The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-02

10 THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD
In referring to the railroads of New England, un-
der the head OF Money Market few days since,
you say that there three roads designed to con-
meet Boston with Montreal, already in progress, and
S arrange them regarding their prospective pro-
Isl lst. !, The route via Fitchburg and Burlington
"a IL, route via Concord,
49, 80 Ihe feute via Portland
Inc last route, you remark, els more direct and
about one hundred miles nearer than the Fitchblrg"
Dut tnat tie advantage of nearness and expedition
may be more than countezbalanced by the superior
richness OF the country through which the first
passes; and that the light grades, and consequent
relative cheapness OF the second, will cntitle it to
the second place.
These differences, follow very naturally from the
premises, but you do not seem to have considered
an the reasons upon which the friends of the sevc-
raj enterprises base their calculations of success and
Pioat. Inc st Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
company DO not enter their road, (the third on
your llst as rival for the trade or travel between
the two cities of Boston and Montreal, although
since neamess and expedition conceded to them
Hey I,i lax, !ake me mons share of it without strife
NOT 40 tney predicate their expectations of profit
upon the comparative fertility of the soil over which
InelI road VIII pass II Is not, indeed one of the
Boston and Montreal Railroads that they are about
road; a road connecting the inland and outland
seas not at Montreal and Boston, but at Montreal
and Portland; road which takes quiet possession
OF .ne TWO nearest points on the opposite sides Of
necessary portage, unites them with right line,
ana laughs at the competition of those who are OBJ
liged to 60 round
The grand prize, for which this road will contend lies
beyond the extremitles OF its rasthe export and i'm
port trade of the Canadas the floating cargoes of two
seas conyerging to the natural highway seeking an
cheapest transit. "
Montreal is the central emporium of the trade of the
cial greatness. The navigation Of the St. Lawrence
from thence to the sea- at all times difficult and hazard
closed ny the ice more than one half the
recurring half year intercourse with Great Britain
ana mel osner colonies the enteprsing merchants Of
montreal acqulesce in the necessity Of obeying the sug
gesve laws Of trade, and consequently Of providing
an artificial outlet to the ocean, Now sir the merchants
because there are houses there at Portland
and as neither of these places is their market surely
they will have no other for preferrng Boston as
their shipping port, but most conclusive reasons why
they should not. Will the Canadian trader with his
pork and -four and beef destined for Shipment the
distance of one,hundred and thirty miles land carrarc
absolutely nothing He must, if he goes to Boston
for this Is the difference in distance of the two ports from
montreal ship bound to Great Britain IL she sails
from Boston or from Portland will pass in sight of Cane
Sable yet the distance to Montreal Cape Sable by
the way OF Portland is near two hundred miles less than
by the way Of Boston Here is an addcn nal saving Of
days sail which must also be reduced to zero in the
Boston, It absurd to suppose that this saving OF dis
lance ana consequent saving of time and money, will
Canadas. Every thing else being equal expedition alone
VIII govern Why is it that night steamers ply between
New York and Albany and between New York and Bos
ton notwithstanding the appalling disasters that not un
frequently happen because is dark 1t is not that the
owners VIII It, 1t is because the business community
demand it because the merchant and traveller prefer
to risk their necks rather than lose their time
they move and sleep at the moment because in
other words the night boats are, Them more exped
tious Expedition is the watchword Of the thrifty ira
de expedition begot the railroad system expedition
petition the two sides of right angle
when the velocity is the along the hypothenuse
Every thing else being equal cheapness the inevitable
result OF shorness will determine it. Every thing else
Deing equal safer anchorage better and easily
accessible hareo and no pilotage will decide the way
potage, all uniting route sthe great.ernumber of
to look at will hardly allure the practical mer
tnde Of houses did lead away to New York the Br
fish Mail Steamers viii the greater number retain
as ss'S m m b y BRS Rss hsy
sooner and at about two.thirds the expense
The st. Lawrence and Atlantic railroad company do
not therefore calculate dividing by three simply
the trade and travel between Boston and Montreal -
uney embark in their enterprise with dubious
ance hat they Will carry to the Atlantic coast ninety
nine hundredths of all the surplus products which do
into Montreal and from the Atlantic coast to Montreal
like proportion of the merchandise received in ex
change but they expect arrive at the Atlantic coast
more than hundred miles of the CITY Of Boston
Moreover the people Of Portland calculate by virtue
of this railroad to diminish in the course Of time the diff
ference in the number OF houses ween the two ctes
Boston may reach down along the already compile
ted to Portland for portion Of the domestic trade which
arrives there from the direction of Montreal She must
go after it Portland will not be obliged carry to herr
but the commerce of the Canadas will 60 to sea from
Portland, there is determinae law in trade
Boston has stretched out her iron all her neigh
boring minor cities and seems all at once to regard
with paterna fondness communities which have never
known her paternal solicitude mperceptibly unsus-
pecte she has constituted herself the mperiou head of
family Of cities more than of which adopted chill
dren already feels FESTIVE under the weight OF her me-
!ailic paw. What they imagined a fostering fra
termi embrace, proves, in the endurance "bruin
hug" very afectonate, but very exhausting OF ali
the conhding daughters thus grappled with, Portland
alone appears destined to wrestle and not fall and She
will owe her emancipation and future independence not
sition. r.
The inhabitants of Montreal pledge themselves to pass
over this road the first year after its completion an
amount OIL produce sufficient to yield to the
deemed the company will pledge themselves in turn to
to the owners stock and per cent at
the end Of the same year.
DEAR SIR