Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-26
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CONP PETTTORs.
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y ihe fhilidalpll. AsOolu unys; Tho nfl-
5 h4lhccmsni made SUNDAY. ion tls INST
! tihe, OF The route Of tile baltimore a Ohio 4
proposed entraneeto tire metropolis created
qultc q aAensitlon, iAlld WIS the oIe topic OF
| seheru cOnyersatiDn Among ruilruad menl
me shrewdness displayed by the Baltimuru
, " ONO officials, who have 30 delicately and
! successfully u handled the matter for the, pa,,t
four months, wns spoken OF as Something
; lil'tt merited the greatest praise. For such
iln Important move to be kept secret until
an tho negotiations were completed, espe-
cialiy when the new road was being watched
SO closely by the Pennsylvania railroad, is
spoken OF with surprise, while the
feasibility of the route, which ia
but W miles in length, meets with
general approval. The Baltimore Il Ohio
company will go to Bound Brook by way Of
thp iteading, then cross TO EliznDethport,
buildlng ~ miles OF road at an estimated
cost of 81 ,50O,J0D, and by bridging the XIII
Won kull at cost Of S3O0,JvU ir will make
connectionI with the tracks OF the staten
island hapid Transit Company. The atIur
run along the north shore of tue island To a
point called st. George, which Is tho nearest
point OF land to New York. AT st. deorg,,
Immense IRON clipper steamboats, Will always
DO IN waiting. The trains will be run WIN
the steamboats,, and the trip across Nrw
York Buy will consume but fifteen minutes
passengers being landed at the Battery tue
| terminus OF the whole elevated railway sSA-
| TEN, and close to two OF tho prihellal
Brooklyn ferries, the south and Hamilton.
and the Belt Line of street cars, The hur-
ricane decks OF the steamboats, will be on a
| level with the platforms OF the elevated
railroads, and passengers will have but n
| few steps to make in order to reach the
cars, which will swiftly transport them 10
any part of the city.
Our terminal facilities In New York will
excel those of any other road now there"
| SAID the Baltimore j. Ohio official referred
| to above. '.Passengers by other lines are
obliged to pick their way the best they can
after landing in New York, to reach either
| the North River ferries or the lines OF the
elevated railways. Our company will save
them all the'time lost In this way, as il will
place them within reach OF all the trans
| portation facilities afforded by New York
| City. And, in summer time, what will be
nicer than a 15-minute ride up one of the
| greatest harbors in the world You know
that the Philadelphia u Norfolk railroad Is
| carrying its cars across Ohesapeake Buy,
| from Cape Charles to Norfolk, distance OF
| 3O miles, on big steamboats,. The water is
much rougher there than in New York Bay,
but still they make the trip with unusual
regularity. We will never be hainpered in
| winter because we will have no ice to
encounter. We believe we have surmounted
every obstacle, and unless our opponents
throw unlooked-for legal impediments In
our way we will have our road between
Philadelphia and New York in operation in
IL year or so.
I'VE have secured all the legislation
necessary to carry out our plnns. Last
winter an act was passed by the New Jersey
legislature authorizing the construction of
the lS-mile road between Bound Brook and
Elizabethport, SO that we are secure on that
point.
1.-The bridge across the Kill Won Kull will
be built under an act obtained from Con-
gress at its last session. The bill also pro-
yided for the construction Of tunnel under
the lighthouse property on Staten Island,
and this is now almost completed as the
work has been progressing for the past six
months. All negotiations with the Staten
Island Rapid Transit Company were COM
pleted on Saturday afternoon last"
AT meeting of the stockholders on Satur
day afternoon five directors ofthe company
resigned, and their places were filled by
Vice President Kink ofthe Baltimore & Ohio
and Aessrs. Cross and Rose and two other
directors of the Baltimore Il Ohio, thus
giving our company control OF the Rapid
Transit Company. The pith of the arrange
ment Is this:
"The two companies agree to enter into a
traffic arrangement for 90 years whereby
the Baltimore & Ohio obtains an entrance
over the Staten Island tracks on rlltes fixed
IN the con .ract, which are said to be bound
to yield as much from through :rafflc as Is
now realized by local traffic, thereby seeur-
ing to owners as much us they give up.
