The sun., 1897-12-05
RAILWAY DOWN THE STATE.
Delaware Electric Railway Com
i pany To Be Incorporated.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ROAD
Will Have Double Track From Clay
mont to Delmar With Brahch
to Georgetown.

mercial interests Of this State and to
construct line of railway from border
to border thus giving the citizens an
other avenue of communication with
and transportation to the outside world,
and thereby materially lessening the
peoples outlay of money for passenger
and freight accommodation. The cry OF
this element which will prove a potent
factor in facilitating larger and cheaper
passenger travel and freight transporta-
ton from and to this State is
"Why should the people Of Delaware
pay enormously for their travel through
the State? Why should they pay larger
freights than any of their neighborlng
States?"
A Philadelphian, representing large
New York interests, who will build an
electric railroad throughout the entire
length of the State, has prepared bill
authorizing the construction OF the same,
and it will be presented at the coming
session of the General Assembly.
The movement is backed by the power
to make it success. 1t represents mil
lions of dollars and is managed by the
sbreWdest business men of the country.
Last week r. H. Kain,o Philadelphia,
representing New York interests went to
Hon. B. A. HAZEL, OF Smyrna, member
of the General Assembly from Duck
Creek Hundred and leader OF the House,
and showing Mr.. Hazel a copy OF bill
to incorporate the "Dclaware Electric
Railway Company laid before the
Legislator a detailed account OF the pro-
posed organization, capitalization, pur-
pose and extent of the said electric com
pany.
As before stated, the company will be
capitalized by New Workers, with also Il
part interest Of phiadelphians. Many
Delawsreans have signilicd their willing
ness to take shares OF stock in the COM
panv and will be glad to welcome the
new enterprise to our commonwealth.
Tie bill provides for the incorporation
Of tie "Delaware Electric Railway Com
pany," and in it they are given the
power to construct III electric railroad
with double tracks, to extend from the
PENNSYLVANIA and Delaware State line
near Claymont, Del, through the State
to Delnar, Del, which is situated exactly
upon the lower State line, thus covering
the entire State.
At Harrington the road shall have a
branch running across the State to
Georgetown. The line shall touch at
Clavmont, Bellevue. Wilmington Farm
hurst, New Castle, kirkwood, Mt.
Pleasant Middletown, Blackbird,
Smyrna, Dover, Camden, FELTON,, lar-
rington, Pennington, Bridgeville, Sea-
ford, Laurel and Delnar.
At Harrington the branch shoots off to
Georgetown, touching at Milford, Lin
coin City and Glendale.
Trains running over the road shall con-
sist Of six cars or less and the company
shall have the right to carry passengers.
But the most important feature OF the
hill is the fact that it empowers the COM
panv to run freight trains over their
road.
The company may transport all kinds
Of freight. They may introduce rrfriger-
ator cars, which will thus enable them to
carry all pcrishable freight and by SO
doing the new line will in every way be
a thoroughly modern railroad
Again the bill provides that the Del
aware Electric Railway Company shall
have the power to connect its Ialiruad
lines in this and in ncighborlng States.
Various other powers, are stipulated in
the bill, which will enable the I'rla-
ware Electric Railway Company to give
the people Of Delaware good accomoda-
ton in passcngcrand freight service.
The great advantage to be derived
from the advent Of this new railroad line
within the State borders will be the ci-
feet it will have on transportation prices.
In speaking Of the advent OF the rail
road in Delaware, several OF the inter
estcd New Workers said that the con-
struction of railroads in any country Is
SIGN of commercial progress. More
extensive facilities for the transportation
of the interests Of the commercial world
necessarily increase the amount OF trans
portation, because, being able to get his
produce to the city markets for cheap
rate, the producer makes an cfiort TO
bring about larger production than he
otherwise would.
Representative HAZEL has not as yet
consented to introduce or father the rail-
way bill at the coming session OF the
Legislature, but it is understood that
several other Legislators have been seen