Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-09-02
i Way to Manage a Railroad.

Clements, of Marydel, have been visi-
ting friends in this town.
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0nsW Way to Manage a Railroad.
BUT m MAX&NOT PROVE THE RIGHT
WAY.
The Baltim0rb and Delaware Bay
railroad, formerly the Kent County
and Bombay Hook has had some val
liable lessons in experience this year,
or invaluable, it may be, financially.
Last year it had no peaches to test the
management,and the quality of the
heavy investments in reitting it for a
peach line. In running the local
freight the road would almost take
care of itself, as it had done many a
year. Bnt this year was very differ
ent. Kent county, Md, in peach pro-
ductiOn had determined to break its
record. In this it had the new order
of things with its two lines of cOmmu-
nicatiOn with the New York market at
its mercy.
The road is known as an extension;
| at least 1t was in some way connected
with the Jersey Central. 1t has, how
ever, never heretofore successfully
used the ferry across the Delaware,
sending all its freight via the Delaware
road from Clayton, aud we are told on
good authority that the road was under
contract to forward its peaches by this
route also. Instead, however, they
took the cars that had been furnished
by the Pennsylvania road, ran them
down to Bombay Hook and thence
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at Bayside. The first several trips
were made in good time but after that
they fell a long way behind, and those
shipped Saturday week dldn't reach
Boston until noon of Monday In the
meantime the Pennsylvania learned Of
the breach of faith, and ceased to sup.
ply cars except when they were to 90
over the main line, the Kent road then
having to fall back on the Jersey Cen.
| trail
They were thus left with fearful
inadeqUaCy, and on Wednesday, as we
are told, with Is only where So was
needed-a deficiency of 4Ocars. 1t NAV
have been as well, as far as the grow
ers were concerned, to let the fruit 90
to the ground, but the predicament
with the road would have been the
same had they been dollar a basket.
The result will be numerous lawsuits.
which, on the part of the consgnees
will be brought against the Jersey Cen
tral as having responsibility fnan-
clally which the Baltimore and Della
ware Bay does rot possess.
The Kent NelOS, of ChestertnWn, in
speaking of the management SAYS ::
"What is the matt y with tho u G,
D. r r.? Bad management or what
Tuesday morning thirty or more loads
of fine fruit We're at the depot in Ches-
tertOwn for shipment and but two cars
to put them in These were quickly
loaded and the remainder of the daV
the fruit was turned to Baltimore. 1t
seems that the Kent road has been
bOycotted by the Pennsylvania road
because they ship across the bay to
the Jersey Central when the cars
should be delivered to them. And
now the Jersey Central cannot furnish
cars and the Pennsylvania will not.
We don't blame them. Business is
business"
There have been two accidents on
the road this summer, one of them
quite serious, but nothing of it has an.
peared in the Clayton Call which is
published at the centre of railroad one.
ratiOns, and ought to know these
things. The corps Of editors, it would
seem, had exhausted their energies in
finding out where Salle Smith had
gone on days visit last week or
where Tom Jones had gone to get his
supper the previous Sunday.