Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-06-02
Entered at the Postoffice at Accomac
G. H., Va, as secondclass matter.

The farmers of the Eastern Shore
cannot but look forward with great
solicitude to the prospect presented
by the Jersey City delivery, if the
statements contained in other col
umns Of this paper are correct, and
must, if possible, seek to relieve
themselves of the burdens which the
Pennsylvania R. R. Co. would place
upon them. If, heretofore, they have
considered the charges enormous for
delivering their produce in the New
York market, this year, they must
think them Ubiquitous beyond any
thing they had ever dreamed of. If,
heretofore,i it was hardship for them
to pay 40 cents on every barrel OF
produce sent to market, what must
be their Indignation now, when not
only ten cents, in the way of carriage,
is added to every barrel, but much
greater loss is imposed upon them by
the means of delivering and methods
of handling the same-and can they
but ask themselves, if the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad increases their bur
dens this year and they submit TO 1t,
what assurance have they that they
will not continue to increase. The
railroad companies through which
their produce have been sent to mar
ket in the past certainly have done
nothing to inspire them with conf
dence to expect anything better from
them in the future, and our farmers
must seek other means OF sending
their produce to market, unless they
would belong to the Pennsylvania
R. r. Co., and are prepared to
submit to any burdens, however
UBIQUITOUS, they would impose upon
them. The remedy for the evils
complained of cannot of course be
expected through the railroad Off
cials-their cry is more, more, all the
ti1ne-and will ever be as long as we
do nothing to make ourselves indie
pendent of them. The remedy, how
ever, can be found in the water
facilities for sending our produce TO
market which nature has so abund-
antly provided us with, if reasonable
diligence is exercised by US in avail
ING ourselves of them. and that with
out an outlay of dollar by us Con-
cert OF action and faithful perform
ance of promises is all that is neces-
sary for us to secure water
transportation and to retain it,
and we make the statement advised
", as at the time of writing, we have
a communication on our table sta
ting THAT certain steamship people
who are acquainted with the Eas-
tern Shore and the cost of steam
transportation are ready to run
steamer, two trips a week, out OF
Machipongo Inlet to New York, land
ing at North River pier at the rate
of So cents per BARREL" if proper
pledges are given to them by the
shippers to furnish an average OF
5000 barrels of sweet and Irish pota-
toes, each in season for each weeks
shipment-andif steam transporta-
ton can be secured for the belt of
country from Mappsburg to Nassa-
waddox. there is no reason why
it could not be for other sec
lions of the Eastern Shore. VIII
the people in the section referred to
be true to themselves and avail
themselves of the opportunity to rid
themselves of the burdens, which
the Pennsylvania R. r. Co. would
impose upon them? viii other sec
tons of the Eastern Shore follow
their example? We certainly coun-
sci action, looking to water trans
portation as best for our people, and
we voice the sentiments of the com
mission merchants of New York, that
it is best for shippers "to have all
consignments delivered in New York
as far as it is possibility"