New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-09
GREAT RAILROAD JUBILEE.
PUBLIC OPENING
OF THE
HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD
BRIEF HiSTORY
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROAD.
TRIP TO ALBANY.
ENTHUSIASM ALONG THE LINE.
TIE GRAND CcLrATIoN.
SPEECHES OF GOV. HUNT AND OTHERS
ALBANY TO NEW-Y0Rk IN 3 HOURS.
E-TRREsTISG TIME TABLE.
INTERESTING TIME TABLE
NCID MT IS, & C .


RAILROAD. took glace yesterday, ard was particle
mated IL by several thousands Of the friends OF
that great enterprise.
The Hudson River Railroad Company was or
pspzed in March. 1871, and during that and the
next wear. subscriptions to the stock were re-
cejved amounting to S3llO5O0, Of which
Sz.33l. 80 was paid n In 1871, the line was To-
Gated as far 40 as Poughkeepse. ana the
WORK was begun IN Westches'er County
For considerable period after the organ-
zauon Of lie COMPANY, II was much depressed
by financial difficulties, bat when the character
and unorance of the undertaking became more
GENERALLY known. these Instructions passed away
anu Inc confidence OF the public and OF capital
ISL, was freely bestowed. The Engineering De-
paument was most ably managed up 70 August
1919. bv Nj John Jcryls. and from his hands
10 passed 20 those Of WIN. {. Young, who has
been un'irinr in the discharge Of ms duties. and
who is now, OF soon VIII be-, President OF the
COMPANY During the period Of locating the
line ana procuring night Of way. the Company
was greatly ANNOYED and delayed 10y exorbliant
claims for land damages obstlnacy OF corpora
and other matters which clog the wheels of every
orea. enterprise In this City the most deter
mined and desperate efforts We're made to prevent
the Company from laying then rails below Ihr-
" second.st IrfammatOry meetings were held.
and the most eXtravagant reports OF d" railroad
murders" and kindred clap-trap, were fois'ed up
on the people cd na1seln Finally. after months
ttfa -
permission to lay rails 70 ChambeTs-st., and, AZ
ter some ridiculous spaSms over THIS awful nVa-
sion OF vested rights and a large expenditure OF
Indignation against monopolizing Corporations.
the contestants Of IIudson-st. lapSed INTO silence.
The location of he Road hence to Poughkeep-
sic was made upon the margin of the River IN
mos, places, yetitis probable that eXceptthe New
York and Erie noroad in the country ever requlr-
ed more hard digging and difficult filling up ~
order to lay decently straight track. The work
progressed slowly for many months, and conslt-
cradle grumbling was heard at the non-iulhll-
ment OF expectations as TO opening. nthe Both
of Sent 1870 the road was opened from 32d-
street I'm this City TO Peekskill and on the last
day OF the year Il was opened to PoughkeepSe,
navigation, IN the Spring Of 1850, the Company
employed TWO Steamers TO run from Poughkeep-
sic to Albany, and established regular cOmmuni-
cation with the great western route via Albany
and Buffalo, and since that period "a few weeks
Of zee e1ceptci) ihls communication has been
regularly kept up.
During the wears 1850 the capital stock was
.. 3D. 3D., -
Us was actually paid In. The whole cost Of the
read % December 1910, was Sj,0O3,67j 30 Dur
irg the wear lsi9 about forty miles of double
track was laid. extending from New-lork to
Pcebskiil. ard large amount Of work was done
10 secure the structures increase the convent
erces ami promote Inc safety OF the road Four
new pas sengor houses were erected, andlncreased
wood and water accommodations provided, IN
view of he largely increasing business OF the
road That portion Of The road between Plough
keepsie and Albany was put under contract IN
July. 1850. On the 10th Of June the road was
opened TO Hudson July 1th 10 Oak Hill Au-
gust Sd. to Tiyoh and October lst to New
York The original line from Albany TO POUCH
keepsie was abandoned after the road was com
peied to the latter place, and more bold and
picturesque line adopted. The original survey
required iarge amount OF excavation and hll-
lrg. and was some distance from the river The
road now runs nearly the whole distance from
Newly ok 70 Albany a ong the line of the Hud-
son, and IS considered far preferable to the orlgl-
nal line as proposed and surveyed The entire
/ length OF the road Is AS. miles, not including
double track and shdings of Is miles
The latest financial exhibit which we have at
hand is dated Sept 30, 1850, aud has the follow.