New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-18

II tins appe srs hat in tbs ouse OF nearly the
number Of members, New-fo has IN twenty years
hstseven and this State three While Ohio has gained
two and that thus Penn-ylvania has, during the
WI ole p rod gaiued IT. adiy her northern
Taxi the las period, have the fact that while
PEI rsy yaDis gain cd ore, New-fork lost one, and
Ohio remained stationary.
What then will be tie course in future years To
liable TO this question il is necessary that
we inquire into the Of the rapid increase Of New
Yo' 81 compared with ourselves, and how far these
CAUSES now exist in relation to ei hsr State.
New.Yo,k was admirably situated The Hudson
cur the Alee hany range OF mountain and 10 enable
her 10 afford to large portion Of her population the
adval iages Of cheap transportation, it was required
o,ly II at she should make a canal through county
e. svoraby situated for the purpose any similar
extent perhaps iD the word. che canal brought vi
IL beth Danutscturts ard trade. Towns grew no and
enabled to make their respective shares OF the
rsrosd fIom Albany TO Buffalo, and next branches
wee nade in every direction, opening up neatly all
the counties throughout much more than half the
State The city G CIV, ard next came the Erie rail
road giving tw Ioutes through be Stafe and then
brsLsbes we're agsiu made, leading from south to
nor and from north to south and southeast, and the
result Yves hat al the date Of the last census nearly
every count, in the State had been already placed
within few lours' distance oft capital city
With us il fer otherwise While cur mel shbors
could readily and cheaply turn the moantaius, nc
were qued to scale them, and TO do this in defiance
Of ders policy that bad time aud ala, destroyed
almos. ali the zen among US who bad excited them
sources OF the State. The consequeOce OF this vas
thar 81 the cate of The last the only single line
OF railroad thai crossed tie State was the one leading
from Trenton to WILMINGTON, and ali the remaining
obes exclusive of those vi lin the coal region and
iIteIdfs as { elders for the Reading railroad and
Sci uyk ard Peubsy capals consisted Of those
from he city TO Columba q, Reading aud Norris o wn.
Several oheIs bad been patty cons Iucted, bat tae
companies hal failed and the 70 ads had been in
eIesi degree abandoned. There them only five years
stree es sied no single oad by which men could pass
frcm cost to west within the Safe and ~hcs TIE
jude. Of Supreme court bad 70 meet 10 this cry
Br out OF fte item obliged 10 20 outside o. me
State tO Of them coming here by rdy q Ne'c- York
ana trO by Baltimore
In lie tine that has Sire elapsed, however, there
has cone total change over "the spirit Of our
"dream;" and instead OF being obliged TO go outside
Of The State oureNes, all o. our eishoors are now
SO ling 10 make their way through II. Foe Central
r,frosd hes given ne lie to the Ohio, and made
PifisbUr, q center OF great network OF rors, ~
which our Fate has been rendered ole OF the most
inn oIisnt chan nels Of communication between the
East and ihe West The Reading line has been ex-
Tea dtd TO Ca'awissa, Wlhamsport and Elulra; and
wthe developing tho resources of very impor ant
portion Of tie STATE, has brought Us iuto connection
with Western New.York aud the whole Lake
country. Tie Sui.bsry aud Enc road Is in
pIoYr.ss ard is bound TO be completed, and
such, too, is the case with the North Pennsyl-
ya,ia road. TIE Franklin road hes nc In been
opened ard relaid aid here We a-e prone. another
ire Of communication with the Wet, OF which tie
CorntlsviIe road aud Others already made will con-
stiiute important links. The Lebanon aud the Pits
ton ard Bloomsb burg roads opening up inp)rtan,
portions Of the east section Of the stae while the
| trcat Alleg barry Valley road, the Copnel-vie aud
HemIfeid roads and ymion, Others, are doing tae
ame in tie wet
Our neigbbors, oil sides, are, as We have said,
SEEING psss through the STATE and thus ~bie Ba'
imose IL lsboring 10 estsbsh comm nc alton with
lo inkes, poriern New York a. ks to complete res
~ road viii bring the lakes info eounee'iln with
I Penn sylvtnis, ard eastern Ne~.York = doisg the
ssue ~ her tide Of the state. Already tue jersey