Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-06-19

the diminishing Of transportation charges, re.
turn a surplus hey ond the actual cos, Of produc.
ton, as none can doubt that they aSsurediy will,
instead Of remaining, as OF present, totally un'
profitable, ,hcy will, Of course. afford cOntin
ualIy increasing compensation The immediate
effect Of the contemplated road will be 20 cause
lie coun;.y through which it will run TO become
thickiy Inhabited, highly improved, and veal
thy, not only along the direct line Of the way
bui, TOR many miles on either side. Its mediate
result wi lie to secure the prosperity OF every
species of industrial pursuit.
BY some it has bern predicted that the open
ing Of this road will nssnredly tend TO the in
jury Of all the towns upon The route, but think
the following extract from tho report OF the
CIiei Engineer Of the Charleston Ind Memphis
Rail Road. viii evidence these fears 10 be eli.
urely iIlIciou, aud that these secTs have mis-
taken their inspiration.
Before the construction Of the Eric canal,
that conntry was less popnlous 'han the valley
Of n. A!AJitni is, and yet that canal and the
railroads since constructed, have created cities
where tho hand Of man had scarcely touched
the native forests and have converted the wild
ness iu.u a garden. II has been but short
time since Buffalo was a village, and but 20
years ego it had oaly 5000 Inhabitants it is now
a city numbering 30 900 people. Aud Attica,
/ AApN''INtNi' 'AuohiHi ''''' "h' 'N''
ucctady are but the creations Of yesterday, the
result u! the developing power OF railroads and
canals. In fact the irsl effects Of these i'm
provelncn,s is TO create new towns and TO enlarge
ol! ones. "A population increases, a certain
proportion of them must inhabit cities, and the
general Prosperity Of the country will show
itself III growth Of towns. On some roads
Of Massachusetts,, you are seldom Of out sight
Of vinge. ict us take the Boston and Wor.
ccs,rr railroad for an example. Worcester il,
ii miles from Bottom, and some had predicted
that tha place would be injured by making Il
road u Boston, but the road was made and the
town vas Increased. |! was next proposed 10
extend the road through Worcester, and then
many predicted ms, confidently, that the town
would be destroyed but the road was extended
and the to~n continued t, grow. Worcester,
now has ID 900 inhabitants, and, besides the
road from Boston, has railroads diverging, Oh
the west to Springfield aud Albany; in south
east direction to Providence r. l. on The south
to Norwich c.; and in north cas-, direction TO
y ishua, n. ii. IL was country village be
fore the road was made to BistGn. Between
: Boston and Worcester, are ~ less lEan seven
nouri,hug towns, Brighton, Newton, Needham
Na,ick, birmingham, llopking'on and Wcs,bo.
ro SO tina, instead Of destroying the railroad
has built up town for almost every 3 niles
Of It's length.
} There may b. something in the institutions of
the South les, favorable to rspid growth Of
.towu, I'm, s,ul euua ,hot these inuroyrmcnls
produce consequences Simi!a: in kind, il no! in
degree.
! hin the Stat, nj G,or,;, ,,,o sam, ,iT;,c, has
- bnen ,.;,,n,s.I Th.r' :. .c,rc,ly , ,o,,r or
+ vilI,gc nm mr. n.er any roilr,,I ,,hich has M,
bs,n bcu.Gll,l. and nav ono, hav, crovn M.
IA six yrars. Al,rt, has ;,cr,a<ed fam > mr. :,
hou,rs,, 2 OyD iul,Li,,.,s. mad durinc nh.
sa,ns u,ri,I. rr,,cr,v !, II,rie,t,. ouly 20
miles distant bat niyanccd IN many cases 400
prr cent. u,,I VILLAGE ,r,per,v in that State.
to. bccn ,,pnor,ll, d,uh',d in vnluc. al lras,.n
., Ap,,I|r consideration # orro, nnnor,ance,
'c,p,ci,l,y ,ore.jla.,, hear the o,lrr t.rmina.
lion of tie line. ari,e, from the ucc,,l,r p,,,,r.
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