Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-04-29
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at remote and opposite points Of the Union. The ST.
Louis aud Cincinnati road will form link in chain
of railways to connect through the Mississippi, New
Orleans with the eastern atlantic cies will be ex-
tended from the river westward an indefinite dis
lance, perhaps to Oregon and in its of thou
sands of miles from east 10 wcst will give off and
ceive its tributaries to the and left and like that
mighty current rolling his waiery treasures TO the
ocean, will pour, in urremiing stream, the ex-
changeabe wealth OF half continent on the atlantic
coast to receive in. RETURN the diversified manufac-
lures and predictions nf other hemispheres.
Uninterrupted railway communication already ex-
lists from Cumberland to Boston, and the immediate
extension of it from the former place TO the Ohio RI
has been resolved upon by the stockholders of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, terminate at Pitts
burgh or some point below on the OHIO river, and
perhaps BOTH In the event it should take the route
to Pittsburgh. It's further extension through Ohio, to
connect with the Cleveland and Cincinnati railroad,
may be looked for In short time, steps having al-
ready been taken towards effectng this object in
ny counties and adjacent to its route. On the
other hand, if the stockholders of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad shall determine TO make some other
| point their terminus the Ohio, for instance
Parkersburg, their preferred point, the connection
with Cincinnati will be made rs above through Ma
retta, Athens and Chillicoihe shorter and cheaper
route and if Fish Creek, twelve miles north of this
be the point, TIE extension will probably take place
through GAINESVILLE, Columbus and Xenia the most
desirable route to Cincinnati. And should this rail.
road reach the Ohio river at any other point tIan
Pittsburgh. which present probable. the capt.
talsts of Pittsburgh ready TO invest their capital 10
extend the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to that point
have evinced their determination commence once
the construction of railroad TO, and through Ohio
to control the western trade, which would End out
let from that city TO the atlantic. through the Penn
sylvana canal, or the contemplated extension TO
Pittsburgh of the Philadelphia and Harrisburgh rail-
| road b giving us choice of routes to reach the
and rhocq 0f mar fIpSo in
be the best arrangement for US. and would materially
shorten the distance through the southern points
ed, from Cincinnati to the atlantic cities.
Taken In connection with these roads projected and
completed by which communication is opened TO
the eastern Cities it will be at once that the Gin
cinnati and ST. Louis railroad is scheme fraught
with results to this Stale, more important than any
other seriously agiated within its limits How
few of realize the important fact, that
ments are taking place, which in the space of
five years. will place for the facility of intercourse
and of traffic as near the city of New York, as we
are, at present, near Cincinnati. That should
be walking Broadway, N York, in forty hours after
he shall have left Washington street, indiana polls
or that he can have 1000 barrels of -four at the
place sixty hours after he shall have ordered them
from the State of Indiana looks like impossibliiy,
but will be practicable within the time above named
This mighty agent, annhiating time and space, will
place the gardens of the the suburbs of Bati-
more. Philadelphia, New York and Boston. and make
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, de-, the agricul-
tura States of the Union, the expense of those north
and cast of the AIleghanes. While it equallzes the
exchanges, it will also equaze the value of the pro-
pery of the country and the boundaries of States
will have less to distinguish !hem in the diversity of
the and customs of their inhabitants, than
the faint divisions of county lines at present, in
| single State.
1t is manifest that revolution in the business op-
erations of the country is impending over it, such as
no dreamed Of ten years ago. Up to the present
time those living upon water courses navigable by
steamboats,, have enjoyed advantages other liv-
ing remote from them, that have carried them forward
in rapid and steady course of Improvement, in spte
of other disadvantages the shape OF having great
ly less productive SOIL many instances, aud
try not adapted to cultivation to the same extent and
it has never entered into the calculations of either OF
them to suppose it practicable for any means natural
or artificial, to deprive them of the advantages Of
this relatively superior position. But in all human
probability this unforeseen transposltIon in the o-
calies of parties, must long be established and
those hitherto chosen people be compelled to exchange
advantages with Others for the perpetuation OF which
they have relied upon the guaranty OF nature 1t mas
been demonstrated from extensive experience and OBJ
servaton, that railway travel and transport Is cheap
er, safer and much expeditions for passengers or
valuable merchandise, than that by steamboats, ca
nas and not subject to the interruptions, delays and
uncertainty incident TO the latter, By tie frosts OF
winter the heats of summer.
In report made by a select committee to the leg
isature of Massachusetts 1899, when having under
consideration aid to the western railroad, from Boston
to Albany, the superiority of railway to all 9th
er inland communications is forcbly set forth in the
following passage: Railways have universally Gre
ate6 the means of their sustenance, and have
drawn to their tracks employment for their motion.
If the benecence of providence had followed cbar
mel from Boston TO the western Lakes, and poured the
floods of those inland seas eastward the ocean, the
blessings would have been too great for sufficient gra
ttude, as they would have been beyond all computa-
ton. The river swelled by tributary streams from
every valley, would have scattered wealth along its
course For all practicable purposes the invention Of
art bestows better advantages, and furnishes commu-
nicaton made easy and certain than the bounty
of nature could give During the stern winter of our
climate the rivers are closed third of the year
with ice, in summer they exhausted for nearly an
equal period their navigation Is bounded by the hills
that supply their fountains. The railway is neither
locked by cold dried up by heat confined by
/ Understanding out It's arms TO every town and
village, it may be extended beyond the highland bar
riers of water passage and beyond the lakes until It's
iron bands clasp together in network OF improve
ment overspreading the whole Union" This ruad
has since been completed, making 200 miles from Al
bany to Boston, at the gross sum Uf Sluz92c93, or
S5l .464 per mile; aud with eleven miles OF heavy
| grade, taps the New York canal. carries flour the
whole distance for twenty cents barrel, other freight
and passengers in proportion and declares large an
nual dividends on the capital invested
This spirit of enterprise instead of being exhausted
by pushing her Improvements to the lakcs has only
been stimulated into more energetic activity BY the
success which has rewarded her efforts hitherto and
far from being satisfied with its original inten-
ton of opening channels through which to sweep the
commerce of the lakes into the Atlantic Cities 1t il
seeking to extend its arm into midst. and whilst
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