The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11

Btmors and 0hio seven per osat, Of the toansss Of
me sns esDe,. .s,s
niDus eastward by the Northern railroad Ia eight per
cent BY the New York Central IL three per eea 81 ms
5O., k ..d s1 ~ .aa ' os
per cant Of that shipped cy tbs Ets canal
eth. That the tonnage shipped from the eastern ter
BY the New York Central esv.s per cent by ths NJ.
York and Erie TWENTY two per cent BY tn. Penasyva
per- cent ass 81 hat .Sppsa s. the s,s ass: 'a
8h That the through tonnage carried BY shs Northern
railroad Is eight per cent By the New York Central Is too
Per cent by the New York an Es IL three per cant oy
the Psnpsy vanis and aso BY IN Baltimore and ohio Is
two per cent Of that carried BY tbs Erie earAl.
II thus appears that the business Of the New York
malls the combinsd business Of all tbs Canadian
Ard Pennsylvania canals and the New York and Penn
sylvAnA and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads. By forty
York osras three times a. great Is tbs Aggregate bust
Of all the other hnes and also thar tns chief part OF
the business eons b. these lines l. the local traffic Of the
county through which they pas.
The cost Of transport BY these routes stated In the
last report limits the extent Of their compstiou
trade the water lines ssdng 70 New Yorx and
those leading to New Orleans.
ces received rom the interior Of New YORK New Or
lsAns which Ahow the parAtfvs OF the trade
conveyed TO tide water BY these lines.
bog finds Its chief market ct NV Oreaps as II nst
slaughtered early enough In tbs fall to be carried through
can reach the Norhsrn water lines before they are closed
by frost are chiefly conveyed through them.
Wherever the cost Of transportation BY the Northern
route cAsspeAsd TO extsAt equal the interest on
the cost Of these articles for abe period held
them until ne Northern hAss opened. they al
the Of which disputed will generally acssAse
the ira % through the NortherH lines
Then follows stassmsa, seosiny the trade OF the
lakes ard Of the valleys OF ths Mississippi AID Oals.
This table shows that the Of the valleys 0.
the AssifspP and is tributaries Ia about twice
IS that OF The lakes; bat 1t proper 70 remark hAs
o
the mississippi already contrib to the lake badness
~ns. NE snassment Of ths Erie canal l. co.p-sed,
the cot OF transl,rt will Be much rssuosd that the
produsa Of the West be brought to the Nss York
marsst from - far ~ the eOraossos the OAio AMI Mia
ssippi rivers cheaper than To New Orleans whsasver
this Ia done 1t will add to the blu mess the Ne York
canals the trade Of ono fourth of the States Of Onto Ia
WISCONSIN, and Of the whole OF that the Western Ms
siIs,ppi Valley above ths msuth Of the Ohio
Then follows table Of the and products Of tbs
territory according the census OF 1850 The qasatty
Of wheat raj sed In Ohio the ss year thirty mil
ions Of bukbes, AID Of corn sixty millions. The
homo does mot amount to third OF there
quantities.
that portion OF the state. included In the
above table Excluding the tsrrores ia four Times that
OF the State Ohio braces Land which Is bic
Of greater production.
In view OF the facilities of the water lines Of this Ohio
Wasash, Mississippi Illinois, Wise snsa, 0ss Noinss Mis-
souri, and Other navsasls streams rhi penetrate It in
ell directions ard the railroad Ices pie ed and In
and the rapidy OF the emigration to
sment Of the country Is not unreasonable to suppose
that within hmiNd period the population aud products
this region viii BE- equal to four times those Of the
Thi, would give population Of eight millions an an
nuh produshon o. over three hundred millions OF bushels
OF wheat And ocrn, and plus Of all kinds for export
equivalent to At least ave millions Of tons per
The tonnage Of the Erie canal feom the Western States
arriving tide shows that the ratio Of
this business viii foy ocsupy the augmented capacity
which can be Annually given to the Ers canal by its
laIgsmsnt and improvement un dl 1t IL completed.
