that OF
the handsomest and most substantial
kind than this new road from Baltimore
10 Philadelphia. The bridges, andIin
fact all other work on the road are 10
correspond with the masonry. There
u no parsi monious economy prActiced
anywhere in any Of its departments, NO
matter whether the road Is to cost ton
million OF twenty million of dollars.
This new enterprise will be to the
western part Of the city what the p,
W. & b. Railroad has oeen to the east
orr part 1t runs through . section
created by manufactures and merchan-
disc In fact the new road will In
% rtain sense build up it's own loca
trade, more than detract from riva
roads. From tne Brandywine east
ward the TO VI II lversss the highland
aud opens up a beautiful country gram
In romantic views Did we not know
thai we were not more than three o
four miles from Wilmington, we nigh
b. excused for imagining ourselve
whitfield along through some rock
western wild. The large tracts {
woodland, yet untouched by the WOOD
mans axe, are surprising when we col
slider the fact that a great trunk lii
railroad in operation over forty year
runs parallel with it and only a mi
and half di slant. This new road wi
be Of great financial and commerce
value TO Brandywine Hundred, Al
we'll did the farmers If that Hundr'
know thts, and hence the readiness al
willingness With which the right
way WAS griinted.
The BAlt,nior- 4 Philadelphia Ra
road is to h' congratulated for accoI
piishing 81 mach in 40 short peril
and for he grand prospects outlin
for the future.
HUBERT . THOMPSON, Cleveland
p,t, MAS aistrd from the oft 20
Sup rinte ad-nt Of Highways of n
York, yesterday, and . gentlem
named 4 NJ squire was nominated
Mayor Ei-on and was promptly ct
frn1i ny the Board Of Alder ni'
Taomp.on III POLITICAL boss defeat.
has been guil y Of the most outrage
PROSTITUTION of his office, not only
political purp Dses, but for personal ga
A committee Of the l. gislature inve
gated his actions and found that
had 80 tiigrautly vioiated his trust 6
Governor Cleveland was called upon
renov1 hun iIom office. Thomp
then became leading Cleveland "
puller to advance the Governt
chances for the Presi Dental nomi
ton, and he was permitted to hold
office. Some three weeks ago
Edison appoin ted q successor to Tho
s)n,bu he failed to be confirmed by
Board of Aldermen.
Thompson friends then got out
injunction against Mayor Edison,
straining him from appointing any
else than their chief, but the NJ A
has disreg arded the injunction, and
consequence. Thompson, the soc
i" rserd of n. Y,-k, has leave
r. tr" lad i, - aus o as he sh-
d. - will r = ~, City If
York the IN .hry he justly Ill,
from il.
WHILE he new year has been