The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-24

Could her heroic commander, as he stood
silent on deck az this craft did more, amid
the cheers of thousands of astonished
spectators, have been told that his little
steamship was to inaugurate the first OF
the gigantic forces of our new America
Industry, what ID reward for long years 0.
neglect and unrequited toll
In the same year, 1903, that Fulton
and Livingston obtained the exclusive
right Of navigating the waters of \. Y.
with theirnew steamboat. Governeur Nor
ris stirred up an active engineer to the
gigantic idea Of connecting the Hudson
and the lakes by a gleat canal. Eerl
slowly this second agency Of our nation"l
civilization loitered towards its realization.
Thirteen years passed before the fual
mandate went forth, in Is l6, FROM yonder
capitol, that the Hudson should be mar
ried to Lake Champlain and Lake Erie
and eight years were necessary to con-
plete these magnificent works 1925, con
cerning which the widest rhapsodies of
Geddes, and Morris, and Clinton, now
read like the most prosaic commonplace.
The year 1926 following the compile
ton of the canals, was signaIized by the
passage Of the first railroad charter in the
Legislature of New York, and four years
later (lS30), the first train of ears rolling
from the Mohawk to the Hudson, signal
lied the birth of the third of these ser
wants of the Republic. And what
mighty power has that become. The En-
pire State is now veined by two thousand
seven hundred and forty-nine miles of
railroads, which furnish one-tenth Of all
our assessed valuation of real and personal
estate, whose employees number one-four-
teenth of our entire population and one
thirty-sixth of our voters over which
seven hundred and fifty thousand tons
burden roll yearly, and forty thousand
people ride every day. To each inhabi-
tant Of the State is due one hundred and
thirtY-6ye miles Of travel year, with only
the remote risk Of death to one pass enger
in one million two hundred and sixty-two
thousand one hundred and sixty-hye, or
one for every forty-seven millions one hum
dred and sixty-four thousand four hundred
and twenty-siX miles Of travel.
Contemnora neonsIv with these has risen
into mower the wondrous energy Of aorj.
cultural and manufacturing machinery.
whereby the roductive power Of the Re
public IS enlarged tenfold, and one man.
n.arsbal]ino an army Of wbee :. and knives
and sniDdles. can cut his wav thr,uqh
natures most obstinate defences. and
stand victorious in wealth aud mower 10
reach the LARGEST manhood Of the are.
Crossing our streets and clustering un-
der one y,atchful eve in an Office ON B~aad-
way. we behold the fifth Of the>. agencies
in the Te)ecrapb. that marie cord which
vaavas tba na1nlp Of STATE into one fami-
L. and ore iord will tie the family IN New
York n al The neighborhood- # the
r.nnI oI.ba that Christ NAV came and
IL III ,,., h., rho b;,rbor ur;4v ,f .,va
And finally the child Of All these
,.iobf,. forcas and tba mast ,nirirusl
.,,@,r,, If Fro T.L.r i tha pr.ss-
,,d.d viii, 4ba 3aiIr- an4 rraolIv ras,1Irs
If onr nil rcschin, firth with sncb hands
=. the ,taam,l;n canal raiIrad machin-
erv and tsIegraph. and levying tribute
orar rbe whole w.rlI . ,catttring ? 334
90 comics Of its various issue. perpetual
" over the State. now reflection OF what
i best and worst in our popular life, but
destined hereafter 10 rise into the no. Ter
form, o4 an oo.ninrasepr leader and nrona-
o,,nJi.f of fbe Rennb,ic that !. TO be
Thee ranrasa,,tativa results and force.
thar cInstar in the valley Of the Capito.
/ Cirv are faint symb i oitbe night pow
ar If Labor that in 23S wears has Glanced
/ I46 0O0 ,op9re miles Il wilderness into
the worlds chief Republican State OF