Evening journal., 1900-09-26

"They say I'd do a hellish thing,
And it would work me woe,
For they averred I'd kill the Bird
That makes the Doodle flow.
Oh, wretch! said they the Levi Cham
payne Bird to slay
That makes the Doodle now
"One other point. and am done. 1
am told that the New Castle members
are Mr.. Birds warm supporters. The
annual expenses Of the state have in
creased over $50. 900 a year. in the past
twelve years. Farnhurst $4,000 addi-
tional to school fund and other eXpen-
ses. All these are strongly advised by
the New Castle members, and l would
think when they increase the expendi-
lures they would look after the reye-
nue., a little; TO increase expenditures
and reduce revenue, is burning the
candle at both ends.
"The argument advanced by the Bal
/ timore and Ohio Railroad, that as the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company only
pays $53, 900 for al their leased lines in
/ Delaware, the $4,000 paid by the Bal
! timore and Ohio Is a greater tax in
proportion to the business done in this
state, has much truth In IT. and a
spirit of fairness cugnpels me to take
up the third and last point in this ar
i gument, which is that the Delaware
} Railroad Division should be taxed
$4,000 per annum. / am, OF course,
: aware a railroad cannot be taxed a
lump sum. What l mean is to impose
2 such a rate Of taxation upon tha fran
( chise, property and earnings as would
T. realize at least the sum proposed, viz:
r $40, 900.
1T Is well known to all that the Penn
G sylvania Railroad Company does moi
own a dollars worth of property in the
e State Of Delaware in its own name, mol
8 employ a single individual Neither
= does the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany appear in any Of the laws of Del
aware. The Pennsylvania Railroa,
L Company leases the Philadelphia, VIII
IS mington and Baltimore Railroad, ant
e Il, In turn. leases the Delaware Rail
i road but the whole railroad system o
II this Peninsula is controlled and virtu
A. ally owned by the Pennsylvania Rail
r road Company.
al 81 admire the Pennsylvania RailrOa
II Company, as a corporation. Il Is COZ
sidered to be. both in this country an
g, Europe, the best managed road
or the world. Its mode Of handling
great freight business Is very superio
49 Then the financial management OF Il
90 road, the great capital Of q
- road. the brains Of the road, q
"a integrity of the road q never knew
81 Pennsylvania railroad man TO be nj
- faithful to his trust or shirk his dut.
l6 call forth the admiration OF us a
IL Is a great army of well-traini
N workers. Besides, some of my be
on friends are Pennsylvania railroad me
1t and / value their Sriendship We
re highly.
Ire THE trouble is that II has been Z
no smart for Delaware. 1t gets all II ca
INT and keeps all It gets. Had not we bi
lal ter copy after the Pennsylvania Ra
road Company, a little, in our sta
'ur finance? Would not a $4,000 tax, frC
that road to the state, go far iowa
hm evening up things? The tax OF S40.(
per was paid thirty years ago by the Ph
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimc
'rk Railroad Company and ! have
a doubt 1t IL still so charged annually
100 the looks OF that company. The D.
aware Railroad Company, and branch
ur only pay S365s30 That is {
cir Delaware Railroad Company prop
or Junction and Breakwater, and Brea
water and Frankford, now combin
under the name Of the Delaware, Mai
90 land and Virginia, Cambridge and 81
90 ford Railroad, Newark and Delawi
. City Branch, Delaware, Maryland q
90 Virginia Branch, Harrington and !
G. hohoth and Harrington to Frank
'un Queen Annes and Kent Railroad a
Delaware and Chesaueake railway"
ess Mr. Morris then gives the history
On these roads showing that thousands
ex- dollars Of interest had been present
vas to them by the state in mortgsi
len held. Finally by 4 revised chi
for ter it was directed that ten OF the
se teen directors of the Delaware RI
are road must be citizens Of the sta
The object clearly being to keep
~ control of the road in the hands OF
citizens Of the state. He says:
The ten directors in the board ,
among our beet citizens. but do tn
ses or anyone else for a moment supp
that they have any voice i'm the mi
sgement Of the Delaware railroa
Are they not set up and knocked do
like so many tenpins, at the will OF
.,ht managers OF the Pennsylvania RI
road Company, who own majority
oo the stock, and control the road?"
The history Of the junction a
Breakwater is then given. "Thousal
of dollars of interest on this road a
have been forgiven" says Mr. Nor
"and further, they now have been
bis sorbed by the Pennsylvania Railry
Company and, this year. have b
very profitable The people Of the st
of Delaware have no interest or cont
ore in these roads now, and they are run
ces the interest or a great monopoly Il
ate does not pay the slightest attention
ISL the wishes OF the people who built
BAD roads, and charge them higher ra
ses than the people of Maryland and v
hat ginia are charged for longer distanc
nm ne Interstate commerce law gi'
we MS no relief, l am told, as there Is
iio. penalty attached to an overchar
lei simply a rebate .of the excess char
md What is the Pennsylvania RailrC
ad. Company doing for the farmers Of u
lis aware? I win give You an instan'
A wealthy and influential citizen
md l3ridgeville called on q Pennsylvai
the Railroad Company officer in Philad
his phia this season. and said:
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