The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-04

Htaae 4 New York wss growing opujsns BY sa.s Of hsv
oaaals aed 'sllroass and ne .Silsss they Afforded 70
capaa and railroads. Der example was iol'owed b.
Maryland, Ohio and indiana Much has bean done By
Glow; but finally line Of railroad has been completed
between Phsdelphn and Chicago, another betwesp
TORE for The western trade and during Se ss. Ssas or
$40 several vessels have shipped from Ch,csgenecs for
Liverpool, and returned with Of Eafopsaa uer
cbAndhe, passing through the Canadian canals En- pas
dnt We remark that this route may future period
DO very troublesome rival 70 both canals and rail-
roads.
s certain u any rate that very great and important
changes have occurred since the construction Of the
"GSspd Csnsi' thropeh our State It no longer enjoy,
me monopoly DID twenty i've years ego. or even &c.,
has powerful competitors. they are rot such
pive OF employ mtnt at once but they iess~n,rg It's
matter what means may DO adopted % prevents me
country N AL the while changing routes arc beng
Of Sas and 70 tue wanss Of
sections or localities the Riacs Of netcoAndise
nnicn lass year came over the Western Raifosd from
Boston TO Albany and were tn conveyed - 81 L0as
BY way OF Bonaio may this year DO saioped |, Savaa
nab cross the country 10 Mississippi by rAoa1 Aad
.sshSe 90 ~ssn ~ LOUIS BY s'samooa snsss sso
every line has lis SCENTS and nies piess search
q business Az general rule merchandise ..i stxe the
cheapest route, but many articles viii travel By .hc naoA
The fact should by no means DO lost sight Of that
i've fast sge We employ the teri IN the tash
sense but Of sober truth Of rcsh
~ Let any man make himself familiar vito tue basiness
o. our express tes ana ne Win DO entirely sssned that
cespstch considers alton with tboae CO ncr
ciAi operaoos AZ veil ~ cheapness Esesythiog s"ex
pressed nom bale Of goods down 10 adys bonoe.
IDe TnRoad ID too allow coAch' cose coms 40 70
the ideas CT ptopc 10 modern TIMES dozen years
Den were saaisftd 10 forward Article railsoAo
enough II they went BY canal i very marked cnsDse
has aken place In the minds Of busness men In The way
., sos susSsso and 20 30 snssssas Of the fat to DO
WY DO people use ne iesegs Aph2 the post ohce 10
great deal cheaper Ba. this fact deter ns from
usDg the telegraph extensively. nieed ito bus'mss
% rapidly increasing and nuas con.inne TO increase
trsm year 70 year. Lengthy communications ~ill
te by exeress as be avy goods shipped upon
the caDA While shors dispatches VIII be or~ rded by
Telegraph and hgat merchandise will be sent BY the rail
rokos and by eyyreea rne exprfss and telegraph
hnsness will rapidly increase, while hSt Of the caoA ana
pos, Office VIII have slo~ growth.
Merchants ave not doing business 80 they formerly did,
ODce tnsy could borrow money for ak month"; or year
Banks discounted their notes for pinesy days, with an
- maturity they maze femi annual per'msges New
York. and supplied themselves with stocks suceDt for
trade Of ak months Nov they 90 70 the c,ty half
dozen es at eat bny short cred; or for cssh and
they obtain accommOda Ions At the papK they
fortunate In beng able set discounted which has
twenty days 10 or course they in haste to get
in their goods and order them Forwarded by railroad
With changes ike these NO wonder that tue csnas ar
found too sow ana that business npon them should de-
cline man IN ihe country buying produce for Tho New
York market sends IL by railroad He cannot wait for
the canal. he ssme 10 true, as before enserved,
goode-augar, mossses, iron, &c-wii DO shipped bs
canal, while The light and moro valuable ones will DO
produces OK he fores and other Articles, whcn do not TO-
qure Q rapid conveyance
The canals nomnaly carry cheap; but if the mercbau.
