Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-26

pie excavation required for The Canal. should the
Canal follow the Milestone route, the rail road must
Iverye at Kingston, and proceed by Lawrence Brook
~ Nthe Raritan, surtncc admirably adapted b,
ma, Nre for the purpose, and involving expense
,,,r u consideration. AS the execution of such q
rail r. nd is obviously required by every motive OF
rnb,c policy, and private convenience We hope il
NAV be constructed by the Canal Company, and thai
they NAV ncet with no impeachment from the State
mr. from in Widuals. With b st wishes for thcil
success ind with no little pride ,ha the great Della
ware md Ra atan Canals about 10 be executed by
the cnri,a and enterprise of NJ Jersey wi bout sub
sides from New York Philadephia, we proceed &c
our iuter ences fire. u, this state of facts.
| We consider tn there need no longer be iealou-
sy bel ween friends ~ the several projected improve
ments No new can ~ can be starred a rival to the
Delaware and Rarita Canal, for there is 10 other
water communication c Nher practicable or desirable.
1t will erfere with \ra road scheme, suffer
by the execution of any vail road; their departments
OF business being, Nnceive essentially differ
ent A rail road on it's bal& crossing the dividing
ground between the Delawar and Atlantic waters at
the most favourable point, mus form portion OF any
line that be undertaken to trNyerse the State from
north eas to southwest The tNlantic Rail Road,
! for example would Join it Brunswick, and might
dverge at any point, east of the Del sware mos.
venient for ITS purpose line brySking off at the
mouth of Stony Brook, and following TIE sonth-
erly branch of Milestone, (Which parallN to the
Delaware,) to its thence tpking the di-
recion of Allentown. Rickestown and Jobstown to
Mount Holly--.then down the north branch of Ran
cocus to the forks then across Rancocus Ivy Mores-
town, Haddonfeld and Woodbury. to Salem, with a
! branch from Morestown to Camden, seems us
from inspection of the man to be particularly ia
vourable For large part of the distance it would
occupy the table land at the head of the stotter
streams running into the Della ware, and would THUS
avoid the difficulties which the smallest stream
never fails to produce. IL would accommodate also
large section of I'M eror country likely 10 be exclu-
ded from participation in any improvements yet au-
thorised by law. But be this as it nav whatever
ms " he thp nrDDOSpl and wha
New Jersey may do her share towards the great line
of rail rond carried along the coast of the Union
and may accomplish also, perfect line of winter
transportation between Philadelphia and New York.
the rail way have described must form ini to
the chain.
With such rail road traversing the State from
north to south, with the Delaware and Reritan,
and Morris Canals, and the Amboy Rail Road cross
/ ing from east to west--the general sytem of New
Jersey Improvement will be complete, and nothing
will remain but to authorize such branches at vario,s
quarters, and such short lines of merely local impor
lance as the convenience of each district may require
So long the State not asked 10 subscribe such
smaller works, we can no objection 10 the grant
ing OF charters when applied for by persons with sui
cient means at their disposal.
| l. As to dstonce.-A rail way, which for short
ness sake will call the Trenton Rail Way, from the
mouth of Vanhart's Greek, the Pennsylvania side
to that of Lawrence Brook. the Raritan, will DO
IS miles The distance by rail way from Borden
town to South Amboy is 34ll miles.
Bordentown is about the same distance above Van
harts Creek, that Lawrence Brook is above South
Amboy. The actual amount of land and watercar-
rage between the cities, by these routes may there
fore be taken about the same. But if the Tren-
ton and Amboy Rail Roads be compared with refer
ence to the activities to be each and
the usual allowance in distance time be made for
such activities 35 miles the latter will be found
equal to at least is miles of such road the for
nler great part of the Trenton road is level--it
has no ACTIVITY greater than feet in the mile
Its average rise and fall does not exceed three feet
and taking the whole together, the power used ma
exert the full force of which it cnpa bile level
the effect of so small elevation being percepli
BILE in practice The Ambov road the contrary,
presents constantly nndulating surface, with gen.
era grade approaching so feet to the me--n several
parts reaching 40 feet and on long plane exceed
ing SO feet.
on the Liverpool and Manchester ran way that To-
connective engine ots the best consructcn which ira
yelled 20 miles an hour level, could only attain
j miles an hour on plane of so feet to the mile
The Amboy line requires frequent deep cuts, heavy
eInbankments and expensive bridges over streams
Il has entertainments of % feet, and deep cuts Of 40
feet On the Trenton line there is no deep cut nor
any embankment exceeding nine feet.
8 The facts we have stated shew that the Tren-
ton Railway can be travelled with more expedition
and certainty, because the same power will 90 an
equal speed for the whole distance
We might press this comparison much further but
having commenced it with other object than to
explain allegation in regard to the facilities of the
Trenton route, we forbear saying more than is abso
intey necessary fboth projects go forward the pub
lie at least will profit by the competition.
We are conscious that tho remarks which we ha VIC
thus hastily thrown together must somewhat oil
a rambling and disconnected appearance.-But we
have not time to give them regular form, nor
space in single article to do than sketch our
views of subject wide in the details and so in
tcrestEg in every respect TO the people of New Jer
sey We shall recur to il again the first opportu-
nifty, and shall endeavor fill up what we regard as
mere outlines Ct the picture.
From, The W y Daily Sentinel
PRIVATE CONSEQUENCES
LETTER III.
PAa,s, August 10Th, $50.
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expose the origin, has confused steadily on the in