Middletown transcript., 1868-04-25
Letter rrom Bais,mor..
Correspondence Of The MddletoUn Transcript
BALrIMoRr, April 2Oth, 1868.

when the press of the city of New York
begins to call the attention of its readers
TO the many advantages offered by the
Railroads entering that city from the West,
over the routes terminating here.
1t shows that there is an acknowledge
ment of certain rivalry, or why would
the New Yorkers ever stop in their course
to cast glimpse at the Gone Horse
Town." as they have so disdainfully, here
tofore, called Our city. 1t is true it would
be the height of absurdity in the most in
fatuated Baltimorean to compare the busi-
ness enterprise, the capital, or commercial
prosperity of the two places. Although
equal in population to what the great Me-
tropolis was only, comparatively, a few
years since, we are several decades behind
her in that enterprising spirit, and indom-
table "goaheaditiveness," that is nowhere
encountered to such perfection as in the
great city of the Knickerbockers.
However, while we Baltimoreans are
standing aside gazing at the grandeur, and
acknowledging the supremacy of our Opu-
lent Sister, and eating humble-pie, Ga les
son we learned to perfection during the
War, the modern Athens has spoken out
in our behalf, very much to our surprise,
and the Boston Commercial Bulletin gives
up portion of its columns to eulogy on
our Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road, and
shows the advantages of that route over
any of the numerous Railroads entering
New York, for the shipping of Western
produce, and not only demonstrates to the
Western Cities the undeniable fact of their
closer proximity to the Sea-board through
Baltimore, but shows to them that freights
via Baltimore to Boston are much cheaper
than via New York.
1t is very apparent why Boston thus
pitches into New York Their fortnight
ly steamers to Liverpool have been taken
off and transferred to New York the pro-
prietors explaining as their reason t" that
they were tired of carrying ballast for
freight" This has had the effect of ma
king the "Hub of the Universe" quite
sore, and consequently they howl consid-
erably, and have turned their hatred to-
wards New York, and in looking around
for the means of revenge, have suddenly
come to the knowledge that Baltimore is
something of a torn, having advantages of
geographical position, and railroad facili-
ties even superior to that city which Bos-
ton would fain lead the world to think she
rivals.
There's an old proverb that tells us
"honest men will get their due, when a
certain class of individuals fall out" so.
to us it makes no difference if the two ci-
ties belabor each other soundly if we de-
rive the benefit of being advertised in the
discussion. In fact we rather prefer it.
Whether we are worthy of the consider
alton of New York or not, everything
must have beginning, and if ever, in the
dim future, we expect to rival the great
Metropolis, we cannot begin too soon, and
had better " stir our stumps" considera-
bly,, for there is tremendous space be-
fore us, Gall up hill work too) before we
catch up to where she is now, and all this
time she is rushing on with lightning
speed towards the summit of her great
ness.
There is no doubt that an era is dawn
ing upon the Monumental City which
promises greater things than have ever
fallen to our lot before. ,.e-
We have now two lines of steamers to
Europe, also, lines to Cuba, Charleston,
Savannah, and New Orleans.
This speaks we'll for Baltimore, and
shows, if the people will only sustain them,
that Baltimore Capitalists are willing to
come forward and offer advantages equal
to those offered by any of the Atlantic Ci-
ties. We thus endeavor to attract towards
US the produce of the West, and that of
our sister border States, together with the
custom of their merchants, and if the poor
South ever escapes from the dominion of
radicals and negroes and regains her pros
perity, we are sure of her patronage, and
every dollar that Southern men have to Law
out will be spent in our city.
New York was highly. amused at our
great pow-scoO over the reception of the
officers Of the Baltimore, the pioneer steam
ship of the new Bremen line.
1t is true that a dozen such vessels leave
the piers of the North River every day
and no one considers it worth noticeing-
unfortunately for us they don't leave here
but long heads are at work and we can af-
ford that New York should laugh at our
enthusiasm.
The military of the State turn out upon
the occasion, great parade of civic socie-
ties takes place, the correspondents of all
the journals in the country naturally refer
to the number of militia under arms, and
the pageant of the parade. Some of them
are horribly scandalized at the amount Of
gray cloth displayed upon the occasion,
and roU about it considerably. The nat
ural inquiry all over the country is, what
is all this fuss about ?-the reception Of
the pioneer steamer of the Bremen line
and the people begin to examine in
to the advantages Of the line to find why
Baltimore should be so jubilant. Thus is
gotten up most extensive advertisement
without cost to stockholders, and prime
movers. y You see we have learned a les.
son from the Yankees, and have deter.
mined to gain the greatest notoriety at the
least cost, and the more we are talked
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