The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-19
Our Dunl<lrk Correspondence.
DUNKIRK, N. y Ma

DUNKIRK, N. y, May ~, 1852.
Terminus Nep Iorh and E.ie Ra,iyoad-- TIE yaysd
Grouh OF DunkHk--Increasc of Iiadc--Yeess
shg for more Ua,ehouses, &c, Sc, &c
This town. selected b. the company as the break
of the six feet guagc, with harbor, anchorage.
and natural facilities unsurpassed, for n large md
extensive freightng and passenger entrepot must
arrest the attention Of rejecting men, point
which must at once assume first class position
among tho large commercial harbors on Lake Erie
and in confirmation OF the foregoing remarks, per-
NIT me to call your attention to what have per-
sonaly Witnessed in the way Of active business, at
this time developing the promises Of the great future
Navigation opened on Sunday, 18th April Mt
which time 5000 tons of merchandise, and 5000
tom of railroad iron had accumulated on tho
panys pier and docks, ready for shipment West. /
doubt if any warehouse on the Western waters ever
c ntaircd at one time, more imposing and valua-
be collection Of merchandise, estimated to be equal
to wo millions Of dollars, piled in solid om
floor 10 the q, me of an enclosed pier by 700 feet
and 20 feet high. The only warehouse the company
have had the enterprise to build, is also crowded to
| its utmost capacity.
| On the clearing Of the ice, steamers, propelcrs.
and sailing crafts followed each other into the har-
| Dor, in quick succession, deeply laden with -four,
| beef, pork, lard, tobacco, &c.
The official statement of receipts mt this point, in
ten days, gives the bulk of $1,000 barrels three
| fourths reater in amount than that received mt
| Buffalo, which is fully proved by the manifesto of
receipts daily reported in the papers Of that city.
| BY the active efforts Of the companys agents
| pIoyed night and dav, tho entire mass OF freight
was despatched to its final destination, West and
| East by an average number Of freight cars, num-
bering one hundred daily The business pressing
tho line has fully occupied the whole freighting
cars of tho road, (Which, ] understand number
fifteen hundred) as to create much disappointment
and delay odroversand others. 4,000hea of cattle
are waiting transportation East, and were tho
cars of this company tripled, they would find full
! employment before the expiration of the present
wear and then be found barely sufficient to accom-
modate the vast amount of business concentrating
on this point of distribution.
/ Dunkirk is about to assume an imposing position
among the large commercial towns the lake shore,
in defiance of local Jealousy and ignorant msre pre-
sentaton. Facts are stubborn things: The town
has more than doubled buildings IN less than ono
year. and the population increased IN the ratio ot
rs rer cent or an increase from 900 to $500, in
! loss than twelve months. The completion OF tho
Loke-sbore Railroad, this fall, will start Eorward tho
Dormant energies Of this port, scale of pros
pcrity little dreamed of by the most enthusiastic
friends Of the New y ork aud Erie Acknowledgment
in all its appointmeuts-iu locomotives. ears, and
business arrangements. The directors Of the work
aye unsurpassed in building roads, and have already
proved to the world, that well directed enterprise
must finally meet with golden harvest ~ success,
provided they flag not in their efforts TO secure the
measures Of product offered and pressed on them by
the West. The company must make suitable prepa-
ration TO protect and shelter tho vast amoant Of
rrotcty consigned TO their care, Of which they are
i,n,rtably deficient at present. lmmedate and &c
tive efforts from 90 the end Of the season must
he pursued. or they may again find themselves in
The same tight place il which they passed the last
winter II IL, therefore, TO be hoped thu, toe iu;c
ross Of the conidng and liberal subscribers 70 the
foad, viii be 10 longer giCctcd; thut sufficient
and ample provision will be made 20 protei The i'm
efsc amount OF freight which must iucNitatls con-
ctu9a;o this point, before the close q nayIsa-
tUU.
Vi IN, neXt 7 shah Lave some Interesting iact- 70
con, ,p,l i4,,e which vii eren the eyes e the wal
fully blind.
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