New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-31
BINGHAM MTON.
Beauty of BinEhamton-Its Business Adsan-
tages-New Bank-Railroads-Pia Roads
MANUFACTURES American Hotel Iron

DTIukt.
Correspondence of The Tribune.
BENGHAmroN, Saturday July %, 1851
| know of no more delightful stopping
place for the traveller than Blnghamton, famed
for its beauty and attractions, and whose lovely
wales, smiling in all the riches of Nature and of
Art, are now made, by steam, (annlhllatlng time
and space,) but all outer garden OF your great
Emporium. Its locality has been too often de-
scrlbed in your columns to render any repetition
necessary Here, at this season, the gala time
of Nature YOU can ENJOY the Country in all the
fullness which the word suggests. CLOUD
capped hills, meandering rivers painted lawns,
are its healthy lungs which send forth balmy
breath, laden with the perfume OF flowers and
fruit to refresh and cheer. But Binghamton is
not place only of superior natural beauty. Its
business advantages are OF a corresponding char
acier Ii is destined to be an important mart Of
trade, and the scene of extended enterprise An
increase OF available capital, which is now con-
ten plated by the establishment of a new Bank,
is needed to hasten the development OF its re-
sources.
The construction OF the Syracuse and Blng-
hamton, and Albany and Bmghamton Railroads,
the prospects OF which important enterprises are
now fatterng, will connect the village with the
great thOrOughiaTeS OF commerce, while addl-
tOnal Plank Roads now contemplated, will open
and secure to 1t the expanding trade OF the
nelghborlng towns Manufactures, for which
there is not more eligible spot, will spring up
and give employment to labor and increase 10
production.
The village at present, exhibits the indications
of unusual thrift. Beautiful private residences
are going up In every direction, and among the
new public buildings is the American Hotel OF
Messrs : Weed & Son, which is a spacious and
elegant structure now nearly complete, In the
center OF the village. have avalled myself Of
the attention OF friend to give the following
particulars The Hotel Is four.stories high, forty
feet front on C0urtst and fifty feet deep on
Nater-st., with wing for Kitchen &c, forty
feet deep. II has about seventy rooms, contains
a ball room one hundred feet by thirty feet and
twelve and a half feet high. The Bar, by no
means an obsolete feature OF an Hotel IN this
region, will be III the rear OF the hotel In the
basement there will be large Eating Saloon
There will be FIVE stores on Water-st. and one on
Court, with open fronts The floor OF the office
or sitting room and hall will be of marble. The
exterior is Of stucco and will present beautiful
appearance The hotel Will be finished by the
first Of September next, and Messrs. ,. Weed q
Son are now ready to lease 1t to a suitable land
lord. A good opportunity is presented to some
experienced and enterpnslng gentleman who Is
locking out for first class Hotel IN a beautiful,
healthy and growing village OF SIX thousand In
habltants, and on the great lines Of travel.
The State have nearly completed another
splendid iron bridge over the Chenango Canal,
which terminates here FIDEO.