The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-04

are as much ct the mercy Of America ss IL
starving, and to her alone We looked for TOAD sns
need not withhold her wheat America could stsrve US
by withholding her cotton True, 1t Is rs much her
interest ours sct differently and so long as 10
continues so, difficulty will be experienced hut
csnhinston Of circumstances may DO suppose In
when America ut little cos TO herself might strike n
an irrecoverahle blow; crifs might arrive, VII BY
mcmentsrily cripplng our industry she might push in
deprive NJ tho markets. OF the world And who,
she aid the pity xree will guaranty her for
bssrsnce' FIJI England with their provsion,-et hsr
tsrbors be choked and her grsnaries bursting with
their stores what spectacle would she present on
rtoppags OF years. supply OF cotton. lt would do
more to prostrefe her Ia the dust than oil the
raents which America and Europe combined coald
hurl against her What tremendous power Is this
in the hands Of q rival"
Where will this power be- in the event OF dissou.
ton Of the Union! In the hands of the South and IL
alone Is power sufficient to place any country hold
ing 1t upon the highest pinnacle of political greatness
The North is upon the brink Of precipce brought
to the very verge of ruin by few fanatics who have
real interest in the prosperity Of any section
eet Of bigots whose vision is contracted their
minds, who know not what they pseach, and who fol-
idea with all the zeal and devotion Ct hsathsn
These the men the people of the North have per-
mttsd to exist in their midst and later like
the viper they will sting the hand that warmed them
into life.
There Is q movement going on In Connecticut calcu-
lated to ipjure very materially the productveness Of
the Harlem Railroad. That IL the construction Of
road from Stamford, Norwslk to Danbury This will
draw large portion of the travel that
the Harlem road from its northern extremity. The
Heiiem road mas heretofore drawn large amour. Of
business from Dsnbury, and ell along the line Of Con-
neccut frem Danbury up, and passengers and freight
have passed directly the Housstonc road to the
Harlem, for the purpose Of getting to New York. with
out going by the way of Bridgeport. The construc.
ton of railroad from Danbury to Stamford Nor
xako tha fray firm, h.
Toad above Danbury and all In the immediate vicinity
OF that road when the road to Stamford is finished
the Harlem viii not get any business east Of the State
line. This will st further restrict the resources Of
the Harlem company, and leave very narrow section
Of country for that road to depend upon for business
After this read Is completed the distances between the
principal points will be as annexed
DaRbury to New York via Harlem Railroad, miles 60
DO. 90. bridgeport. ....... 80
10. 40 NorwAh. '..'s..s. %
w. oo. otemIotu.. bJ
New York to Albany via s s,sSt.Ia
DO Go. Dtlos'port. Z0o
1t viii be hundred end Atty miles to Albany from
New York, by the Hudson River road and hundred
and seventy mine miles by the New Haven and Housao
pic via Stamford These roads win DO able to accommo-
date all the through ard local travel from the section
Of country bordering between the Hudson River and
the western part OF Connecticut There roads, a.
point along the line, will be more than thirty miles
apart and the Harlem throughout the inter-
mediate space, and look merely to portion Of that
erece for It's local travel In the event Of the Harlem
road being extended and completed so ss to connect
with Albany, we shall have three lines between New
York ard Albany, among which the through business
would be divided The result OF such state OF things
would be, ruin to the central line its local
business would be restricted, and the outside lines
the Hudson River aud the Housssonic having ~Args
local travel could Afford TO take the through At
reduced rates.
The railroad from Stamford or Norwslk to Danbury
will be put under contract Should 1t terminate
ct Stamford, It will be twenty-sev miles long; IL at
Norwalk, twenty-five miles long, Each of these places
have subscribed 100000 to the capital stock Danbu
~ has suhscribed ssSooo and the remaining si5 900
necessary to complete the road will probably be OBJ
tanned along the route and elsewhere II Is very likely
Norvak will be the termp II Is Eve miles nearer
and the grades much easier. In about enc year we
shall probably have this road In running order when
may look out for pretty serious competition be.
tween 1t and the Harlem for the business Of western
Connecticut