New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-07
NOTES OF WINTER TRAVEL
CANADA WEST.

CANADA WEST
The new Railrosd through Canada Wet from the oas
psr,;on Briiue at Niagara Fails To Wndsos. Opposite W
,o. foes pes) runs manly through remarkably 1--we
country vsropfy ,mbered quite thckly settsdon IT. pm
,,I ss, and ives. reads there called sueetsJ and much
me Michigan in s general appearance, though il seems t.
have a good deal more swamp. covered With evsrsnenA
ard ess pisrc openings than our Pealcsaisr Sa'e
Tie country sppears to be settled manly by sursran's
from Great Britain though there soms Yankees among
them TIE farmers have generally framed houses OF MD
O.: bu. comfortable Dimensions usually painted WI t. and
tie general aspect Of the rural Districts that OF m,derse
tr and general plenty, with less enterprise Or -pecuia
ton than prevails side OF the Lake VI the tOTnh
Hsmil,op q, the head of Burlington Boy on Like Onio
seems the mot active and growing but London, on tbs h
lie river Thsmss rather than half way from Niagara
10 Detroit the largest to~n in Canada west OF Toronto
having some 10000 inh.bants Is dwellings ere gen.
rally small and indicate that the town h.d rapid growth
at some MT remote period in the past lpgersi some
tsabty miles further est is growing WIS ge Chs'osm
o. the bead Of steamboat navigation on the Thames some
si,ty or seventy miles from Detroit also promises 10 grow
TIE Railroad will prove great help to all this region
Az to the Read itsef with it, management ~e we're
sereeaby disappointed The country tsvered is sener
ely quite level THE parale,cpton being the frsttvenyo or
Ii y mes from Niagara where the route IL soeSha Gu;
M BY cre ks or inle,s debouching in Lake Onaro bat
grades De, mile snd bsrdy which hiss ule curvs
TIRE as This exhibits for three fouhs Of ia 9Th Tue
time made ia for road respectable despite the snaer
wherein Young America lie apt to indulge with Pc t
to everything Canadian. We e Niagers on Tuesday Of
Lost sbous be;pg put hour behind lime By
twsing the arrival Of the morning express train frpn
Roebesar and reached Windsor opposite Detroit a, Eve
minute pact l-ssy IL hours making 22e me' including
halt for dinner Next night the train from Naysrs
reached Wndror about 10 o'clock Oar reia had sI large
carr full Of passengers with ten to twenty FIVE obliged to
stand up for good psrt Of the way The business
Anticipation and We hear that second trsck is 10 be
sructtd forthwith II e clearly needed.
There bad regulation which seems peculiar to this
roadhai VII Oh places each train under the control Of the
station master from the time OF It's arrival st stopping
place till said station matter fit to ring mis- bell rs Gig
nal that has liberty start Who. lie object may be, we
can only guess but If Il be safety thDk it Ill ADVISED
where each conductor is MISTER Of his train throu shoa
you know exactly whom to throw the responsibility in
Gaze Of collision but where this responsibility ia pisced
cut amor dozen station masters AID conductor il will be
almost impossible to ascertain the blame Of casualty The
station master may ssy th- he let the ein en- in an
pc reach the next turn out which the conductor
viii deny saying tia, he proceeded with all possible dill
eence yet tie result o collision and smashup. We
trust this rule will be rescnded