The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-14

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Oa'o raiifoed, and tbs ritse route to wheeling
'asven day. md two hoara -. having concluded
that It VA faster than tho Hme in which the matt
AZ contsyed through Washington, sbeins abou
six days between Baltimore and New O,les : !.
However. in your editoral route 10 suggested
thotgh not specified, by which esthe transit be
tween the two cities will less than three day
running time" It may be made less. 4,
Having been corrected of one error, can Oh
server" will indicate another by misprint. In
stead of suggesting an AIRLINE road from New
York "north Of the Patapsc az published, i
should read-<spass the Chesapeake bay at tn
mouth Of the Patapsco, leaving Baltimore about
fifteen miles to the right" westwardly, and pro-
coed direct from the mouth of the Patapsco t.
Washington; or, by crossing the bay at Annapo
| lis from the Eastern Shore, the right might APP
pear more eligible. Were the air line route from
New York to cross the Chesapeake ''north of the
Patapsco," near the mouth of Back river, it might
| form convenient connection with therailroad t.
be made from Baltimore to Liverpool Point, upon
the Potomac, nearly opposite to Aqua Creek-s
road of seventy miles in length, by which travel
| lers are to be conveyed from Aqua Creek t.
Baltimore in less time than now used between the
Greek and Washington. By a connection with
that road, which ia to have it's depot at the basin in
Baltimore, the time of travel between Washing
ton and Baltimore would be reduced about one.
half, and the charges perhaps as much.
An airline from Washington to New York is
about two hundred miles; from Washington to
New Orleans nine hundred and sixty making
the shortest distance between New York and New
Orleans eleven hundred and sixty miles which,
at the easy rate of thirty three and third miles
an hour-one hundred miles in three hours
would be. less than thirty five hours, or one day
and half continuous travel between New York
and New Orleans Within half a century the
man who predicted two days. travel between Bos-
ton and Philadelphia was considered mad 1t
will be about half day between those cities when
the air. line road being constructed shall be com.
pleted between Boston and New York With the
delays incident to the proposed air line railroad
route between New York and Washington by
steamboat to Sandy Hook bay, the crossing the
Delaware river and Chesapeake bay, and from
one depot to another, if through Baltimore, and
at other cities the route through Washin gton to
New Orleans, the travel may be comfortably made
in forty-eight hours, or two days contin uously
from New York to New Orleans But, from va
rious causes, more eligible route than strictly
airline road may be selected south md west of
Lynchburg, in Virginia. The one recommended
by the way OF Knoxville, in Tennessee, and Ca
hawba, in Alabama, presents decided advantages
over the airline between Lynchburg and New
Orleans. 'sThere is now continuous sectional
railroad charter from Washington to New Or
leans upon almost the identical route recommend.
ed by General Bernard So says your editorial
article. The distance between Baltimore and
New Orleans by this route is less than twelve hun
dred and fifty miles About two hundred more,
as by the present route between Baltimore and
New York, would make the distance between New
York and New Orleans as far as Baltimore, by
General Bernard's route; about fourteen hundred
and fifty miles-between forty. three and forty.
four hours running time, at thirty three and one.
third miles per hour.
No airline railroad can start from New York
city, on account of the Hudson river; nor from
Jersey city, because of Newark and Raritan
bays, the Kills and Staten Island Sound; there
fore, as there must be ferriage from New York
the eastern terminus of the New York and w ash
ington airline railroad is suggested near Point
Comfort, on Sandy Hook bay, about an hours fast
steaming by water, twenty miles, from New York.
From Sandy Hook bay, through New Jersey,
about ninety miles, to the Della ware river, and
crossing it to New Castle, might be easily travelled
in three hours or less time; and from New Castle
to Warrington, about ninety miles, with the de-
tention in crossing the Chesapeake. would also
take about three hours; that, ~ this route the
travel may be readily made in sevea hours. or, at
the rate upon the Hudson River road, in less than
hours, In the latter case the traveller would
breakfast in New York and dine in Washington.
But by the slower conveyance he could breakfast
in the steamer New York bay, and dine on
crossing the Chesapeake; and thus there would
be no cause for detention anywhere between New
York and Washington.
An AIRLINE road from Washington to New Or
ieans would pass near Lynchburg, in Virginia,
| through the northwestern angles of North and
South Carolina and Georgia into Alabama. about
the 330 parallel of latitude; and by slight devia-
ton to the South, it would unite with the railroad
from West Point to Montgomery, the present cap.
ital of Alabama, instead of "Cahawba, at the pc.
Rod of General Bernards report, in 1924. From
Montgomery the airline road would proceed
mostly though an unprod tive and eparsely-set.
tied part of Alabama, crossing the Alabama and
Tombigbee rivers, at announcement places, into the
State OF Mississippi, at the thrty-frst degree; and
60 thence to the Rigoleta Lake Ponchartrain, in
Louisiana. This route would cross the Mobile and
Ohio railroad about thirty miles from Mobile.
But for the best airline route, it may be
termed, it has been suggested for obvious reasons
that from Lynchburg it, should proceed, further
West, through Abingdon, Virginia along the Hol-
ston Valley to Knoxville, Tennessee; and thence
through the Tennessee River valley by the nearest
practicable route, to unite with the Tennessee
River and Selma railroad, in Alabama to Demo
polls; and into the State of Mississippi at 800 30r,
| and intersect the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and
proceed to Mobile; or, if it be, a more eligible
| route direct to New Orleans.
According to the late report of Colonel Emory,
typographical engineers, the survey of the eastern
boundary between the United States and Mexico
had been commenced at the initial point, 800 22'.
by Colonel Graham. nearly in the line of Demopo-
lis and Vicksburg. Colonel Emory thinks 800 22'
is about thirty three minutes north of the line
| tended for as that laid down on Disturnell's map;
but Gas neither line gives the road to Califor
| MAJ and the country embraced in the rear,
with but a small exception, is barren and unpro-
ductive, not aHording channel of communication
for the posts along the frontier it will be
to have line still further south, in order that the
United States should comply with the treaty stp
ulations, "to keep the Indians out of Mexico" 1t
would seem that more southern lne south OF
800, will probably be adopted for the mutual bene-
| fit of the two countries; and also to furnish the