The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-28

points the Missouri Among the inducements held
out TO passengers patent shopping on Through
trains, and rates of fare low any other route
Passengers freight may 60 by auy connection with the
Michigan souihern points their roads aud beyond
and they advertise 'passengers may stay over at any
point, and charge fer handling baggage" NJ. John
f. Porter is the general agent and says the Office has
been established about Elk years The receipts from sales
of tickets estimated from $4,000 900 per year
This road is south Of the Michigan Central.
wATERTowN, ROME AND CAPE VINCENT RAILROAD.
The office Of this company is at No 1917 Broadway.
The business is mainly in freghs destined 10 Canada
Poisdam and 0gdensburg, connecting with the Grand
Trunk Railroad Kingston the Oowa and Prescott Rail-
road 10 Oowa, the WATERFOWL and Potsdam Railroad at
Waertown, the Coburg and Petersburg Railroad at Co.
burg, and the Port Hope Lindsey and Peterboro Railroad
at Port Hope They claim to be the shortest Chi
cago Milwaukee and all points West and Toronto and
Colngwood via Cape Vincent their canal railroad and
steamboat line. The office has been opened this city
about two years. and Mr. G. B. Benjamin is the general
agent The annual sale of passenger tickets is esna
ed at about So o0o and the freight business is estimated
at about $40 ,ooo and increasing.
PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The office Of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad for
passengers and freight at No. Asor House, where
has been located about five years Mr. L. Elliott is the
all points West and Northwest the Gen.
trail road and they claim to be the most direct route to
the new Pixies Peak gold mines, well 10 Cleveland,
St Louis, Milwaukee, Jefferson City, St. Paul. Chicago, ST.
Joseph and all towns West. As is the custom with the
other Offices they sell through tickets from this city by
any route to their road and by any other connecting
with them. They connect at Psburg Pa with the Pitts
burg Fort Wayne and Chicago road which they claim to
be nearly possible bee line from New York Even
berhs and meals may DO secured here for boats on the
Mississippi Tickets this route also sold at No
Battery place, and at the New Jersey Railroad Office foot
Of Corandt street, but the Broadway Office the prnci
pal The ticket receipts estimated at $500 900
annually, and freights much more
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
The Office of this company is at the northwest corner of
Barclay and Broadway 1t claims tho shortest
route between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington and they call it the great national
between the East and West They claim that connec-
ton with the Northwestern Virginia Railroad the nes at
Wheeling Benwood aud Parkersburg give it superior at
ractons that it is the only railroad by which direct
munication with Washington be had from the East
and West and that accommodations for travellers and
beautiful scenery give superior advantages Through
tickets and bills Of adng given any route to
their road and beyond it, and their freight business
very large. daily line of steamers connects with the
road from Wheeling and Parkersburg, to Portsmouth,
Cincinnati, Louisville, Evansville, St. Louis Cairo &c.
Mr. c. ". Pever is the agent aud the ticket gales are
roughly estimated at $1,000 annually. The office has
been established in lis present location about Eve years.
and Claims among other Benefits be direct route
TO Pixies Peak.
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The Office of this company has just been removed to
No 239 Broadway, corner of Park place. is the well
knoYn route, via Hudson river Albany, Utica Syracuse
Rochester and Buffalo, Suspension Bridge connecting
with the Great Western Railway via Lake Shore Rail
road and Lake Huron Railroad, for all points West,
Northwest and Southwest Through tickets sold
any connecting roads to from them and like the Others
they claim to be the most direct from the East to the
great West Passengers may reach their road by the
Hndsou River Railroad steamboats, and leave by any
of the great Western roads with which they connect
having baggage checked clear through. great many
emigrants go by this route, well by the New York
and Erie and Pennsylvania Central The Office has been
established 1885, and may be considered permanent
y located the Of Park place and Broadway Mr.
John a. Moore the agent and tho ticket sales ee
mated at $3.50, 900 TO $500 GOO annually.
THE NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD.
Complying with the general movement the New York
and Erie Railroad have established branch Office at No
ls3 Broadway where tickets sold for the entire length
Of their line and connections TO Buffalo, Canada West,
Ohio, Kentucky Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa. Min
nesoa, Tennessee Missouri and Louisiana. The arrange
similar to those of the above mentioned roads
The gentleman charge declined give any estimate Of
the ticket sales or receipts.
DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE, AND GREAT WESTERN
RAILROADS.
These companies have lately opened Office a. the
ner Of Chambers street, No. 273 Broadway They join
tn tha Weat nndc i'm Tn he
the particular pet of the Northwest Yet they claim to
send passengers freight cheapy TO Chicago the
other nes, and nearly quick. At Milwaukee they
connect with all roadsNorth West and South. Through
tickets may be had the Great Western Railroad
proper from Suspension Bridge to Detro any Of
the roads either side though this ofcs prefers the
connection with the Detroit and Milwaukee Among other
advantages they offer prompt connections, through bag
gage checks, rapid changes and ''ckes good hl used
They connect with the roads Northwest and 5ouh and
are rapidly growing public favor The Office for a
long time under charge OF Darius Clark OF the Michigan
Central but has lately removed present oca-
lily, which may be considered permanent Mr.. r. P.
Beach s the agent and from four weeks experience in
this place the annual receipts from tickets roughly
tinated at about 500 COO
SUMMARY.
The above are we believe the principal offices OF thu
for freight The Befonane road has had an Office
some time at No Aston House, but will be abandoned
the first Of May. The others appear to that the
system is profitable that pays the roads BY securing
them from being controlled by the express companies
that many eigrant passengers which might
otherwise be monopozed and that Afforded to
meet instantly effort the part Of obtain
advantage by sudden lowering of fare Al the present
time all the roads are depressed by the extremely low
ore and fegbs which ascrbed 10 lack OF business
rather than the unusual competition is fact that
reights taken to Chicago at sixty to seventy
cnts per hundred when they ought TO be- good times
81 AS while canal reighis which ought TO be forty i've
cents, down TO eighteen cents SO dull the business
that long routes compete with shorter In putting the
rates down and what with the competition and the lack Of
bnsiness all Of the roads pretty well down Bot
rcyyiug BUSINESS must bring them along with it, and
doub; when they all get much they can 10 they
will c,tnn .harfG