The New York herald., 1872-10-19

poses. and NO amount acknowledgements offered by
other cities, no matter now advantageous, can
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ENrKRPRIsE AND COMMERCE,
naEbor via Wiilett's Point our shipping facilities
will be more than doubled; and with an increase Of
shipping comes reduction OF freight.
OUR MERCHANTS ARE LAMENTING
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The writer Of this had long interview with
General Diven, Vice President Of the Erie Railway
'0 A PRACrTcAI RAILROAD MAN.
says substantially the same as we do, that the
present railroad facilities are by no means for the
rapidly increasing commerce, sufnclent The dis
tances traversed by our three great roads from
Chicago Is as iollows:-yia Albany. 1000 miles;
New York and Erie, 970 miles, and the Pennsyl-
miles. The aggregate capital Of the three COM
panies is about 1our hundred million dollars Thus
the distances are too great to be profitable at
s 'A''' ', THE irs'ssi REMEDY PROPOSED
Is to build air line to Chicago with three tracks
OF steel rails, two OF which are 70 be devoted ex
cusivey to transporting freght while the other Is
to be used for passengers. While 1t requires at
trains Of produce to this city from the West thfs
new road, with one-half the expense, could pay q
bulk within forty-eight hours OF shipment At the
last session Of Congress- bill was introduced ask
" AN AIR LINE TO CHICAGO,
subject however, to the laws OF the States through
which the proposed route will be located. The bill
| was referred to the Judiciary Committee, where 1t
| remained, consequent upon the pressure Of other
important business, and 1t is hoped will be passed
cost OF such q road at $780, 900, thoroughly
| equipped in every particular. The capital to con-
struct the same has been pledged by European
Where collisions on railroads occur 1t can always
be traced to the fact that
| FREIGHT TRAINS ARE IN THE WAY.
line devoted exclusively to this tra1lc is safe
and sure to bring trains through on time. The new
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coal fields, Danville, Mauch Chunk, Delaware
Water Gap; and by deviation avoid the New Jer-
Further than this Commodore Dodge and Mr..
Abbott have designed an air line to the Mississippi,
city s to be reached by branch road, charters
and capital OF which are already assured.
i, therefore oil these projects are carried into
Central in particuar-act little more liberal to-
| ward New York dealers and not make such large
CONCESSIONS TO EASTERN TRAFFIC,
we need feel no apprehension for our trade, and,
y an In
Roston Monrea enS from US
We are sure OF
THE TRADE IN LIVE STOCK;
that Is ours any way, and while we have lost on
the grain trade we have maintained our position
on provisions. or the entire exports of the United
years sixty-our per cent 81 the pork eigntytwo S
per cent OF lard and eightyfour per cent OF bacon
and beef In the same proportion But with cheaper
canal TeightS we can obtain all the other, which we
| do not get under the present diversion.
| Our railroad corporations claim that an addition
OF rolling stock would tend to block up the roads
| and casualties would increase manifold, Is the
case in England, where railroad accidents averaged
| 100 per cent In ten years.
| When navigation closes at Buffalo the
FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION
are greatly diminished. To despatch ten trains OF
bWcuty'tW CdI5 udy cuCu Citl carrying tous,
amounts only to 8s GOO bushels whereas rom sixty
to 100 canal boats are loaded and despatched every
twenty-four hours during the time the canal is
open, each boat carrying 5000 bushels. thus trans
porting ten times the amount OF railroad capacity,
with only onethird Of the expenditure.
the Legislature at Its last session, we find the
traffic Of the New York Central, Erie Railway and
Erie Canal summed up as folows:-
CoMPARATIvE TONNAGE STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL
TONNAGE MOVEMENT OVER THE NEW YORK STATE
CANALS, NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD AND ERIE
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TON PER NILE ON EACH, FROM 1SG0 TO 1871 IN
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| Ntw Fork State Neu York Ceatrall
/ Cdnal Railroad Erie Rdi,trnU.