New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-20
Total. + p, 705, 49i
ASSESSED VALUE SUBJECT TO TAXATION:

Albany 81 10000, Rochester $4,000; Syracuse, sl
lO5cOO; Utcs, *!5ooCo -,
Albany. s2.535olO Rochester, *f5oOOo; Troy sl2Scoi
'''' DEF AUTHORIZED But NOT YET INCURRED.
Albany, sl00o0O; Brooklyn, SSgooCO Buffalo, sP@o;
Hudson 81 755 80; Newiork 42755,9Sc; Oswego Sl75,
WV pur BY RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.
Ahany s528 938 "; Rochester, $4,000 Troy $780,
Utica A25OOON.
Due BY RAILROAD CORPORATIONS NsoLvENr OR DOUBTFUL.
Albany $4,000; Troy, S3ll,So
The Anthracite Coal trade is still very sluggish The
whole tunnage of the week by the four lines connect
ing with the Schuylkil and Lehigh regions is only
II e2i tuns against 95 5O77 for corresponding week last
vepr being loss for the week of %, ij3 tuns. The
Lehich Navigation Company makes lis first report to
Saturday last of 1907 tuns all of which is in excess
Of last wears tunnage to corresponding time. The
Lehigh Valley Railroad brought down S,s!5 tuns,
mixing an aggregate for the season of lOl 80 tuns
against 1886 tuns to same date last year. The
Schuylki Canal brought down for the week ending on
Thursday l9 937 tuns and for the season, g5 tuns
against AZ 679 uns to same time last year. being gain
Of IA. .295 tuns The Reading Railway brought down
for the past week 80 i2j tuns against 5 Oj6 tuns, for
corresponding week last year-belng loss for the
week of II G;l uns The tunnage this year is p ,23j
tuns less than to same date last year.
We noticed few days since, the running of the
first train Over the Ohio and Mississippi railroad from
Cincinnati to Vncennes at which point another train
from ST. Luis was met. Thus was completed
another great national highway, binding together the
East and Wet and bringing the two great centers of
Western population and business within twelve hours
of each other The effect of this junction upon both
cities and upn the intermediate line of country thus
brouebt int, immediate neghbOrhood of the two
cities by this new avenue must be to give rapid and
ynst deyelopment TO the natural and industrial
resources and an increased value of property
ouite equal to the cost of the entire
work. This great line was originally undertaken
without sufficient means, and was literally aided by
Cincinnati and st. Louis in their corporate capacities
Rocoripy embarrassed il was carried forward by
Nessrs PAGE & Bacon Of st. Louis until that house
broke down under the weight. After many sacrifices
and mucl DELAY the western section of the road
c,upletel about two years since from st. Louis TO
v;rrern,s. The eastern section, however, langushed
h,,;r,, o,lv been completed from Cincinnati to Sey
r,our on the .Jefersonvie Road thus forming r con
recat;op with Louisville, until May last when
marty of Eastern capitalists made proposition to
tb Comropv for the building of the remaining por-
,;or NJ the road between Seymour and Vinceuues
which WAS accented and We have just chronieed the
ne,fr,rance If the contract. These gentlemen were
Messrs. j. w. Alsop, W. II. Aspinwan, Henry
Chauncey, Charles Gould :. W. Comstock, Edward
Bartlett N T. Canyl and their associates. With abun-
daut means great energy and full control by agreement
Of the road thes gentlemen have built and stocked
one hundred and FIVE miles of road in about nine
months and half-an achievement in railroad build
ing which we think, has hardly parallel in this
country. or any other. The entire line between the
two cities is 34 miles long passing across the southern
uar-s Of Indiana and Illinois, and through Lawrence
burg. Vernon Seymour, Mitchell, Nincennes, Saado-
val. Illinoistown. &c. 1t crosses the Madison and
Indianapolis. Jeffersonville New-ABany and Salem
Evansville and Illinois and the Illinois Central Rail-
roads We have 10 documents sbo.ing the cost of
this nad but. under the arrangement with the Messrs
Aspnwall. Asop Co., the eastern section is mort
gagged for 10000 per mile. The present organization
Of the Company is as follows:
Directors-Wm. II. Aspnwal, Henry Chauncey.
SamI. w. Cousock, Ed Bartlett, ". T. Carryl j. f.
A. Sanford David Hoadley VIM. A. Booth. s. L. NJ
Ba!low, ChaTles GOULD, j. ". Alsop, L. y. CONAN,