New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-23


hes sink TO The bottom of the lake SO as not to
interfere with nav cation. But how : the dli-
fculty, occasionec by high and low water. 10 be
overcome The easiest thing N The world, and
vet the beat l. not 10 be raised when the water
Is low. nor sunk down when the water Is nigh,
TO bring II on level with the bridges at either
SIDE eli this channel neither can the brcges be
raised or lowered 20 accommodate the TIDE, as
your platforms are on tie North and East Rivers
TO accommodate the erry boats To remedy
these difficulties, and overcome these barriers TO
a free and easy passage for the cars over TINS
space rails Will be so constructed with 'olnts or
hinges that they can be raised or lowered. as oc-
caslon NAV demand While most Of the cars are
on the level bridges, q slight elevation or de-
precision Of the rails, to accommodate the TIDE,
will have but small effect IN rotardlng or
Fastening the train. The space occupied by
these elevated or depressed rails VIII re snort.
and when the cars have passed over this place.
they VIII again md a level on the boat, 80 that
but few cars viii be going down or rising up
while the rest of the train IS upon level either
on the bridge or On the boat When the train
has passed over, this long boat can De removed
by the engine and cables INTO some slips pre-
pared for that purpose. and the navigation OF the
lake viii be left free.
These bridges stretching out into the lake
some 2,400 feet each, are a mighty work. The
timber is very large, and the bridge IS 40 ieet
wide. and when the slips are on II Will oe nearly
100 feet wide Some stOre-hOuses VIII be butt
upon II. and when the whole work Is completed
II Will convince the world that some things can
he done as well as others. The enterprise is
about equally divided between the OgdensDurg
and Vermont and Canada Railroad Companies
| passed over the track from Rouse's Point 10
Essex. and confess was agreeably disappointed.
The track is much smoother than | anticipated,
II beng comuaratlyey new, and Is built IN very
Skllliul and substantial manner. great por'
ton OF the way Is quite straight, and the engines
90 with good speed The bridges across La
MALE River and MiSlSquol Bay are magnificent
works. apparently constructed, not Tor time, nut
for ETERNITY The affairs OF the road appear 10
be conducted with that skill. prudence and en-
terprise which always characterize wing
laudcrs Connecting with the Vermont and
Genital on the east. and the Ogden>lurg on the
west, this must become a great lhofoushiare
through his portion OF cur country. Vow gen
temcn have expended their money and huilt
these roads. It : really difficult 90 conceive how
the public could do without them To go
hack to the old order of things and to The
old modes Of conveyance, would con'uiSe
society 70 It's center, but to go ahead seems 20
be quite natural and easy. AS yCur readers nave
teen already told probably, ground was broken
n Plattshurch some TWO or thCe dayS ago on
the contemplated road from that townto connect
at Rouses Point with the road from =. Johns,
which Will soon be complete and the cars run
nlng There is a good deal OF spirit and enter
Prise on this side of the lake. a. Well aS upon he
Vermont SIDE The people are determined to
have a Railroad from PlattSburgh 10 ~. johns,
10 connect with the one from the latter place 70
laura.rie. and soon one VIII be built rom La
prairie along he western bank of the - Law
renee to point opposite Montreal. to save that
nIue miles Of steamboat ierYmg from iapnlre
10 Montreal. That will be wei. and save time
and trouble But the Railroad enterprise Will
not stop here 4 Railroad must and val be
built from Plattshureh 10 Whitehall, on the west
SIDE of Lake Champlain, so that IN short time
there VIII be a continuous track ilom your Clty
up the Hudson to Albany. thence to Whitehall,
Plattsbureh. Rouse's Point, -. Johns, Lapralre
and TO Montreal Newly ork City has deep
interest IN this enterprise and the work Will be
done
While at Rouse's Point and talking with
some Montreal gentlemen who had been at the
cround-broakIng IN Plattsburgh could not help
thinking that the only useless thing / saw was
Montgomery Fort, as they call the unfinished
structure now IN process OF being built about half
a mile this side of the Canada line. should
suppose the work was half done yet. and | guess
Il Is of no sort of consequence whether II i ever
finished or not, for the question OF annexation Is
only one Of time | reckon there VIII never be
another war between the Canadians and the
Americans The spirit of the masses on both
sides OF the line Is opposed to such demonstra-
ton. and It grows more and more so every day.
Besides, railroads. steamboats, and telegraph
lines seem TO render these forts quite useless If
war should ever come. b.