The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-27

sr. LOUIS AND BosroS We copy The following
Interesting article from The =. Loas. Gazette Of
iy- 2latul,.
" I hc two cities priho United States which are
r-oste.-iUg most mpid'y ~ population and wealth,
' t1e present TIME 10 proportion To their size, are
iduubtrdly Boston aud 81 Louis, one ia the east
sru nui tho other h. ths western section oflhe Tn.
tep. Fur nanny ,c,rs- iom 1870 To I53a--B Boston
a .s i.s'pr ground. In The rice for greatness wih
N.N \ u.s., Pui'.dsphiI aud BHIti.nor. -hu about
u.. y'ar l-ju, ucw era dawuuj on that city,
i.oeEA tine fundamentally oiils en'crprising cap
sItSi-, which uas tuEn,! lie tide suon.iy IN lis
f,spr. ltthat time the fret railroad WAS cons,ruc
tt 80 one side OF The city, md The first steam
power lUuu establishment erected on tho other.
Fr-l ,iini une - the prcseni, Lqwel has increNs-
"a 10 population from 300 t., - .00O,aud in wealth,
fosi Slo0,O0J to twenty rhlions. The cotton
suulucture Of Lowell, add tie hundred other man
on turing villages in New Enelanl, have given n
vt' low u. lhe 'rade Of Boston, unknown - any
oii. ,iIy ia the Union.
asslrhusets, uhicE formerly expnriod, it was
sn'D, uoihi"s but grnuite cd zee, now produces
u4ulilciurss valaod ul u,u.iy millions of dollars
pee Hnuum, ,argI part of which centcrs Mt Bos.
fou, as place OF distribution lo all parts oftho Tn
con
8. liter pcriud than :hat first mentioned, her
% 'e'ug cIuzens became convinced, that although
.he ,ad 80 river like the Hudson the Delaware or
tHs l-qurh1uun, 10 bring 10 ner wharycs the pro
oari, uiiAe houndlos aud fertile west, yet that an
srou pathway might he lad along her mountain
rarsfs, over which a slcaal engine with tain Of
could move ~ the Of thirty miles per hour
ski .hc produce o. he lakes at the cutie, of the
NeO lorh Canal. and landing j., li Boston in less
r.re .lau itcau be delivered at New York About
one aall uf lh,. road D.. completed, aud the whole
eI.I De- flashed w,'h.n tacI,e mouths from this
..av
r. sioad viii cost uot'aT from seven millions of
d..f.rt 90 o. calculated 20 support an engine of
satI..u ,,n- gh', mail 10 carry 1000 barrels of
G,ur .l s,aglo train fears, ten miles an hour
O. Is os ,,nat,i tia. When finished, -four can be
rr,r-p,tt,I from Albany To- Boston, POI miles, tor
..5 cents per barl,i. Two thousand men are now
90 s,lk "n thi- road, ia SONS section, both night
ardd.y. The capitalist 81 Boston have also CON
tribute larsuly To tho fands required for laying
down always from AlLnny To- Buffalo, between
d, hieA place, There will soon ba continuous line
The same enterprise and capital will,
ere maly years shall base elapsed, continue the
.au, huc acrus, Onn, H., ana, and Illinois, 10 ST
Louis COL case the funds req tied for the work ura
pot furnished 10y the Swlcs the route.
e, ',.'. owes is prctont prosperity to neither
manufacturers nor rai!iults for it has do. /
ar,Ap.rdsa in either.
e.. congress has buen accelerated mainly by the /
hund,e'- &c thousands d, enii.rants who have over
spread lnc praircs orMrssou,., Illinois, Wisconsin,
iDd !vv ~ 30 have made ,his their market foI |
Do, sale OF their agricultural * mining productions. !
,tI I.r hs purchase OF merchandise. The increase
'f ihis cry "a wealth and population, within the
past len years, IL scarcey ParalleIod. la 1881 the
population Of tn" city ,tHd suburbs estimated
30 CCO1 II is now not tar irom 30 900, aud rapid
" increasing. The nuu,he. Of buildings recently
;o,nm-", ed is very grra', and the value OF those
in courss Of complotos VIII exceed million and
half of dofirs.
The trade between this city and Boston is great
sr aud ile c1nueXiob more intimate, than is gener
Ally Imagined The various staple articles of ex
pos, from Boston, including domestic goods, boots
md shocs oil candles. &c., required Tor This mar
set and ~ hch forwarded from here for the up
Der eoun.ry, cannot fui short Of tw, millions Of
iollacs
We shalt close these remarks with comPara-
i've statement o. the value or western productions
dipped liom New CrlsIns Ia New York aud Bos-
Ca.