Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-06-23
Letters From the People.

Nj r. EDITOR
Our people strongly endorse your
utterances editorially, upon the
transportation question. Our rail
road officials seem to forget that in
levying extortionate freight rates
upon our trucking interests that they
are killing the goose that has layed
them many golden eggs. Our people
are willing that the railroad should
prosper, and yield q fair return to its
owners, but we are unwilling to be
ground to the earth, our principal
source of income taxed to its death,
in order that they may enjoy extra
ordinary profits upon their invest
ment. If the present policy is pur.
sued by the railroad our people will
be driven to seek other means OF
transportation for their products.
Already scheme is on foot to con-
meet by the means of small boats out
of every creek on the seaside, with q
steamship line running out of the
principal inlets along the coast. This
method of transportation will not be
so expeditions nor so convenient to
many shippers as the present mode,
but our people are willing to suffer
these things, rather than bear what
they conceive to be a gross imposi-
ton at the hands of the railroad. A
spirit of liberality, on the part of the
company, rather than one Of e1ac-
ton, would be mutually adyan-
tageous, it would seem, to all parties
concerned, and would maintain and
develop rather than retard or destroy
the great trucking industry of the
Shore, from which hitherto both the
company and the people have greatly
profted. Other good results would
follow the pursuit Of this policy by
the railroad. The feeling of distrust,
of enmity and of antagonism on the
part of few of our people toward
the company would then be mitigated
or removed, rather than extended
and intensified as will be the case if
their present policy of extortion shall
be continued. From it's advent in
our midst, no railroad was ever the
recipient of more generous treatment
from a people, than from these.
Every possible aid was rendered by
them and all obstacles that checked
its progress whenever possible was
removed. And in this spirit they
will yet continue, provided a policy
of reciprocity shall ever be apparent
on the part of the company. Up to
this time no disposition of this sort
has been shown by it, on the con
trary, imposition upon imposition
have been rheaped upon US, until
despairing of relief, we are prompted
to ask if there is no smeans under
heaven by which the worm OF the
dust can turn beneath the heel Of it's
oppressor? IN.
Mappsville, Va, June Goth, 1904.
In a short time the Board of the
Chesapeake will appoint a COM
mander of the new police steamer
"Accomac.n There are at least half
dozen applicants and the party en-
dorsement is so divided that no appli-
cant can have very strong backing.
The other side of the Bay has q
strong candidate, in the person OF
Mr.. Billups mate of the Chesapeake,
present commander of the Accomac,
and unless we can unite on some
good man, am afraid he will secure
the place. have no choice and as mat,
tiers now stand / do not know whom
to endorse. My only desire is that
some good man from this county will
get the place. In view of the above
facts, 1 earnestly request the mem
! bers of the County Committee, tc
meet at the Courthouse on mex
Monday, 25th, and let the issue bt
narrowed down according to thei1
good judgment.
J. w. BowDoIN,
County Chairman.
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