New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-24
pHHADFLPHIA and BALTIMORE CEN

pHlLADFLPHlA and BALTIMORE CEN
Il 1RAL RAiLROAp.-Tho.e who ,r- familiar " "a hi.
o,israly e,e.Iss be their ae.iss % b.i sr.n, Nal
hte bsfssen Phisc-iphis 80 Rgre u -. i-s. ,b,t
~ frf.eI Fh lace rha Mlnios,oa .n4 B.tp,or. K.oA
Wa ueslsb Of se. .Tssd. te,d-s beaf vry
o~ % 30. vet srsh = bridges Ard ntauer Of
h- N. Route whea loald b. free On ~
oi efiors sg.rt The ~ sns r. RalroaA lo,,et IS
NriJss the River. tsEudias al loc. is,-
t,ss sid tpeeenees vast be In every m.
Sseps great sdvs the Other Rod 10 rss,rl I,
safety TIsin' we're P- over IL 'rca city holr
10. time tbAn BY the lower rod repdern9 t certain ta
MAI ard the ara, ravs rs publs would ~ eaed over II
lw. ne!urtd that uness thsss ob eosli be econ
pi.hed 1,ele- 20 bald . uecs.s depsnssa ;.
the deeI Of the preset, road with thss. ndus.ment,
w"We'uned cit, csPtlsis Scali be si.ns smba n
Blu. .eOs..po~ II the ori.uL design has beea es.i,
sbaI5'1sd Instead Of tie es.. roti which pT5 n Il
the Company hudtrs miserable csesy foanh el.ss
Tosd With gradients Of "a feet Per nj aead sad
an oss vey ro Of The country The, h,ve s.o greatly
tsfet But AZ pr sent the object h 70 build road merely s
eesi IuPses Csn it he ,sveeed that capitalists will iavess
thef noosy Ia such thns improvement THE rod hv
lstsiy been merged into Cen havios any ocveiss
oirsio5. expect e see g divd- g.. The crrsa. r.a
ma sts the ne being osgustsd with s pr~s~nt local thar
seer c,rsed 20 b. nsde between tie 100, e rucsa-
port will show the route TO be entirely practicable for Of.
GIxrLrNss: In pursu.nc. Of. reius. from Cam ;.,..
OF your number have surveyed i'm. betweea Avd.~
In Chester C,unv P~nnivsnit aud point 10 the valley Of
R.,n Run ps,r Il. confluence with Octo.r, c,.i ,ns "a
sreet'uly submit the following report:
We connected ,i poin, ia rucl0um Valley on N, farm
Of Thcros. Eeott ,,eu half je es. OF the Nesr,rt
ard Turnpike nd the ae Of Phi selpAN
ard Bslnnore Central Railroad . At present lccs'ed
LesVrs said line on ca, right we eros. ss ssdos ,dse ee
and quuer miles Of New London roads rheses
Hod,so tse seoui i've hundred fee, aorth Of me
residence hoAsson the valley Of the bs Ek
Greek, the head OF 7 RessrJons mill dan sna
The Le Eth about one hundred feet north OF the FeAasy
Psssiug trough the fa'tu OF the Misses N9sN 70
the l,ns between the Lutte Eth and Northeast
Cre.ks Here h.vins our grssest necessary elevation
ens5ed BY the peculiarly favorable nsius o. tn- country "a
about taf mile south the Brics Mseiins Honse crcs
Nortbe. ceeh sud the rcd to Pc Deposit. the i,m. Of
resioence OF the Rev NJ Ho-se.
We e. ter the Valley Of BASIN Run at ia. mos, favorable
roipr lies from us .orueuce with the Ocio1rs
and three and ha mes from the mouth Of that creek
msAns OF as miles from Avondse to the sisqas
hsnrs River This dl'tan,e rs taken io me m.ie merely
pre- Gpsry and Is necessarily much longer thar
oesed line you'd be beweee the same points Tne daaos
hy aesretu location wond without couo De dserrs'edN
sas, one u e. and probably one and h miles, reducing"
TIE Of this line gill be straight, and n ony
three Instances will We be piled To resort to our maximum
Il need net BE- stated that such sEnmen cannot be ct
ceed. q two degrees more than ht mite radius
sdm OF It's pias the greatest speed with perfect safety
and being no more objectionable than direct loe
GRADIENTS
We leave the valley place OF commencement and =.
