Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-18

From the New York Tribune
A GailIead To Europe.

SIR: noticed in public journal the
other day All account of the Atlantic Tel
egraph, which closed with this question
I"What next?"
Through your lsper will answer that
inquiry.
Let America, England, France and
Russia form an alliance, or copartnership;
stop all wars; turn the same attention,
means, men and money which those Cow
ernnents have expended to curse the
world fer fifty years pas; to the mighty
and ennobling purpose of leveling the hills
and mountains of the New England States
into a railroad across the Atlantid Whew !!
E-ED on direct line from some proper
point oh the American coast to some 9th.
Ter proper point on Englands coast, eleva-
ted, at least, sixty feet above the level of
the sea, and not less thaa mile wsde on
the top.
The mines and minerals thus disclosed
would 90 far toward defraying if not alto
gethcr, the expenses of the enterprise
add 10 this, the sale of lots bordering on
the railroad in the center, and running
back half mile, would add very pretty
item. Then lay rail track of large rails,
with groove of four inches square in each
rail; in this groove insert a bar four inches
square. made of cast steel, and YOU have
permanent road.
Improve the railroad cars, by using no
wheel less than sixteen feet in diameter;
let them run upon the extreme outside OF
the cars, with track wide enough to accomos
date, make your cars two stor es high, let-
ting the axle of the wheels pass just under
The upper story, and four wheels. and no
more TO any one car; then put the same
motion to those wheels that Is now giyesi
to our ear wheels; and you may break
fast at the American terminus, depot and
take tea at 5 D. m at the European ter
minus, transact business until 6 o'clock 10
morrow morning. and sup at O'Clock P.
m. at the American depot, DC.
The Prophet tells US that ''every moun- :
tain and hill shall be made low, and every
"valley shall be exalted" DC This Is
t be done " mems labor and since rail-
roads and canals are being made, we have
the truth of the prophesy a good degree
fulfilled: and since these hills of Scotland
and mountains of New England must "be
m tde low" the sooner the better What
part of the world has been blessed with
war for the last fifty years Say nothing
of time prior. Look at the millions mul- 8
tipIied by millions Of money far worse
than thrown away, So, rifced in that time!
Look at the powder burned to kill men
enough to blast all the rocks in this enter
prise! and iron used in cannon balls
enough 10 make the rail across The ATTAIN
tic and mems labor and lives enough
sacrificed to build this road in fifty years
to come! Had this been begun on my
principle fifty years ago, the labor lost,
and the money and other means worse
than lost, would have effected my railroad
10 completion. Thenlhe telegraph might
have been laid with little trouble, and easl-
Is nlendel, If broken.
/ will write you my improvement on
railroads soon, in which a great share OF
the wood and oil n,w used VIII he saSed'
The speed accelerated, aud not so liable to
run off the track; and by il viii teei the
generosity Of our railroad companies
LEVI DAVIS.
Ridgeway, Orleans Co, N. T.,
August 23d. 1853.