Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-02-16
Rail Road Travelling 10 Bnffalo.

4 convention was lately held in Albany
Consisting OF gentlemen representing the
several ral road companies, which form the
llhc oi communication between Albany ant
Buffalo, for the purpose of making arrange
mcntI ~ CONCERT, TOR the regulation Of the
travel over The line. They adopted a mum.
bcr OF regulations for the benefit of travellers
These regulations provide that there shall be
three daily passenger trains I; each 10 pass
through The line from 4 lbany 10 Buffalo, and
rom BuN'Io To Albany, ~ twenty five hours.
1 iwo of these lines are appnln,rd to begin on
lhe 10Th OF March next, and the third on The
/ opening OF the canal. Uull The 10Th of
| March, one line viii rnn through IN two days
/ stopping for the night at Auburn.
4 he two daily trans are To run at such
hours, as To conncct with the morning and
| evening steamboat lines from Albany and
sroy,-lea,Ing these two places at O'Clock,
| "A. NJ. and Z, j.. vi. These hours will also
be Convenient for travellers from Boston by
lhn Western Rail Road, who will tavc the op-
porlnnity of proceeding without delay on the
arrival of the train ~ the evening, or of lpdu
Ing at Albany, and prnce"dng westward car
~ IN the morning. The return trains are TO
leave Buffalo at q o'clock, A. VI. and at 4 o.
clock, Z. M.--the time allowed for the pas
'agcs through each way being the sanc-25
hours.
| The traveller from Boston for the Yves,
therefore will leave this cmy AT o'clock. ar.
rive IN Albany nj half past SIX on the same
evening, aud by taking The Western cars at
seven, will arrive AT b iiiao at rIght O'Clock
on the following evening, making the ,ur-
ney in thirty seven hours. and passing but
one night on the road. Shoud he incline
To return Immediately, he may leave Buffalo
nt six O'Clock on the following mornng,-ar.
rive IN Albany in season to take The cars of
the Western Rail Road on the succeeding
day.-and arrive in Boston at halt past six in
the evening, viz, in &c 9 hours from the
time of leaving Buffalo. The traveller will
thus make The journey from Boston To Bulfl
10, distance "f so miles, through nearly
eight degrees Of longitude, and back again,
IN four days md three nights.-or in just la
a week. The journey to and from New York
will be of the same duration.
The regulations agreed W by The convcn-
ton propose that The different parts of the
route shall be performed IN the following pc.
rods-the necessary stops included, VIZ
from Albany or Troy to Utica, in hours
Utica to Syracuse. hours Syracuse to An. |
burn, 9 hours Auburn to Rochester, 6 hours:
Rochester to Duiihlo,6 hours.
The third train, which is to begin to run /
on the opening Of the canal, is 10 leave the /
Hudson rIver at o'clock, p. NJ. and TO leave H
Buffalo at noon. daily. For the better nc.
commoda'Ion nt the travel on the line, li.,,
convention adopted the following regulations:
Resolved, That passengers ought TO be
allowed pay their fare and direct their bag
gage TO such places upon the route as they
may deem proper, and that the Supcrinen. Il
dents of the several roads be directed to dc.
wise and execute n system 10 carry ont this
resolution, under direction Of the Executive
Committees of their roads.
Resolved, That baggage masters be en-
ploycd n, the joat expense of the several
Companies between Albany and Buffalo to
accompany each train and ticket and take
charge of baggage between those points, who
shall be paid by each Company in proportion
10 thclr length and amount of receipts, aud
hat The details of the plan To carry ont this
arrangement be referred to the Supcrin,cn.
lcnts of the several roads, Ii
Resolved, That 1t is cxpedcnt that the \
'nr houses cn the line between the Hudson
iycr aud Buffalo inclusive. should be closed / {
md the passengers, relieved from the press
nc inconvenience Of being crowded III the
cvcraI car houses by persons who may re- !
ort there from curiosity. n