New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-31
4 DAY IN DELAWARE COUNTY.

/ pleiion cf tss p ark Road Connection with TIE
Erie RsilroS Al Hsncock tcheAoc,on.l and 20
vere among the hcodrsis who complied xish thsir
invitation. some features q the sssheriss and the
achievement IL was designed 70 eeiehrats. seen
deserving Of record.
Delaware. on the Soashsrn eosasr Of oar Ssss4.
Is ore Of s largest and most elevated coansies save
Hamilton The t~c branches OF thu Dslsvs-e
River rise IN q chsi- Of mouaissas, leoe b .scs
feet above tide on its east Dosth eastern border.
runripg parallel with each other and sone ts. 10
ifeen miles apart. sor sbocs iosy miles. when The
West branch lat Depcst turrr.hsrPly 70 th- soa;h-
east forming the angle Of the County and sheaee-
forward the boundary Of the STATE Ucesns snd
uniting with the Eat branch Al caehocsoa 10
Hancock, some twelve miles below. Ina whole
County Ia made up II rugged, preoipisous hss, and
nsrrvw, irregular valleys, the astss bordering the
swo hrsrches Of the Delaware ase their lana nss
able tributaries, and lying from I've TO eight has-
dred feet above tide. while the hills shoot up from
three hundred 30 thousand feet higher Probsbsy
the valleys do not amouns 10 than tenth part
Of the County, while the hilsides are generally TOO
steep and rocky to sdmi. Of profitable caltisstios-
But the valleys though contracted, are fertif
while the bills are commonly well adapted 10 sras,
irg even to their submits which are ofien isvs
and well suited to such vegetation a. 10 nos dsiay
in The matter OF frosl The valleys and slopes
though subject TO a cool keen night air throasA
almost the entire year are shielded from frosts By
the iogs which rise from the streams. There ire
but few acres Of swamp or marsh 10 the Cosnty.
and these generally ca the tops Of the hills. There
refew mosquitoes, no chance for levers aud II men
an escape disease and i've loeg anywhere, they
can here Delaware began 70 be settled Ia the
wider ard more inviting valleys some sixty OF
seventy ears ago, IN good part by Revolutionary
soldiers. IL was cursed by q profass growth Of
excellent Pine, which condemned Il 10 laundering
and eonrequen. poverty for nearly half q century.
Happily, the last Pine has now disappeared. AMI
the Hemlock are rapidly following. 50 that In very
lew years the County wi be compelled sorely On
the improvement. and cultivation Of iss Soil. whss
/, will speedily become the very FIRST Dairy County
in the State and probably In the Uuion.
Difficulty snd expense Of Recommendations
with the sesboard- especially by the strssns.
which afford q temporary and cspricious facility
10 rats only--has discouraged and depressed the
Industry Of Delaware And even when :hs Erie
Railroad had been constructed along its entirs
scuth-w estorn border. the badness and scarcity of
the roads which follow its winding valleys AMI are
frequently compelled to cross it, rapid streams %
readily converted By q shower into angry Aoods.
rendered the great artery Of little practical vaissr
Fully sixty miles Of bad travelling lay betweea
some parts OF the County and the Railroad. wbils
Delhi, the county seat could only reach the Ran
road at distance OF fully forty miles, crossing Q
high steep mountain and then at the point farthest
from this City at the extreme south western linh
Of the County.
twas leii to the energy and shrift Of the sub
stanti. village Of WALros to resolve on and
to tho Intelligence Of HAScooK to devifs, remedy
for this state Of things The Sorne- lies ia one "
the widest valleys OF the County, sixteen miles
west Of Delhi, where the West branch TAKES sharp
turn from vest 10 q southsrly osarss, and ~hsss
west fan into 70, ssordfpS avenues OF communists
ton through their valleys with Usadills. 0tsesa
Co on the north and with the western towns q
Delaware. The citizens Of Walton fully resolved
to dig out, bat supposed they should be obliged to
follow the w est branch down to Deposit when they
were me, by q deputation from Hancock who a..
sured them, from personal observation, that q
far uore direct and feasible connection with the
Erie Railroad at their place hitherto Chsboc'on,
was attsnsble. This route wa adopted, and by
the united efforts Of the two towns. aided by soma
well placed liber.lity on the part OF . few Nsw-
Workers, the connection has been secured An al
mirsble Plank Road has been completed through
previously unbroken wilderness from Csshocton
10 the West branch, eigh. miles below Walton.
where Is strikes settlements and an old road.j
which ia now psssable and s to be pIsnksd through
out by the lot OF December. bringing Walton within
three and Delhi within i've hoars smart driving Of
the Railroad. Already the stages ps,s over this
route, leaving Delhi at A N. and delivering their
passengers at Chehoct0n befors I. whence they
reach this City by Express Train at In tho oven.
ing Of the same day. When tho Plank Road b
finished aAother line will be pat on, and passen-
gers may take tea In Delhi and breakfast nsxs
morning in New.York
AT O'Clock on Wednesday morning, q pro.
cession OF carriages was formed at Cbehocton Hso-
cock preceded by mounted h"sb,Is and q Band
Of Music, TO proceed over the Plank Road 10 Wal
ton. The route passes for mile up the valley Il
the East Branch, then strikes that Of q email NIL
stream brown ss the csdoche, vhich.s follows 30
i,s head in q swamp ten miles distant Through
ca. this extent, the road rises gradually asd an
fOrmly hay feet TO the mile tall it reaches the sum
init 1--we hundred feet,l sheree descending three
hundred fee. 10 three miles and hall 10 the Wsst
Branch, which It "a 70 oiow thence 10 w alton, the
Inc being now under contract and 10 proosss Il
construction.
The completed portion Of the road b . mode
and an Indictment to othsrs. Although crossing
1no0rssin, IL hes le. rise and fsl than most
rosds crossing . rolling prairie, taers baing uni-
FORM ard gentle sscen. to and descsntffom the sun.
nix AID for twelve miles Of this distsncs th~s
vas rot house nor an acre o. clearing when sbs
road was commepced and the land fgy half nile