New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-07

wmcn lIa.ion and wealth Of me oDenty III ca
bancs only iDcldsd and almost mmea'urable ,.a
yslsy: before psssains S S Of ~, the
present with W. begun the Taros' ,yc-n Of
the United s,:tc S wear 1870 an sye upon
mop PREPARED of mi h. seen that there inc Sa pa,.
~ betwecn the East and Wes' 's no 9oe ms
10th bend Of the two great lakes important channel q
S NO vast ramhcson Of roads andc .Es braschng out
Tbos extensive districts Of count ,.yrto,Ae ives. and noh
Considerable Bot By ltng the nap a. srar.n
fcsreets The Canada line n Detroit 70 Niagaa has
been constructed The So - lincs running from Toledo
m these place with b. sdc Of he lakc and with The mag
rifceu railroad y',en Ohio PenH'ylyanis una New York
contnaston the 1'tsa soS;hsTn aud Norhcr Indiana
e enss FITS l: B aIa more rhadea and New
When the pne extending fem Cleveland by Of the
Central a. ne Acntowp and Jersey Central Roads shall
be conY NEARLY all Of which IN operation and the
yes1 or line viii furnish the .horiest possible gue from
fp an +d phs 1 have the pr ~ adyasse Of an nnbossn
70 aee which will enable es % BE- sent without tanship
oeEt from the point in the heart of Iowa nearly 40
ward extension a the line win reach the Missouri at
The many and important roads which have made Chicago the
great Of the Northwest have been uced within
tits important that the greater part of them
tsn"s Z" The McmeSn S"'h'rh sa "l.''h lhua.a N.Y. ~,
the great the Northwest Chicago IL the common
than thirty thousand inhabitants and which has hun
bred and twenty thousand which then shipped Annually bat
two millions Of bushels q grsin and ships twenty mil
onwhic in 1851 had but 81 miles Of railroad terminating In
csrd imporng Railroads which bring freight and traffic
from the Nest and Nocst Among these roads conveying
h. Y,or,d the Chicago and Rock Island, extending to the
Mississippi and by means Of the Mississippi srd Missouri
Rad tapping Of Iowa. the Chicago, Burng
ton and Quincy South Iowa the Illinois Central ravrrs-
be Lake shore from Milwaukee and the Charo s. Paul
and Fond du Lac which together bring the whole Of Wiscon-
IN Isnre Of our western terminus Yet the prOdgous growth
Of Chicago scarcely be said 10 be peculiar il is rather an
example OF the general advance Of the West Toledo and
otter cities exhibit similar increase and the entire region
which look for trade and patronage partaEe OF the on
TieT E no reason therefore sppehend any dimauon Of
.yery reason for believing that unexsmpcd aply
Of progress which has marked the past will be in the
general prevalence Of disease might abate the prosperity Of
single but there are no causes with which we are ac
quaed which We can conjecture, keyt 10 have sncn an
effect for connected series Of years As long our coun
the physical Developments must continue to improve foI
to be especially remarked that the immense regions 70 winch
road directly related the States Of Illinois Iowa and
Ohio and Indiansl and particularly the Territory OF
lied into State, and the regions about Lake Superior
ss but S TP p be sa Iowa %a o
o}s STAT in % anS Its EPGn l bacsa mu 6
year. and has population Of not less than 100000 and
Minnesota rapidly filing up with people All these districts
possess the advantages Of saubou climates the most fertile
great variety Of natural productions both mineral and
vegetable faceso Of and liberal provisions OF govern
The Lake Superior country with which Chicago will be
brought s 3 r % Yea By the Opening Of 6
rarded as ncacuabIc. region aone-producing,
ne r Sy in 1 breadth Of from
ea and west, and single btd Of it. According to the United
States ssooscs surrey Is capable Of IMPLYING the oJd for
to the hand Of enterprise
minerals which seek market in the great eastern ceners OF
c'nne1ce-np pass for an indefinite number 81 year 10
There is other mode for making eastward, during
oneha the year when Winter shuts up the lakes No! is
Michigan Southern and Nohern Indiana Railroad its full share
But those vast and fertile valleys of the Northwest
merely grain fields and mining grounds they are attractive
hiter and these enran while they de1elope the
of the country, draw supplies from the East Is estimated
that already 800 Geo enisan take up their abode annually In
regions Az the mining developed this i'm
emigration must be enlarged Manufacturing establish
XII the great West will look to Superior district for It's
sa psa bS TSn AND c and Unity N popS % truth
would rather like Imagination than fact Of sober reality
n 81 thG pT9SIe atoie eastward and the chan
nels communication and traffic will find constant demand
CHANNEL orr road one Of the connecting
Lakes Erie and Mchn it is the only one eonnected at The
sam ne o mtr S po9 1ToGo While also terminates al
central port Moe it is the only one having an HaoT9fen
the Atlantic Ocean and it is the shortest one BETWEEN
New York and other Eastern cities In the activity and i'm
patience of American enterprise shortnes of distance aud
auickness return controlling facts; but TO this great ad
Vantage our road adds another which IT, that it stands in m
mate connection with the south shore of Lake Erie studded
with towns whittier trade
the West naturally tends for the conyenences of the
lake nayiga,o dUIug the when Practicable ANY
one by casting his upon will see that Lake Ee Is u
reservoir trade for several of largest States aud
that the southern eide OF 1t that Oh which are concentrated
Thus every aspect the the results ofthe great
prize in which Company has engaged ar quite sure to
msnssement Now that the heavy drain Of construction ha.
end and the future ouys will be confined mainly
interest debt dividends stock contribution 20 sinking
fund The running expenses while al the roads and
branches will BE- brought productive operation, and thus
every point competition being covered may feel assured
that sockhode well the public will experience the
benefits o the achievement TO larger extent than either
OF them have vet realized In conducting successful
completion varied and extensive undertaking. it cannot
b. doubted that mistakes OF detail have been adecxpenses
hch might have bee improved scheme OF human
device and human ne is perfect the most sszacipus
minds cannot always detect the best arriving
ends until they shown by their results
This of all government from that OF States 10
that Of smaller corporations and wisdom pru-
ing back the which have elapsed since the
Of this rprse and within which time these
works have been begun and nearly completed and
considering what difficulties intrinsic and external have been
stana the work generally the credit Company
been sustanc the returns which has heretofore made to its
think that the Michigan Southern aud Northern Indians Rail-
road Company has reason TO feel satisfied with what has
copshed and topesent it, in eure confidence the
able Judgment of the public.
The Company three fstcass steamers ON Lake E.
which between Buffalo and Toledo There large travel
and business that will through the lake. draw which
Railroad has been found TO keep up this line
steamers, cislly similar line is maintained BY
san Central Railroad Company along the north shor OF the
10 keep up regular freight connections with the great
lines of railroads through the State Of NewNork has also
been found 70 regular lines of popeers be-
tween Toledo and Buffalo and between Toledo and Dunkirk
Tbs trade by poPers through the lake has been found
Is h1sd was r't opened for u from Lake Erie TO Chicago
III Jdy l5A The earnings for each that