Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-10

extension yet are, heo already 4uA4g4I8ed e
number Of pasengefs Journeying tht1ugh the
Federal metropolis; and, - . consequence, has
also quadrupled the number Of them stopping oves
and sotonrning here Tor days. Or, In othef words,
the expenditures Of such passengesstrsuges In
inaS, ihas already been quadrupled through TIE
opening Of the great Southwestern line from this
point. zs.sss ssassss
BY The Arst Of January merit the extension Of the
Onnge and Alex1ndria railroad win be finished,
= wen any small gap that may san exiat On the
other end Of the route-t0wards New Orleans-
Alrpsdy the time between this city and New Or
leans has been shortened 10 four and . half days;
which accounts for the great incrs,ss Il passsn-
gers through Warrington explained above, When
these gaps shan be obviated the time vim be re-
dueed 10 three and half days. giving the traveller
IN sdvantage Of two and half days less travelling
time between New York and New Orleans than
by any other route-and over . series Of railroads
unsurpassed In America In the sum Of comforts Of
all descriptions they afford to the travelling public.
There Will then remain but single drawback
TO dster the Southwestern travel from patronizing
TIE route almost exclusively. That drawback is
the present miserable means Of connection between
the depots In Washington and Alexandria. Az, to
obviate this diiculty win amount 10 an insurance
u
viii be no uncommon thing to find perhaps two
thousand through travellers passing over the route
In day, -four tsps 1t il very certain that the two
railroad companies Immediately interested will
promptly obviate the only remaining difficulty In
the wsy Of securing the great rush Of travel above
referred to-taking II from the Pennsylvania and
Ohio route, and the New York central and Illinois
central routes, from which the increase Of from
my 70, on some occasions, ave hundred day,
has already come.
Three or four plans Tor removing the difficulty
existing here are now doubtless being earnestly
considered by the two companies; one Of which
bodies gooi to the future of this city That ID,
the plan Of branching OF from the Baltimore and
Warrington Railroad at OF near Bladensburg, and
striking the Potomac opposite Alexandris, which
| the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company can
lawfully do.
The extreme length and certain heavy cost Of
constructing continuous railroad over the Po-
tomac At the Three Sisters, and thence to connect
with the Alexandria passenger road, or to run
direct 70 the Orange and Alexandria railroads
Alexandria depot, 10 evidently viewed by the par
ties interested a. being well nigh insuperable
objection % thst route while the great expense of
getting foundation Tor a railroad bridge over
the site Of the present Long Bridge the certainty
II
trely destroy In availability a bridge to be used
by ordinary vehicles and the fact that the chances
are at least even that just when one or the other
Long Bridge draw might be required to be shut
| to admit the passage Of trains, the requirements
Of the rivers commerce would demand them
opened, very serious dfawbacks to the plan Of
using the Long Bridge-cos enante by deed, by
the by, to be kept by the Government a. bridge
for ordinary travel. Considerations such az these
give rise TO the plan Of avoiding this city altogether
| in making the permanent connection that viii
surely be contaminated In some way In less, per-
| haps, than six months. ~
The fourth plan, which strikes us as embracing
most advantages, is that Of extending the track Of
the Washington Branch Railroad 10 Buzzard's
Point, either across Pennsylvania avenue and down
| the canal until reaching convenient place from
which to strike direct to the Point or via the ra-
vine back Of the Capitol, or, again, By tanneling
the base Of Capitol Hill; the extension to be trav-
eled only by horse cars IL Congress thinks proper
10 impose that already aatiauatsd obstruction to
| the completeness Of the connection
To the constructing company, the cost via Buzz
cards Point, may be brought within ONE tenth
| the cost by any other plan. From Bul1afds Point
II II proposed to complete the connection by run
ming ferry boats like those In use at Havre de
Grace, Md. to the Orange and Alexandria Rail-
road Company's wharf In Alexandria; the dis
| lance being less than four miles, the depth OF
water at lowest tides never Less than hffeen feet
and the courses Of navigation such % that no fog
on the Potomac can ever thereafter cause fail.
urs u mail connection I'm due time. The time
saved between the depots via Buzzard's Point.
viii be quite as much as could possibly be saved
by continuous railway connection either around
Washington via the Three Sisters, or by crossing
the Long Bridge, subject 70 the usual delays At
| the draws
The ferry boat should be prepared to face the
Ice In winter, which, below the Arsenal, Il will
be remembered, iSnever 30 serious IN obstacle 10
steamers az above that point Another advantage
II tha route 10 the fact that IL suites the grades OF
all the streets, as established yet another stsan.
age Of the selection Of that route is the fact that
BY the FIRST Of April the work ON II can be hnish-
ed-a great desiderssum 70 the companies to make
the improvement.
Ssiii another great advantage ID the fact that the
extension Of railroad aclities To Buxxzrd;s Point
win open up TO immediate settlement portion of
Washington then Offering zne facilities, but, 20
| fas, sealed book, - 1t were. We can conceive
Of nothing 20 likely 10 beneat the city q the
speedy building up Of the portion Of It laying be-
| tween the Capitol Grounds and Buzxasd,s Point.
which will surely follow the proposed extension
At The railroad in that direction; and that too,
without In any manner injuring any other exist
lag Warrington city interest. q S-Rk
But the serious dnwback 70 the eonsurnma-
ton q the connection BY that route or any other
through the city, IL the diniculty Of getting the
sanction Of Congress 70 any plap. We fer that
n despair Of speedy action Of Congress on the
subject, the Bladsnsburg branch schems win I .
sesested 70, end thus frankly make known the
| facf tos ehene most fnt~eeuerd N. xv..ht-.s.
ppblic. The relhsdy is general effort on the
part o. Ne pseple u Wsshipgfou u induce Con-
greas II once 10 asthssizs te esnsssuction q IT,
szssnsion through washipgton on whsseves plan
that, On The cemplstioa a. he surveys, may prone
mest scsaonicsl md coavenisas and soonest % b
consummated. F e
THH oaoAxIzAfios OF Axorurs Txratrory
PRorosED.-The Commlniones Of Iadi.n Aaai,.
he's recsived from New York city letter Il
which was saciesed several cisculsss Of vsrious
descriptions, all urging the Importance Of IN Inn
mediate, permanent, and Anal settlemept a TIE
sbosiginai population Of the United States, asd