Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-20
N. MANI RAILROAD.
Falsely Represented and Allegations Made
without Foundation IN Fact.

Falsely Represented and Allegations Made
without Foundation In Fact.
Some days ago an article appeared
in the New York Sun purporting to
be Harrisburg correspondence,
which article was reproduced with
gusto in near by papers, regarding
the attitude Of the proposed Milford
Matamoras and New York Railroad
company toward the Erie, and in
flaming head lines it was announced
that their was trouble for that
corporation We have the highest
official authority for stating that the
article is false in every material as
sertion and allegation, misleading
in its tenor and utterly without
foundation in fact so far as it re
lates to the NJ M. q N. Y. r.. R.
This company has made application
for and received q charter to con-
struct a line of Railroad in this
county to Milford only and has also
applied to the Railroad commits
sioners of New York State for per
mission to build a bridge across
the Delaware at Port Jervis which
bridge is TO be for railroad trans
porhtion exclusively and not for
passengers or vehicles. Included in
this application is a petition for a
| right to construct about 2600 feet of
railroad in New York to connect
the bridge with the Erie.
There is a full complete and salts
factory understanding with the Off
cials of the Barrett bridge on this
| point as there is also with the Eric
in regard to the connection proposed
to be made with it's line. The part.
les having in charge the manage.
ment of the interests of this rond
understand fully the situation re-
garding the sale by the Erie of the
bridge to the Lamont Mining and
Railroad company and the subse
quent steps taken in our Legislature
and Supreme Court to have thai
sale set aside, and are not at thi.
late day expending their strength
in running their heads against solit
walls. The article in question if in
spired by a hostile interest wa:
shrewdly calculated to arouse the
antagonism of the Erie and Barre
bridge company to the new anC
bona fide project. II. written out O
"A fulness of ignorance, and COPIED
as it likely was with Il like modicun
of regard and care for veraciou
news, its effect would be precisely
the same, in fomenting suspicion
and opposition to a project whicl
should receive the hearty approval
and aid of every resident of thi
county and of our sister village Por
Jervis Had our neighbors reflected
for a moment on the situation they
would have recalled that there i
now company said to be activel,
engaged in an effort to construct
line of railroad from Stroudsbur,
to Bushkill, which has so far showr
no disposition to enter on the sacred
soil of New York. This valley j
largely tributary to Port Jervis an(
the Erie, but recent events show tina
Philadelphia is waking up to the fac
that she may make herself the com
mereial metropolis of the seaboard
and the laws now being enforced ar
strong inducement for our mer
chants to patronize their own state
Should the projected scheme ma
terialize and extend a road to tn
borders of this county, or some dis
tance within it, and give our peopl
a direct line to the Quaker City, an
should the Erie in the near futur
be compelled by sharp competitio,
of other trunk lines to shorten an
straighten her road our neighbor
might find their charming village O.
a side track, and the trade whic
they now enjoy diverted to othe
towns.
Pennsylvanians are loyal to th
Keystone State, and want to max
her by far the first in the Union i
every interest and if the people {
other States desire continuation c
the benefits they now enjoy the
should not be attempting by spread
ing false reports to thwart project
which will enure in the largest de
gree to their prosperity.