New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-03
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N"r -, AZ democracy In which Pcnn'yl-
NE a m,,ht have louc since been made
V.,s,. has dene moro for q than Tor any "tnct
Oh have scca on the Lake w. -. ai,,.xs
u. .csre,t rciut 60 the .ca eostu '.el nav
- 6,wsri g. the time when th,I sn"u,I ua,V
ses'' w.,n,..ticn with New. Nork and Philadelphia
-. IN important point In the business trans
Swk',w.sn tkc East and West The stusuon o,
Swn il very enc aud few places are pc''ol ,sSS
" ~, ,hc site Of large city. As long ago as io','
-. obtained for road running little SCUM
q, suuhury whence other companies airesu(
~ - ,,tcrs 60 Philadelphia aud whence az ~ us,n
tN,, hopcd 60 continue the same means Oh coit
,,nn r,A the lehigh and across Nc"'etse! 70
ny living the Metropolis by those roads ral-
'rupni,a,ion with the Lake, some say iorN'
s,xtv miles shorter than that by th' new
yo,l ard Eric The wcuknown results u sS1
NV .ra ,he financial troubles IN fennsy au'a llou
ts 81 1872 prevented the hoon reiyej
wuhr thc last few years this proec mas oeen le'nel
ii =, =, % rrescut time there Is every prospect ney
Ami Of success Another proposed toad iea1ng
cy, r,e is that which passes r'd Jamestown ana 'n-
hr,, Is the NewloIS and Ere AZ oieAn, oy "ncn
~ drce, access to New-York, and which they
= vii Give them share ofthe Lake trade from that
,o tho sumner ard the overland business IN the wn-
49, iii be truc they say, that Philadelphia and South
yl,auis are striving 70 cut Oh The Western traac
N.u New York they have and can have no sympathy
- ~, feeling Nature has given them great adVaut
- 10Th in their hsrbor and in the breaks through te
ssniaiu rsrgs and they seek only 20 reap me ovne %
.s.@ vnsS 70 The means OF trade than to the trade
fts mere by the Central Road than 10y the goods
upon it She and her press ought 10 favor He
Ersr, Al less to the extent Of not ols'fueting them IN
tisir endefNor 10 oren new an" nVh1O''e i'' ''i ~
Western trade.
range az their city Il is clear that there Dast be
SFesk VI rsuye somewhere for he New York roads have
either gauge Of four feet eight and half inches or SIX
et he those Of Ohio have of four feet ten lncAes
In the case OF the State Of New York there one import
ant exc,Itorto Eie al important that u tne roa1
fn BV.io 10 the state line, which has the ONO gauge
and meant 10 connect with the Cleveland Road so that
there ha be 10 interruption Of trains between The two
cities II this DO allowed TO go into successui operation
thew sige Il will prove death blow to their long cher
ihed schemes Of connection with the seal board by six
feet track 10 and over the Erie Road by the proposed
road y Sunbury For running it does more than
mile from their docks, quite in the OF the town
Ere will become bat mere unimportant way ssaton ana
her chances CT increase OF business be rendered so
small ss 10 destroy all hope of being able to carry out
those protects They aege that the power OF the con
sodated companies along The Central route OF New YORK
Is so great as 10 defy competition II The unbroken lne
along the Lake shore be granted them lhey assert mat
X has already the command Of the State Line Road
ard las fkONn its OF annoyance IN case OF the
Erie Road by leaving the freight Of the latter piled up
Dupkrk sometimes for weeks and compelling the mer
chants Of Erie and other places to draw Their supplies OF
goods over the Central ad they would escape the
costs of storage ard losses by detention One merchant
here states that of fifteen packages sent to New YORK ex
treesy marked via Erie Railroad, twelve were carried
past Dunkrk to Buffalo, and thence onward and many
have suffered from their inability TO get goods from Dun
kirk They fear the great wealth and power OF the New
YoIk Central and affirm that the New York and Erie
,bouIs for its own safety make with them BY the
break IL gauge here their roads VIII be
Of they will be enabled to in direct competition with
the other great avenues TO the East and in summer in
stead OF the harbor and occasional steamboat
A. was the ease a season they shall once more see their
daily lines arriving and departing their sorehouses Tiled
with goods and their streets lively with business Nor