cepd the ridge between aud the valley Of White Clay Cresk
the ese with level ocO fee, 10 Length ~s drop ato the
valley White Clay Crees with grade OF 81 10 iset per
feet per mile for S.t.nce OF feet and the rate Of
ssd. continued until within $40 miles Of the dividing rdse
between the waters Of the Delaware and Ohesspe"e. We
s.cepd this ridge with sra3c of $40 feet mile making
the deepest cuttDg but twenty i've on easee the dv
ina d,e we have grade D. 10 feet per mile ior distance
Of eco feet strike the valley Of sods:oes Ras
From Iiods'on. Run to the yssy OF bis En- asapse
per mile Thence Wig Es aud "ceat tes ,dss
between chat lesm and Lile E, with grade OF o. ~, u
we the valley OF Little Elk rise ct the rate sfs
per mile continue the grade un we strike the t.ee-
between and Biz Northeast Creek From this 20 ut we
half mes and dsscendiss grade at the 'sme rate
until We strike smother level hal mule 10 easI wn,sn
u. .o 70 ' on Sos cs his valley With long
level, a'cending and desesnaior the ridge between sd
level Of mile in length we edef the valley OF Basin
Run. ,u.
distance Of three and half niles or ~hn two mules OF ne
susquehnns River with ade OF 81 80 feet per mile and
have Continued lire Of levels from that point TO the nverw
that location be obtained without e'ofns 10 AaJ
fnd lire between Avondsle aud the river upon wheh ooun
class road .uch road as 10 their opinion should
more we have adopted maximum grade OF 81 10 feet
per mile which III admit If the quickest running time msds
Of best roads with trains and when o.
fer obstacle the of the bessis trains OF freight
or thu. maximum grade there ~. be Little e.s hsn eleven -
thueen miles viii oonso about four mile: Of level thus
ali, With any road in the state OF Pennsyvsoa excepting
the southern erd Of the sunbuy aud Erie Railroad
along the susqu.hanns River. and potoos Of othef rosds
lying directly In the valleys Of large streams.
The frt obtsce 10 be overcome In the oson on th line
Chesapeake This ridge point 2Ii festloseth
the point at which IL cIoed by the line as at present
Leayins have nearly all the distance to the valley Of
Biz Eth creeh. aside hil upon which the Inc can De 70
placed materially essen the expense from that showa
our profile now ia your possession without Increasing ne
enrvature thus obtaining IaSoLos nSs oyer .a
Little Eks The first Of which the line can be 90 altered
no oS..aee 10 oSt.nns r.. rate loo ston an
ve arrive at the valley Of sssn Run
Entering this valley much further from the Ootorars and
much less above the AM ne which
hes beer traced down we are enab ed TO fouo~ the stream
The susquehsnBs the mouth Of Deer
Creek With bridge having elevation Of DOT more thas
II nearly impossible for any eaimste Of tho cost
Of the line to be made from merely exper mental snUey
=. do hs. more e.rsfal es.oatioo Of he ground
ard location Of the road would very materially essen toe
From the div ding ridge 70 the high sDd beyond the Little
the and Indeed the only spen:vs part Of The rosd
much cheaper and In ess favorable route could ws
felt sure be obtained wth The ssesPSo Of those ,s mile
Al the request Of Of your number give the abova
estimate time stating how insufficient are the data
In copculion gentlemen. permit u: to say h, no par
Of duty to m,le COMPARISONS between th ,ose ana
others whch have been located BY the fhsde pha and
Baltimore Central Raj read Company.
We svs you In regard the line plain statement OF facts
which We have obtained by SEXUAL surveys.
II remains present this statement TO the prop
ocss ard IT, examination. they choose 70 sdo9.
line ucb the you have caused be sgyeyed
running through district offering but te, more 10
construction offs road and HAVING for more
hsf M len 9Th grade eIceed eighty feet per pile 700
still feel that n eDdeavong TO obtain the best alien To-
road which will eventually be the great bstwesa
the cities Of Pbsdepbs and Baltimore you have acted be-
came good citizen stbOnEh defeated In your To-
tentoIs BY powerful local nnsenee Respectfully {ons
n A kRlNK
CHARLES ASH
To .M.s''. joel Woodward, E. t. SichNd'On, J0sph
Hsines &C., &c.
A NTHONY LANE, STOCK and EXCHANGE
"A BROKER member Of the n Y. Stock gschssss 5oast