The New York herald., 1870-02-07

were to the pecunary interests OF the road were but
sfine compared with those OF 0fnciais higher Ia
sMnoriy. United to extravaganza IN almOst every
departments was . total absence OF enterprise
or effort towards arresting the downward
ceiver was appointed, and hence 1t was that Eng.
iisn capitalists Dewaled their American experience
tns .ueIe was really never oeorc @
certainly prove that the wsest thing It's stockholders
ever old was TO lease II to the Erie line and let the
tw0 be consolidated under one vigorous manage
ment Time will show that the destiny or these
liles and that the OHIO and Mississippi the three
being Of the broad gaurs Width s 70 reach from the
and under single direction.
THE oc ras Esn AND r AZ
divisions first from Salamanca to MeadvlIe;
second from Meadvile TO Kent third, from Kent to
the Manonlng branch, :, which now extends
from New Lisbon to Cleveland and has
has saperintenaent % ana then gene general one ior for
all, who resides here-Mr. O. s. Lyford. Mr.. L. ID.
Rucker was formerly general superintendent for
ton OF economy which proved very distasteful to
many OF the old employees who remembered the
halcyon days when the princely Peto ana his party
OF reputed mllonnalres ourneyed over the line and
said everything looked lovely, though their money
had been squandered or buried IN the roadDed over
which they rolled. the branches or feeders or the
line are numerous and increasing In number. The
one from OH City to Cory brings the crude petro
Erie to New York. The Mahoning branch TO Ceve-
land is almost exclusively an oil route, and sup
plies the reiinerles IN Cleveland with the crude
freight like this, the bulk OF which Is
every year increasing, cannot be overestimated.
Petroleum IL not about to give out, as the popular
anticipation would have It, but VIII continue 10 form
one OF our great and permanent staples OF export,
even as cotton and grain do. The OIL trade ls one
heavy item OF traffic on tho Atlantic line next coal
then gram, and lastly general merchandise. The
through passenger tra1c has greatly increased since
the consolidation with Erie. The local Irao Is
siderable The increase OF 1859 ON the Erie
line Is according 10 the presidents report, 302 1866
passengers, and this. III great measure, Is due to
the consolidation. The freight trafic OF the Erie
shows an increase IN 1869 1857 OF 1871 2l8
Next year WILL probably exceed this figure by quar-
ter OF million and the year after by over half a
Western Railroad has contributed no inconsiderable
share. AS a passenger route from New YORK to
chicago and Cincinnati 1t makes WIZ the Erie one
unDro6en broad gauge track to the latter city and
Cleveland.
THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT.
The Atlantic and Great Western was leased BY the
Erie company ist OF January 1869 for one year. ana
has now been leased again by the same company on
substantially the same terms as OF The original
lease" The rolling stock OF the Erie operates the
other road along with that or It's own. The Atlantic
and Great western road was wretchedy provided
with freight and passenger cars ana owned but q
limited number or locomotives. The Erie motive
power now used extensively from one end OF the
road to the other. The station houses the line
from Salamanca here are good, the trans make ex
celent time and the roadbed Is improved very much
from what II was lew years ago. The future be.
fore 1t Is vast and only needs clear headed manage
gentleman to-day on the prospects OF the line said
he. eli they viii only leave 1t Its present hands
the Atlantlc and Great Western will be one OF the
first roads IN the country. They may talk as they
please about these men, Fisk and Could but you've
got to fight the devil win fire. You've got to figh
vanderbilt Drew and sucn men with their owl
weapons and It's all q waste OF talk to say ronC
like this can be made what II ought To be without
raising hue and CRY in some quarters" But II /.
necessary to penetrate the OIL regions before saying
more about the great resources upon which
may rely Tor support.