Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-19

New YORK AND THE SHIP CASALs-Th Bos-
ton Journal says While Boston in the last
two years has erected four Thousand buildings
within her municipal limits, New York has been
comparatively stationary. While Boston lie
doubling her exports, those of New York are
progressing slowly. The checks New York has
received, and the progress of BOaton, seem 70
have quite dishesrtened the former city. Ia other
days she took the lead in improvements; in fOst-
ing palaces on the ses snd on the Hudson, in the
Grand Canal, on the Central, Hudson River, Erie
and Lake Shore Railways, in magnificent hotels
and stately churches but Of late we hear of no
new enterprises Of cur sister city, althoegh Gin
cinnsti is pressing her new railway from the
Ohio to the Chesapeake, and Philadelphia is ex-
tending her arms to D1luth and Omaha, sni
Boston is sendine her steel rails to the Lakes,
both over and under the mountains. New York
like her own Rip Van Wrinkle, tleeps beside the
Hudson and dreams Of her past exploits, and
wakes only to send up an embassy from her Pro-
duce Exchange to Albany to protest against the
grant Of the license to the United States to make
thip cansl aTouu1 tie Falls Of NIagsrs. The
Iron Way, as il penetrates the West, opens new
pastures and wheat iielGs, the advance OF wages
n Europe creates new demand for our bread
stuts and provisions, s1d the expoTts Of our
country consequently increase from yesr to year.
Between the years 1866 and 1870 the tons
transported on the New York Central Railway
sose from 100000 to 4 ,122, 900 tons, and more
than one-thiri Of this freight and more than
halt Of its whole value took the Boston and Al
bAny line Dlring tae same four years the
traffic upon the lakes Ess greatly increased, TO
the benefit Of both Montreal and Boston, hut
New York hes not raised finger 10 enlarge her
Erie canal, SID when other States appeal to Con-
10 10. fho
ture has Tlsced between the Great Lakes she
,enIa up her delegates TO protect sgsins. the
union OF cur iuisuA seas and % interpose her
veto. Can New fcrs, afie- thus opposing the
wishes Of the Nest, AMI the ilte,csts of the ns-
ton for her own selhsh purposes, ask the ns
tilnal Gii 10 deepen the Hudson, subsi1izs her
steamrra carry up her Posi- OE.ce or erect neW
fort7tfscst Csu she syaia complain Of the tsxes
which New Jertey imposes upon her citizent on
their WY TO The c.rl-ai Of the nation What
iilh,rsIitv exceeds ytst which f0Tbis the ns-
tion 10 remove The cbstsc.,e which prevent
steamships OF : Thousand tons from running be-
tween Chicago s1t the ocean Does She fear
that Chicago or Duluth nay rel little grain or
prayisilns to Boston or Montreal, or that she
may iose few toi.s On her Erie osHal1 Would
ij no; be more creiit4b.e 10 oar largest city, en-
iichel hy monopoly %. most Of our imports in
by-glng years, TO plan and construct a ship ca
usl from tlc ST. Ltwrecce ~ Lake CEaup.ain.
sad smother from Whitehall TO Troy, both cf
which together you'd cost lees tlaa seven nil
lions sni about! sine uo- put her csu shoulder
TO toe TLet, AM build another around tle Falls
ot Niszars, So that a steamship with ten t10us-
aui t,rre.s Of d5lr might u oue week, sni
vi hout urcskiu- bulk, run from the neal Of
Lake Ni9h gan 90 tle isiaui ot Manhattan sni
land NORTON Uf her fra-yhI a1 inc q.7r - tls.