The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-06-04


hundred and tairty-ono dollars and eighty-one
cents, which in money and satisfactory secu-
", he has paid into the Treasury. Care has
been taken in the conveyance, to protect tie
Commonwealth against responsibility, beyond
the amount of the consideration for the pu-
chase without interest, in the possible effect IT
a failure or defect oftitle.
On the opening of the present season, tie
surveys and examinations OF country upon tie
proposed routes of Railroads were recon
menced, under the superintendance of the D.
rectors of Internal improvements appointed b.
the last Legislature, and have been prosecuted,
with diligence and successful application, to tir
present time Various courses of the roue
from the city of Boston TO Providence, ha9
been run out by the Engineer, the levels O
country taken, and the preferable direction Sc
lected and accurately defined. Estimates of e.
pense in constructing the road, and of the prob
able use which may be made of it, are in prep
araton, and it is anticipated, that all the infof
nation which will be required, to determiu
the expsdiency of pursuing this project of i'm
provemeGt, may be presented in the Report
which win be laid before you, during the pres
ent session. An application made to the Leg
slature of Rhode Island, for authority to extens
the work within the jurisdiction of that Gov
eminent, was received with expressions Of th,
most satisfactory encouragement
The usual order Of public notice was obtain
ed, returnable to the next session, to be held th'
present month, with liberty in the mean time
to prosecute the surveys, and take the necessary
measures for maturing the subject for iayora
bic decision.
A comparison of the obvious inducemnts to
this enterprise, with the prospect of ad antage
from others of like kind, which have 5een I'M
dertaken, in various parts of this coupry and IN
Europe, cannot fail to produce the strongest
conviction Gifts importance and success There
can hardly be found distance ofway, to the
same extent, more favorable to tbs species OF
improvement. Although not mperaly farther
! than the present course of tract, the face OF
the country isles unequal. Ilere are popu-
lation, and business, and occasions for the trans
portation of persons and of gods to require and
/ to support the accommodation and, with the
most reasonable tolls, to rendE the expense OF
its construction profitable Investment. Both
the time and the manner of Executing the I'M
provement are with the wisd>m of the Legisla-
turc. That it should be encouraged by the
government, and speedily commenced, | can
not hesitate to recommend A joint concern.
with corporation to be Grated, on a subScrip-
} ton to some proportion ofstock, by the State,
Eould unite the vigilancelf individual interest
with a confidence in publr agency, and ensure
It's most eflclent prosecutor.
From the greater extnt OF labor 10 be per-
formed upon the Routes from the City of Bos-
ton to the Hudson, although much progress has
been made in the work no precise and definite
results are to be expected at the present time
The intermediate distarce of country between
the surveys, which were reported to the last
Legislature, has been examined, and the pro-
files and plans of that route completed. But
other routes, promising favorable comparison,
if not preference in direction, are yet to be
attended to. Considerable advances have also
been made towards an estimate of the expense
of construction, and the probable amount of
transportation. The magnitude of the object
and the great interest it cxcites, demand eau
tious and most faithful and thorough course OF
investigation. Sufficient, however, has been
accertained, to confirm previous opinion, that
n Rail Road from the city Of Boston to the Hud-
SON, By at least one route, Us reasonably prGctt-
cable. and to Justify the Legislature in contin-
uing those measures of examination and inqui-
ry which are indispensable to judicious and
satisfactory decision upon the expediency and
best mode of its construction. In relation TO
so great an enterprise, those general consdera-
tions of advantage to the country, from facili-
ties to INSTRUMENTATION between distant
places, from affording new markets to produce,
enhancing the value Of property, encouraging
industry, and increasing population, by afford
ing employment to labor, are more especially
to be regarded, than any direct and immediate
profits from the interest of money which shall
be expended. All these benefits may confident
" be looked for, in the work which has been
proposed. Nothing short of personal knowl-
edge of the country can furnish proper and
adequate estimate of its immense capacity for
business and improvement.
IN interior trade, tenfo{d its present amount,
might be had with the sea board, but for the ex-
pense Of transportation Lands would receive
richer and more general cultivation, if their
products could reach market. Manufactures
would be established wherever the tax upon
the carriage of materials and of fabrics did not
overbalance the economy, otherwise, of their
inland location. 1t may safely be assumed, that
to many of these existing establishments, the
saving of expense in transportation by rail
road. would exceed the value of all the protec
ton, which the most liberal tariff of duties ey-
er proposed would afford. Here then, is mea-
sure OF encouragement to domestic industry
within our own control "a system of internal
improvement opposed to no constitutional scru-
pies; of which no interest can complain, and by
which all interests will be promoted
The Legislature of New York in the spirit of
liberal and enlightened enterprise, which has
ever so highly distinguished the Councils of
that great State, on being made acquainted
with the proceeding which have been had in
Massachusetts,, forthwith passed law, provid-
ing for the appointment Of Commissioners with
the most ample powers, in relation to all meas
ures necessary to be adopted in exploring
routes, completing surveys, and locating the
Road, nom Tile point Of intersection with the
line of the State TO its termination on the Hnd-
son, and by explicit enactment further plcdqed
the Legislature, that, If the state of .Massactu-
sets shall construct rail roud from Boston to
The Eastern Boundary Of this State, either d.
reetty or through me medium Of an Incorporate
ed Company, the Legislature of this STATE miu
construct IL from thence to the Hudson ripcr.
or grant to The State Of Massachusetts, or some
authorized Company, the right of so doing and
taking tolls thereon, under proper restriction
as to juyisdiction." Thus encouraged. and
strengthened to the undertaking, new induce