New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-23

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going 70 attend General Taylors Inauguration
Nashua and W orcester Railroad.
This road was formally opened "Wednesday, the
/ ooh though the track was completed and cars com
menced running over il on Monday the 18th few
invited guests from this City left pier No board
the stsunch steamer Horcesfer, Capt WILLIAMS al
O'Clock Tuesday evening. reaching Auyns Point al l2
took the Norwich train and arrived a, the beautiful
City Of Worcester A. AN At o'clock the Presidents
and Directors Of the Nashua and Worcester, and Nor
wich and Worcester Roads the proprietors and some
Of the officers Of the line OF steamers running from N
City in connection with the Norwich aud Worces-
ter Road together with several distinguished citzens
Of Massachusetts, and Connecticut lsmong whom We
noticed Ex.GOv. Lincoln and Hon Isaac Davis left
Worcester In a special train for Nashua the Northern
terminus Of the new road, and distant 80 miles from
Worcester. Here the party reinforced by tho
acquisition Of the President aud part Of the Directors
of the Nashua aud Concord Road aud train with pas
scngcrs from Boston via Lowell Leaving Nashua the
train passed rapidly to Concord the Capital OF New
Hampshire, located on the Merrimsc ~ miles from
Worcester where we arrived Al lOl, and found the
Legislature "a fine and inieis gent looking body OF
mem in session This body, however, adjourned
to attend the Whis State Convention which assembled
After rambling about Concord (Which has more
venerable aud less thriving appearance than New In
gland villages generally Tor an hour and half the
party left their return aud brought up At Man
chester also located on the Mcrimac and one of the
most thriving and substantial manufacturing villages
the country.
Though hardly yet toto her teens Manchester - the
most populous town 10 the Granite state. She has an
cutcrprsng population of from l5 900 to 10000 nhsb
,ens aud is sustained almost entirely by her msnuisc
turing establishments
After briefly inspecting the mills here the party
proceeded to Nashua aud stopping at the Pearls
House. discussed, without wine or speeches an excel
lent dinner prepared by order Of the Worcester and
Nashua Company. For one we were exceedingly de
lighted the sbsence Of the juice and managed TO get
ON very well without speeches The Pearl st. House
is new and commodious, conducted strictly on Temper
principles, aud Is every way one OF the very best
Hotels we have found North East Of Boston.
The train left Nashua al 81 and made the to Wor
cester in about two hours, and taking the Evening
train, il arrived from Boston, and the good steamer
Worcester at Alyns Point, reached Gotham safe and
sound few minutes past six on Thursday morning, hsv
ing travelled 542 miles in - hours including least
hours stoppagc
The Worcester and Nashua Road is built in a very
substantial manner and will afford better facilities for
in,orcommuncston with New York and points north OF
Nashua than have been heretofore enjoyed. The Gem
pany broke ground about years ago and have com
ploted the road cost of about $4,000 per mile, in
GLIDING furniture sc an amount something below the
original estimstes-a fact which speaks well for the
success of the enterprise We understand the maxi.
mum grade on the line is forty five feet in the mile.
As leave Worcester the road passes through West
Boy ston one OF the most picturesque towns in Msssa
chuse,ts rich In Its agricultural products, and small
We next reach Clintonvlle. the loca-
ton of large water power used by the factories OF
T.. p. Bigelow, coach lace manufacturer. The next
prominent place on the route is Lancaster one of the
Oldest towns in New England bearing every indication
OF prosperity.
The next station is Groon, (Middlesex Coz the juno
ton Of road. leading to all points of the compass At
this point the Ftchburg Railroad is tapped and passen
gers and goods the North and East bound to New
York are taken by the Nsshus and Worcester road An
exchange of passengers is here made, between the up
and down trains the Fchburg road the Nashua and
Worcester the Petersboro and shirley aud the Stony
Brook roads.
After leaving this point the road passes through Pep
perell manufacturing town of some importance IN
NilddeseN County, and surrounded by Whist IN New
England is called ane agricultural region The next
and last stopping place the road is Nashua y H.
which, as manufacturing town, ranks second only to
Manchester, in that state.
The distance from Worcester 10 Nsshsu az miles, IS
we learn exactly equal to the distance from Worcester
TO Boston so tina, BY taking this crossroad in going to
or coming from New Hampshire, we gain all the die
lance between Boston and Nashua al miles beside
definitions in Boston. &c. Considering the already
sssi snd rapidly growing manufactures and other pro
iuc,s of New.Hampshire and Vermont, which must
seek market either in Boston or New York the add
ional facilities afforded by this line for direct CON.
nuncation with those States, AMI ultimately as the
Directors think with Montreal be regarded by
the business community OF our City with indifference
The Nsshus and Concord Road under the manage
nent of Mr. Spaulding, is Of the finest and best
in New England. 1t mss double track the
,nre distance with the best Of furniture and most
ample depot accommodations at all important points
IT Concord the Company hsye substantially built Pas
enser Depot 300 feet by 65 Freg House 300 by 65
Machine shop Of the dimensions with extensive
susine- Houses. sc. The furniture OF the Road con
lists OF II powerful locomotives II passenger and
100 reightcars The fare this road as we'll sc most
,thers in New England is two cents per mile
From Concord 8 connection is to be formed with the
,orth. BY two routes one the Northern. extending
rom Concord to Lebanon and thence via the Vermont
CENTRAL route, TO Burlington, VI This route IS now
completed As far as Mortified within few miles OF
Montpelier and distant two hundred and I'VE miles
rom Worcester. The balance Of the road to Bur
ns,on Is under contract and much OF il IL graded II
viii be completed, understand in about one year.
another connecting with the North will be formed ~
he Lebanon and the Connecticut and Passumpsc river
DAD via 81 Johnsbury. This route is now completed
q far as Wells River Village. The other Vermont
cute is formed by the Fitchburs, Vermont and Mssss
"a use,ts and the Connection, river roads AZ much Of
he business of all these lines and their tributaries
s Is destined for New York will of course reach this
,ity by wsy OF the Worcester and Nashua Road Low
II and Lawrence too, send goods here consider
IDLY cheaper by this route than via Boston. without
akng into consideration the expense Of drsysge and