The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-26

1t would, therefore, Appear that in Scotland Ene
as regards numbers sad receipts. There Is also ia
the Scotch lines preponderance in the no ,epts
from goods TRAFFIC over the receipts from passenger
traffic.
The amount received from goois in ls4s was
f65O64O, and IN 1868 It was 81 .0l6, represent
ing fSl8 per mile In ls49 against 81 075 per mile
in 1853 The relative proportions of the two de-
&C iptops Of trsfds were In ls49, PASSENGER traffic
1888, end gooos TRAFFIC 5l.62; and in 1853 the re-
cei..ts from goods traffic amounted to 60.4s per
cent Of the whole tra1ic.
In helsnd the progress has Also been marked, but
considerable increase has taken place In the
number Of miles open Tor traffic. which increase (as
was the case In this country few years ago) has
been at greater rate than the Increase Of the
trsfc, and hence the receipts per mile do not ex-
biblt similar progress.
The mem length Of railway opened in the year
ls49 was ABS miles, and in the year 1853 it was III
miles.
The total number of passengers conveyed in ls49
1853 it amour ted to 7,O74I75, or 9i75 DER mile.
The increase In the Number of passengers has taken
place chiefly in the first an third classes the NUN
Der OF second class passengers having diminished.
The number OF aseep gers Of different classes per
mile was in lS49:-FiIst class, ,226; second Glass;
1888, ard third class, 5776 and in 1853 first class
1,0A second class, 1851. and third class, 438.
ss from nave increased from
per nile having been f678 In 1849, and 1896 in
1853, divided between the different classes In the
following proportion In l849:Frst class, fl50 per
mile second class, f273 and third class 1855; and
in 1858, first class, fl6S; second class f284, and
third cass, f25l. The receipts for goods amounted,
in lSi9, to fl27 ,462, and in 1858, 10 f294, $40,
equivalent to f297 per mile In l849, and 1887 per
mne IN 1853. The relative proportion of receipts
from the Two classes Of naicl;wss, in 1S49, 69.5l
rem passengers and 80 40 from goods and in 1853
1t was "a 81 from Passengers, and 1888 from goods.
The general summary Of the result is, that since
tie year ls49, whilst the number Of miles over
which. the tratc is conveyed has increased "a per
cent, the number Of passengers has increased so
Per cent, The receipts from passengers 36 pc. cent,
or from q l25 per mile in ls49 to 81 l43 per mile
IN 1853; the receipts from goods have increased
II per cent or from $3.50 per mile in lS49 to 81 1855
per mile in 1858; ana the total receipts have in
creased nearly53 per cent or from e. lis per mile
pori0pate II crease of the traffic Of 1853 over that OF
1852 ~as greater than that Of 1850 over ls49.
1t is worthy of remark, that az regards the pas
senger traffic, the propo'tona.e increase in the
number Of the lower class of passengers conveyed
BY railway s greater than that Of other claeses and
the proportion which the receipts from that class
bear TO the receipts from other classes Is greater
for 1858 than it was for lS49.
The receipts from goods are also largely increas
ton TO passenger tiafic
With respect to accidents II appears that in 1852,
ZIG persons killed and 1856 injured on the rail-
ways in the United Kingdom ont Of gross total
Of 1923 passengers Of these persons lSl were
killed and 4l3 we're injured in L, gland; "a were
killed and Il injured in Scotland; and II were kill
ed and injured in Ireland. In the year 1858, ont
Of y oss total Of l02, 1856 $50 passengers conveyed
by the railways of the United Kingdom 300 were
billed and 449 injured; Of these, 243 were killed and
800 iDjuItd in England; 81 were killed and 6S in
jured in Scotland and % were killed and II injured
In ireland.
1t would appear that in the year 1852, the
propo ton OF The number of passengers killed
and injured fom causes beyond their own con-
troll to the total number Of passengers carried
on railways reduced for tue purposes Of comparison
to the standard of 100000 was, In Enelani, IA
killed and 43 injured per million passengers con-
yeye5; in Scotland none killed but SO injured per
million; in iceland, none killed, but 80 injured per
million: and for the United Kingdom, the proper
ton Of killed II, and of injured about ~ per
one million Of passengers conveyed.
But in the year 1858 the proportion Of the num-
Der OF accidents to tie number OF persons conveyed
by railway was greater. For reducing the numbers
to the same comparative standard OF 100000 the
proportion Of the number Of passengers killed and
Injured from causes beyond their own control to the
totel number Of passengers carried On railways in
that year was, in England, '23 killed and Pc injured
Per million OF lassengers Conveyed; is Seoslanl 90
"a killed and pisIed in every million; whilst
TIE United Kingdom there would appear % have
besn 80 killed. AID 2's injured in every million OF
passensors conveyed by railway. ~
The Trade. Enterprise and Territorial F:r
tcDsf0n or snc Unfod seafes.
from The London Mercantile Ga zctte, August Ill
Emlie aS We may AZ tue DOage ana buster OF
Trans Atlantic cousins, and ri7ieule as We may their
tob!es (and where is the nation tina. has not some
prominent v eaknessD we must, nevertheless, admit
that he,e ia spirit Of enterprise, of deter iBa,op,
and os cencantated action In the boay polite there
which aecompltshes great results vale o;her
IatioDs are debating and discussing possibilities
and probabilities. Even Bfacstcood'S Magasinc
ae or tie United stats r ss srs king
adyant einent made within very few years In
wealth, manuf.,ctu and commerce.. We may
~sDter at It's "lnst Of power" condemn its "iili.
busterirg' operations and discourage its aggradis-
ing propensties, but it makes Roadway not wish.
standing and the tide Of empire wends its cOnrseest-
wand peoing the vust tracts Of the great continent
In which it s The grsat ruling porer IL can afford
to give us lorg 0tds in any great undertaking.
Whilst our merchants and capitalists In the old, jog
rct fashion Of British rrocee dngs consider snu de-
berate on their course OF actor viewing the ques-
ton every possible aspect the Americans receive
the idea, and "prcsto'-it Is accomplished Is
railroad to be made across the Isthmus of Panama.
or q route 10 be opened up through the Lake OF
Nicaragua 2 Brother Jonathan IL the man to do
IT, Is the Pacific to be navigatsd by steam Away
start American steamers, ilnpelled by individual en-
terprie, on tie track, whilst British merchants are
organizing companies. treating with government
for charters, and building ships. Is q submarine
telegraph considered desirable between the Irish
coast aud New York, to link the Old and New
Orlds into closer CON munion?- Americans are the
ones to satisfy US by scientific inquiry to its FEAST
billy and to take The initiative In its constructions
Is It desirable to join the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans by railroad THE Americans set about il
and do It. Is the trade Of the populous empire OF
japan to be opened Away goes an American
squadron, and, despite the alleged impossbil.tes,
carries out the object Whilst we, to our disgrace
be 1t said, cannot maintain line Of steamers to our
important southern colonies they have two or three
lines running on each side Of tie IsthInus, with
fortnighfly communica ion. With them eds.
lance lends erchantment to the view," and
thousands OF miles are no objects in the race
for progress and ultimate success. We have
debated long on the formation Of even a
trunk lire OF railroad within our own possessions to
connect the 81. La srence ports with the Lakes and
into icr towns of Western Canada and the project
y only now taken up in earnest af'cr years OF de-
liberation. As for tae idea OF an extension OF this
line to the important seaport Of Halifax, in Nova
Scotia, despite the recommendations and pecuniaYy
assistance of the Lower Provinces, and the vast adj
yantages that would result from closer union, VIC
look upon i at home as a waste Of capital because