The New York herald., 1846-03-27


regard to the application now pending before N
Legislature for road along the eastern shore
the Hudson river Besides containing some earin
mis-statements (ii indeed they merit 50 mild term
lem Railroad IN the worst possible light and id
competitor in the most favorable aspect. That III
public may not be misled by the false coloring thu
given to question OF great moment, and In whic
80 many are deeply Interested, propose briefly q
examine the statement above alluded to, and to cor
ITO show comparatively the magnitude oftbe tive work
cross secuons both In excavation and embankment
Gsh in 10 % tic by which .ppss that
and Of the Harlem road IS fsst and the width Of en-
eankments respectively % and 10 feet But sta
the grading for double track while those Of tie Hsr
lem road are for single .r:ek New oiorms
Of the Hudson River nilroad though ON REFERRING to Nh
Jervs report on this projsct p ls will be found tina
to Albany The dimensions Of 81 and as feet are ststc
in another part Of bis report to be or double track
therefore not exceed those Of the Harlem railroad
for the increased width Of road bed below
PoushkeePsie given BY Mr. Jervis, on page Of hi
ln the estimate provision /. made tor wide rssd bed
Il. % s. os
river IN the event OF their being thrown Oh the track
- the Harlem Railroad u not located in rivern az
traordnary width required to guard against such
The is hardly worthy of notice except 50 far
bsen got up and the doubt which its parts characts
should cast upon the whole statement All Intelligent
ed on the extension Of the Harlem Rsrosd ars
for first single track road. which Il all that the
In the the proposed speed and time Of running
the two roads. is thus stated -
IS miles per hour-4i hours 80 miles per hour-o hours
To which is sdded the following note " Il !: notori-
Sun sm ,s me IN 1s
haps occasionally l6 to 20 mles) hour At the lat
ter rate will take hours and twenty four minutes
to ht,udv al and fnvtv AiUh m lAa
This is intended to convey the impression that the
statement Of undersigned made in his annual report
Harlem Railroad when extended 10 Albsny, win not Be
verified And this is attempted to be done BY citing the
tween New York and White Plains, mperfse 81
In its character has always been admitted and which
tension on which no high rate Of speed is either de-
sired stsmpad and where no less than eight or ten
step. made at several of which freight i' taken In
By examiSg the reports Of Mr. Jsrvs and the under.
signed will be seen that the high rate q speed aimed
trains which shall stop for no purpose but to take In
The next and most important msststsment which
shall point out relation to the cost Of the Harlem
Rairsad This cannot be attributed to ignoranes
because the document in which the truth was TO be |
found is literally extracted from when answers the
purpose Of the authors Of the Card"
The following il the statement in regard to the cost OF
or the 70 miles made, per Railroad Journal
OF !sSs ,Ss re.idu. from Report Of ID: Company
to Secretary Of stats-l2a miles at $4,000
"Eaciusivs s Of extensive building. which III
be required at the terminii, and Of addi.
tional engines and cars for such items
this is moderate allowance. ......... 200 900
IS 500 900
road Jou nal probably because s there found to be
stated beyond ts actual cost The other items
%lhany and % West stocEbrdse Railroad when III. inns
diats outlay Of money may be reduced about half mil
But why resort to the Railroad Journal for information
in regard to the cost of the Harlem read between New
York snd White Plains when the actual cost Is stated In
the very report from which the other part Of the es
mate made up viz the Report Of the Company to the
Secretary Of State The tsta expense Of construction
slais so This il must be remembered is ysrissd 81
the oath Of the ocers Of the Company while the sum
above should be added 100000 for the cost Of
being tho cost Of real estate owned @ BY the Harlem
pany the city With these additions the costo ths
s 10 81 n S
cost OF the Harlem Rsrosd when extended 10 Albany
is sweiled TO i've and half millions:
hardly necessary to pursue this point furher the
msstatsment 20 garng. and the intention evident
that carries with it, mot only it, refusaton bat
Under the r head Of "othsr Facts" q misnomsr) the
route of the Harlem Railroad. II Is we'll known that
there extensive and valuable iron works
ons Of Connscscut and Massschussts abound ia manu-
factories, many Of which will becone tributary to this
the Harlem Rail, oad) the manufactures amount snnu-
ally. according to the report on the New York and
The assertion Is made in the Cardn and reiterated
over and over that Mr. Jervis has provided for better
road than has been constructed In the United sssa
Harlem Railroad is to be Of an inferior character
~ reference to the printed report: both projects
Will be found that the plan Of superstrcture differs only
In two ponts-boh to upon gravel Foundations
For The Hud.on River road 20 10. rail- h provided
road the rail- will weigh 90 lbs per yard and the cross
ties rest upon longitudinal sls This provision il
structsd road before the have become rm
and consolidated.
With the difference thsn of 10 lbs per yard In The
the omission Of tho longitudinal sls against It, the plan
4. % S: c
therity1 to rank amongst the inferior How far
these positions true the public will Judge Many Of
among the numbsr arc laid with IS ID rail upon three
feet bearings he Harlem road to be laid with 60 IL
rail upon two and q half feet bsarings
With regard to the point much dwslt upon In the
"card" land which is illustrated by diagran relative
draw over the grades Of the two roads shall reply BY
quoting from an article which appeared In the albany d
over the c. substtuoS for 50 feet t"hisS Va:
then considered the maximum gradient upon the interior
routel % feet, which ha: since be been n established
one way tS and one freight train will Leave ssc6 end
Of the road daily the number Of miles viii Be 1900
each day, and 4Se 900 yearly.
The cost Of motive power ascertaned by several
yeas sxpsrsnce on the Utica and Schenectady rsirosd
u 22& cents per mile.
ass 600 miles on the interior route at 22} cents
per miio. W., 90
The power required on river route being IS Der
cent less, win give for cost Of power on river
route ................... eA,09s
Annual dinerence In favor OF river route. &34478
This, at per cent, equal to capital s7A6ss
eff then the original cost Of the river route would
exceed that Of the interior route by greater than
$S7aSs evident that the latter will yield the laigsst
return"
The estimated cost Of the Harlem railroad extended to
Albany, by the :" card,"is $3.50 200
Deduct error "a shown above. ......... 7o3,lo0
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