The Baltimore a. Ohio guarantees 81, SOC, 900
OF the Rapid Transit per cent bonds, run
ming for ~ years, the whole OF which is TO
be expended in payment Of the waterfront
property already secured, in the completion
OF the railroad, in the building of tho
bridge across the Kill Won Kull in the cree
ton OF pole piers and round-houses, the
construction OF new boats and probably new
docks at the Battery.
"Our terminal facilities at Staten Island
gives us immense advantages oYer any OF
the other trunk Ines ip- the handling OF
freltlj. We VIII have II 900 feet of water
Iaront OF an average depth of 26 feet at mean
low water; There will be commodious
freight and passenger stations erected there
with ample dock facilities for loading and
unloading ocean steamships and other ves-
sells. AT present it costs from S12 to SI5 to
lighter u car load OF goods in New York
harbor. This will be saved to shippers, for
our cars will run down on the docks along
side OF the vessels and goods can be easily
conveyed from one to the other. This saw
ing in lighterage tolls will be a big induce
ment for freight shippers to patronize our
line
"The company was compelled to abandon \
the Jersey Central route for several reasons.
After the traffic agreement was made with
the Reading last summer IL was presented
TO the directors of the Jersey Central, but
they refused to confirm it. The Jersey
Centrals load Load OF debt represents capitall-
zation Of $3O0,000 per mile, and the Balti-
more II Ohio would have been compelled to
use 20 miles OF the road and pay its proper
tion of the interest on the capitalization,
which at per cent would amount 10
sls,QO0 per mile. By the present arrange
ment the company is called upon to pay its
proportion of interest at 8 per cent on a
capitalization Of $50,000 per mile.
There is another point of interest In con-
nection with the new route" continued the
speaker. ''It will afford the Reading COM
pany the best possible outlet TO New York
for deep water shipment and the best har-
bor for its coal The Reading people will
let the Jersey Central go as soon ns It re-
covers the 81, 100000 spent in betterments.
Negotiations are now pending for the trans
fer of three ocean steamship lines to the
Baltimore x Ohio railroad, and this will be
effected as soon as our road gets into work.
ing order.'
The road to Philadelphia is progressing
fnvoribly, and the trucks will be laid TO
Chester by the end OF the month. All tho
cutting between Baltimore and tho west
side Of the Schuylkill is practically com
pleted, aud the bridge across the SchuylkiIl
will probably be finished by May LIST next.
Ihe freight road HcrosS tho Neck Is i,eiDg
pushed hhead. Arrangements were on Sat
urday completed to run the road up the Dol
aware river front through the Merrick es-
Rate, us far as the walls of the old navy
yard, SO that the Baltimore Il Ohio depot
VIII adjoin the present freight station of the
Pennsylvania railroad. This arrangement
htst-class whaIves on the Delaware. sPhil-
adclphia's interests will be carefully
guarded by the Baltimore Il Ohio In all its
Dealings" concluded the speaker, "and
may say there is another big surprise in
store for the public, which may possibly be
given out In few days"
IN view Of the arrangements mado by the
Baltimore n Ohio for entering New York
there Is n likelihood of a rupture he-
tween that company and tho Pennsylvania
the agreement now in force by
which the latter hauls the formers cars be-
tween Baltimore and Jersey CITY, Il WAS
stated Sunday evening by an official of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company that the
Of affairs now might result In a
rupture OF the relations between the two
companies in reference to the transporta-
lion OF freights. This might result in thewith-
drawal of the Baltimore a Ohio trains over
the Pennsylvania to New York.
W. AND N. CONNECTION.
Tho New York Herald reports tho pur-
chase, by the East Side Schuylkill Railroad
Company OF the Philadelphia Midland rail-
road and the consolidation OF the two com
panies, and that the Wilmington & Northern
liailroad Company has agreed to build
branch about three miles long from Its main
line TO West Chester and n connection with
the Philadelphia Midland railroad. Tho
distance from West Chester to Philadelphia
over the new line is about seven miles
shorter than via the Pennsylvania rail-
road or over the West Chester n
railroad controlled by