The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-04

opinion, az we have The opinions Of those who have
made il business to- furnish all the data possible to OBJ
tain, have been put fSrhws have given them the bene
fit Of our extensive circulation and leave the rest to
the public. All we say is, that we hope the road
will be built
This charges on the freight and passenger trains the
all other expenses general and special required to
duct the business Of the companies for the year.
he average length OF the above roads is fifty four
miles This is The latest and best experience of this
country.
The proposed Hudson road in regard to line gra
dents construction length of road all items that inhu
ence the cost OF transportation will be decidedly supe
rior TO the average OF the above mentioned roads But
cars and the should be at higher speed which
will probably make the cost Of running the through
trains about the the above average, say 20
cents per mile This based the experience of one
year sxesn railroads. which have most of them been
in operation from five to thirteen years We might
computation this but to BIO fully guarded az ainst
contingencies add 20 cent which gives total
OF running train with fifteen ton passenger engine at
si 80 cents per mile rum or for l44 miles, 1922
say Sl25 for trip
il will be conceded we presume. that Eve hours will
be ample time for the express trains stopping only for
wood and water This speed would but little exceed
that maintained several roads in this country and
from hve TO fifteen miles per hour less than several
roads in England.
A fifteen ton engine could transport 300 passengers
through IN five hours at total cost per passenger Of ~
cents But as no train could be full all times we
put the average at 250 which Is moderate
emergency q n v
rage oil $50 the actual cost would be 80 cents per
ger.
An Is ton engine could transport 800 passengers
through in six hours discharging and receiving passe
gers at all the prominent villages and could DO run at an
additional expense Of $685. for $3.50 per trip
per passenger But if take her avarage load at 400
the actual cost OF running per passenger ould be 3
cents sverage Of $50 the per passenger would
be 43 cents.
Superiority in speed and certainly pasage by Railroad
Steamboats,.
instances have occurred in which steamboats, have
to in ahout
hours, not stopping to land at any place This is only
and the tides with them the whole or nearly the Whole
trip Head tides diminish their speed and there large
portion of the season when they materially obsruct
ed by low water and bars Of sand in the upper part the
river. However fast of the boats move at favorable
times is notorious that those leaving this city
at A. NJ the next day. There is practically u hours
time consumed between starting from this city and start
this city be taken less time required and II hours
is taken to make the distance and give time for
make their trips in hours it is admitted but il is
Of no useful purpose SO long as they must at
SC, to TO- H. and times over IL hours in the latter
case losing the cars that leave Albany II hours after the
boat left New York The reason why the time is fixed
New York, is obvious they cannot be certain the
whole of this time will not be required There
certainty in the movement of the boats from the
mentioned, that cannot be controlled and which in no
way appertains to locomotive on railroad.
The western traveller, who leaves New York on the
railroad at p NJ after the business Of the day is closed
is in Albany at lOP NJ Allow one hour for supper and
at ii P. M he is ready west from that CITY At
sor4A NJ the next morning he arrives at Utica and at
OFT NJ at Syracuse he is $50 miles OF Albany
previous evening, are ready to leave Albany If the
traveller desires to lay at Albany he the oppor.
tuDy ofa good nights rest at his residence hotel
avoids what is uncomfortable to most personsa night
a steamboat.
By the morning train of can leaving New York at
Allow hour for dinner and at p NJ he is ready tn
take The cars west from Albany and by or p M he
will reach Syracuse, be $50 miles west of Albany by
the time he would have been ready to leave that
CITY he hsd taken the morning boat at New York at
the same time the train started from this city Those
business will have the time from IL NJ and be leisurely
ready FOR the evening train west or may return by the
spme evening Those visiting the Springs NAV arrive
a. Saratoga 10 dine and enjoy the afternoon at that cee
would be less important to the great mass OF way
passengers, who constitute large portion of the patron
age particularly OF the day boats The cars would pre-
cede the boats take up this class Of passengers
would generally prefer arriving at either city and es-
peciay New York the early hour of the cara giving
or hours time for the transaction OF business and re.
turn the evening Of the day. which could be done
iIom New York or Albany. and for the great of
Sing Peeksk and Poughkeepse, giving great variety
in range OF meirom to 10 hours at business in New
York, and return the same evening to their homes.
From the great superiority in saving of time in GER
tanty in the frequency of running, and comfort rail-
OF fare which 1t could be believe we are fully
warranted by every consideration of the economy and
pnosopby oil travelling IN saying that the railroad will
take large share of the night travelling and that the
day boats cannot be sustained on the in compe-
ton with it,
These are very strong arguments favor of the road
and IL the facilities here alluded to realized we see
nothing to prevent its being Of the productive
and profitable railroads in this country Its local bust
ness would be- without doubt during the suspension of
river navigation very large the road will pass through
many large cities and villages the river the business
OF which would command, at least three months of
the twelve it would have competition to contend
with As regards tho business Of those places and the
through business from Albany, during the of the
year, or while navigation Free would depend en-.
tirely upon the ability of the company to compete with
the large and magnificent steamboats, Hudson river