Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-30
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
EUROPEAN RAILROADS.

those VINO tnOugnt last yedT tho' Wv
Railroad movement in Europe was merely
speculative, now acknowledge their error,
and begin TO consider il in its true light, as
one of those changes in the mode Of inter-
communication which marks an era IN the
progress Of civilization. The opposition TO
these projects came partially from the con-
servalives, who are in all countries oppos'
ed TO any thing new, and from the mlsera.
BILE bureaucracy OF some Of the most enslav-
ed States, who feared the extension OF
knowledge, and dreaded the facilities gwen
for The rapid movement Of any other masses
of men than their own troops.
The two great powers, however, one OF
eastern Europe, one of them secure IN the
great extent Of its sovereignty, AMI the
other in the supine and emasculated condi-
ton Of its people, gave powerful stimulus
to the extension Of the great improvement
Of the age. The Emperor Of Russia foie4
saw in it the establishment Of splendid
monument OF his reign, and the Prime Min
ster Of Austria, really anxious for the well
fare and comforts of the people, provided
they did not venture to think OF themselves,
projected, and is now completing, a great
cham OF railroads, which will soon intersect
the great continent Of the old, world, and
dilfuse the blessings OF commerce and inter-
change Of thought, from the wilds Of Siberia
TO the pillars of Hercules.
The enumeration Of these great works,
which we extract from an English paper,
does not include those Of Austria or Italy,
nor does it embrace many Of the French or
German roads. it is confined to one great
Aosta Of this system of circulation, and yet
that one line comprises length Of more
than two thousand miles.
Great Vertebral Railroad through Europe
to Asia.-In looking at the map of the rail-
roads in Europe, either already executed or
projected, grand vertebral line Of commu-
nication may be perceived, stretching from
Lisbon to Koinigsberg, the capital Of eastern
Prussia. The following is the enumeration
and length Of the various railroads compos-
ing this gigantic line:
/. From Lisbon 10 Madrid, still only
projected, by an Anglo Portuguese
Spanish Company, by Acantara. Al
maraz, Talevera, and Escalona, show
ing length Of English miles, $50
2. From Madrid to the frontier OF
France, near Bayonne, passing by Cal
atayel and Pampeluna, projected by an
English company, about, $50
8. From Bayonne to Bordeaux, sew.
eral companies formed-projecte
Except the part between Bordeaux
and Trieste. now open TO the public, ll2
4. From Bordeaux to Orleans, by
Angouleme, Poictiers, and Tours, in
course Of execution; conceded TO the
company Mackenzie, ess
5. From Orleans to Paris, conceded
to French company, and open to cir
culation from l843, %
6. The grea, northern line from Par
is, by Criel, Clermonl, Amiens, and Az
ras, to Lille and VaIenciennes; q line
executed by the State and almost ter.
minated, 30
7. From the frontier Of France, or
rather from Valenciennes to Brussels;
executed by the Belgian government,
and open TO the public since l84l, So
8. From Brussels to Liege; executed
by the Belgian government, 4s
9. From Liege 10 Aix.la. Chapelle
and Cologne, open to the public since
1843, lo4
10. From Cologne, by Minden, Han
over, and HideIsheim, to Brunswick,
now in course OF construction, 9Io
II. From Brunswick, by Magdeburg,
to Berlin, terminated. 100
~. From Berlin to Slettn, along the
Baltic Sea, terminated, 80
10. From Stettin, by Stolen, Dantzic,
and EIbing, to konigsberg. in course
ofexecution under the superintendence
OF the engineers Of the Prussian govern
ment, 41e