New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-11-19
THE TRIBUNE.
FRIDAY MoaNING, nov. 10, la4l.


FRIDAY MORNING, nov. 10, 1871.
u W. aye oJaga 10 ~ by pre.s Of rev adysrti.e-
,nsns tic "a, aa,; of 5ss mater asd News on the
FirtP-ge efour pspe.. We reader. Ill take
The ,h:ht .rosble VI turning over the leaffo' it.
u Yor Letter from Buffalo on the Wheat Crop
and Flour TRADE OF West another o. the necessi-
" Fastening The Enc Enlargement, viin ste@
variety OF General News, see Fist Page
Ir For Poem and the thrilling sketch OF ne
MainiopInan's Death5ed, sec LastFage.
G We solicit especial attention 10 the Letters
from Buffalo on our First Page, siTing an account
oftle Wheat region and Flour operations Of the
w., asd setting forth the pressing necessity
which exists Tor the immediate Enlargement Of
the Erie Caaai Vest Of Lo.kPor. Each Of them
present. facts demanding easaest consideration, in
winch si-,.ho own property or ga, bread are
deepiy Interested.
RAmRolps--GTArs S1ocxs.-.fhc eudacious
yany w h which the Herald con;iuues to a.sa
the free institutions and morals Of our county and
countrymen exceeds all iorai-r exhibitions Of its
aat-repuLncan venom. It, leading artie!r Of yes-
terJay j. a libel on all srli-g5.crn aen, aud seem.
written expressly for the u.s. Of the monarcilis;s
Of Europe 1t distinctly Implies tia, he expert
men Of Freedom has sign.y i.ilrd % mis- country
No trse American can real 1t wit!iou, loatng and
abhorrenes. The following paragraph will exhibit
the motive:
y bat has brought " into this lamcntabIc con-
dIton Let any man run hs eye over map Of
the United States, and The almost huTnbericss
mile, OF unpJoductiye aai useless Railroads and
Canals f-any of which a,c goiag intO dilapidation
and ruin ior the want Of means 10 complete them
and ne viii be ut loss for an answer. The Ia
discriminate aud senseess expenditures on worth
less works OF internal Improvement aad especially
on Railroads, i, at tie foundation OF it all. The
reckless folly with when vast sums have been
sqsandetcd in This way, is beyond belief. More
than three hundred millions of dollars have been
es;pcnded on tailroads, ard equally large
will be required, 10 bring a return OF the money
wasted, render the works productive, for
not one 1atic in TEN can ever Wader any ctrcum-
SLaAce& pay c-cpelses, but to Put them in such a
state oil iurwardness as to save them from total
ruin"
We defy The Father of Lies himself to crowd
more stupendous fulsehood into paragraph than
this contains. Surely no man who reads can be
ignoran, that these reckless lies are put forth to
subservc the purposes OF desperate stock gamblers
who doubtless divide their plumber with their in
cenIiary, panc-naking instrument, 1t certainly
must be within the knowledge of nearly all who
can read that ocer ttro thousand mites Of Canals
and Railroads lare been completed in he Uni
ted States of which piae-teaths are now in active
and three.tourths in profitable operation There
is not even a piece of Railroad hundred miles
long completed 10 the G. States which does not
pay dividend while the Revenue of nearly every
one is steadily und of most is rapidly increasing.
Take every mile of rletcd Railroad and Canal
in this State together about 200 niles
o~';~e cooi, and IS iacrea4ing fnly te,. per cent
per snasm. The two main lines-Canal aus
Railroad, running side BY ,idc-are now payi1l
fully ten per cent. per annum on their entire cos,
though the lire of Railroad is no completed, ana
the Canal is greatly obsnuced by the process OF
Enlargement. Their Revenue this year is far be-
yond that Vi any former year, and morally certain
to increase next. and yet til. varspyre, for the
yiles, purposes Of personal punde; and N4tioua
detrac,cn, represents our whole system OF lnlerna
Improvement, ~ II fraud, failure AVID loading
necessarily to the Repudiaion Of CTR State Debts
and the overthrow Of our Political Institutions
How can such niqui;y be tolerated
me following tails. showing the receipts and
expenses for 1899 Of all the Railroads Of which
returns were a, hand. wa. recently complied by
Mr. Edwin Williams. 1t Will be observed ,ha,
the expenses short roa4s average nearly double
iho,e on long ones while the receipts are lighter
Every mile added Ia the length of a route, every
Year udded To i,s age, Increases It's dividend Ye,
here til, of ten short snd hardly FIN
ishcd Railroads in 1899:
Railroads Length Receipts Expenses
Philadelphia & Baltimore 81 Sl91,635. $l69, 1870
Camden 4 Amboy. I'll 6S5. 339 256.0i3
Utica 4 Syracuse. 80 :. 1917 .923. COSTS
Utica Il Schenectady. 49, 7&- 400. GIL lis. $50
Boston y Lowell -..-.-..2 5Y .24l ,220.. 92.15l
Boston x Providence ----4 .3l2. 907. 95,562
Boston X Worcester ----- AL .23l 1907 .l26.5Si
Eastern incomplete 90 l25,6 23.- 53, Iii
Taunton Branch. ---.--..ll.- 5S,0lS-- l6,7l
Nashua n Lowell ------ Iii 55.053-- 1855
Total 45Ot ,7gs 1856 LOIS 3iS
Net annual profits sl,750,S or about l l per ct
Cost Of the above Railroads 49, SIG, l64 ,50j
70 Our friend who writes us on the subject OF
the lutte Meeting at Washington Hall will find his
remarks superseded by the appearance of the OH