The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-16


pibio nesiipg ~ I'd lasl eysuipe In the ec,are
rssn eoOper 'psnsut oanvenod for nc porposs lay
90 setcro the crs OF New York neoessitlcs cf aud
vs advso1ases ssoe derived from railroad TO .ss Pact
~ fse pr" has long been before ths pibhc, oon ~
M eas OF o~gess, ana has attracted oonsidsfsse 40
Efea OIL Avcs. fnc people OF New Eagiani haVe 'e
Asn thsscst forward 10 fayoriHg the ro,eo'' anu A.
ray kege contributed nearly @ioa "a sAosc'lpHs'
Ate ht o'clsck ,he business Of the evening VS. "a
ss,e< oy The appointment Of samuel H'shAs 40 pfesi
dert Jnefe b.: seen four aaa I'VE hnnaioo p
pie present, Tnere very little interest mSaNesSa'
AL before he proceedings were oo'g's " o'''0 SS
siderable portion of those leit.
r. cov pout veil Of Macs and Hon j. Florencs OF
pan were announced present, Bat circumstances
prevented their a!tendsns.
ne PRsDIAT briefly addressed tho meeting, explain
us me OBJECT in yisE, sud speasag generality Ia favor
ofr IL, looked upcn Pacific Railroad very fsss-
bio ensrprse which, In fact was Of greater neces
fy to ooaatrs the present time tnan tbs Erie
canal IT the ur,e u undertaken. In coooasol
he stated that Governor Bout yell had teegrapoed
shat Ia Consequence OF sudden domestic calamity ~
s0uld not he present 10 furtocr intonsted tn NJ
Psrham ecste froni raine, who had iong t.sea
Aveiy interest IN tbs Cntorprss, WAS present., ali
baa smdy volunteered 10 oAer detailed stascnent,
wech would considerably expiiu the fasisy VITA which
could 90 carried out ana the great AdyAntages WHOA
might bo expected 70 Do derived from 4.
Mr ierhrfn Consequence Of cold was incanac,ated
rum addressing the meeting bdt having written out his
visvs The subject ne handed the document BIO Z a
prepz,ea Tor TIE parpo,e 70 the secretary.
Iho Secretary thsn proceeded 70 reat Mr.. Peroans
statement which was n every respect favorable 70 tine
s-beme.
M o LoyygoY OF 8oston vas taen introduced - the
w,ee.tng After commenting upon tna leading hatures
x.sh had ayssd tbe yeoge,eut OF Greek aud Romsd
ewea.nes3 he ,ad that The American republic sss de-
s1rea by prUvc1ncs " eAoib u tae azs OF sao word
what labor Ani ebtrpris5 could effect Inc oannt ~
1he present. time presented aggregate " Iasteftsl
such The miAo ei nan but few wears ago coui
dauod o. We had osAoa forests, pegp'e1 ne
Nstlt nkstr Las
ESTABLISHED commerce which vac ths en- ~ II the void
people VITO had IL tsenty Ave ouili 80 coo mes
81 al surely could IN i've years build zoo mics,
ghicn only required capital Or $40 600 which,
undertaken, would operate ~ a cure W tns m
ilonsi fever rom which tne country was suffering
HopAcr GREITY he had particular sne -
n,snd lie friend - the protest. which II properly
CARRIED out would be probable The prolsc, No wound
snhsssiF gls ssy, sss raotcsos Railroads were very
rnpel stvs works. The Hntaon River kAroad 10 Albany
sos' within quarter Of tue whole outlay Tor The mere
right oi way sUi Tho Psciac Railroad haa great ad-
y>cisge 10 This respct-tno whole line would DO run
through public lands, which from the sissoufi TO san
Frsncoo, would pe Two thousand mre. In Of the
sAircscs Of tho couuiry the expenditure required 70
overcome great otstscics amoaaed % $40 ooo milo,
white The outlay 10 The ab0rers was net mora than
90 0oo Along tho Pando route toe tine pseseaiet
ssrous oestscles, for would be carried principally
through pains Tbere Wa, h. sever, oeafta Of
sn,sef along The line wo ch certainly matter Of
rsret IN correction with the undertaking Bat there
vAs plenty OF uaber 90 the Rocky Mountains,
snR taofelroD ~ tsoiss0afi we're rsolsrza5y
straight Ia this TIE want II timber nigh be
ohvaeg Tor timber from the pocsv NrutxDs c71id ~
Ss,tsd the 70 tho Missouri Takiug every
lhmg into eraliob, be fet sa, Sasd that ths lie
ccaia b. chenpy lAii dogn ard tha, lucrative 70
turn would made The amount expended leo sing
tbs eovantsg.s - he Immediately derived from the
mae, ne conpinced tAai 10 short time go road
would considerably aid the nf The U1ed states
with Jspln and China Keeping Ms Cons,deYa ions b
home Advanlssee, he could st hook u grea1 pene1t
frosn the line. During the yaar 1859 eghty thousand
people paue from the Atlantic ,ses to California Nnr,
sue advanced and population increased the ratio
Of DGio would be oontinuaiiy increasing 10 had no
doubt hat the rst year from tae opening Of toe
one hundred thousand people would travel over II Nc
tween California aud the Atlantic Htstes which II
hundrto dollars bead vo1i3 giVe revenue OF mil
Hons Of dollars Bat there other sources ~ rcgepGc
from tEch q nnt, II laid down, which people had
idea az. These o. revenue would arse
by brs eh ines IRON The Pacific " The Wkshos
ana Fks lsas and c,asf Qaartars Ia tbs direction OF
She mes. The local irgvtl n Tits say wolf pav for
600 mites ard the local ,ravcl q other 90 miles 81
stah sCud GsO Eay lJr aha. distance OF ths iiEc Ia
Utab, be res convinced very scol would b. discovered
r1tss = gold ~ siesr nni other rrcciots puerss
ara whicn would attract tboussros and thousands
at rcafc g. very lev years The faoh5 Hoe would
give fest impetus 10 mag Sc usLiaus; ooucquslt
y lha greater the ,rpetpe spd faculties or travel
NJ greater h.ncht certvtd su.n
ahne Ia ths way, too, MsuiI lie city Of sog York,
peynch 81 oher cne2 e. Guar tTs ~ toe corItry ne
bapenttca; all pate a. he country would DO beaeHted,
sul ko~ YORK psftcaGry a-u Therefore u ~. 40
oGEirUes - have TIE pr irt thoroughly Clrvafsed
N g. tee u cCmnerc'd 20 quickly 20 possible. Zap
piausc
vssuisCroN A FArnlr. a. JANIS s. WHARTON subse-
sulntil add rastd tie probe who reC1ancd after
mr. Cree r. 7neeeh, ADJ @st'rg the pr7l -
wncn the alter gsDtrneD oCIcutei tho meeting broke