The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-09-04
ihe Sunbury ana Erie RafIroad.

we live IN an age of the world when fine
is money, in the strongest sense Of the word
Ahu ume which is expended in eomnterr,,
or travel must necessarily be measnred M
a!sance, The merchant who leaves Nea.
York, Philadelphia or Baltimore for the We,
will take the shortest and quickest rcu,,.,
anu order his goods 10 be iorwardad On tb,s
same track. The same rule will a,nlv !,
Inc whole round of trade or travel. Ii l. !.
proposition TO plan, TOO Epractical TO arrue
And when we have shown the Sunbury am!
Erie Railroad TO be the nearest connection di
ihe Lakes with the sea5oarJ, we will hay,,
proved, that, whatever the amount Of wes.,
tern trade may be, this road, with other ad
vantages on par with its rivals, may faitlI
be expected TO run the best chances of tha
patronage Of them all.
1t Is startling fact which business mon
seem 10 nave gone asleep over, that Neu
iofk, Ps'fadelOhia and, The three great cities o,
The Union ara all brought nearer 10 the E,kc:
SIDE hy this route thin any gel constructed d,
conceived.
Take New York. Ii is tlis,an, 47s miles
from Buffalo via Albany Ii is distant from
DunSlrk 40 miles via the New York nnd
Erie Railroad But Duukirk is a town or
very inferior importance, with yerv inf..
rior harbor so that il is not regarded as ,b,,.,
terminus of that Railroad The right ,f
way TO Erie, in our Sale has been granted
them and they intend having IT completed
that lar this fali-therefore we must consider
Ene as the point where they expect to ,ouciI
the Lake trade. That point is $50 mile
distant from New York. Now the distance
OF New York from Erie by the Sunburyy AMI
Erie route Is estamted at 400 miles. VII
Caltawissa, Tamaqua, Easion and the Som
efville Railroad across New Jersey. Thus
we have this important fact, that the Stn
o"ry and Erie Railroad is Ly ten miles III.
shortest route by which New York eity eaG
reach The lakes, and by 60 miles the shortest 10
reach them where New York wishes 10 rcaei.
Mena-at The to~a cf Erie. A glance at the
map will illumine the whole subject. j.
VIII be seen IN moment that this route l.
almost in straight line northwestard be.
tween the two places
But the trade Of the west is in some de
gree undergoing change. 1t is being
transferred in lis lighter articles from the
steamboats, 10 the railroads. This is particu
larry true Of the travel And when all ths
connections have been formed with The rail-,
roads OF Ohio, especially with those running
along the lake shore and down into The in
tetlor OF that State, much OF the freight and
travel will no longer pass over the Lakes
Then let us see how this Sunbury and Erie
Railroad will even shorten the distance ID
the West, in that condition Of things.
The New York and Erie Railroad has Il
wider guage than those of The West. II,
cars cannot pass farther than Erie, as our
Slae will never give them the right 10 extend
their line westward. This alone is sout.o
of advantage 10 the Sunbury and Erie Rail.
road, which can form connections with all
the Ohio tracks touching our Norihwesiefd
border.
The people Of Ohio are advocating The
policy of a branch of the Suabufy and Erie
Road 10 run through Franklin in this Stale,
and Warren and Revenna in Ohio, to Cleve-
land. They make the distance 10 be 5ie
miles from New York, whilst, by the New
York and Erie road 1t is about 624 miles.
From New York to Worster (Ohio) from
which Railroads diyerge in different. direct.
ions westward, there Is difference of i6s
miles in favor of the Sunbury over the New
York and Erie Railroad. To N, Y. CITY,
then, tho Sunbury and Erie R. r. is an ad.
vantage of los miles in reaching Cleveland,
of 1853 in reaching Wooster, the point from
which railroads run out over the south and
west, and Of CD miles in reaching Erie-a
matter OF no small consideration.
This question of distance has already Ia
ken up too much of our columns--we must
the consideration of ii as il affects
Baltimore and Philadelphia, for another art-
Gle.