New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-28
u.r1.m R,ilrond celebration.

enterpilslnG !ltHeSe!s Va t4As A'
tanning invited guests, left the CITY Hall al one
o'clock, and after stopping at several places on
the Dad to receive ncw recruits, reached White
Plains about three o'clock, where some four nun
dred persons sat down to d sumPtuous and ec-
gan,ly pot uo dinner. The rcPast was spread III
temporary dining saloon, but thc eccommoda
ticns were betie- than VIC have ever seen on any
similar occasion.
". c. We,mo,e, Esq, one of the directors,
had the special charge OF the entertainment and
most satisfactorily did he discharge his duty.
Before the guests were seated, short ard aPpEc-
p.ia.e PRAYER was offered by the Rev. MIR. Wy
! man.
We observed among The guests, Chancellor
Walworth, Vice Chancellor M'Coun, Judges
Jones and Oakley, the President OF the Board OF
Aldermen and most Of the members OF The Gem
mon Council, n P Willis, and others.
The bes; feeling prevailed throughout and al
ter the party had proceeded for short time,
greatly TO the destruction OF choice viands ard
e,c.,eras, lie healh OF the President Of the Rail
read, Mr.. Banks, was proposed, when he Eespon-
ded as fiiows:
The and Harlem Railroad CSmpqRny 3 .an was Geo[ 3c
n1niad iu- ISL power consttuc, haio2d from
Twenty.tht any point on tine Harlem iveI ana uo
sequea they Obtained the rch 10 extend 'e fo-u do" 70
| the p--ant lieput opposite the Pax.
Ii sl0 The Company applied 70 L:,ia,aGe 1 and obiane
INV authorizing construct Raroac Win silcle y!
double track, through the County OF Ne>tcAesSf; @ colet
at Harlem ryer nde iEs IaM & Sy v ma ~ sn o far
Us Wla,nss Bridge. where stopped io ioFe han ne ytar
In ISL howeN9 con'Tct " wa aue , ,U me , @ con-
iIlct. VII w j I'm. the matter rssred until October
1873 when present Directors. or large majority ol uel
sg @ | NH Nr. CaIender * lert TO construct and
HILL, ib. ,5at from Williams Bridge to Ithe Plans. DIS
iae OF -l-frc nics The work immediately commenced
~ isi & 9d s ha , sge . ~ % cSne halt Si the whole
Inc 0r ,tance-aye been made and the Company has now
Ci,y Hall in the City OF New York. 10 White Pais d>
nav rot be improper fere to remark. is ts road has
been made with great aud caution, OF the very best mate
and otsrn be through which il Tins Is of The
able Kind ir railroad purposes and the road Itself ineFcr 10
The Company have; within the last year greatly improved
their road On NeYios Island iey ndCe o af s,, ana ibd aie
mus ite 9' t the II ron on both SIDE OF their track Il. lar
'Twcny street for the Old fiat ron in use
They have also repq and TepulTing all then b:ldsss
ton and perfectly safe as every attention paid to them
n our stable dspaWWen& ne Ia lno5SrSn @ 3 fmace h s aS
sIty abebcdd md efficient hoise to perform ~ te aTdaols
KennucfS absolutely unable the work necessary
W W brI IN the same period increased the number
Passenger Cars by purchasing snd building frs new one
e an,y and S s"S6r G are not surpassed By my in the county
The old have all been epnl'ed and az rsnleSG CON; %
been increased ana the old repaired so that IN short
time we ha be prepared all the freight thai offers
The Compaay now own and have iii for engines
another ono much larger and capable to do greater service TO
be delivered IN the course of month III uiule oul Nsnt
will be fully suppled with one or two extras always on mana
The extension road from lV!am,' Bridge 70 White
PLANS ha cost the Company about sljO-ths includes the
amount paid nights OF way, fence, and maintaining qthcn,
Gl,v 5olior> duty mid on tier ron ai The duty was
50 per ton. and the actual cost of the IRON IN EnGiad was
q he irocary re oasl,h d5] d The whole rond The
Company were bound by Their the
IN monthly cash pnymentss they haze ulied 10 the very
The actual receipt. of the road or the i, months Of
the present wear Sii i about slOo0tiir,y.fre thousand
do lar than the receipts OF the corresponding month, Tor
cstaiinc the receipt, 9r the months Of October Noyembct
and December, the rate OF Sl2o each (and thnk VII
be more than ealsed) will make 5000, WINCH added Ia The
