New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-17
OUR WESTWARD WAY.

The New-York and Erie Railroad holds nearly
due west through Orange County, up the Della
ware over the broad valley formed by the co0auent
upper branches of the Susquehanna, and crosses the
sources of the Genesee, to Little Valley on the
Allegheny where it turns to the northwest and runs
some forty-fye miles in that direction to its western
terminus at Dunkirk on Lake Erie. This angle was
nee. ssary to connect it with the commerce of the
Lakes but does not bring it mile the rich re-
gion of central Ohio and Indiana whence great por
ton of its trade and travel and must be derived
The people of the section extending due west from
Little Valley have very naturally undertaken to con-
tiuue lire of railroad what may fairly be termed
the natural line of the Erie due west into and across
Ohio and Indiana. When this line shall be completed,
it will prOfer to the great mass OF the traye and trans
portaton from Ohio, Indiana, &c, saving of forty
miles movement northward to reach the shore Of
Lake Erie and the same distance sOuthward to get
back into the valley of the Allegheny or Genesee, with
the crossing of two stubborn SUBMITS. OF course,
much travel from Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis,
&c. will still be drawn northward to Cleveland and
Buffalo BY the claims of business adectiOn; but
great deal will inevitably choose the shorter and
quicker route 10 City; while for Cattle, Swine,
&c, the advantages of the more direct route, with
wide unchanged throughout, will be irresistible
The Little Valley Road is in good part graded from
the Erie TO Jamestown large and hourishing village
ON the outlet of Chauauque Lake, and about S5O,O0o
have been expended in grading westward of James
town. Through Pennsylvania, the work is prosecuted
under the charter of the Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad
Company, which has ample branching powers, OF which
the citizens of Meadye and other towns the route
are eager TO avail themselves. Considerable grading
has been done westward from Meadye to the Ohio
line at Kinsman where the Pennsylyanians to be
met BY tie Clinton Line through Hudson to Tiffin,
Ohio whence other parties to extend it through
Indiana and westward, until it shall ultimately form
at least one of the combinations of the great
Pacific Road At Kinsman it is to be also met by the
Franklin and Warren Road extending southwestward
" through Warren and Rayenna to Dayton and so to St.
Louis.
Judge Church of Meadyille and A. +. Allen Esq,
of Jamestown with other friends OF the due Western
road are on visit to this City hoping to interest some
of our pubic-spirted capitalists and business men IN
the great enterprise we have briefly outlined. We
know these are hard times for money, and we advise
no man postpone the payment of his debts In order
to aid public works even promising as this but
this road ought TO be make soon, UH be made at no
distant day. will pay well if built with actual capital
and not by fnancierDg, and will prove sgnay advan
taeeous to our City especially in the transportation of
stock We trust our leading business men will look
into the project and give the western representatives
at least cheering word.