The region just descbei toge ther with the increase
OF ths products Of the country seay drained BY the
canal, will farpish business than equal to its
increasing capacity.
In tho pr.csaiDg remarks an effort has been ma lie to
present the subject Of the internal nsnts Of this
State A. connected system and Wills discussing the
OF improve msnt to show ALSO their mutually dependent
relations ard influence upon each other.
The shAngs In the pursuits Of the population OF this
State well the concentration at Its CO
ta Ct 30 large portion OF the trade and wealth
tion il necessary to enter into an
OF the extension Of the y stem Of internal i'm
through the great basins OF the lakes OF the 0ao
the Mississippi from whsncs SO large portion OF the
trade and travel which furnish OF
r1nk lines must Tbs chisf points which have
been examined may be briefly stated as folows:-
The natural features Of the country suggested very
early day the Ass upon whish ,hs main works
be constructed And the people Of this State Awaiting
themselves OF these natural advantages, and
completed syssm OF internal Improvements wh.cp
partly By private enterprise, In .dvs.es Of any .iui
lar undertaking In the unop to Agrsatsr extent than
any State Of equal domain, Ard with that
excited the emuA ton not only Of her sister Staaa bat
also OF the govsrnnents OF Europe
This system Of olc and corporate enterprise been
completed with an economy seldo Quallsd, and judi
couspss Of expenditure which has been rarely exced
Tas natural water Hses surrounding Aad psnstratoe
s Stas Indicated the artificial lines for and
ex,endisg tsem to the interior while the srcis 40
velopeDsnt OF inland fertile territory brought
into sxi.tsnce adjunct system by waoh the
secluded districts shch could not be reached by Artificial
water linss connected with the most accessible OF
those lines by species OF only the
canals for chsApnsss OF transport
The efory o. railroads for tho rapid conveyance OF
passengers, ard tboss Of freight too psrhA
Bile too vaulbe to Be Forwarded by the slower but
cheaper meLts OF the vasr lines led to their
eakhment every section OF the States the
psral'eling OF almost every water iine.
The benefits which the com pstion of the Erie anal
conferred the citizens OF this State led to the extern
zion OF the System across ths potags between the Wsst
ern lakes and rivers.
biny to the natural water lines ard the home demand
for the odscts Of The West by the mutadss OF
remunsi stivs their projsctors pa,sd but the ms
not distant when they viii realize ell these anti,ipa
lions
The su,ty Of constructing even pamabls turnpikss
through the rich soil OF the West thu facility and oseap
OF building railroads. and their to
impusve ensgsto, and social charac Of the pso
pie united TO make this spscies OF kAvorte
that region and railroads have there bsen built
fast that the guide book almost vsuslsas II it be three
months ole.
tn the public mind turned 40 strongly 10 favor
rsroAcs Ii IL Amos. szardous TO enter into savo
cscy Of the superior advantages Of tbs water lines for the
OF the internal commerce OF ths couptry
The SLOW Flooding canal boat with Its cargo nearly
equal to that Of locomotive and its long dashing train
almost forgotten until reminded by the daily
arrival Of thess boats ct his city that II would require
the cay arrival Of buodred locomotives and fifteen
miles OF perform that business done ths Ecs
canal which hardly attracts the attention Of either
psssi CO traveller OF our ovs citizsns.
The comparative cost Of transport By land and water
discussed the repor Of the last year consider
able length and the subject ia further exAmised Ia
hs present report The experiences and Information OBJ
tanned during the pss year In relation TO tbs By
various channels have confirmed the statements former
ly presented
New York, with her canal enlarged the cheapest
channel the Ohio and Mississippi valleys to
lano and the further alton OF the present trade
with the West showed that she had formidable
psitor for their trade until the chsspnsss Of port
down tbs Ohio and Mississippi ntcepst It ia those great
basns
The teot Of the enlargement Of the Es canal would
be place within her grasp the trAfo Of extent Of
territory shich would son sn2ri one half much
that slready passing through her canals.
As the public mind bad become soms What disturbed BY
the assertions tbs railroads OF this State di
vertps large portion Of bssnsss Of The canals AVID