Smyrna times., 1923-09-26
PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM ONLY
PARTLY WITH MD. GV.RR PLAN
PRESIDENT RAE SUBMITS PRO-
POSAL TO GOVERNOR RITCHIE
Wants Subsidy If Boat Lines Are
Run-WOuld Ban MOtOrs-Suggests
a Conference to Talk Things Over

Run-WOuld Ban MOtOrs-Suggests
a Conference to Talk Things Over
President Samuel Rae of the Penn
sylvania Railroad has submitted to
Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, his
for solving Eastern-Shore
and-Baltimore transportation problem. |
Mr.. Rae said, in letter to the Gov
ernor, that he had given full consider
alton to the recommendations of the |
commission headed by S. Davies War
field and agrees, in part, with these |
recommendations. On behalf of the
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Rae now proposes:
1. To acquire from the pres
ent owners (E. B. Leaf Com
pany) that portion of the M. D.
and V. Railroad from Love Point
to West Denton and from Queens
town to Centreville, and includ-
ing the Steamer Lancaster.
2. Construct a connection be-
tween the road acquired and the
Oxford branch at Queen Anne in
order to reach Ocean City.
8. Acquire a frst-class ferry
boat.
4. Operate the property from
Queen Anne to West Denton,
from Queenstown to Centreville
and the B. C. & A. from
Clairborne for a period of one
year, but if they are not "satis-
factorily profitable" operation is
to be discontinued.
But to this proposition there are
several strings, or conditions, as fol-
lows:
1. That the ferry line between
Baltimore and Love Point be
granted a subsidy if other cross
bay lines are granted subsidies.
2. That a good automobile
road be built from Love Point to
Queenstown.
3. That the subsidy given the
line from Bay Shore to Queens
town be withdrawn.
4. That the Public Service
NO1lAlAoS4On W III llOA Adhh ~ uNh
or jitney lines permits to oper-
ate in the territory covered by the
line from Love Point to Queens
town.
Mr.. Rae goes further and says that
he feels that permits should not be
granted to motor trucks to parallel
the lines of the NJ, d. &, V. to be ac-
quired or of the B., c. & A. He does
not agree with that part of the War
field commissions report which rec
ommends the establishing of a freight
car ferry service between Love Point
and Canton, which he considers a
new proposition having no bearing on
the questions brought about through
the foreclosure of the NJ, D. & v
mortgage.
Mr.. Rae says he considers that the
acquisition of the steamer Lancaster
would be a temporary expedient til
the new steamer is acquired to rur
between Baltimore and Love Point
He estimates the cost at 100000.
AS to the method of operating tn
Nj. D. & ", or the portion it is pro
posed to acquire, Mr.. Rae says tn
line from Queen Annes to West Den
ton and from Queenstown to Centre
Vile will be operated for freight only
till January /, 1924, and if the CON
pany does not feel justified in cor
tinuing, it will sell the property t
anyone wanting it at what it cost tn
Pennsylvania. If no purchaser can b
found then these two pieces of the M
d. & V. would be abandoned.
The operation of the road as far q
Greenwood, Del, could not be undei
q taken, Mr.. Rae says, because it wOul
Il produce a deficit Of $4,000 a year.
The proposal of the Warfeld con
mission that the ferry between Bait
more and Claiborne be abandoned M
u Rae approves, this abandonment
'e take place upon the opening of Il
line from Love Point via the Oxfo,
branch.
As to the B., C. & A. line betwer
Claiborne and Easton, Mr.. Rae say
the Pennsylvania estimates that t
operation of this Is miles of ro
- would entail loss of $4,000 a yes
~ 1o but that the same trial will be Civ
~ it as will be given the NJ, D. & V.
n Concerning subsidies, it is explai
III ed that if no other cross-the-b
lines are granted subsidies, then t
Pennsylvania would waive the {
mand for a grant. Granting of ST
, sidies to competing companies, \
A Rae calls discrimination.
The Governor wrote Mr.. Rae
knowledging receipt of his letter q
advising him that he wished to con
with S. Davis Warfeld, chairman
the Eastern Shore Transportat
Commission. After he sees Mr.. w
field the Governor will seek a conf
ence with Mr.. Rea.