The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-14
Punssualisy.

In these days of procrastination Il really does |
one good 10 meet with instances which show |
that the virtue Of punetuality did not die with !
Washington. The facts mentioned In the fol- |
lowing extract from letter In the N. Y. Cou-
rier. We fear, will appear to many of our fellow
citizens Of the West 10 belong to drsam-land
rather than to any region of teTa-6rma. "a
train Of cars not varying during ak months
half minute from its schedule timel" Such
punctuality would be appalling TO one accus-
toned to travelling upon our Western rivers.
We never can forget The CONSERVATION depicted
upon the coantenancs of a friend who, on go
ing tn the river to take P..-.ss hnaf. Eanna
that she had gone, having started precisely al
the time advertised. Not only was be amazed
but also indignant, for he seemed to feel that he
had been injured and that his rights as travel
er had been invaded. We must do justice how
ever to the river-m men. The fault is not sheirs
alone. We know many officers Of bostn who
are anxiously DESTROYS always 10 start at the
time appointed, but who ind 1t almost impossi-
Bile TO do no In consequence Of the dilatoriness
Of shippers and passengers. But change for
the better is rapidly going on, and by tho time
that the city of Louisville becomes rich enough
to have enc public clock we have no doubt that
from one Western port at least steamboats, will
start not merely on the day but even at the
hour advertised.
RAILROAD TInK.-SInce the completion Of the
New York and New Haven railroad and the
l"treaty of peace" between the contendlng par
ties, the schedule Of time has been changed fo
the New York train, on the road between
. Springfield and Boston; and the passenger II
taken from the Connecticut to the Atlantic with
, g. speed that, If achieved by "the cattle" on th'
, Union course, would put the gentlemen OF tn,
turf into extscies-ninety- eight miles In thre'
> hours! a rate which would pus Buffalo and Al
bany within less than ten houra Of each other
and "to this complexion must ws come at last.
The accuracy with which the time 10 kept OF
the Western Boston and Albany road 10 won
q derful-yet IL Is no more thorough than can b
and ought 10 be, on every finished and estab
} ished heavy rail in the country. The book
J. at the Springfield station show that during sil
r months ending on the first Of May of thin year
4, the train which leaves Albany in the afternoon
for Springfield, arrived at Springfield on no ds,
= of all those months in more than half min
4 ute varient from its schedule time. This regu
o larity seems like magic in its operation. From
, the upper stories Of the Msssasoit Hotel tn
track eastward can be seen for a considerable
distance. Precisely at the instant when III
T regulated time announces that the New Yorl
( fast train should be in sight--a dark otjec
, shows itself upon the track, at first indistinct
bat rapidly revealing its form and Characters
tcs-and so rapioiy--that the gay colors Of III,
cars mingled with the deep black Of the engin,
now show themselves like n ribband floating IN
the wind, whose huesa are seen but not accu raieI,
defined. Turn to the official standard of rail
wsy time kept in the depot, and II you can per
ceive any difference vnhstasa- hsts.asn the time
in which tie train ought to arrive and the mo.
ment when the locomotive doss roll into the
depot, it will be estimated by seeonds--nothing
greater"