Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-08
3 Daily IntelIIgencer.
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That Railroad.

H. New Holland Clarion Is very
"a 10 favor Of the construction or q
Road between that long drawn out
I'M and Lancaster. So are We. We
lid very much like to see railroad
lt down into that fertile and populous
ntfy. We consider It great shame
~ q has long been denied tho railroad
l1ties that Ito richness demands aud
~ II trade requires and will pay for.
HE responsibility for this neglect lies
~ the Pennsylvania railroad COM
~, 10 which this region Is now
sbutsry. A railroad down the Cones.
- valley would long ago have been
olIk but for the obvious fact that as
- - it was started the Pennsylvania
zxoad company would parallel it. No
1oo felt that 1t would be possible for o
ktle local road TO meet the competition
|<e the big company; the little thing
yould have had the breath squeezed out
r. lt IN short metre. The only thing for
~ Eegion to DO, apparently, was to await
~ pleasure Of the Pennsylvania rail-
I'D or TO invite connection with the
4 sading railroad company.
& Our judgment Is that this latter con.
'nscti0n 10 the one that the local business
interests demand; and that any effort
531nde by the citizeus OF Lancaster, New
Holland and the Conestoga valley, should
~ directed toward the building of q line
~ railroad from Lancaster to connect
Nth the Philadelphia & Reading system,
uo1aewhere between DowniDgtown and
kOnixville. We will then have two
4rest railroad systems competing to serve
~. New Holland already has the Penn.
4)lvania railroad service, and 80 does the
country generally lying between II and
Ne Tennsylvania railroad, with which
sthe proposed line is to connect, we be.
1ieve, near Winners station.
We shall be glad to see this line built,
8 the Pennsylvania railroad chooses to
build it. 1t will certainly be OF
erest advantage TO US all; but
~ do not think that it will be of the
odvantsge to us that connection with
nnosher great railroad line will be. And
Ne do not think that the citizens of Lan-
0nater or New Holland are required by
}6eir interests to subscribe all the money
needed to build and equip the proposed
xoad, hand its ownership over 10 the
Eennsylvania railroad, and take an un.
I Guaranteed mortgage at low rate Of
interest as security for their money.
The calm proposition Of the Pennsyl.
yAnia railroad company is to accept the
oWnership Of the road, If anybody will
Gukscribe the s300, 600 required to build
md equip 1t and put the whole line from,
lancaster to Downingtown in good order
Ne have to say that we do not pro
\ 8Dose to be one Of the subscribers. W.
% not know anyone who will be. Any
80 willing has our approval and oul
Blessing.
The Reading railroad system east of u!
onds IN the air at Downingtown; to which
p0int Lancaster connection may advan
lAyeously be built; or TO apoint on tn,
Chester Valley road between Downing
1own and the Schuylkill, on q line tha
would take In New Holland. There ar
& disabilities here OF railroad enterpris
thst will invite the investment Of loca
& capital and urge our people TO provide th'
4 money needed TO build and run the road
Having connection with two railroat
systems at each end of the line, traversinl
rich country, and making short lin
hence to New York, it ought to be
/ ksmunerative investment. II is the bes
tAilroad project that we see in this neigh
4 oorhGod; and we invite the attention Q
M our local capital to it.