5- @ ~ Ais fs md he too tpon rond of only fourteen
miles eNeni making an nceas' o receipts over the year
have NO doubt that with the G. oor road tn White
Plans, mad the OF travelling, with he additional fare
hn the receipt, of the Company tor the ensuing year will
coed :9oG1 probably $4,000 sum not only sufficient to
meet current ypcu,es hut viii audie discharge The whole
debt OF Company tire course OF three and hn ycaI-
should the Company however consider most Ia their inter
est TO extend the road north of White Painor To connect 1t
|
dollar by converting 10 per cent OF te rece, Tor that
@ WILL vi "T's ,h ,b % ,o, ~ sv vh.hor IN the nirment
Il tier interest To extend Il 10 the soutsde or line Putnam
county the OF SVmer Is or sme' from the Plans
and thus connect II with the Iiousaonc Raond, distance
about 35 miles from White Plains aud ljmies from SOmeS
Tins junction will when completed form continuous route
North md West from our city 10 Albany aud cnStxadIy
through the States of Connecticut Massachusetts Name and
New Hampshire. ailoring "a the public every nccono!aun
10 travel from cty part o our country without any
exposure or danger N the ciotsc oi ase kyer bay Gt
sounds N nconortube eNpeG os una economical way III
Ha met tins R 6s Yn 3 e lba F W e n Ssb % fna and 1ths al
The y Y. x II. Railroad Go. can with but little expence
ea,t SIDE oi the North River, distance Of i've miles h
ery nenry opposite Pieracm, the terminus OF the New
come the channel OF 70 the y 9 Newi oh oil
all the PASSENGERS and ptodlct 9 mat cs and G :Fowne eGa
o, OF @ yie Sas5 nov ia c be EoH from p, mon; To- DoS
ferry The the old road from Dobb ery
Railroad but little four mles-and the road III
excellent orderso that our winter prospects or dong
qI-e and proabe business aii and iaie;a; Ind should
large passenger business from te ea>t td !e north especially
If there should be much ice IN the surrounding waters
The di,lanc=em Poushkcep,e TO White Plains about 4
miles line o Stage, hGs ulfeady been established TO run be-
tween the two places daily we nave sh T. calculate tat m
intermediate towns White Plans, viii travel on our Road
River closes aud 50 from the Last and West side
our rece In ac, the advantages and benefits to the public
and stockholders Of tbs Road have no, yet been huff deve
he Harlem Railroad before reached White Plains hn no
terminus TINT could add receipts nuke Il profitable 20
the stockholders this ROad from situation and extent must
be the on channel that communicate direct with the City,
the yery stem or trunk from which all others must necessarily
be connected with and grow out oi) particularly Il carried
auv distance the interior of Country; should ever be
carried 10 Albany connected with the Housa0nl the re-
cely. wou exceed all calculation that II sill be done have
not the least doubtThee II the Gret.OR OF tn.
| Board have but % w1i Il. and II done
Railroads many advantages Canals. Passengers
uui ,ei.hts ca5e transported by Rails the Oi -
mile per hour whereas Canals Ito not make than mile
per houru difference iUurhs tn favor OF Rail- speed
Canals exposed drOuths and deficiency OF wnar 10
vent their navigation the last with the
Ninrrs y j. Canal, and Others at the Souh and Wet.
Railroads in Il Military point of view VIII be found OF the
greatest Importance (Sheer peace wH) IN the tfanspo
A,on of troops munitions OF war, &c &c. and
be carried AT the of 30 miles day and at low prices. Rail
roads III the Interior would be les hazardous and therefore
eabe m those thGafH built near the coast and
exposed 10 the enemy.
particular ure deeply interested ihesccce OF RAILROADS..
The tras the Ha from pon; OF County
10 the other giving the earliest Information To mercauts and
Others the speed of lightning, i O the greatest
quence Commercial community Gnd must ba properly
epprecaied By them.
Railroads by the aid of power have brought places
distance together made neghbofs, and the fam
H. better acqunned and Institutions, and
tom, Understood every Ink The that
circles our happy Country has become brighter and stronger
and our nio firmly uned-nevef hope, 10 be
severed.
l. II