The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-21
TWO CENTS.
Our Hartford Correspondence.
HARTFORD, June IL. 1850.

Hartford, June IL, 1850.
improvement Is in this Civ-R ,,iyoods ps S.saun-
boats, aud Opposition in Generak-Nsw Hlve~,
Hartford and Springfield Railroad, &c.-Fve.
The city OF Hartford is making more rapid strides
III buildings. manufacturing, an1 general pro.,.rrv
'he past and present year, than our qoandam friend.
| me oldest inhabitan," ever dreamed Of The
building IN whichTa branch of that old and hide, M
monster, the United States Bank, was located. has
just oeeh ieNe'led, and large brown stone float
palace is to take its place. The Farmers, and Me-
chsnics' Bank have also pulled down their b,iIdiog-
and have laid The fnundati walls for tb. hand
soonest piece OF architecture to be found in the State
Cheat Is the multitude of new buiidiugs. tr.o.G,r
nations of old ones, &C., that is now gonr on in
our midst and in the suburbs of this city.
Al the present time smart and strong oppos-
Ton exists against the New Haven, Hartford.
and Springfield Railroad. The cause is this:-
The Connecticut River Steamboat Como.ny. WIN
are The owners ut the steam palace Connecticut
and the excellent steamers Hero aud Caftllue
hove. for several years, th-ir ho ,r in connee
ton with the railroad between New York and New
Haven, and New Yok aud Hartford, in ternation
~ith the steamers Traveller and Champion wDcn
ole owned by the railroad company I; blt the new
afrai Sc ments which the New Haven, II irtford
end Springfield Railroad Company have eff ..t.d
Tins spiing, with the New York aud New III tven
III
New Haven 10 Sprloghrld, has thrown out the
steamboat company from their profitable moiety
III The iesliiliitte I'eiAhtns an oher business ia
connection with the road. Therefore, thew nave
been running their splendid boats ou their own
hook Tor afew weeks past, and have formed d daily
lie OF sttaIners, the Connecticut aud Hero, b.
tween TINS city and New loIk-fdre fifty cents
only; and also seml-dally steamers from Hartford
To sprlDgheid-fdre twenty-five cents, or only
seveniy-hve cents from Springfield TO New York
for which the railroads charge % 2j To say nohng
at the railroads choking ihrIr ptssen gers nearly 10
sufiocstion, with their dusty cars aud road. All
travellers between New York and the Connecticut
valley VIII md II Tor theIr couiiort, cunveniencs.
and pecunidry advantage, 10 take eIlher the spea-
did steamer Connecticut, Captain Richard Peck,
ar the steamer Here, Captain Joseph III. King,
both Of whom are really kings of steamboat Cap
tains, and whose pohieness and attention TO pas
sengers are not measured out by the peck, If bya
Peck.
To-day, the steamer Connecticut left her wharf,
at the foot OF State street. with 2DO TO 300 pisseu-
gers, which must have been sweiled 10 400 when
she arrived at the mouth OF the river, most de-
llghtful sail between and s'clock L. M. The
railIoad company's boat, the Champion, had not
passengers enough To say we.
If the Stockholders of the New Haven, Hartford.
and Springfield Railroad Company do not hud
their annual dividends diminished the coming
year, then am no prophet, for they run
nIBg daily line OF steamers in oppo- Iion, not oulv
10 the steamers Connecticut aud Hero. nut ai.s
10 their own railroad, and al sacrifice of hundreds
OF dollars daily. but this Is equal the general
Mar hetntnt on sdlu road Stockholders IN AZ ctn
sell out tor Sll5 per share now, will tnd that they
Will get Sl5 per share more now than SIX weeks
hence, for the good will and friendship OF the cti-
zens Of Hartford and the adjOiaing towns are
with the steamers Connecticut and Hero ON ao-
count Of the extorion of the railroad comp tuy
heretofore on passengers and freight The buyers
OF tins railroad stock form their opinio is as
It's value, from the fact OF some 2J0 passengers
already being carried daily by the opposition st-am-
ers between Springfield and Hartford, aud the same
number between Hartford aud New York. Ii the
Railroad Company would publlsh thu monthly
cepts Of their road, mol including what they receive
or the New York and Western railroads, tas pao-
ic would see very large falling oil IN their daily
eceiIts from last year
II. S.-TurEsDAY MORNING. morning, a
fire broke out, about half past four o'clock, IA =
dwelling house owned by j. Drlhber, in the soath
part OF the city, and occupied by IRISH families.
The women and children were taken out vi the
. tecond story window.
The steamer Traveller, this morning, a, is cur
emily reported in the streets, hal To lay b, nearly
an hour, near lladdam, the nver Tor her boilers
To cool of.
The steamer Cricket forms a day line between
tb sc y sId New York. via Grernpou and Long
leland Railroad, lraving Hartford Tuesdays. rhlrs-
days and Saturdays, at 7, A. NJ, aud arriy.n, an
your city early in The afternoon. Fare only al so,
instead OF 81 So as by the New Havea roule.