Milford chronicle., 1910-03-25
OPPOSED BUILDING RAILROAD.


80 Wilmington had very exalted opinio
Of themselves, and looked with contemI
en- upon the lower end of the State of Della
ware, and in fact the entire Marylan
and Delaware peninsula. In the Milfor
l. Beacon Of July 18th, 1858, the following
J. editorial proves that then as now, thu
y lower end Of Delaware was Of more far
seeing and broader mind than the vii
mington part of the State, and that thei
II confidence in the future and themselve.
IS was founded on a farseeing confidence
S that Delaware was to become what it is
p to day, and that Sussex and Kent coun.
ties, with the balance of the peninsula.
would be the garden for the greatest part
OF the population of the eastern part of
S the United States of America. The edi-
} torial as printed fiity-seven years ago,
follows:
The Politician, a paper published at
Wilmington, Del in an article on the
Delaware Rail Road, in the number of
the Goth inst, contains some very I'M
just remarks in regard to Sussex county
and the lower part of the Eastern Shore
of Mary land. The editor endeavors to
impress upon the public mind that this
road will never be of any benefit to the
citizens of the State, and that it will
prove a sinking fund to those who
aid its construction by the investment of |
capital in its stock, and in attempting to |
do this he delivers himself of the follow
ing inappropriate and scandelous language
We need not therefore look for any
travel from beyond the Chesapeake, and
but very little if indeed any. from the
poverty striker country on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, the two isolated and
almost unlnhabited counties of Virginia
or the cypress swamps, salt marshes.
sandy deserts and cedar bushes of Sussex I
county. But what inducements is there
for even the inhabitants of these counties
to travel? What have they to travel forl
Manufactures they have none nor Will
have, nor do they want any, their wants
are few and easily obtained. Fish are in
abundance, ducks are plentiful tarapins
they rean catch, a little corn they can J
raise, all they want is powder and shot y
a
few ginger cakes, or a little coffee and I
mOlasses as a luxury and they are as
happy as pigs in cutters and no desire to. o
or OHght to travel for. They are content
with their wooden implements and cart d
gearing their straw collars, rope harness Z
and raw-hlde traces. they want no impor al
tatlon and they have nothing to export. a
But as we approach nearer to civilization. I
when we get into Caroline, Queen AIMS ~.
and Kent counties OF MARYLAND and Del.
aware then, and from there we may ex- "
lect some little amount of travel, bnt
What benefit that travel do to Delaware n
n the City Of Wilmington depends upon
what they travel for, where thew travel an
o, and the charges of this railway com. on
any.
What think We of that, We venerable ~
Tres and We toil-wOrn sons of Sussex -
DOes not your noble blood boil with in
ignation, and the frOwH of contempt ~
lount upon your sun-tanned brows = Co
What have you TO travel for?' Or. in Or
-her words, why should you desire TO ~ ~
e placed on an equal footing with those tar
no, since we have become an ndepen. :
ent people, have enjoyed superior ad. pi'
lntages IN every respect? Why should e
lu desire to become better acquainted ~
tn the modes OF Improvement and the fse
t. and sciences of this enlightened AGE p
by not be content with viewing the s.
ogress made by your neighbors. with a
L seeking to advance Yourselves with
e tide OF improvement? These are tie
pudent questions the editor of the
litician would have you answer We
'uld ask that editor, are not the in
ests OF the people Of Sussex county as
entail to the welfare of the State as
)se OF New Castle? We think so. The Z
pulatlon OF Sussex is composed. gen III
lily, oil an industrious and enterprising
lple, and all they lack in their progress
IN more favored communities. is the
'antages OF public improvement. They
re not the required means bv which
" can export the productions Of their IS
and their labor to markets where de s.
nj better prices than can be obtained 81.
home, and by which they would be La
bed TO obtain the necessary articles for sc
better improvement of their lands. ST.
e them the advantages bv which they
lid be enabled to open their resources Sc
carry on trade with the more flour
ny parts OF the country, and but a
years VIII suffice to show that odd So,
sex contains treasures far more val "a.
lie than even the minds of the wise
4 "a ASiam ware Woulu conjecture. Let
Rail Road be completed. and it will
D be shown where the trade is to Me
e from, for when the good people of
EEK find they have the means bv Me
ch to send off their produce and OBJ
their wants, they will appreciate it Boy
arm OF industry will be nerved. the =,
It OF improvement will raise in its me'
ht, everything Will assume a progres. Mei
aspect, and old things and customs NJ.
entirely pass away. Her waste lands
be converted into fertile fields fac
5 will be erected upon her hereto.
idle streams and her valuable water
ers called into use for the purpose of MeF
elling huge machinery her little Gil
ges will spring up into lourishipg
Is, and soon the Iron horse will be- Sam
ing DER her fertile plains with his
y trains ladened with the products WOr
n golden harvest and the rewards
II industry. Our
is not the interests Of Sussex county
. . N.s.aa l.