New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-25
RAILROAD BETWEEN NEw-YORK AND
ALBANY.

ALBANY, Feb. 20, lsi5.
knowing that YOU take an active intcrest in all
that aIpertains the advancement and prosperity Of
your City, avail myself of an hours leisure TO call
your attention 10 subject which, in my judgment
is vastly important-l mean the necessity OF direct
Railroad communication between this place andthe
CITY of New-York 1t is passing strange that in
this age OF improvements, your citizens ot enter
prise and wealth have hitherto been so regardless
of the advantages which must result TO them from
the construction of such work. If some OF them
would visit our City in the winter SEASON and be
eve witnesses TO the incredible amount oi transpor
talion which legimately belongs 10 your City, but
which from necessity hourly passes between Green
bush and Boston, they would cry shame TO them
selves for having, through suplneness, permitted
their Yankee brethren TO prc-occupy 50 enormous
trade.
The proiec, of the New-York and Erie Railroad
was started as early as 1881, and 1t has not during
tie period of I3 years, received sutticent impulse
10 drive II 100 miles into the intencr oi our Slatr,
and in the meanwhile an entire Railroad has been
completed between Lake Ere and Boston II Is
true thai the development OF the great resources OF
the West is but commencing, and that her trade is
yet in It's infancy; but all experience teaches that
when the carving business is from necessity driven
into particular channel, Tie dlihcuy vi divert
/ ing il increases daily.
You will be gratified 20 learn thatth Importance
of direct and expeditions Railroad route between
New York aud the Capitol, is beginning TO be SEN
sby felt and that the public mind Is daily becom-
ing more occupied with It's consideration. Feeling
very anxious that early and efficient action should
be had on this subject, have taken some PAINS 10
possess myself OF The different plans which are pro-
posed for lis accomplishment One PROJECT Is to
connect the Harlem and Housatonlc Railroads. and
then 10 make a Road from your CITY TO nersect
lhe New Haven and Hartford Railroad another
| IN
Greenbusb, along the Eastern shore OF The Hudson;
and a fourth 10 make Road from this City 10 con-
meet with the New-fork and Enc Railroad, at or
below Goshen. Any one OF these projects would be
beneficial but all of them cannot be adopted, and
there must of necessity be a chcice between them.
1t appears to me that public favor should settle upon
the one which is the most feasible, will combine
the greatest advantages aad will be subject TO the
least embarrassment The promoters here OF each
line prepared with arguments TO show that lhelr
favore Is the only proper route but having heaTq
their RESPECTIVE plans, and examined as lar as
could the different routes, my inclination and udg-
ment are i'll favor OF the Albany and Goshen hoad.
In the first place, only nlnety-iour miles o new
road will be required, namely from Albany 10 the
Ncw-York and Erie road. This line has been care
fully surveyed by experienced engineers, ana they
pronounce that il will accommodate most ot the
principal towns and villages upon the West side OF
the river in the counties OF Greene, Ulster and
Orange, ," and that "thc country through which the
speedy construction Of good, permanent d,id cheap
Rdiiroad THAT the maximum grade need not en-
ceed 25 feet per mlle-that between three and tour
tilths of the line tangent or straight ne-that
that There will be 10 curve with small ranlus-that
upOn liberal estimates the cost OF constructing the
road will b. less than sixteen hundred thousand
dollars-and that the road can be completed IN the
course of Is months after the contractors shall nave
commenced their work. The whole distance by
this route via the New ork and Erie Railroad, as
| he mile
possessed by this route is lis connecting with public
works leading into the coal-telds OF Pennsylvania.
|, will adopt the New York and Ere Railroad from
the pont of intersection. and can continue upon IL
To Plermon, or strike on al haihapo ~ mites Iioh
Perlnont) upon the Paterson and RamaPe Rall-
roads. and terminate at The river opposite your
CITY. The Paterson route will be preferable Tor
passengers and especially IN The winter season. as
il adopts nearly straight line from Raniapo 10 Jer-
sey City, dminishes the distance al least Il miles,
and avoids y miles OF steamboat navigation.
From the foregoing you will observe thai direct
Railroad line can be established from the City OF
New or 10 ALBANY, on The West side OF the tlud-
son. onlv $50 miles IN length, at cost OIL less man
Sixteen Hundred Thousand Dollars. which can be
raversed at all seasons Of the year, without chang
ing cars and generally in about hours. Al this
place it would connect with the Slohawk and llud-
son Railroad thus forming an entire line from Bui-
lalo 10 Newly ork City. My conviction of the par
amount importance Of energetic movements In TINS
matter has betrayed me into more detail man In
tended but il it viii lead TO The establishment OF
some mode of passing in the winter season between
the two cities, without going half way 10 Boston,
my proiXity will be eXcusable.
The Legislature are working hard at the rate OF
three hours day Yesterday the House was oc-
cupied in spirited discussion upon the subject OF
Moral Reform, and the Senate in an effort 10 esa6-
sh the improprlety OF permitting the indeia'isapie
Jersey Pilots TO bring vessels up 10 your city.
Yours IN haste, ALBANY.
Rlcnrs OF 4 WirxEss.-A complaint was made