Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-12-05

s'Aeo ths Iuute from New \ lCrk To Elncin-
nati' via DunkiIk, Albany aud Bufalo. II
requires but glance to show any one, tia
thls vast trade cannot long be forced over
such clrcumferential lines to market. Also
trace the route from Philadelphia to Gin
elnnati by the Pennsylvania Railroad ia
Plttsbnrg, Gallon and Columbus. An air
line from Cincinnati u Philadelphia, passes
"a miles south Of Pittsburg; and trade will
do 50 TOO, when the proper channels are
opened. 1t viii be seen that Wheeling tn,
western terminus of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railread is 30 miles North Of an air
line from Cincinnati to New York, and 40
mics North Of one 10 Philaielpbia. Com
meneing now at Cincinnati, trace a line
through Chilicothe, Marietta, Grafton, Cum.
beriand, and thence By the Shermans Valley
and Broadtop Railroad to point about
six miles west Of Harrisburg. This is the
great central route from New York and Phil
adelphia to the valley of the Ohio. 1t APP
proaches so near an air line, that it has
nothing to fear from the competition Of
roads now IN use, nor from rival lines
which may be constructed % the future.
Capitalists in Phlladeipnia have foresesn
that trade would leave the circuitous route
BY Pittsburg, and have commenced building
a cutoff from Greenshurg to Wbeeling.-
This makes their route some shorter, but it
does not cure the evil, il only helps il; for
when they get to Wheeling they have no
connections with Cincinnati, except by riv-
er, and if they bad, il would be nIuch far
ther, over sleeper grades, and through a
section of country which during winter, is
subject to LeaVy blockading SHOWS, which
ours is comparatively free from.
Our connections at both ends of the
route ara all that eau be desired. On the
eastern We shall connect directly with Bal
;inore, by the n. G. R. R., aud directly
with Plilaaelpaia By the Peuna Central
Harrisburg, Lancaster and State Railroads.
With New York, BY P. G. to Harrisburg,
the Lebanon Valley, and proposed Reading
and Lehigh, and New Jersey Central Rail-
road; or by the n. c. R. r. to Dauphin;
Dauphin and Susqnehanna to Port Clinton;
Port Clinton and Allentown Railroad (pro-
posed to Allentown, and New jersey Rail-
road to New York There eau be no doubt
but the Reading and Lehigh Railroads, or
the Allentown and Port Clinton, will one Of
them be built right away, aad perhaps both
Of them: as they are the last short link to
connect New York with Central Pennsyl-
vania and her Western trade.
On the west, BY lines finish ed, or nearly
50, we have the bast possible connection
with Cincinnati, and her vast trade, and al
SO with the southwest. By areference to
the map, it viii be seen an air line from
Lexington to New York passes directly
through Cumberland, ,--the point where we
connect with the B. & o. r. r. Lexing-
ton is the most important point south of
the Ohio river, and is already the focus of
seven Railroads. All the produce of the
Regions South and West, for eastern mars
kcts, will be gathered by the convergiug
RAILROADS at this point, and seek an outlet
on the main limo at some point between
Hand en- and Grafton. No part of the
trade Of this large region can ever be en-
ioyed BY more northern routes; their loca-
ton forbids suc! an idea.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
New York 10 Cincinnati: via S. V. & b. t.
R.R.. Miles.
N. Y. to Easton, IS In use.
Easton to Allentown, 16
Al'town to Reading, S4 To construct.
Riding TO Harisb's, So N'rly grad'd.
Rsb'gtoP.R. R bridge, 6 In use.
S.V &B.T R. r..
Bridgeport, 14l To construct.
Bridgeport 10 CumberPd,
Pittsburgh &C. R.R.l2 do.
| Cumberland to Grafton
B. & o. II. R., 101 In use
Grafton to Parkersb'g
AaFieltls ~. w -F'
R.R. 103 Nearly comp.
Marietta to Cin'nasi, $50 will be fin. in
q few mo.
Total 721 Miles.
From New York to Gin
ciuaati, via Albany, dist. saved By
Buffalo, Cleavelard, S.V.&T.R.R.
| and Columbus, 922
From New York to Gin
ciDnati, via New York
and Erie Il. r., Glove
| land aud Columbus, 872
Isl Miles,
From New York to Gin
oinnatti, via Allen
town, Reading, Har-
/ risburg, Pittsharg,
4 Wooster, Gallon, and
rsFnn,bus. TS8
81 Niles.
From New York to Cin-