, 1866-02-17
THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WEST
Elm RAILWAY.

a
fhe 1,arfsl, uad the ability oi tae pasIol-
THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WEST
ERN RAILWAY.
rn,rr<ettnR Letter from James Mo.
Henry. EAq.-The Dissolution with
1f,c Erie. and 1ta <.AuscA - President
K,K1ommc<aIus1 Proposition What
Constitutes 4 Through Route TO the
Seabpards'
The Interest the scheme Of the Atlautic aud
Great Wcstesn Railway Company has awak.
ened In the West gro1s ont Of the proofs OF
its magnitude and vitality -that it means
great things and viii accomplish them. The
na,row.mindcd opposition Of ccrtain Pcunsy1-
vnn,a interests, believed to be-: impcrilled,
has called ont from James McHenry, Esq,
The following characteristic letter. bearing
on tho American railway system, present md
prospective, and rebuking the eattmpt Of a
local monopoly to deny access and t,anAt TO
the route through Pennsylvania:
LETTER FROM ME-. JAMES acHENRT.
The Atlantic and Great Western Railway Of
fees, No. Westminster Chambers, ficto-
da street, Westminster, s. W., London,
January 5, 1866.
Dgln Mn. DoUauERT4: I sec that the op-
Ionsnis o. ~ As,aaaio aio aou s;, uIGa. Mestcln
F,hn p'n",I,n;. |o1't ~ ~ ~ - - - "
"Britisn capital,'' which, / fancy, has been
long since played out
sit Morton feto was IN trf United states,
Win u otAct AluS, = mt sueo., @nn - sai - ~
a. 1lnsnc,a1 n fi,r cnntrnrr nm rcsponsi-
bic 1or ali Of his.
intend TO make the influence md opera
r.. ffu$f
ioRs Of tne AIantie ana nl p;.. 5saa
h,h te]sM c,1rec;nr hott il,c.c ritie4 hS ~ nn.
broken commuuication With Chicago: Cleye-
land, Buffalo, ST. Louis and Ciocinu I'll, and
am fully prepared 10 meet any opposition,
7a1!is Gouuuctea.
aiy WE'VE ol Loc lusu!E o4 la1Na5s lud thclr
management arc very d1dercnt from most OF
the railway people Of America
know there Is traffic for double or treble
the existing mileage. / know nv Lines will
~ sa3 G. H"o sW n,s.i. sute ;na9 VIZ
Ienns s5sAnsa C<altsaA auo iAlaaelpuls q
on. than cscr. Business beeets % Business s'r and
*1Een TT. now the dormant M traffic or the great
e1t - tcu1nio tue tnost AcLa'e. :,
Give the Western States sure, speedy
and cheap transit atJRll SEASONS for their
produce. and the present prosperity OF the
ss.,r yftr -. y. n,Su eC ft,. ~ ns h.ta I.,
nj shsc,,-a, nrnf,t ~ anJ pni1s
ae1nna. ~ ana hae aau ~. ;nree,msnts au ~ Ponn
sylvania exceeding those Of any other single
proprietor.
Will Weld. therefore, to no man in nrfde of
4te atat1 o17fl om dotavn;ra1 ~ rttIa 49,
s,,.;t;.sr 7saT,1 q, :, .n5 ie1, .Sa,sSa
lpsAauu li ass ~ - auu n9oo. ae;c ~, wv p!uA.
aoso 70 nffse!' ! Hase oegM ~, lAe means o'
spending thirty or forty millions OF foreign
capital in and about Peunsylvruia without
dong Pennsylvania any harm nnl Ic]aim the
nriyiitrc N stendiug ss much mora to omen
IN liz Eeste7n md Central connf;as a. ~
" s1e IN e.os o. eoln.!s;s ~ tAlt
ol system ol railway communication which,
in extent, construction and management Of
it's traffic and passengers, shall be uncqual1ed
in the world
Vested interests, with their usual selfish
Iii 60 Z sta 49, ~ -. - -. 80 D1- tA.J
WI! nuu an LUG Long rug lha1 tney are more
faEnteneo %aan huft Lnal they must yield
IN any event 10 The great interests Of the
whole State that Pennsylyanla does not be-
long TO ann corporation. and fhnt I shsH sue
ceea n ny Han;s" na,,.,n. os4 s.,.e.n-
am, oe& aAl- OouEoeI'Ss most Iaitnfullg
yours JAAEs M MChESAf.
Daniel DougAef1F, ESQ.,, fAlIadelphtA-
yerx ,,ror,erly In tbe sa,pr ronner+;nr ia
.cCes to hc c,ren President 1,I1om,nea;en,s
views Of VIA, a erea, throueb route .bon1s
,,o o,,a a.<,;,,.s, ~. >,,...,ts,, l., ...,.,.. ~.
w. 1nat uec1'ulas eo.ol'e'"t'on ~ "hacn, Tue
1s et,.n,sa aoea e.st LOS, .as eonneeaoa Win inc
- "s ~
us eoneut1ooe s"ointIlcu W LIE aatpcr as LIE
bascs Of agreement, hut rejected By the man
orors ~ @ho M. A.. .o.,,,t h.. s...- ~.
"e3s "a sAe A'o' LUG lssui' At7s oes.o Liz
constitution Of separate route ACROSS Penn
sytvnnln .Jhesa rpndftfnns sfRna howarar
.s+h. -. - ~. -...r.. - ~ ss-s.N.
% sae AZ ~ tne naA"ae VI tue III
Atlantic q Great Western aim to realize as I
o@1e ~ s1e oe"op7ios "oaAAus
under one interest along Its entire length
Thar will be other similar. ronao1,dot3ons =,
a.. ...t ....,,.t-.-r.A .~u%- -
ne etene e1peo4'1oe oi tufouEsu fn1l"a1 tfAvc
md tsatfic- Though in the following instanc4
4he +h-,1rh .,r+o ,o,,,or T., <u.,2t, :. :.
.n .oe tn1ooen ,oute app1ies 10 CINCINNATI, It Il
1oeutlc2l Win 1lAl part ol The scheme which
will Fcach CHICAGO:
rHr nzJrr1r1, r..,. ~, .onx~,....
a, r.w. r. n. rso11,.r1 'at
81 Tbs, ,-o, nd ~, 1..sa." 70. ,e,c -.
.uo r,1a. - su se,.oS Nv - .4 ~ saaTa iet. isgh the
@,r.,, ~, x go ~, r. s uI S!eaa uE1agn tne, Pc
nn5 10 ~ .t ano S.nclnuAa. aua poinie oe.
ytia' 1uu ~. ~ eepoycs, saeo a. uEfgnt *1d
n, seenss ano tnose o!teeas any and al char-
f.',hts .s 81 ~ h.t. na w.. ~ aneontsned
81 ihiefmcdsie noinia' nr aen; uhrn ninrf,rshIa
80, 1'hat he roada be,yrro Srur yora- and c;,-
c1rrnu ehau be rrated ~ die nam liur I'M i'm,
between salausnca and Dnrti1l' and hetw..+1
tbAt all time tsblee md ttsins be r,.ie mn ~ ~
lngiy F
I'D That each road sha1l keen spftsh1a toro,,o.
tive> Ut their respectIye ,crmint to carry
min linz W7thouf drltx - @ "eaA @3e
1. .tTh.f each cnmnsny shaft fr,r,sh +h.,-.-.,n.
proportion <,i tI1t aud terond M. 1ssssen. ~,
and like pfupoItion Of frrIrhI cars e1s'
S. THAI, until othcrsise untnal,v s,,--t ,h.-.