New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-02
Notes OF Travel.

Notes OF travel
r, defiance of the great contraction OF the Cur
,ancy and the consequent scarcity oil money
.,e amount of travel this year is very great
Aside from the ncver-ceasing tide of Western
Emigration. which has this year been unusually
strong the amount of plcasure-travel throughout
tho Union is remarkable. The usual places OF
summer resort feel the benefit of this Saratoga
was ovcrdowed quite early in the season. and sun
re;o;ces j., her thousands of vlsltcrs. Catskill
Mountains, Sharon Springs, Avon springs Nl'-
gara. &c. rejoice in their hundreds each 'he
VIRGINIA Springs, Cape May, Nahant, and our
own Ocean resorts are well filled, while hundreds
are on the wing TO the White Mountains st.
Louis, Galena, Chicago, and the Saut st. Mare.
Rarely have so many of our people been abroad
as at present.
The heat of the weather takes some credit Tor
this the absence Of excitement IN Business, OF
Politics, or aught beside, has given opportunity
TO many; but chcap fares have great influence
At this time man may travel from Baltimore 10
Boston, we believe, for SS 80; from Boston to
Bangor for some s,3; from Boston to Albany Tor
81; from Ncw-York to Albany S 50 at most
Albany to Buffalo for So by slow conveyance, or
in % hours for $40 From Philadelphia to
PITTSBURGH $50; from Baltimore TO Wheeling
about the same and once on the Ohio, you can
travel South or West about as cheap as you
please-for two cents mile, including the best
Of board for any long distance, and often consld-
crably lower. What cheaper can a man ask
tlo nj travel
mo are materially increased, as compared with
former years The speed is improved almost
every where the convenicnces are multiplied.
The seats in Railroad cars cushioned and
wdened and the Steamboat of 43 is vast I'M
proyenent on its namcsake of half a dozen years
ago. Whoever has made the trip to Albany by
daylight in the Empire, and reveled in the fresh
breeze she creates when IN motion, while all Is
sutry stiffness on shore, ramblcd among her i've
hundred passengers, each with seat and space
abundant, must believe that if the perfection OF
travelling is not reached, we have at least made
great strides toward it recently There IS but
one point in which We can imagine all improve
rnent Of these Day Boats, and that is the dinner
on deck, with the glorious breeze sweeping over
it from stem to stern Where you barely eat on
a boat, this does not matter much; but on these
boats you actually dine, and the free breath o
heaven would hightcn the enjoyment of that
grateful opcration.)
The highest fare any where around is that
on the New.Jersey Railroads.&c. by the mail
line from Ncw-York to Philadelphia, only 50
milcs--which is too high, yet who can harshly
blame the Directors They have an expensive,
improbable, Canal On their backs, and virtually
two lines of Railroad across the Statc--all to be
supported out of the profits of one Railroad
They have improved their time Of late; they
treat the public well, and carry, we doubt not,
as cheap as they think they can afford. Yet
with two such great Cities at either end as New
York and Philadelphia, with SO smooth a route
to traverse, we do strongly believe that they could
do as well by charging So as S4 so great would
be the increase of travel at the lower price
There is 10 use in trying hall an experiment. but
we wish /, So fare could be tried for one season
on this route II ii did not answer, we would
heartily Justify and commend return to the pre-
sent rate.