The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-08
NORTHERN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
nIjDSON RIVER RAILROAD.


side of tina, river, from HoboSen 10 A
This is the way they do things al tue i'o'.
o,r,,her. one would think, orer'do 'hen' Ae'
-. ~ workers are smart people, and are not
~. % ;nves, money without reasonable
ro,ns If expect.tion that they VIII ger
-. The present Hudson River Rsliroad'
,.s Eastern side OF the river, is one oil Inc
most gigantic works OF the hind IN the onon'
7, ia one of the most admirably constructed az
-,su ss extensive roads in the country. lttol-
lows with gradual curves the general course
IF the Hudson, its curves being made less
sbrun, than those of the river by deep cuts
end unnels through the solid rock that forms
the shores. and by long lines OF emoankment
,,,ow, across the coves that stand in it's route
these entertainments being chiefly formed of
the immense masses of stone cut from the
shore. The number of tunnels is amazing
The work was indeed stupendous underta'
king, and has been accomplished IN manner
that constitutes it one OF those remarkable
achievements which stand as monuments OF
New York enterprise and liberality. 1t has
no where grade of over six feet TO the mile,
and is admirably managed-fagmen being sta
,;oced at short intervals the whole distance
from New York to Albany-l46 miles.
Yet. Notwithstanding there is such mag
nifcent road-the passenger trains on which
accomplish the journey of 146 miles IN about
4 hours-the ever busy, ever scheming New
Workers propose to have another parallel to 1t,
and sc parated from it only by the Hudson
river! A survey has already been made, and
company of capitalists have made an offer
to build t1e road-giving security TO build it
in two years, for the sum of 81 ,5O0,0 600, which
includes the cost OF the right of way. The
cheaper cost, says the N. Y. Times, will give it
a great advantage over the Hudson River
Road, and yet, with both these roads thus pei
forming the same journey and accommodating
the travel between the same points, we have
no doubt they will both have enough to do
Besides, the Harlaem River Railroad is now
competitor for the travel between New York
aud Albany, and when the Western side Hud.
son River Road is built, there will be three
superb railroad lines and the river steamers
those floating palaces of the Hudson, all COM
peting for the travel between New York city
and Albany.
We wish that the people of Virginia could
all travel over the Union and see what is 60.
ing on in the ST ster States-see how the spirit
of internal improvement is going ahead North,
and even South of us, in South Carolina and
Georgia. Why the New York and Erie Rail
road cost ttrenty three millions Of dollars, and
ten millions more are about to be expended
upon it to make a double track. This Is
work of prirate enterprise, and has cost more
than the State of Virginia has expended upon
all her railroads and canals put together!
The Erie Canal is entirely State work. and
originally cost $12OOO,000. 1t was 20 feel
wide at top and SIS at bottom. with four teet aho
half water. When the enlargement Is COM
plete it will be 155 feet wide at top, ~ al po'
tom, and feet deep. This enlargement Will
cost at least 10000, 900! This statement
does not include the several tributary canals
that have been built by the Erie Canal. Wher
WE add IN these the immense lines of railroads
in the State. which were built wholly by pri'
yate enterprise, we have, at glance, the re
sui, of that public spirit, that far reaching sa'
sactv which has impelIed and governed the
people Of New York in their improvement
policy, and which has made that State indeed
the Empire Slate" Of the Union.
We repeat, we wish the people Of Vrgini,
could all go abroad and see what is doing in
the way Of public improvement. Nothing
would be better calculated to give the oil
State a shove ahead. She is, indeed, goins
forward little more rapidly than formerly
but compared with her neighbors, she is still
"a slow coach! !"
1 The Lynchburg Express has certainl.
made the ameade to Mr.. WEsT, on the subjec
of the Tobacco Reports, very handsomely
But when it says that Richmond is well
known to be lower market for tobacco than
Lynchburg," he says what will not of course
be conceded. The claim is one that however
often asserted or denied, i'll at last be settled
by the only true test-actual sales Thew who