Litchfield enquirer., 1852-10-21
Hartford Providence and FiShkill Railway.

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 This great wmk is completed from Hartford 70 Willimantic and is under con !. tract from WlIlimantic tD Providence, and from Hartford to the Nasgaruck Valley. leaving only about 45 miles of the great chain to be provided for hereafter. and this lying directly between Fishkll and the Naugatuck Valley. or course it cannot be long before the whole line is c"mpleted. when tIie road will open cons munica,ion with the great Erie road and it's tributaries. ,he Ls kcs and the growing West creating vast comms, ce with New England and especially with the promi> nent places of trade in the Connecticut Valley. Willis, of the Home Journal, w'res as follows 'elalive to the nalural a.lractions and the great resources of this road. aIIiding especially to the point of the junc:ion between it and the Erie We copy from the Home Journal. -T'nes.
 The riverside length of the Tel race is about five miles-CoRNwALL at cne end and NEwBURGH at the other. At both these places there aie landings tor the steamers, and from both these are seam- ferries to the opposite side of the liver, bringing the fine nei gh borhnod of FIsH- KILL and CoLD SPRING within easy reach
 AEWsuRGu is the metropolis of the Ter. r"ce-w'lh it's city'lkt ma' k"is, hotels. stores. trades and mechanic art>--an epit. ome of New Yo,k convenience within the distance of an errapd. Downing, dl.e of our most eminent horticultursts,g once resided here, and Powell, one of the mos. enterprIsing of our men of wealth, lives he'e still and. along one of the high accllvitles ot the Terrace. are the beauti- tul country seats of Durand. our first landscape painter; Miller, who has pre- senteG the neighborhood with a costly. and beautiful church of st>ne. Verp!ank. Sands, sind many others whose taste ii in grounds and improvements odds beauty to the river drive. '
 To the class of seekers for sites of ru- ral residences, for wh6m we are drawiM, lhls picture, The fact that the Terrace i> 6eyond Sub~r6cw diStunce form New Fork will be one ot i,s chief rpcommenda,ions,
 What may be understood as '"Cockney Annoyances' will not reach it. Ba. it will still be sufficiently aud variously ac. cesslGle f'om the city. On it's own side "t lhs river there is rail-route from Newburgt to Jersey City, whose first station IS in the center of the Terrace. at "Vei's Gate" and by which New York will eventually b5 6rodght within two hours Or less. By the two ferries to the opposite side of the river, the stations ot the Hudson Railroad are accessi ble, bring. ing the city within equal time on another route.-The many boats upon the river, touching at the two landings at all hou,s of day and night. enable you to vary the Journey to and fro. with sleeping. read Mg' or tranqml enjoyment of the scenery. t''e"ds may come to you with positive luxury ot los"moiion. and without fatigue; and the monolony of access to place of residence, by any one conveyance-an evll very commonly complained of--is "elig Ally removed. '
 .Ihe'e IS ve'y important advantage of the Highland Ter'acs. which we have not yet n"Wed. It is the spot on the Hudson .uhtse ths t,Oo 9 "satest thorough> tares of she North are to cross each osA- CT. The intended route from Boston to Lake Erie, hele in.e,secls the rail and liver routes between New Yoik and Ai> bany. Coming by Plain6eld and Hart. ford to Flshkill. it here takes ferry to Nswburgh. and trayerses the Terrace by the connecting link (rbe New burg. Branch of the Erie Railroad, ) already cHimple,ed to the Erie R"ll' oad, -thus bringing Bos- toa sVsthis siz Or eiykt hours uf this DOT. 'ian Ut the Ilter. Western and Eastern travel will then be di,ected from this spot, like Southern and Northern and Albany and New York. Boston and Buf- tai". will be tour po.n,s. all within reach of an easy excursion. '