New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-26

Pes6;ng ard other Railroads run into the heart oil
the ,;,y and the Baltimore is run BY steam to its
new depot two or three miles iur'n~r IN 'hsn
formerly. And a perfect network OF horse rail-
wsy. has lust been spread over the town, aim"'
mner.eoipg omnibose., snd tsklIg passengers from
the po.tofce to almost any aasr'er o' tue 'feshi'
consolidated city.
Prooilyn hs, in ike manner been vened By
bor.e railroad. within Il few years past; % that
.svsp.eiobtbs Of the travel of its citizens is per-
formed by means o. them.
Boston. in spite Of its narrow and crooked
streets, begins to be gridirored oy iron tracks
You may now take within the shadow of the
State House and ride out TO Ro1bury, and IN
various other directions.
Baltimore feels the general impulse. A few
months since, q petition WAS circulated through
Baltimore stree. (the Brosdwsy Of that city for
railroad 10 traverse that great thOroughiare. Ii
Was signed by less than hundredth part Of those
interested the immense nsjority being stub 'ornly
ard violently hottie. A year OF 30 elapsed, when
another appeal was made; and now We hear that
almost every one is signing in favor OF the road.
Washington City is about to hsve horse ra,l-
road through Pennsylvania avenue and so out to
Georgetown. There is no opposition to the work
it,slf. bu, good deal OF scuffling for the grant,
which. it n supposed. will be profitable. Mean
time Congress, astonished az hearing OF any PUB.
lie improvement, being contemplated 10 that City
without call on the Federal Treasury TO pay the
shot are waiting to see If this can reslly be SO.
We presume there is DO mistake about 1t, aud
that Honorable Members viii soOn ride to aud
from the Capitol. tie White Hogse. aud the De-
psrtmenis, OF an iron track
For the paked fact is that these Horse Railroads
in Cies are at once advantageous TO ths public and
profitable TO the stockholders. car is more con-
yen,ent ard comfortable than an omnibus, easier OF
access, less exposed 10 accident, aud allows the
man of business 10 read his morning psPer as he
comes down 10 his store, and his evening paper az be
rides home to bis dinner. Put line of omnbuses
ard one Of cars on the same avenue, and, after q
years trial, ten persons Will take car to every
one who TAKES stage.
The economy is even more pslpsble. span OF
horses will draw car contii0lng forty passengers
ss easily and rsp tly as an omnibus with ten' and
with less likelihood of break down ipjnry 10 the
| team. OF course, the railway track costs most at
| the start; but We doub; It's costing more 70 man-
tain after the fret outlay The prices Of the stocks
Of our City railways indicate that they are all doing
| well
| In view Of these facts, is the restriction OF our
| City Railroad System to its present dimensions
| either feasible or desirable Would NOT the
"greatest happiness Of the greatest number" be
| promoted by its extensionl We speak 10 prsc-
| teal men, and urge that they look the matter
| fairly In the face
The Bro.dw.y Parallel Road has never CON-
mendtd itself 10 our judgment nor our sympsthles.
| 1t does not seem TO be the thing really required.
We often want to tide up or down Broadway; We
DO not care to make the trip via Mercer streets
and it seems to US that should this Parallel ptoe,
| all, there viii be two classes Injured ard ag
Qriey,d-the passengers, wlo wish to traverse
| BrosdSay not 10 sneak around through obscure
sde-streets and zig-zsgs 10 reach sn up toHn lee
ture or down towo ferry, 70 stop at Stewart's or
attend tie Academy of Muac; and tee owners ani
renters Of Broadway stores, who viii zee theIr
customers carried around and away from them by
yie cars We were about 10 ada that the cor
porators would find it difficult to drag away the
passengers generally from Broadsay iato the pet
+! ty side. stree,,, bat we will trust them !? seep
their own look out.
Let US briefly indicate what seems to Va, on ms
lure consideration, the better projects
J. Run horse railroad not through the side
streets proposed nor any side streets but through
Broadway Itself, with its upper terminu, a. the
south southwest corner Of the Central Park and
It's lower termini at the Fulton, jersey City and
| South Ferries respectively,
| 2 Start a csr about every ten minutes from
each OF the Feriie, (or say from the Jersey an 1
South upon the arrival of each boit) and run it
through up TO The Central Park at Il charge of five
| cents per passenger and so down.
g. Start smother every other minute at the
Amer can Museum and ran II to Union square only,
price three cents per passenger. Let these .ev-
ersI cars form sular line, pss.ipg up and down
Broadway between the American Museum and
Union square a. intervals Of one minute each.
| A. Exclude omnbuses utterly and absolutely
from Broadway, and place them on the wider and
more freQuenled fide-streets-say Beeckcr, Uni.
versty place, Fourteenth, TSeniy third, &c.-ssd
have them run due east aud west TO the rivers at
charge Of three cents for each passenger. Let
them run wherever it is thought best, so tina. they
keep out Of Brosd.ay
5. Bind the rallrosd company to sweep the
whole line Of streets used BY them faithful, every
night carrying Of the dirt before morning and to
keep tie entire carrisge-way in the very best