Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-01-18
SNOW HILL, JAN. Is. 1896.
THE D., NJ. n V. RAILROAD

ihS tiiO NhiiS1 wand NdilIOdQ
for a better train service. The
delegations which have at var
ious times visited the high
officials OF the Pennsylvania.
have been pleasantly received
and told that it would give the
Company pleasure to comply
with the requests of the petit
TONERS il the receipts of the
road were sufficiently large TO
justify it. So they (the petit
tioners) have sadly turned
about-face and coming home
reported progress.
Why the Railroad company
gives us such a poor service
we cannot understand, unless
it is because they have no fear
of competition and our branch
must help to make up the
losses OF the other branch
roads of the Peninsula The
annual statement of the p.
w. & B. X. r. has just been
issued and extracts from it APP
pear in another column of the
MESSENGER to-day. We should
probably have overlooked the
significant figures embodied in
this report had not our atten-
ton been called to them BY
some of the most prominent
and progressive citizens Of
Worcester county, who feel
that the general public should
know that this branch of the
p, w. & B. system shows
net earnings in 1895 of SOL
1884 and that it is the only
branch road on the Peninsula
except the Delaware & Ches-
apeake, running from Clayton
to Oxford, which was not
operated at a loss. and this
last-named road showed a net
earning of only SIr,67SS2.
The Cambridge & Seaford
ran behind s5,2I3.o5 ; while
the Queen Anne's & Kent ran
behind SI4S73 81. All OF
these roads are given better
train service than the D.. NJ.
& V. especially is this true OF
our road south of Georgetown,
and this is the part from which
comes two-thirds OF the paying
traffic.
Our people think they are
entitled TO two passenger
trains a day each way-not
because two trains are run on
the other branch roads, but
because in justice we are en-
titled to them. 1t is the com.
ment Of strangers visiting here
that we have the poorest rail-
road facilities they know OF in
any progressive, civilized sec
ton of the country and it is
hard to convince such visitors
that this is really a desirable
place of abode. The railroad
company not only Injuries us,
but curtails its own receipts,
for it retards the growth of the
country. by refusing the peo-
pie proper means OF travel to
and from the large cities. On
the Delaware & Chesapeake
two trains are run daily, also
on the Cambridge & Seaford
and the Queen Anne's &
Kent.
Why is it that we should be
singled out as a people for
which anythingis good enough,
when we are the people who
make the road pay' Why is it
we are the people who have to
get out of the cars at George.
town, Juggling our bundles in
and out:
Our people are loyal to the
Company and they are "long-
patient and suffering" but
that is not a wise reason for
the Company to refuse to lis
ten to their requests. 1t is
far better 10 treat the people
right by giving them a good
and convenient train service
than to keep them in a dis
gruntled, complaining state all
the time.
We are informed that an
other delegation will soon
wait upon the Railroad Off
Gals and it will ask earnestly
for these two improvements
in our travelling facilities:
FIRsT-Two passenger trains
a day.
SEcoND-No changing cars.
We think the Railroad Com
pany, on the strength of the
liberal support it has received
from the people along the line
OF the d., NJ. & V. will
graciously open their hearts