who ships BY them has hs goods detained by breach
other cause twenty days beyond the day on when he
should have received them, oton happens esps tally
In the fore part OF the seasoD they may
pen sive mode Of conv.y aDce If in addition 10 This de-
lay the country dealer should find many or bis packages
Short depedAiors having been busy with hs property
rht ayAv IN he ha IN
the coDcussn which scores bave arrived n who have
tried the canals because they were cDeap-to wit:
use them
There another reason why the canals must suffer in
their competition with the railroads. TIE latter every
month in The year they do not freeze up and have no
breaches which are not specially repaired Forward BY
raj cad and there y seldom any detention. and
ny pay for It, The canals on the o.her hand, closed
by ice about i've twefhs Of the year, and the losses
which occur upon them racly made up 70 tho
We know sna. there Is nov an expectation tbs. star.
being tried We beiisys, the present season We hops
DO succesnu can be tested IN six feet Of water
should DO The means q restoring 70 the canals the ton
mage 1855 the plan Of introducing steam may be deem.
"a success, though The tolls should be million Of dol
lars ets than they we're In that year.
mntAken idea, In our judgment, prevails with regard
e The ss &c q IsSssoD Of me prices Of CAM. freight
WITH and prices greatly reduced, wouia m ,no
police the carving trade more erroneous impression
existed Prices and always have been much
lower upon the than upon The railroads Why have
not the former done eli The businessf We cannot an
sDo,her-tbe price carrying packages By express
about double the railroad freight why have Latter
Ds asspacn sanio psasr snsn 1us
cost Of sending by mail why tho former ever used9
The truth the telegraph express and railroad are
Legislatures may harses them, toll them, and even re-
duce to beegary thousands who unfortunate to
have their whole Of subsistence invested In them
STILL they going TO be used for they accommodate
people They cannot be dispensed with.
conceded upon al hands that the canals have added
vastly to the wealth Of the State. Did II occur 70
any that the railroads have also contributed some
thing TO the value Of the Slater Have they enriched
added as much 10 the valuation Of the stated Ask
the farmers In the southern tier OF counties 70 what
me sv , rosS mas o WI
enough in the enhanced price Of produce they have raised
to have paid the entire coat Of the road, and their real
estate 10 safe TO assume ID worth three times as much
II when the track was laid. The may be
true Of the farmers residing on the line OF the Ogdensburg
or 0a S
ty has advanced fouyfod. There has not been railroad
constructed in the State that has not immensely benefited
the section through which passed. With all the cuogi
passed upon canals and all the g0ridcaton
has been had he-much they have done for the
State TO deveope the public resources and promote
general veal have been able 10 discover what
peculiar bredt they were TO people living twenty 1ve
miles from them Butter sold at ak cents pound, nod
eggs cents per dozen aud other articles proper
ton in Chauiauque county, within ak miles Of Lake Erie
late $780, and after the Erie camel hat been In
ton twenty years and upwards What benefit was the
the producers OF these articles? What benefit
it been to ihc farmers of 0tsego county,
We do not recollect that has thought worth
while 10 institute comparison between our canals
railroads. with the view OF sho wing which have
ard doing oet to advance great interests OF
Stale. Nor Is il proposed 70 make At this time,
great the ptovocaon may be. Il ia kno that
feeling hostility the railroads gro~n
up line of the canals ard especially the
portion Of the Erie and the last Legislature called
upon to toll than, require them to carry way freight
the same though went through advertise their
tariff Of prices &C. The parties engaged in this Onslaught
insist lLat gay freight s charged too high that ID
not beaF fair proportion TO through freight Nov,
quite possible that through freight is carried low
but ne the prices Of way fregnt too nigh BY what
standard shall the por. be decided DO RAILROADS
charge for short distances than the roads Of other
states DO they charge as much - was paid before the
roads opened !? Are their prices exorbant2 If
not there s nothing further to be Ead the subject
The idea Ia advanced that the canals pc ;uAr snd
Of property and some people sccustomet 70 refer
them as being entitled to special regard Tney arc che.
racterized tour canals" that H. belonging