The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-04

RAILROAD Dvs7 AND NoIu.-Many Of eur rail-
roads create q great noise and dust when their
trains are under way, and running at the rate Of
thirty miles an hour but the Hudson River Rail-
road, before it has train under way, or a single
car running, has made itself famous for making
dust and noise in this community Look at the
hubbub in the Corporation about laying rails in
Hudson street. The tricks, talent, ingenuity and
enterprise Of both parties are worthy of the present
age, and are almost sufficient to throw q halo of
glory over the managers at Washington. Then,
again, see the quarrels among the stockholders
and the managers, the correspondence between
MIR. Flagg and Mr.. Boorman, and the correspon-
dence, peppered and spiced, between Sas Wood
and MIR. Flagg. Those gentlemen are gradually
losing all the polish and dignity with which they
commenced operations, and are beginning to exhi-
bit some of the violent language which we see so
literally displayed by politicians and office beg
gars. Only think Of such quiet religious and re-
spectacle man-and member of the church too
as Silas Wood, almost IN as many words, calling
Mr.. Flagg--also member Of the church and
candidate for seat IN the kingdom of heaven-a
deceiver and almost liar!
The love Of money, we are informed, is the root
of all evil Money and avarice are the founda-
tons Of all railroad speculations. Those heavy
contracts for furnishing rails those Bargains for
cutting rocks, and all the other speculations that
grow out of such large enterprises, are very
money making among the railroads of this country
and England, and everywhere else. The first
stockholders of every railroad are generally cheat
ed and deceived by the first managers, who en-
deavor to make money by the contracts which
havr "a vrbi lie ~,
be losing by the stock which they own But with
out some such system of deception or cheatery--
for it is nothing else-the railroads would not be
undertaken. These enterprises are advantageous
to the country at large; but the poor stockholders
must suffer, while the contractors make all the
money and carry off all the spolls. Look at the
famous railroad scoundrel IN England, Hudson,
who was called the king Of railroads. His career
is over there but his history, in connection with
railroads, is precisely the same as that of great
many railroad spectators In this land. In one
feature, at least we have AN advantage on this
aide of the water. Our railroad spectators are
pous, God fearing, moral and benevolent men, as
far building churches, going to church, and con-
tributng TO the charity-boY, and such like things,
are concerned. If they cheat and shave the stock
holders, through the medium Of large contracts,
during six days Of the week, they are pous,
and laying up large amounts Of stock in the
kingdom Of heaven every Sabbath, which is
laid out every year at a very high premium,
and at the end of their lives, when the last
prayer is pronounced over them, they will probably
be worth, in the regions Of future glory, one, two,
three, or four hundred thousand dollars in the
gold of the New Jerusalem pictured by Saint
John IN the Apocalypse. In this we have the adj
vantage, in this country We so unite religion
and roguery, that the angels on the judgment seat
can't separate them, by all the force which they
can muster.