The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-24
Decrease first eleven months Of ls47. $ls,74

Decrease first eleven months Of ls47.. $l3,740 90
At this rate the decrease for the year will amount to
about fifteen thousand dollars. The through travel of
this road has fallen on during the past year more than
fifty cent the whole Of which is attributed the
stoppsge of the Long Island daily train This decrease
has been principally owing to that arrangement having
but partially to the attraction Of travel other
and more favorable routes This road will have to
depend upon its local travel entirely and the through
travel along the line will ultimately have to depend upon
some other route for communication with this city 1t
Is possible the opening OF the road from Worcester to
Nashau may benefit the Norwich lne but the through
travel from that line to this CITY, is just likely to come
BY the way Of New Haven as Norwich, and more likely.
to by the way of New Haven, when the railroad
between that city and this via the Harlem completed
Merchandise will, If possible take an inland route In
passing to and from this city for safety expedition re-
gularty and perhaps expense The opening the line
connecting Nashua with Worcester will be Of benefit to
all the lines Of railroad connecting directly with this
city.
We have frequently made remarks relative to the
construction Of "air lin e railroad between this city
and Boston, via New Haven, Mddletown and whitman
c and have given place to the reports Of engineers in
favor Of and reports of meetings against the oonstruc
too Of sucha route The necessity Of bridging the Con-
nectcut In building this road has been raised as great
objection to the line in every shape there
strong argument In this against It's construction 1t is
very natural for the people section
try not provided with railroad to desire one and pos
ble construct enc; but 1t does not follow that such
road will be productive. An air line road between this
city and Boston would very well, II there was
any great saving in distance compared with tho routes
already constructed and In active operstion but &C
cordng to the surveys made the directline would be
only about twenty miles and the time saved only
ohnvvk half hn.,.
Haven to the eastern line Of Connecticut win be about
two and half million Of dollars and from The eastern
line Of the State to Boston, much more, making An
aggregate expenditure Of about Eve millions CT dollars
for the construction of road through section of
country by no able to support the line and de-
pending upon large amo unit Of through travel for eu
cient revenue to make expenses. Railroads create
great deal business and estimates are formed
upon data furnished In those oases where roads have
already bsen constructed the most favorable results
realized
There are already eight or nine railroads drectly or
indirectly connecting New York and Boston; the
through travel between the two cities is divided h,
tween these routes and the local travel to and from eacb
Of the Cities on each line monopolzsd by each COM
pany. The air line must depend entirely upon what
through travel II could draw from all these routes and
the local travel along its line We much doubt whether
this would be sufficient to pay the expenses and earn
the smallest DIVIDEND road costing more than We
millions Of dollars. To draw away from the other roads
any important portion Of the through travel It must
hold out great advantages regards safety speed and
expense Now, 1t Is well known that in the season for
pleasure travelling the most profitable season for rail
road and steamboat companies, water communication
Is the most desirable the most agreeable and the least
expensive being free from dust and those annoy ances
which are more or less attached to railroad routes II
Ia m aOraS nbl oh.
after travelling hundred miles, and most travellers pre-
Ter IT, particularly invalids and ve-y few would choose
journey Of two hundred and hty miles by land when II
can be divided between conveyances and vatsr
water Communication saves time without DESTROYING
rest and Is therefore, preferred by busness men, IL IA
cheaper, and is, therefore, preferred by ALL at
seasons.
BY the summer Of ls4s, in period of little mora
than Elk months the New Haven Railroad will bs com-
pleted to Bridgeport, thus forming q oonnecton With
the whole fabric Of New England railroads and with
Aloapy That will be the FIRST communication bstvs.
this city Albany and Boston, by railroads; but -. tr,,,
not the last IL will DO the route to Albany next winter
ana by the winter OF lsI9 the inland route to Boston
All THESE lines diverge from the Harlem at point about
fifteen miles from this city, throwing upon that length
OF the Harlem road an immense amount OF trafhc Wa
have given estimates Of the income Of this road made
up from the increase upon It's own business but a. tbe
form no criterion Of tho amount Of business likely to be
done on 1t within the next year or eighteen months
they should not be taken as the basis for any cacus.
tions.
For the year ending June st sis the aggregate re-
cepts Of this company will be about three hun dred and
twenty thousand dollars and the estimate for the year
ending June lst 1912 Is five hundred thousand dollars
After the ls Of June ls4s the receipts of the company
will be derived from an extension of twenty -nine miles
Of ts own road makng It's entire length miles, from
the Now Haven road (Which will be completed some time