New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-11
The ~. Lawrence River. and It's RAPIDS ass
Steambeats-Railroad Wharf Ac.


OspEs>sUEGH. Friday. Aug /, 1851
Some few DAYS ago gave your reader,
a brlci account Of the works ol the Osdens0ursA
Railroad Company a, Rou>e'S Pom; and now. harns
seen the other end ot the road am enabled 70 make
plain, unvamShcd statement o. that l. : though,
oy some, that this Company have made ;hcls pAylae
teTies hiic too broad OF, other words. thai aer
have built larger wharf here, and erected more sya
cIouS buildings than the business OF We road ".
warrant al the present time. 90 not pretend tohs
a nudge of such mat'ets. but when the product, O
the Great est. and thc facilities for tnnsosnas
them ~ this point considered, It would seen
that large amount Of trcigAtng business must B,
done az tins place New England has never vc.
raised sufficient gralh Tor her 81" con>tmt iiun a.
now depends ON the West ~ supply hes wan,
While the East continues 70 manufacture. as Ne
now does, the West must furnish her wrh HOr. a.
the Ogden>burgh RAILROAD will DC the pun ipa' as.
dunn ot IT. Transmission 10 >aN nothing oi oher
products and The merchandise which must pass oycya
When one CmtrcCS nom his scat Do .hc car aal
comes ont into the spacious STAT Clubhouse here n
perceVes that a mighty building has been crec,e
and all within has = business ar about % oU; wh,a
ne steps out. and stands upon Tie hart VIA The nl.
bic 81. Lawrence rolling a. pure broad Waters pas
HIM. ne begins tO feel - n he was m the presence
a mighty stream. and ot works corresponding via
II. The wharf here Is one mite long, and out m n,
river far enough 10 give sufficient depth OF water iW
any vessels 10 come alongside, 10 take m or g..
charge their Cargocs. The uycI here IS nearly
mile and half " dc and IN many places deep As To-
ocean The wateF-pro>pect and the landscapes ug
on both banks OF the rivcr arr sublime and ncauthl
One l. not surprised. when viewing tins nver from
tins point. and seeing the noble steamboats, coming
MP or gong down, with other Gran. that 50 many are
ANXIOUS to SAIL on the bosom Of this dgnihet and 10
dependent ryeT with It's numerous rapids AMI beau
titul ISLANDS. L. - remarkable fact, thai Scarc,N
All accident has eter happened to the steamboats, m
mud fhtN fna o.
4 passenger feels safe when he surveys Lls S,rsngh
and convenience OF these steamboats, aud looks a
the Stalwart frames and determined countenan'e,o
tie captains, engineers and men AZ t'c Mhttl
Their very looks give hun confidence, and &c goes
over the ioamlng rapids with elevated SOU, and
heart 6led with excitement. and arevcfence ior that
Power that bAde such a mighty river fOw TINS line
of steamboats,, between Mag IA aus and Montreal
- managed with great skill ard prudence The boats
are buit with an eve - the rapids. and manned b,
those who know the channel ara all the dangerous
rock upon either side. On The Whole lace of q,
globe theSe to be- found 81 ch steamboat rair
a. that down The River ~ Lawrence Europeans
learn when they visit these regions. there y ont
Niagara and. after thcy have descended The rapids.
ihcN are forced To excidlm There Is but one n
Lawrence River on tins earthly ball " During
week or two past the rush has been great on these
waters, and the steamer, have reaped men harvest
This must continue To- be- the great steamboat ride VI
Ike II ever yet discovered IN either hemisphere
Rui have unwltingy depressed from The course !
had marked out IA this letter nndHo ~ondeftheud e
OF the noble II. Lawrence should carry one away.
have SAID the wharf OF the Ogdensburgh Railroads
iu one mile IN length. ltis 10, and IN naaing II Will
earth, timber and stones, they have made forty ans
of land AT the same time, which give ample room an
verge enough for all business purposes The Comp
ny now own sixty acres OF land, including the ior'
acres made by wharfng aud filing mp tins >dr Dire
rNeT. They have upon A. a hrst-cla's engine
house, machine shop, station house and art Dos
greetings tremendous ireight-budng he sides ~
large statOn-house, they have now a most spacloa
freight house. and 200 feet of temporary shed
which have all been filled with -four and pass,d Of
To the consumers East. There Is much foaf here
now, and II Is constantly coming from The mgnN
West anew building Is now almost hnished, whca
is designed for elevator and The storage oigrhnh
bulk. Tins elevator viii raise nom a vcsseis hOh
1900 bushels of gram M one hour, and drop INTO or
prepared for that purpose There are " of these o
IN the building. capable of holding lGsOOD Olsnek VI
gram. The elevator Is worked by sieanrengln'
and cargo Of gram cau be uulOaded m yefy sho'
time. and Al 4 small expense The TIMBER wAs y
cheap, the stones 80 easily procured, and ne edfm
so handy, that ths great wharf Vas bnii al CON
parauyey small expenditure 81 money such
wharf IN some other place, would have cost an nn
InonSc sum Before The Directors OF tins HtNehle
Prise are censnred. II will be well to survey hr
whole ground aud look AZ the cise IN ali rs bearing
Some more ready 10 complain OF what 0thss
have done than they are to unite their own purse
strings, or tO engage in any publc.~ofk themFvs'
The gnimbllngs OF such are n1 To De heedeu I'D wv
progressive age. ,u
and let the people see broad daylight, they hA''
aroused from their slumber, snd commenced bud
ing and improving The p.acs N right good eansa
More buildings are gong up thls season man ihet
have been for the last fifteen years and real esta'
mas almost doubled IN pfce an even the farmer
on the banks OF the -. lawrence, 10th north ani
south have felt the impetus. ana greatly faiscd me
pnce of their lands The people IN thI~ Who'll" re
plOn have been excited ar stirred up - ne" enter
pnses Watertown, 4 mart manufacturing place on
Black RIVER ten miles back " oacketrs Hdf1or, has
aroused and ID railroad from thence 10 Potsddn, or
Clinton % ntersect With the OgdensDngh, IS II
contemplaton ard no doubt vii be- buii. When
these Northern New = Orkers wake up, they have
good head ol steam on, and not easily stopped
Well, lct them go ahead, for they possess better
country than some dream Of Who I've more