The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-13
WESTERN RAILWAY.

The report of the Commissioners on the sub
jeet of railway from Boston to Albany has
been published. Its length. prevents our pub
fishing even an abstract at this time The
course of the routes examined are as follows:
SOUTHERN MAIN ROUTE.
Passing the marshes near .Cambridgeport to
Charles river in Brighton thence by said river
and near Anglers corner to Doctor Gree
noughs meeting house in Newton; thence by
Newton lower falls to Needham and Natick
thence to Concord river in Framngham; thence
by said river and its western branch through
Sburburne, Hopkinton, and part of Southbo-
rough to Westborough; thence by the Charles
town meadows through Grafton and Nillbury
10 New Worcester thence through Leicester
and Spencer to the Chicopee river in South
.Brookheld; thence by said river through West
Brookfeld and Western TO the Three Rivers in
Palmer thence through Wilbraham across the
plains TO the Connecticut river, Springfield;
thence through West Springfield to the Aga
wan, or Westield river thence by said river
and its western branch through Westheld, Rus
sell, Blanford, Chester, Middlefeld and Beckett,
to the summit between the Connecticut and the
Hudson in Washington thence by the waters
of the Hodsatonic river through Hinsdae and
Dalton to Pittsfeld thence by the Shaker Mill
brook and through Richmond and West Stock
bridge to the State line at Canaan, N. Y;
thence by the waters of the Steinekill, through
Canaan and Chatham to Undertook creek /;
thence through the westerly parts of Chatham,
Undertook and Schodac, TO the Hudson at the
village of Castleton thence up said river to
Greenbush opposite Albany
NORTHERN MAIN ROUTE.
From Troy, New York, by the waters of the
Poestonkill to the Drowned Land in Pittstown ;
thence by Single Hollow to the Hoosick river
hear the Four Corners; thence in the valley of
said river through Hoosick, Pownal and Will
Jamestown, to Adams thence through Savoy
TO the north branch of the Westfield river in
Cummington thence through Goshen and
WILLIAMSBURG to Northampton; thence through
Hadley and Belchertown to the Three Rivers
in Palmer; thence by the Ware river through
Ware, New Braintree, Hardwick Barre and
Oakham to Rutland thence by branch of
the Nashua through Holden, West Boylston
and Boylston, to branch of the Concord river
in Berlin; thence through Marlborough, Sud-
bury, East Sudbury, Western, Waltham,
Watertown and Cambridge, where the routes
may unite.
SECTIONAL ROUTES.
From Westborough through Marlborough
to Berlin which would unite the two main
routes.
IIOul CilC ItSW IlgldIlU dClUIy III
through Worcester to New Worcester which
would save some distance in the southern main
route.
From Oakham to Brookfeld by the five mile
creek which would unite the two main routes
From the Three Rivers in Palmer through
Ludlow, CRANKY, South Hadley, passing near
Northampton, and through Easthampton, South
ampton and Norwich to the Westfeld river at
Chester Village which would save considera
BILE distance in the southern main route.
From Belchertown Though Enfield, Green
witch and Hardwick, to Barre which would
shorten the northern main route.
The section west of the Connecticut River
has been accurately surveyed, from which it
is ascertained that the greatest inclination, at
any given point of the road, will not exceed
so feet per mile that, from the Hudson to the
Connecticut, there will be but miles and
8-1Oths, and from the Connecticut to the Hud-
son, but miles and 9-10ths with this degree
of ascent After going into variety of esti-
mates, the Commissioners come to this result
That, to convey load of tons from the
Connecticut to the Hudson, viii require, on a
miles OF the road either two horses or the full
exertion of ones miles of the road will re-
qure that exertion, which horse can use for
half his ordinary working hours, supposng the
other half to be employed ON the descents of
the road ,-27 miles will require power within
the limits of easy exertion the remaining 62t
miles will require an exertion, varying with
the fluctuations of the road, from nothing to a
trifle more than is necessary to overcome the
friction of the wheels
In passing from the Hudson to the Connecti-
cut, miles will require either two horses, or
the full exertion of one IA miles, that exertion
which horse can use for half his ordinary
working hours; 44a will be within the limits
OF easy exertion; the remaining 80, will re-
quire either none, or the small exertion neces-
sary to overcome the friction when the descent
is very small.