The New York herald., 1845-10-15

tion Railws The length Of the railway win be 100
miles, and extent Of the advantages to be derived
from this LIP will be from the following table Of dis
taDces ror Albany to Goderch, the way to Chicago
on Lake Michigan, the great emporium Of the western
trade, byhree routes and from Buffalo to Goderch by
Lake EriAnd the proposed line.
From 4bany, by Syracuse, Oswego. and the wellsnd
Canal tosoderich, 729 miles.
From llbany, through Buffalo TO the same point TAG
miles.
From tlbany through Oswego and Toronto, to Code.
rich, ~ milesor less than the Buffalo route by 270
miles I'd less than the Oswego and Welsnd Canal route
by 250niles
Fror Buffalo to Goderich via Lake Erie. 800 miles
From ualo to Goderichv via Toronto and the proposed
line % miles, saving between Buffalo and Goderich
by tn proposed line Of 2o4 miles.
II anticipated that the saving in time to travellers,
by tt propofed lne will to it the whole Of the
immnse passenger traffic between the North eastern
and Western parts of the Continent Of North America
andthat the from this source at present en-.
grosed by the steamboat companies Lake Erie will
be holly attacted by this company The ordinary time
which is taken by steamer to go from Detroit on
thest Clair to Buffalo, in the summer, varies from
thfysix to forty eight hours and in the months of
Seember and October from forty eight seventy
hars; whereas the traveller from Detroit by way of
Gderch and the proposed line during all the period of
tb navigation Lake Ontario, will reach Buffalo in
renty-two hours; Rochester, in twenty.seven Os-
wgo, in fory.one Kingston, in forty three and Mon.
teal in sixtythree hours To travellers between the
.tlantc Ocean and the extensive territories on Lake
Michigan and the Mississippi the proposed line will be
greater Importance for Godeich is nearer than De-
trot to Lake Michigan by 100 miles, and Buffalo may
be reached from Goderich by the proposed line, in
eleven hours There at present. at the port of Buff
falc A.
conveyance of passengers from Buffalo to Detroit and
the Upper Lakes; the number of passengers by this
route huctuates from 5000 1000 weekly for about five
months in the year. There at the port 800
sailing vessels Of 26 400 tons burthen in the WHOLE en-
gaged in the western commerce. These vessels
poyed for little than six months in the year. the
port of Buffalo being closed for three weeks later in the
spring and earlier winter than the ports of Toronto O.
Goderich and Detroit
In the year 1886, company incorporated by the
provincial legislature to construct railway from Toron
to Lake Huron, and it only from the insufciency
Of capital that the work has not hitherto been carried
into operation This revived and amended during
the last session of the provincial legislature.
The railway will commence at the city of Toronto,
the chief town of Western Canada which has present
population Of about 10000 souls with the best port
the upper part of Lake Ontario and surrounded by the
most popuous and fourishing district in the province
and will pass through exceedingly favorable line
the port of Goderch the best harbor the Canadian
shore Of Lake Huron. This line WILL in a few years
effect for the towns through which it will pass what
the Ere Canal has effected for Buffalo and the places
along its ne In the year 1924 previous the opening
of the Erie canal in that year. Buffalo nconsider
able village having population of about 1000 souls
only. In the year $780, which only the sixth year
from the opening ofthat canal it contained population
Of 1868 and it has become the chief commercial
city in the Union, upon the western waters and com.
prehends population of about 90 200 souls
The proposed line shorens the distance between Lakes
Ontario and Huron by 27O miles, and avoids the circu
tous and at periods of the year, dangerous ma
vgaon Of Lake Erie, and will form the cheapest most
direct and expeditions communication between the
wealthy and populous States bordering on the Atlantic
and the Territories ntersected by the two great canals
lately constructed in Wisconsin and illinois, to connect
Lake Michigan with the Mississippi There are no engi
neenng difficulties the lne there being gradual ss
cent from Toronto for the distance OF thirty miles, and
the remainder of the line is almost upon dead level
The following of the population of the States
the proposed line will form the most direct communca
tion, will serve to show not only its immense impor
tance in national point of view but also the traffic
which must to the line Immediately on its COM
pletion.
POPULATION THE STATES AND TERRITORIES CONNECTED
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