New-York tribune., 1842-01-17
Il he concluded.l
Rni!road to RuHslo--Ess 2risin-Iesion
and Bnfnlo-sandusky and Mad s:iycr
New. X orik and Albany. DC.
c of The Ner-Ycrk Tribune.

Rni!rond to RmHslo-Ess arisin-Besion
and Bnffnlo-kanslusky and Mad asivcr
New orik and Albany, DC.
Core pondcncc of The Nev-Ycrk Tribune
BUFFALO. jar. l0lSi2.
The late celebration at Albany, and subsequently
a, Boston, OF the opening of the Railroad which
now connects those two cities, has awakened .cnsa
tions and aroused inquiries which no other eyent
would have done. It is profitable, sometimes, to
compare small things with grcai-Past= pre-
sent; and TO see how mountains have sunk down
beore the energies Of to-day, where nos'ijlIs but
few years since, cifeclually hsdged the WY.
The project Of a Railroad from Lake Erie to the
iIudsun--from Buffalo to Al5any, originated here.
[ have now before nc a printed circular bearing
date tie 9th o. September, 1881 which e!nanated
iron, a meeting of the citizens Of Buffalo, called
70. ;i.c p;,rposc Of taxing into consideration tic
subject Of d Railroad communication between this
place and no Hudson River. his document
9urporr.,o have been prepg!ed to be sent the
orcnliacili men fl>ng the whole inc OF tie pro-
poscd road for the purpose Of moving them 10 tie
procurement OF lne caoice OF Delegates Con-
r1nlon which 1t proposes TO call, for the purpose
If consumnlatisg arrangements for application TO
TIC Legislature for the Incorporation OF Company
Tor the construction of the proposed road. You will
observe that it only ten years las. September
since this movement made; yet IT failed, at
nat tine, for want of public confidence in what
was deemed so wild project. 1t was in ad-
vance Of public faith and confidence in such an un-
ler,aking. What, them let me ask, would have
been thought had the projectors eff this mad
,cheme,' it fumiliarly called, extended theii
plan so far have embraced the Railroad now
actually finished and in operation between Albany
and Boston Theyproposed Road from Buffalo,
by way cf Syracuse and Utica to the Hudson
hey lo-ked not beyond this; and yet for daring
thus far, they were denounced madmen, and
that, TOO, only ten years since Yet the whole Is
aow on the of triumphant completion, with an
extension of the gigantic undertaking Boston,
he capital of the New-England States. say on
the eve, for the entire line, from Buffalo to Bos-
,on is novv finished, and in daily use, with the ex-
ception Of thir,yelght miles, over which the cars
are destined to pass the sixth of july sext.
When this Is done the distance between Buffalo
and Boston may, and WILL upon all necessary occa-
,ions, be run in twenty.tour hours
From The successful completion of this vast cx-
ant Of Railroad important consequences, and, per-
hups, some grave changes are to ensue. By 1t the
| united with the Great West which constitutes, 10
New. England an important customer, To reach
his customer in the most direct way, and with the
least risk Of competition, tie Manufacturers Of
! Neao- En- gland acilI establish Commission Ware
houses tx Buffalo, for the sale Of their goods;
| and for The purchase, IN return. Of F1oW' and
other Western Products, npon 'chich to feed the
s.umerous population engaged an thar shops and
| factories. The amount of business that will be
done in this way will be, at first very great;
and it will annually augment, long as there re-
rains any portion of the vast and fertile valley OF
the Lakes unoccupied and unreclaimsd. have
shown you, in former communication that the
region in question which, from its geological
character, is destined TO support very dense po-
pulation and to render hat population wealthy, by
! the productions of its soil.
Another feature Of interests now to be added
TO this work BY the completion Of the Sandusky
and Mad River Railroad, which is now far ad-
yanccd and in rapid progress TO completion. Inns
| road will unite the Lakes with the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Rivers, thus opening an ,nterIsr comu'u-
ication, more expeditions than any oiaer, between
! New Orleans and the Atlantic cities of the North
crn States That road will not have been long
finished ere daily line of the swiitest steamboats,
will be required to ply exclusively for passengers
between Buffalo and Sandusky, to unite the Dos
-en and Buffalo Railroad with the Sandusky and
Mad River one thus completing the chain from
Boston 70 the great rivers of the West
am glad to see, by the papers of your city, that
the sutiec, of Railroad TO Albany from New-fork
is no. suffered 20 sleep. Il was fatal error of
your capitalists that this Road was overlooked
4 road 10 Albany couples yeu. at once, with the
Centre of the State; with the East, the West, and
the North-a communication less DESTROYS, 70
you, for the purposes Of gain in time of peace
i than for those of defence in the event of war.