Washington telegraph., 1851-12-17

transportation, but the unity and system
o: their administration gives them ad-
vantges over the efforts of individual
enterpiize. They have basis of travel
and mail monopoly, which enables them
TO discriminate in favor of any specific
article OF commerce, the factorage and
final results OF which may be Sufficient
in general, to indemnify them for the
abatement Of freights. whilst the revenue
of the improvement is sustained by an
increased charge upon the business, not
subject to competition, or by ihe large
amount of trade which they command
| These exclusive resources-rapidity GER
,ainty, aud satety-of transportation. With
the power Of Observation-Disclosures eua-
bled these great lines TO wrest from the
| Mississippi, so much OF It's rrade, lost
forever az tribute to that channel.
Pyoduce West recciued by ". Y Canals.
1912, S22 1872 OF 3
1850, $55, ,474 937
An increase Of las per cent.
Produce West receiucd Ut ~ Orleans.
1912, S43,7 l6, ,045
1850, S9e, 1897, o13
Or an increase of 1870 per cent, or a
| comparative increase by New York Of
| 25 per cent, over New Orleans. in seven
years.
We have adverted 10 these weil-es;ab-
lished facts, and explained the rational Of
their operations. to show that the trade
of the Northern States, is derived by ar
tifcial ways from the great producing
valleys of ihe West. Ii this be the case.
! if the productions prefer the lakes, rail-
ways, and canals of the North, TO the
river and gulf outlet, why should we
longer hesitate TO enter at once upon the
proposed project of uniting the interior
of our State. by artificial lines OF iuter-
communication. with the Mississippi, aud
the other great thoroughta.es OF our
neighboring States!
The wisdom and importance OF enter
ing at once upon proper system OF inn
provements, is practically demonstrated
by the State Of Georgia, which. after ex
pending $4,000, COO, is now twice as
rich as when she commenced her noble
enterprises. The roads already IL opera
ton are all pros porous, paying from S
to ! 6 per cent. clear profit per annum.
The influence Of railroads upon the
general prosperity of the immediate
neighborhoods through which they pass,
has been strikimgly exempli6ed every
| where. in Franklin county, III Iei.nes-
see, through which the Nashville aad
Chattanooga road is in progress, lands
have advanced in prices from So TO $50
per acre. The whole cost Of building
road through that and three other CONT
guous counties. although not yet compile
ted, has ENLARGED the value Of property
in single year, to greater amount than
it will cost to construct the road, by more
than Il million Of dollars.
The influence of railroads, in enhanc-
ing the value of property, will no: be
questioned. Even III the older portions
of the States, the cities and villages on
the margin of the Hudson Tiver, with its
fast and beautiful. steamers, touching at
every point begin TO feel this influence
in the enhanced value Of their real estate,
since the completion Of the road, bringing
New York and Albany within hours OF
each other, at all seasons of the year. In
1913, the fare from New " ork TO Albany,
100 miles, was ST, now 81. and fre
quently as low as SO, and even 25 cents
But, in the more unsettled portions Of
the far West, and where the locomotive
has not yet penetrated-Where lands
have attained but meager nominal val
ue, and the energies OF thes people are
still dormant-the contrast is beyond hu-
man conception. Open roads. aud it
will be the means of reducing the Prices
paid for all articles Of consumption
brought from Acknowledgements and rem
4 ri Of hn E,ru
er : produce--the prosperity therefore of
the producing class. will be greatly aug
mented, and it is a truth never yet denied,
that whene yer. and wherever, this portion
of the people enjoy prosperity. the inter
est of all others Is promoted III cores
ponding degree
Some idea may be formed of the New
York aud Erie ra allroad, traversing a bro
ken and mountainous country 467 miles,
constructed at cost of S26 900 000, from
the fact that l4O engines ars now em-
ployed on it, an1 that when fully equipp-
ed, will require locomotive force of
200.
The business of this road for October.
has been 1856. 553 21-Sl95, ,973 80 more
than the same month in lS50-or nearly
$4,000 per day. The equality of the
passenger and freight earnings is truly
remarkable. the difference being only
S32
This road. unsurpassed in length and
magnitude, by anything of the kind in
the world, was opened for business in
June last. adding anothe. important link
in the lines of transportation AID travel,
in the state of New York The Hudson
railroad. which i! required six years to
com plets. al a cost of S9,000000, en-
! couuterllg al every stage the most iC-