The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-29

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work is now upon its legs, and a. there are y
uphill grades 10 interfere with its progress o. q
busite sS, 40 watt OF cspal or skill at the ninss,
chsck Ia the market or the character of the cOsl
We may leaVs !: IN The hands Of Is M ses, an
!et The oIibIy report o. Its eA.ni1gc eUab isa 1.
vslue The question for the future is. who bssid
the stcckhol1arf aie the parties reapIpg AID shaz
hg the ekcibstant aatvesg
by me lsst Jfri's rrofs. it appears 1857 1854
tolls OF ecss wsrs brought oysr tie rad - oarkst
ttwhich zs3 ,2i2 were cropped BY sue wsy, 292, 90
wtre oeiivetd n the city CT Philads!pnis, Ars
l4ii .a34 tots we're sent TO che Esstsra mMket d
TINS amount II L. estimated that 500 900 tons wore
Ehea s.d consumed 10 the city AID S'ste Of Mes
io,k- Consequently, New York, instead OF Phil ,del
phis, from tie sge Article Of 5oa Is t,e reclpiant
OF neaIiy three times tae advantages. Bat II W.
rev TIE lateral or Indirect ebjsc's Of trade. and
estimate Their bearing upon your coamefci
ard the general ifusests Of your city
yeu VII ind 70 parallel case In any OF your public
works Philadelphia, II ia very Hel Ike ,xn, ia your
best customer Her annual iin,or,atioss through
IoGr city, l. Id understood, exceed sI5 008 000 aod
hes Il diyidusl purchases iuly tqae, toe amyuut
The who.e arc afterwards cisirbarsd through the
West end tbs South at the risk OF the pAt.is. sud
your Etturn u Pc inpty maze 10 money esd tina
prcduca CT the Sat- aid on tie heels OF saese ss-
curisss she bu Ids her railroads, and gives you ca
outlet scr the surplus that nigh. otherwise rot oa
Jour thelpes o. this pcsirion II Il cot necessary
togo into the argument 70 prove the fast; nor IN
relation 10 ths value or importance Of her custom
il 1t important to exhibit she details A sinsle in
stsnes settles the question: = In 1924, tea who's
number OF arrivals 81 the port Of Poilsdeiphis wRs
l4s2 OF when sol were from foreign ports. Lat
year l654} toe arrivals from foreign ports were
SOL. snt over % 900 coast wise without estimating
the oufiness on the Csrndac Rri Amboy Railroad.
or toe Deaw and RariJan Canal.
But these are rot he DULY advantages you derive
f.on tbs cGstom OF Philadelphia aud Peuus ytyaniA
Yonr worcedu. commerce and limited space for It's
accommodation, bave driven from yoar city tie
manufacturing interests; end a. Philadelp hs and
Pennsylvania is the location, OF all others, where
the rAr u atrial can be lad &c abundance = where
cbesp lands. cheap fnel cheap living ami tho mar
ket or tho most direct route TO IT, OF their ds-
pcsa!-you viii recognize advantages rot 10 be bad
east Of. :he De,AHGle. Now, when 1t Is no IN that
mar OF ire best iecations kaye bsen secqNd by
Eastern capitalists. il viii be well to dvest your-
selves OF tee pleju3ioes driven into your heads
by the speculative theorifs OF your Lieutenant
GcyeIror and bis august assoca,ss, and realize
the promised advAntages Tho higher law
tie public works Of Pennsylvania, but CONTRARY
to their intentions, they gave you work that here
after Il ust protect and sustain your city. A! tne
exPerfe OF the canals, the Pennsylvania railroad.
and tie West, and which Ia exactly the object to
which your attention is directed, "a, In Connection
with the Surbu y and Erie, worth TO Philadelphia
sIc New York all your canals and half your rail.
inter ss Of their sbolitt friends they have given
the Western trade for delicate mess OF sal mon and
now that your canals are crying for blu ,ness, your
railroads ale deprived OF their diyiden fs ad the
population Of your int ior towns are decreasing
tht works, like the Reading are extending their
benevolent hanis, and emphatically asking you Ia
shsle THAR advantages.
these facts, which are plain, nd require only a
nodicUm tf serious reflection to sustain them, aee
every dag fo.ciug Themselves into notice. The
railroads OF Pennsylvania are the natural channels
between the Eastern aud Western markets. They
are not Only geographically nearer the several
points, but their graies shorten In the expense Of
transportation full half the distances. BY ths New
Jersey Central, which now extends % Allentown,
while come ct IN Of thrtythree miles carries IL to
Pot Cl ntln, where il anises with the Dauphin and
SusquebanDa, and thence over tle Penisylyanis
Central to rntsburR you have direct line to til At
section OF the State. At the Snsquehanna 1t again
connects with tie S1obury and Erie, and on the Lee
high with tie Gaia 1isss and Elmra, where Il not
Only inter cepts the por Of the trade defined for
New York, hut 1t gives you an outlet no. to be
valued by any Of the examples before us.
TO Phuaeelphia, which has ever exh tted m Ore
enterprise than their reghbors are wiling :, w.rd
THIN, the conp'esion OF thefe works will be OF i'm
nelse importance. The haevy portion OF the trade,
from the descendingl graies, like the coal, mus
pass in tn at direction, aud as her citizens, ~
lesst tie Intelligent portion Of them, are beginning
70 recognize the tue character Of her trade, aud
the inpossbty Of interfering on diverting It fro
her, yen will find no difficulty 10 meeting and ar
ranging the pIars for completing the works. rhssa
matters, htwtver emphatcslly urged upon your
advantages. The object In 70 show that IL Ii ths
inter- OF New York, at this particular time, to
lock at Pennsylvania. and secure the advA1ta yes
vii ch lie at her dispoyal. The distance il not
great, the aasen Ii propitious ard tho harvest IL
ctItsiniy ready for the sickle. ANTHRACITE.