New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-13

built and with spirit worthy Of oil praise. came
in after the voice OF the Convention vas given 10
favor Of il, and pledged their hearty coo pera,ion
in carrying II through.
ltwould have been better, perhaps, had mora
Of the time OF the Convention been oc,u oied in
submitting such statistics IS would have shD IN
more clearly the resources OF the country though
which the road ia 20 run. The statement. bef,ra
The Convention we're Of very general character.
Snd were indicative OF the belief on the mart N
the provincial delegates that It Tould be paytsg
inrcstmeht. We learn that they have out f,,1
enis containing the statistics upon which this be-
liel il based into the hands OF the Com nittee and
IN short time they Will be laid before the public
| Ihey themselves, arc convinced tia, the local
traffic will support IT, and yield over and ab1ve the
! expenses a handsome profit. At al even,s 80
sapeDiDe are they in the belief that they saw that
between now and February they vi have thu
most OF the stock in the road through New-Brun
wick subscribed for. The delegateI from Nova.
eooiis ave equally as sanguine that their people
VIII 60 Their part-one OF them, Mr.. Kerr of Wal
isce, n 3 man able to back up his statement,
say that ne EW hull mile Of the r0zf himselfI
And we are told tina. this is the feeling throughput
the Provinces, especially in New Brunswick The
people OF all classes feel that il is the railroad thst
Is to mske and save them and will therefore take
bold OF 1t with determination to carry it through
with energy ard dispatch
AS 10 the portion Of the route through Maine
no doubt that the Legislature-a large portion OF
'he members Ct which attended tho Convention
VIII grant the appropriation asked 70. to complete
survey.
The project Of direct road from P!aas5urgh TO
Montreal is being strongly urged upon the capital
lists Of that section, IS Offering unusual advantages
n regard to location, grades, &c. and a. being
fret Glass investment Subscriptions havo already
been sde 10 a considerable extent, and the orig
majors of the enterprise confident that the road
will be built within a year The advantages OF
this route over others connecting the States with
Montreal are thus stated:
/ DIsTAScE TINE.
| Montreal to Burlington via 81 Johns
and Lake duecl.. 81 miles, q hours
MoDueai TO Burlington via Railroad
extension 10 ROase's Point and
Montreal to Burlington via Rsilfosd
otec1 % PlaubbufRh and Lese....so mileI 81 hcUr5
Thus having an advantage over the 81 JOINS
and Lake route Of fourteen miles in distance, add
tire hours in time, and over the Rouse POnt ex
tenlion route Of fourteen miles in distance and two
hours in time The comparative distances when
tsbe into consideration the distance Travelled by
rsil in each case, shows our advantage in truef
and more favorable light, our water travel being
only about twenty miles, against seventy sailes on
the ST Johns ard Lake route and forty five mi Cd
by Rouses Point extension route. Ia . word, lei
two passengers, destined for south or east j ave
Montreal at the same moment, the ole by the or
binary route 10 81. johns, and the other by on
contemplated lice, and the latter will land nj
Platttburgh ss soon as the former will arrive at st
johns where he is ffty miles and three hours be
hind the other w hen this road is completed, {,
passenger may leave Montreal at A. NJ a tnfe
over few hours run brings him to this place; ha
then steps on board a swift and cOmmodious ferry
boat exchanging the noise, dust and confinement
of the rail for the cool and invigoratng air of the
Lake, refreshing bis eyes with the cOntem2 platoon
of unriyaed scenery, and bis "inner man" with
r leisurely breakfast suffering no detention mean
time, and arrives at Burlington in season for toe
morning trains 10 Boston reaching elatter place
in little over twelve hours from Moutreal--or il
destined for New-York, he will take the Rutland
and Burlington Railroad TO Rutland, reaching
Troy either via the Rutland and Troy Railroad
direct, or via the Rutland and Whitehall Railroad
and Washington and Saratoga and Troy RAILROAD
at bis pleasure, and from Troy TO New York via
the Hudson River Railroad, when comp eted, th1s
accomplishing the whole distance from Montreal to
Boston or New.York by rail- with the exception OF
only twenty miles of water or if he prefer long
er soiourp on our beautiful lake, be may take one
of our four magnificent "lioers" and accomplish
the whole disisr ce from here to Whitehall OF one
lundred miles by water
Az to its feasibility Of construction, it may DO
remarked that from Caughnawaga 10 Mooer's, q
distsuce of thirty.two miles, or nearly two thirds
the entire distance to be built, better route for
the construction Of Railroad cannot De found in
America The land { r the whole distance il com.
parstvely dead level, the descent from the
| Canada line at Noes TO the 81 Lawrence At
Cauehnavags, len g only about twelve feet, be-
aide having no streams for the entire distaace
I which will 70 3uire more th,n a small calvert to
cross them. Indeed for that entire distance the
road can almo.t b. constructed by laying the rails
m the ground, with only asutfciency of embank.
mert 10 imbed the ties aud carry of the water from
the track. From Mooers TO this village the ground
il more uneven, though vastly more favorable for
the construction of Railroad than any other in
this section or in V rmobt with only two small
,,resms 10 be bridg d before reaching the Lake.
The highest tlevation on this part Of the route
above the level Of the Lake is 200 feet, at a pon.
fifteen miles north of tnis plsce-ihe highest grade
of the hole road not being forty feet to the
mile. while the averags grade is under twenty
feet. Timber # the quality for ties aud bridging
can be procured in great abundance, and at small
cost directly o. tbs inc Of the road, and tie same
facilities exist fr stoue and lime.
If the above road should be built, it will
probably be extended so thEsTdly to connect
at Whitehall with the Washington and Sara
| tosa road, and this subject We annex q letter
from an Id subscriber containing valuable Informs
| ton
Mtss,s. Greeley 4 MeElrah;
Much has of late been said about Railroads and
their advantages il The Tribune and other papers.
The Erie, the Albany and Rutland, and the Os