The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-07
THE ATLANTIC AND Great WESTERN RAIL wAN
NV YoRK, Nov. 8, 1857.

NEW YORK, Nov. ., 1857
To BoND AND STOCKHOLDERS or TIM ATLANTIC AND
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
Having carefully read the report Of the committee to
tho bond and stockholders OF the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway, and since the made by Mr.
Cave at public meeting held In Lsadon. feel II my
duty 10 reply as the statements then made calcu-
ated temporarily TO Djure the property AT FIRST sight
the report OF the committee Is calculated to give tho
impression that all tho works the line imperfect
and that vast sums still required to make the rail-
way FIRST class. A broad assertion that the embank-
ments all too and tho bridges all uncovered,
would naturally give this impression. do propose
70 cali in any evidence TO contradict these
statements, and will frankly admit that some
Of the cuttings and cmbankme arc too narrow
and that all the bridges should be covered will state
however, a fact which Gao at any time prove by fg-
ures, that the whole Of earthworks from Sala-
mancato Dayton bear proportion OF part
the fact that considerable number OF cuttings and
bankments do require attention. the outlay accomplish
this dwindes down TO an Insignificant sum; and when
further state the fact that tho estimate for the
for covering all the bridges about f 0OO the
bond and stockholders will be able form tolerapy
correct opinion of the object OF committee which
seems to to be desire to disparage tho whole
Germ, IA TO enable them TO take credit for making
first class railway about six months with an outlay of
say 81 600 pounds mile OF which two-thlrds should
DO spent on extra rolling stock to develop extra traffic
Having made these remarks. shall proceed to state
two feet WIDER and why in several places put up
treste work in place Of solid banks Almost
put the FIRST shovel into the ground the civil
upon me, and. with i've hundred miles OF railway
to build before me, saw the price OF labor up to
alarming extent. ! therefore decided 10 adhere
strictly to all my gradients and but economic
earthworks as much a. possible leaving the trcses
TO be filled up by steam excavaors and the banks to be
widened from the cuts where needed when the track
should be completed, and thus saved.
In this way did succeed in constructing the whole
line at the rate Of one mile per day or working
i did 0lgO DYOyido
tors; and what Is now being done would have been
done more than year ago. but for the panic In
England which, as all know, stopped these works and
deprecated the value OF the securities Of tho road
extent ten times as much the value Of the works
works in question had to import ninety per cent II
the labor, and that legion OF army recruiting agents
hundred TO one thousand dollars per man bounty to JOIN
the army the difficulty Of the situation will apparent
TO all Nor must II be supposed that the line when
ton time tables Of the speed made by trains
almost immediately after the line was opened There
the fact stands for all time that did express trains
at express speed In successful competition With
long established lines; and 1t is also extremely
only one passenger has lost his life on the line
With reference 10 Mr. Caves remarks to half tho
amount OF the capital being applied 70 extra lines wiz
only that the actual sums represented by
1851, 1i7, as follows
Catawissa, Railway. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $56551
Morris and Essex, Railway. 69025
sharon brancn.... 2ooos
in addition to which there will be my professional
services. amounting to considerable sum. the
through Pennsylvania. account OF which /
am personally under very heavy advances
As TO the remarks in reference to the management Of
the traffic and abuses this not being in my department,
shall only state that the purchasing agent Of the line
whose integrity specially questioned was and in
my opinion as highly honorable as any man in the
United Kingdom; and that though he mir Cave) may
be larger. thero men on the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway who will forgive him for
making statements rejecting their Integrity.
T. W. KENNARD, Engineer-in Chief