New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-19

Zeng assembled IN the / abcrndcle las, evening u
device resns for aid;ng and urging on the con-
struction Of the NEw.YoKg AND Esig RAILROAD.
The following officers were chosen
GEORGE GRIsyVoLD. PresieeaL
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JOSEPH BLUNT, Esq. addressed the meeting IN
an earnest and forcibe argument for the speedy
construction Of the great work specially ccn'em-
plated from which we CLEAN some of the facts as
follows I'VE omit many, with which our readers
are already acquainted
The annual consumption Of provisions by our
City amounts in value 10 some 5 l5,0O0,0OO, and
many Of the articles furnished by the region
bordering on the line Of the Erie Railroad mo!e
advantageousy than from any other quarter-ior
instance, Beef, of which the annual consumption
is 81 500, 900, and Milk, Of which the annual
cost is about 81 100000 oac-thrd Of which il
already saved by the Ere Railroad. Inc receipts
of Veal, Poultry, Game, Butter Cheese, &c. by
this Road are already very largc-oi Veal, ooO
tons last year. Of Game, 1000 tons: OF MIX,
5000 tons, &c, All these articles have been
cheapencd to our City by this Road, and the az
gregatc saving can hardly fall below 81 ,0oO,0OO
DER annum, and, if the Road completed,
would be nearer So 100000. If, then, this work
would not pay any dividend, it would still be H.
cumbcnt on us, and our obvious interest," to CON-
plcte it.
The last appeal il TO citizens. Neither
from the State nor the City Government can AID
be expected II bchovcs this City to nct speedily
and efficiently. 100000 barrels of Flour went
last year from Albany TO Boston over the West
ern Railroad. BY that Road, Boston ENJOYS u"-
interrupted communication with the heart oil our
State and with the West, while New York IS for
four months Of the year blockaded, walled IN by
ice. Unless VIC mean to sink down supncly,
and SEQ our Trade and our Ascendahcy pass
from us, we must open new and more cxpedi-
tous communication with the intcror-we must
complete the Erie Railroad.
MIR. BLuNr closed by offering the following
Resolutions:
1.-THE Resolutions will appear tomonow with the oicinl
Proceeding We unuble to obtain II copyI
NJ. C.. PATERSON, Esq. came forward in sup
port of the Resolutions. He appeared TO advo.
cato, as he had repeatedly done before, the con.
struction of the Erie Railroad. He trusted tina,
all doubts as to the management were obvated
by the choice of the present Board of Directors,
whose integrity and capacity no one could doubt.
Their appeal to The public is rcplcte with con
yincing facts, and ought to be read TO this meet
ing. They had found, after careful scrutiny, that
the property of the Company IS now worth
$d,0O0,O00, and that S6,00O,0O0 more will com
plete the work. Shall it not be completed New
York. lately so eminent, now labors under serious
disadvantages in competing with her rivals for
the trade of the mighty West. Boston, by means
Of her Western and other Railroads, always in
operation, presses her hard on the North. Phil
ndelnbia. by her vast network of Canals and
Railroads, enjoys decided advantages on the south.
The milder climate of Pennsylvania secures 10
her three weeks earlier opening and weeks
later closing of her Canals, as compared with
those Of our State. This year boat from OHIO
had reached Philadelphia three weeks before our
Canals opened. Baltimore is pressing forward
with still greater advantagcso of climate. Charles
ton has also made spirited attcmpt--as yet un-
successful-to pierce the great Valley of the
West Can we afford to stand IDLE! Remember
that Venice, Genoa, Amsterdam, and other ctcs,
have enjoyed greater commercial advantages than
We which, once lost, were lost for ever. What Is
our position From 1888 to 1912, New-York
ranltod third a,moug the commercial cities OF the
Union for some years past she has imported
t,oo.thirds OF all the goods consumed in the
Union. Shall she now rclinqush this ascendancy
and fall permanently into the rank of secun-
diary city How can her merchants and capital
lists be apatheticl How can her journals be In
different
The Erie Railroad presents the shortest and
best route from the Atlantic TO the Great Lakes,
being but $50 miles long. 1t will be open all the
year, while our canals are closed several months
three weeks before Lake Erie, even, which is
usually open at Dunkirk some time earlier than
q. Buffalo. BY opening this Road, we shal! re-
gain q decided advantage Of our active rivals,
both in Spring aud Autumn. Being owned by
one Company, il can be managed more cconomi-
cally and efficiently than any line formed of
several different Railroads, and The passage over
it will be more expeditions.
The SO miles of The Road now completed. run.
ming in good part near the Hudson, and forced
10 maintain sharp competition with that cheap
route gave last year ar income of Si0l ,0OO, net
ting S460 900 over current expenses, from all area
of 100000 acres. having Il population Of about
10000. Allowing the Road when completed to
weld in like ratio, and even reducing the ne, pro-
duct of last year one third, or from S46,0OO to
$4,000, since II IS louEl thal soHe iS'uou,VuV
acres (couai to the area ct Connecticut, Rhode
Island and Massachusetts, become directly tri-
bu,ary to this Road on its completion, the annual
earnings of the whole Road must amount 10
81 372 900! or no less than 10 per cent. on the
capital invested. Blu, believe, (said Mr.; F
that this estimate of the Directors is not hlgn
enough. The distance hence TO owego rs si9
miles; thence TO Ithaca by an existing though
indifferent Railroad is 80 IN les; thence by Cay
uga Lake to the present line of Railroad at
Cayuga Bridge is So mles-'otal 5Vo mics