New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-10-11
THE T R IBU n E !.
For The Tribune.
Ncw-YorI and Erie Railroad.


c;,ce tbe election of a new Board OF Directors
of the New.York and Erie Railroad, comprising
come Of our most responsible, enterprlslng and
co,onctcnt citizens, it is to be hoped that full
confidence will be restored, and that fresh and
vigorous impetus will be given to the speedy con-
strnc,ion of the Road. No person, acquainted
with the business capacities of thus City and alive
% ia hest interests, can for moment be ndffcr-
emf or entertain serious doubts IN relation to the
expedicncy and Importance of its immediate COM
,letion. If they have any such misglvngs, we
think these would be readily dspccd, as ours
were recently, by Journey through some OF the
sections of country through which the Road IS
intended 10 pass. From the Delaware River
west, the Road passes through as fine and pro-
ductiye country as Natures broad domain can
boast. The timber-land is thrifty and valuable,
and the cultivated portions Of the soil rich and
exceedingly productive; but the farmers have no
encouragement to till the soil, as long as no mar
kct is afforded for their produce, and vast tracts OF
land well adapted to tage, are now therefore, but
partially cultivated and improved. Let the Rai-
road be finished, and they will then have mar
ket; and New Y ork City will be supplied with a
flood of produce, Of which she is now almost Gu
tirely deprived. And although the eastern sec.
ton from the Delaware to Goshen is not so well
adapted to Agricultural pursuits, yet the wood
lands are heavily timbcred, and there are many
excellent water privileges now entirely unappro-
prlated in consequence OF no means OF comlnunl-
cation being afforded for the disposition OF lum
Der or goods, which might be manufactured, If
the necessary facilities Of transportation to ready
market could be commanded. In travelling along
the Valley Of the Susquchanna, III the Counties OF
Broome and Tioga, it is cause OF sincere regret
that this City, with its tcemlng population, de-
pending upon the products Of the soil for their
maintenance, should be deprived of the benefits
of country so beautifully endowed By Nature.
Here the Railroad has been partially constructed
and is now rapidly going TO destruction for want
of proper attention. The piles are mostly driven
and the road graded but is being continually
undermined and washed away for the want Of
proper condus to discharge the water from the
adjacent hills into the Susquehannah, and unless
some action is speedily taken, breaches will be
made which will require an enormous expense to
repair. In other places the piles arc not driven,
and lio by the side of the road Wondering away
by the action of the weather, Can it be possible
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their own interests as to permit such an amount
of money as has already been expended on this
road to be actually thrown away. when 1t might DC
saved and made productive by adding sum sut-
fcient to complete its construction If they are,
we very much mistake their intelligence and en-
terprize and can only say, that they will have
ample cause for regret when they perceive, too
late, that they have voluntarily put the silver
spoon in the mouth of their sister city, Boston,
and rashly cast it from themselves And the IN
creasing expectation ofthe produce of our soil now
makes Reconstruction of this Road Of double I'M
portance to the shipping interests of the city, as
everything whichs calculatedto bring the products
OF the country to her market gives her additional
facilities for entering into an honorable and success
full competition with Boston, and attracting that
proportion of gnintercourse to her portsiwhlch
her wealth, enterprise and position so pre-em-
nently demand. a CITIZEN.