The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-07
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The receipts for the FIRST months of is47 exceed
the aggregate for 1885, leaving three months business
Tor an excess Of receipts for the year last The
feightng business during the remaining three months
without doubt be very heavy supplies to and
the interior generally urged forward rapidly At
this season Our estimate OF $3.50 for the year will
be exceeded by the actual receipts.
We have received the report Of the Engineer appoint
ed to survey route for the New York and Boston rail-
road 1t is very fair statement, and must convince
any one who reads It, not only of the feasibility Of the
ronte but Of ts great Importance and probable produc
tvensss The report takes up the several heads usual
IN suoh papers, and discusses each sepsrstsyper-
haps we may as we'll do the And nrst the route
propossd 1t 10 to commence at New Haven cross the
Connecticut at Middetown pass through Windham and
Hampton and strike the eastern boundary Of the State
near the northeast corner of Kiingy. petition is
now pending before the Rhode Island Legislature for
permission for Its through portion of that
State All the rest Of the line, far as legislative &C.
ton in the matter Of charters concerned Is perfectly
secured The nature Of the ground along the route
said to be well calculated to furnish Arm and durable
while the distractions Of are such %
DO removed with comparative ease. The Connecticut
is the water Of any Importance along the route aud
this Is to be crossed by bridge The matter Of grs-
dents sscsnts and desosnts and curvaturss Is cons-
ing The Of the entire between the two cities
including complete outfit Of cars engines &c. Is est
mated at - 565 900 $50 500 ~ per mile Tho entire
distance 80 or oil miles the distance from New
ven to the eastern line Of the State 80 and l0th miles
One advantage possessed by this route all others
and which must impart to it permanent superiority,
Is its remarkable direcness 1t the shortest route be-
tween the greatest commercial cities of our country
being twenty miles less than any other Another
advantage u.s. that 1t will form mode Of comm unicaton
between the east and west portions Of the Of
nectieut, the want Of which has caused very much
this ntercemmunination to pass either the waters
Of the Sound by circuitous railway route In Msssa
chusetts third and an important ono, may be found
In the that careful starstics show tha
the way travel and business alone will yield handsome
support to the road without reference to the through
travel And 1t not too much to say that the
Of Connecticut yet undeveoped and almost entirely
unknown, will increase this support beyond the
sanguins expectations II deserves also to be mentioned
that It will important outlet to those portions
OF Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, which lie south
eastery of the route As to the speed expected
attained improvements proposed In regard to the
rail- and the engines Of such character, will
passage of only hours between the two cities
The much vexed-questionlof the bridge the
Connecticut is treated at considerable length and the
navigation Of the river clearly placed before the
public. All that be asked Of those who have op
posed the bridge is calm and fair confederation Of thess
statements In truth, invite the most searching In
vsstgation ofthese arguments satisfied that the result
would be surrender Of preudices unfoundsd In res
ty as they have been bitter In their influence.
The road should by all means BIZ built Capitalists
can find surer Investment. The two greatest com.
mercal emporiums in the country proposed to be
united by road whose drectness forbids the possibility
OF Its ever being superseded successfully rivalled
Official documents and statistics, carefully coated
prove the adequacy Of the way travel and business alone
to support 1t handsomely not to mention the tide of
travel that must continually ebb and Cow between the
termini Of such Importance New York and Boston.
Charters secured for the entire distance except
twelfth, the Rhode Island portion Even should their
petition fail, trng detection Of four ave miles IL
all that will be required in order to avoid the State The
rst charter from the Connecticut Legislature required
subscription Of 81 100000 before organization could
be effected and. the work be commenced more re-
cent has been obtained the terms Of which show the
estimate nwhich the people Of State regard the road
subscription Of only $500 Is now necessary and OF
this have been subscribed In Middetown
and vicinity.
The annexed statement exhibits the amount received
from passengers In tbs months Of June July and August
In each Of the past three years. by the Atics and Buffalo
Railroad Companv