should one consideration TO which the Efens aach hgn
importance as affecting Westerntrade be omitted and that
H. that the South west winds of spring open and clear Their
hsrbor navigation from two 10 three weeks in advance
of ;xel r.nrtsf arfhe dow
These are the objects for which the great majority Of
the leading people Of Erie contendng and the prizes
tkey seek certainly worth great and perseverng e
art Whether the they have pursued be the best
70 attain them not called upon to judge Of that
coune-Oi the history Of the case-t9e following com
pendious tketch giving their view Of il;
In lsi2 the Erie and North cast Company was ncorpo
pa,ed the Legislature TO Railroad from the borough
of Erie the New York State line and ak years later
the Erie and Ohio Company construct TO the Ohio
line The latter chatter repealed the next year the
influence of Philadelphia which city by this means hoped
70 nterpose nsuTmounable obstacle in the way of the
New York Railroads in their attempts TO reach the West
Hence the construction Of the road running under
the Franklin Canal Company charter which road has The
The road toward Dunkirk surveyed, located, and
put under contract i'll 1899 and pursuant to an agreement
with the New York and Erie was TO nave SIX ieet gauge
and be run by that Conn for eight years under aeae
the terms of which eight per cent sum not TO
exeeed s6OOCOO The mono nj the two roads were com
pleted from Erie TO the State line, and from the State
hne to DunkiIk this contract threw the grand Western
trade into the hands of the New York and Erie Road
the OF closed Inc ROAD WestlfOm
DunkIk was begun in June 1850 and IN January follow
ing the contract signed 10y which the two roads be
came, TO all intents and purposes, one, and one too with
the New York and Erie. The commencement ofths WORK
wicked up the Buffalo and State Line Company and in the
autumn Of 1850 that Company began the grading of their
road Fredonia This road was 10 be of the central
gauge 4 feet q inches. good deal Of hard feeling
arose between be two great New York Companies, and
MANY informal meetings OF Directors and influential men
took place in the hope Of reooncng the various decu
Ties Not to 60 into particulars the result was vote Of
the Directors OF the Pennsylvania part OF the road with
the understood consent Of the leading men of the New
Ye.k ard Erie Company they say by when tse roadWas
10 be graded for tracks OF the iee gauge ans
the other of feet inches, which gaGgos were estG1
Gshed by an act Of the Pennsy lyania Legislature. The
work yrosesxtd under these agreements for time
The Erieans that this plan OF allowing the Buffalo
and State Line Road 10 20 Erie with narrow track
was ryive,e agreement on the part OF Gen Reed ana
hst The Company wac bound 10y IT, and that the pub
caton oft as vote Of the Directors was miss;aemcnt
but that had the effect of ncensins highly me Leading
men OF the New York and Erie, who had obtained, as
they hoped and beleV ed the control OF the road across
Pepnsy lvsna. AT this precise time the Central Road
Directors they say taking advantage Of this Of feel
ing propose 10 make common cause with the New ORR
and Erie Con pany unite then two roads 10 the State ne
and introduce the Ohio cauge-tha snartng under
the supposed want of faith on the part OF the Ereans
thew entertained the proposal ard bit of heir noses
IN hopes of Furnishing them Tins say the Erieahs Is me
eause Of the depreciation of Erie Railroad stock ant
nothing can save that road the intePoston Of some
obstacle in The way Of the Buffalo and State Line Road
and some six feet connection between Dunkirk or some
other point Of the Eie Road and this city, and for what
hey ere doing the time will come when the wrath
now so strong against them viii give 10 gratitude
The contract between the great New York Companies
by which the Ohio gauge was adopted dated Aprh -
1851 When the road was finished there were oil course
three breaks of gauge leaving the OHIO gauge al
Erie another leaving the six fee, gauge at the state
hne. and third at Dunknk at Buffalo
The Erie and North east Road could NOT remedy this as
they restrained by the Pennsylvania act from using
any other track than Of the in in New YORK
and without the repeal Of this a the breaks must remain