Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-04-08
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International Ferry.


wsllsspresented.
International Ferry.
Al enterprise for shortening The distance
and Iessening the time of passage between
Nsw York and Liverpool is attracting the
>tsent;ou ofbusiness men in the chief COM
msrcial cities. and has been presented to
Congress, in the form Of an application for
Z grant Of Public Lands, in aid of the
scheme. The plan is to establish rail
road connection bctw cen New York and
the most eligible harbor on the eastern
coast OF Nova Scotia. Whtehaven, which
possesses a most commodious port, and Is
the nearest available point OF North Amer
Tea to Irclond. is the place desisnated.-
The width Of the Atlantic here is about
two thousand miles, aud Galway on the
opposite coasts anc Of the finest harbors
Ia the world.
The memorial before Congress states
chat competent parties are ready 10 place
she required steamers onthc route,bctween
Whitehayen or Halifax and Galway,
whenever the connexion by railway with
either Of those points shall have been es-
sablishcd. This connection is not only
feasible, but much Of it has already been
accomplished. and the remainder needs
hut little aid to secure it. From New
York to Waterville in Name. a distance
of FOUR hundred miles. there is now IN ope
ration continuous line of railway. From
Wsterviile 10 Bangor. fifty miles further
a chartv has been granted for road
which, It Is believed, will be constructed
by local enterprise and capital. Thi
leaves some eighty-ive or ninety miles o
railway to reach the extreme Eastern
boundary Of the State; and it is in aid o
this that the appropriation Of Public Land
il asked. Beginning at the point where this
Road would touch the territory of New
brunswick. the European and North A
merican railway has been Chartered by the
Legislatures Of that province and Of Nova
Scotia. and grants of public domain have
been made. and pledges of other assist
ance given, sufficient to insure the con-
struction of the work. All that remains to
be provided for is the short section in the
State Of Maine, which, owing to the charac-
ter Of the country it traverses, cannot de-
pend upon private and local means. The
entire distance from New York to Halifax
Is SCI Milcs.
On tic other side Of the Atlantic, there is
ars1way FROM Galway to Dublin. dis
t.uoe al one hundred and twenty.six miles:
steamers from Dublin to Holyhead, sixty
sh~ee miles; and u railway from Holyhead
to LONDON, two hundred and sixty-threc
matchmaking the entire distance by this
route from New York to Londen three
thossspd four hundred and hity-uine miles
BY reason Of the superior speed Of the
railway locomotive over steam navigation
and on account Of the fogs and storms that
ere encountered in the St. Georges Chan
mel. and on the coast between Nova Scotia
aad N.Xork, It il confidently believed, that
ifthis new roS,e were opened there woul,
be a saving of one third of the time a
compared with the present passage This
between two nations having ovast a com
mcrciai intercourse as England and til,
United Saskatchewan a people SO pro
verbal for their energy. activity and econ
omy Of time, is consideration of thu
w,igltiest character.
lua speech lately delivered in the Hous,
Of Representatives on this subject. by tn,
Hon. Mr.. Washburn, of Maine, some O
the advantages Of this enterprise are sum
med up in the following passage:
,"Ilalifax. Nova Scotia, is in tclcsrophic COMMIT
nication with every considerable city in she Cn;,r
States and the British Provinces, as,d the day i. no
disiant hon that communication wll be cxtcndc
to the Pacific oeean. Lonion isccnnectcd by tel,
graph with tho principal cs.p;tafs Of Europe; and
surv-y ofthe progress rratr ia this line Of improv,
,nssi. within iAss ia-t FIVE years. can leave no rcs
Sensible doubt that within the next FIVE this col
n~etion will be extended. on the one hand to tn
extreme limits Of Europe, il not into Asia, and o
the other. by submarine lines the Channel t
Galway. In ireland. Then, with line of steamer
oil the first class in size and speed. making the pas
cage between Galway and Nova Scotia in FIVE DAYS
(ths establishment Of which depends upon tn
opening Of railway facilities for passengers and bus
iuess between Watcrville and Nova Scotin,) Lon
dos, Paris. st. Petersburg. and Constantinopc, i
aot Calcutta aud Canton. will be within six dav
time ofNew York. Charleston. New Orleans. anc
81. Louis What enterprise of the present day, $,
simple aud feasible, and to be secured at sucl
email expense, should command the attention aut
receive the patronage ofthe people, and Of the GOV
eminent, readily o.. tli,l Its benefits will b.
enjoyed BY every State lin the South and in tn,
Nnrta, in the West and in the Ea>t-as well up
an III" sh~res of the Pacihc in California and fs,
Oregon. upon the Atlantic VIII it not be Oliver,
great advantage to the merchant of New Orleans
tho Cotton broker, and ship-owner. To be able to
transnst receive cilisence to from any por
is Europe ia less thana weeki VIII the bushes.
usea in our cities think lightly Of the benefits con
fsrrcd upon them to vist the commercial capital.
OF the Old WI Grid without the hazards and inconvc
ni"nccs ct a seng AGA VOYAGE. and in Two thirds u
tn. time that wiaiss required by any other route
In addition to :he immense mercantile
and maritime advantages, accrung to the
Onlted Suites. from the establishment Of
thus International Ferry" the bearing up.
onthe national defence. of railway com.
muncation with distant and exposed
border Of our territory, is worthy the al,
tenli0n of our Statesmen. We have n,
need Of forts upon our frontiers, when the,
may be reached "a few hours from an,
military station in the country.
We have no doubt of the power Of Con
etess- To elisnnse af the nuhlic lands Il