The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-09

Of such ownership. can charge nomin-
ally high rates for transporting uhe
coal Of that company. so as to avoid
the charge Of discrimination. While its
own coal companies nomlnally lose by
these excessive charges, the railroad
company itself gets the benefit; and
the apparent loss to it's coal companies
Is merely a matter of bookkeeping.
Sixth-Aside from the coal traffic. the
construction of the proposed railroad
will be of great general benefit to citi-
zens of Pennsylvania,residin in Scran-
ton and its vicinity; as 1t will furnish
them a direct and attractive outlet to
all points In Northern New York and
New England: and they will also be
benefited by the general business
which will be done over the new rail-
road in both directions. A few weeks
ago, the board of trade Of Scranton
passed resolutions. very strongly en-
dorsing the proposed railroad: and at
a NEE ling of the Anthracite Coal Oper-
ators association, held short time
ago, equally emphatic resolutions were
passed in favor OF the road. the men,
bers pledging themselves to do all they
could to further its interests.
SEVENTH have attended the hear
ings which have been had before the
board of railroad commissioners, on the
application of the Delaware Valley and
Kingston Railway company. for a GER
tificate. The chief opposition to the APP
plication Is made by the Erie Railroad
company and by the New York, ontario
and Western Railroad company, an
other anthracite railroad company: but
from my knowledge of the facts I am
confident that all of the anthracite coal
railroad companies are opposing the
construction of the new railroad, for
the purpose of suppressing competition
I'D ,1Ar !, "a lt,,rr ,c
to the schedule of rates now existing
among the said companies.
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES.
Eighth am the president of the
Genesee and Wyoming Railroad COM
pany, New York corporation, and
have had considerable experience in
railroad matters. l have never In my
experience seen n proposed route for
a railroad company which offers so
many natural advantages as the pro-
posed railroad over the Delaware and
Hudson canal. The construction of this
proposed railroad Is not merely pro-
NOTED by persons interested in the
Pennsylvania Coal company and in the
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad
company but is also very actively pro-
NOTED by the individual owners of coll
lieries in Pennsylvania, by independ-
ent capitalists, and by persons inter-
ested in railroad and manufacturing
industries at Kingston. New York, es-
pecially by Mr.. Samuel ID. Coykendall.
the president of the Ulster and Della
ware Railroad company "a corporation
which has its eastern terminus Vt
Kingston). the president Of the Cornell
Steamboat company, which does a very
large business on the Hudson river
and man largely interested in the ex-
tensive Rosendale cement quarries
near Kingston, which have owed their
existence entirely to the canal. and can
be reached only by line of railroad
passing along the canal. Even, there
| fore. If every pound of coal mined by
| the Pennsylvania Coal company should
! be shipped over the existing line of the
Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad and
| delivered to the Erie Railroad COM
! pany, the interests connected with the
construction of the Delaware Valley
and Kingston railway and the branch
| from i.ackaWaXen to Hawley, so as tC
| form an independent line to the an
! thracite regions. would undoubtedly OBJ.
/ tain more ahan sufficient business OF
other kinds to make the proposed linz
a very profitable one, without affect
| ing in the slightest way any contracts
entered into by the Erie Railroad com
pany. f.. l.. Fuller.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this sixth day of March, 1900.
| (SeaD Cornelius a. Loughlin,
! Notary Public, New York county.