New-York tribune., 1868-02-27

made. II was proposed to build the Midland Rosd RpOo
plan almost novel, in that IL TO he constructed and
in part S%gsS ~ entire Snv Ss not ~ s
soGS s1G' nsScss and thereby losing @ sight Of lie inter-
eats Of the public The consequence Of this aDd the
sas Sosdea TO
time the general opinion In regard 70 the route ofhe
@n% ted and ii xed Ths however IS partially erro5eoss
Several routes have been examined, but appropriate
& sSs S1 oSs sS Te FL KS RSsBs Besn s and
upon within the State Of Eew-Iork Inshne runs apsW
the Railway the south, and thus , tIayslssss
rich country which yields Comparatively s =, iSs Ee,enss $
port and prosperity Of the Midland AS yet y Is usds
Ss S RSs @SiR' @ be- Ss pr
been received from Ferry Companies and inaiy,n9ago %
City Hoboken Mr. stevens has desired that the do
pot should be built upon his ground In the latter places
rectOrs and possibly OfncgOtiaons being made By
them with the Mont Clair Railroad Company Of New.
state Of Ne%Jersey in The most direct psssqedD so1
point ssar BeliVSle in Orange County thence il s aIG
| and VIII run to Mddletown OF tho most popsloua
York Leaving MiddleOwn the will run in north
n dFiSs dsa Of sSaSs orange tns and Eh
Ing through the villages Of BocmIgbarg MG'zSS9 WIZ w
field Flats into Delaware County thence the line
over the summit, between the Delaware and suSqueDa
ye hs Albany s nd Rs
@ PSs 10 PFS s 6 pSp Eases u oR
and Norwich on the chensngS @ River inc % route toes
North North Norwich, sherbarnc, Smyrna, Earlyile, Es
ton, Morrlsville, Oneida, Durhamville, CLEVELAND,
The SerorE aS f%oa Genital Railroad na
at oneida. and the Eric Canal at DIrnam{ {s JIG
Norwich through Auburn passing north OF seneen ex ~
Lakes 70 and Sns Inc es route IS not yet oae
At meeting lately held at the Once oi the rI SGnrIs, ,s
Se te work on the line Of the road
tween Oswego and Sidney Plana including branch "
S HBBF neS fs pdsay iS aef
that date about 12o miles Of the road VIII oe unoer % ~
in the hands of contractors, VINO Will pro proinmpny m y1 sn
upon the % PSs adng s rSuS S have taken
more than of the whole capita stock OF o. @
authorized subscribe to the amount OF 30 per cent on
the valuation Of pgcpery ana tn ps Sond hs ed
blythe towns exempt from local taxation for ten
At the meeting aSoye we refsssa TdsrS d % 5e IN ps
sonal subscriptions and to TINS effect an orsanIea
being % A tho IF Srlsg ts %orP % no Ss
| arranged, and the road will undoubtedly be com
poSd has ber limited to e5 feet to the mile Tor th
reason the line is somewhat elongated it was Owing ts
the fact that the Midland Road would be OF muc1 I'M
portance link OF great through route 70 the "es
and. therefore must be intended for the tTanspotson
were not employed and the line made more direct Ye
beG%een nS %eW and Baao BY the branch
wch and gain Of co miles by she way Oh osweso, an
~ tbe Enc RAILWAY with the important advantage q
saving least two hours in time ARC the precise pons
fuel brought into use in the Vicinity of coal mines
aud forests this viii make It possible TO carry
than the NewYVrk Central BY the estimates nade tne
aggSegss cost & o3S ~ so es ss MIL S be
Add to this $l,cooOo for the hne In NewJersey ana
and tHe total cost OF the road amounts s2OOc9Oo
This is considered very liberal estimate ana -
| about $4,000 o mile greater than the average s
| cost of roads already constructed In the state e
Against t9s pTSvIens Nd aor s make
construction OF railroad from 3 to 80 per cent more ex
per cEe g% the opinion that the grad
ing the Midland will be less by the me han tne aver
Roads This opinion he citing the improved
facilities for construction and the advances made %ithn
ing which win be necessary into
Ss iana R osd and pos
dairy districts not surpassed by any In the STATE e
Sf Si%on 10 s"s The line onc Valleys great r
and abounding in water power and also passes .hr9un
quarter OF a million of Of land heavily umDeres
It cannot fail be the northern and southern outlet on an
this vast region and must DO al te st roSnscd
needed By nhSbitants the route Another i'm
S City EUf f1 e Ss sss & % s
specs tor @ SINGLE in mikraS starting from otisve 7e
miles NewYork while the milk OF the mdianu
Road S % IN pss district equal
to drained by the Erie The OF through
unite the great lakes with the ocean n tg the sSr,si nn
%est To- e @ city on the
naturally belong to it's business. When the ship canal,
for TuSsS gsin arSSSS Niagara sf % tie a w1h
given to this road must tax its capacity to the fullest
eans ss the Midland route win shorten
transit OF eights and merchandise between Lake Mch
gan and Oswego about 500 miles This road VIII not oy
have large proportion of Western but also OF Northern
business BY q connection which Will be made AZ pvht
Watertown and Ogdensburgh Railroad 50 direct me
TO the City OF NewYOrk be furnished that Northern
shippers win demand transit over IT. In addition 70 the
probable sources Of revenue already should -
will greatly add the way trade which the Midland
profits OF this road the assumption nat IL VIII 90 one
Third the business done BY the NswYSk aT GsntIa IN &
per cent for expenses TO " which Is more ss
per cent on % saP {ns HgaUS ~ Suspension Bridge can
be overlooked spce thereby would be able 70 ease
FS its cars T over the Erie and directly
Boston without change. The officers OF the New YORK
h anu UsweEo Ps,Sent. Waldo Hntchns Vice Presiden
Gage Berry Secretary; VIM Conkey, lfeAsureri ana W.
| b. Gilbert, Chief Engineer.
THE HUDSON RIVER WEST SHORE RAILROAD.
The company Of this road organized to construct
railroad from Athens the terminus Of the Athens bransA
Of the New-Yorx Central Rairo ad along the western
shore Of the Hudson River to Jersey City. There was
much uncertainty the route at first, and consider
able difficulty locatng it, One Of the greatest obsta-
ces 70 be pass West Point not because
of any natural impedimens In the way but because Of
the difficulty In obtaining authority from the Generi
Government 1t is owing to this difficulty that railroad
has never been built along the west side Of the Hudson
River However Cen Grant, while Secretary Of War al
teri authorized this company their roads over
the desired route, and Congress ratified this authority
Since then the company have been negotiating win tno
Northern NewJersey Railroad Company for the purchase
OF their road the bargain effected few days sioca
and Monday the sum OF 100000 was TO be paid 70
the contract. The New,York and Albany Kan
| tion OF the section from Athens 10 new-iorAi an1