The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-28

the least expensef This II what all apparently
seeking The solution of this question, calmly and g.
passioneely, Ia Of much importance 70 each citizen,
that should throw aside all prejudice, and look tie
matter full in the face
Two rival routes presented to the publc-the
Hudson river road and the Harlem rosd-and II must be
confessed, the advocates Of either route urge their
claims and advantages with great skill; but in the
meantime, our city has the advantage of neither
line Of travel to Albany What are the facts before
us The Hudson liver road claims the best route easy
curvature and Light grsdes-inlsed, for all practical
purposes may the whole road il levs and tho
company, under the charge Of of eur most esps.
risnced engineers promise to lay down tho best posi-
BILE rail Let suppose ali this to be Something has
yet been done-and there remain to be built this
route the whole distance-say 100 miles.
The other route, the Harlem road. says, and sup
pose with equal TRUTH that their road has good route
easy curvature and no grade exceeding thiyave feet
against eighty -four feet the Boston railroads that they
have their cars now running forty two miles Of
road that they have twelve miles more finished and
ready for laying the ralsmaking in all fifty miles,
which be open to the public by May nsxt that in
the of the present year they can connect convs.
niently with the Housatonic Railroad and thus at once
furnish to city direct railroad line, compete to
Albany and thence to the great West and that they
will still go prosecuting their work. and furnish to
early day.
These we believe to be all that claimed by either Of
the partes We do say what each sets forth against
his rival Even they may be trus that Is not buh.
ness. We wish simply to ask, taking for granted oil
that each party claims TO which ofhsss companies may
tia public look Tor answer to our qusryf How are
citizers to have the advantage OF continuous rail-
road to Albany the earliest period and with the least
expense1
The annual report Of the Belgian Minister Of Public
Works. in relation to the railway trsc for lsas exhibits
many very curious importnnt and interesting results
and is well worth careful perusal by every snga
ged in these works 1t will be that there has been,
within the past i've years. increase Of about hum
dred per cent the gross income while the
tho working expenses has only been about Atty per cent
The receipts per league since lsA have increased twen
~ per cent while the expenses per league have
ed about seventeen sent The profit per league since
ls4l, has increased hundred and twenty ave PEE
TRAyyrc on THE BsLsrAx RAnwAYs
Iappesrs from the annual report Of de- Bavay. the
spsnd:d on the dh1rS @s Ts:
total expsnd in the construction Of the Sis miles
O. rawsy y up to the sis Dss issS vas 1914 sa1A
ore miles Of double line, and las miles Of single line
The double lines sre1Brusseis and Antwerp 40 kiI,
Manes and Gand 81 kill Ostend and Kill
Courtray and the frontier Is Kill Molines and the fren.
tier Of Prussia lss kill, Brussels and the frontisr OF
France o. NIL DTelhle'Comte ana God0rviIle Ia Kill,
Gosseas and Chareroy Kill total 36a xii The single
lines are0and to Passehep so kill and to Courts.
nay a kill. Mouseron to Tornay 10 kill Lsnden 70 ST.
Trond 10 kill Godarvile to Gossalies u Kill Chsrerov
to Namur 81 Kill Branch at Antwerp kill and ditto At
Brussels xii total 97 kill In is4s they had three new
engines with cylinders Of 49, a. and 10 inches diameter
respectively 81 passenger carriages goods wa
CONS and 80 other wagons. So that de LIST January
isae the working stock consisted Of l4e locomotives
las tenders 6s4 passenger carriages 200 goods wa.
CONS aud 400 other wagons. In March, 1888 orders
were given to three carriages such as the one
constructed in ls44 the American system capable of
holding 81 persons differing however from the Ameri
can plan by introducing frst second and third class
passengers in the carrisge (the Americans have
only CLASSY which the report found be
very economical and satisfactory carriage The follow.
line opened the number Of leagues az mss) rum and
the cost per league train.