The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-24

Gsspe Bay 70 Neville Tcndonderryj, 1851
MoNiiie To- LONDON, rail- and steamboat hours
The rst voyage Of the new inman liner .I the
City OF Chester; is deemed remarkable; yet sne
occupied over ten days from the Mersey to Staten
Island. The Prussian, sailing from Liverpool on
the same afternoon with the lnman steamer at
half hours hours before the City Of Chester touched
Quarantine, In New York Harbor-equal to the
railroad time between Boston and the Mississippi.
as the new craft. Doubtless the City Of Chester
could make the run from Liverpool 70 Gaspe
q very little Improvement in the capacity for
speed over that which is already attained to
shorten the tune between the continents. hut no
SURVEYS have as yet been made for the purpose OF
locating railway across Newfoundland, and 1t is
feared that the country IL not favorable to the
economical construction Of line. Some estimate
that the cost would exceed 500 900 per mle-a rate
bark SO that if the work Is to be done At all the
imperial or Dominion government will have to
undertake il. The Intercolonial Railways British
track follows the line Of the southern shore OF the
st. lawrence -, towards the gull and bends south.
TO Halifax and Pctou. Through branch roads this
line renders the problem OF rapid transit to Europe
spective OF the St. Johns and vslentia proposition
To the objection that the summer route or routes
paS tse G are
closed Tor five out Of the twelve months, and yet
they have proved about the best paying invest
ments the States ever made. The estimates Tor
passenger traf1ic claim that 1000 would be the
movement each way during the season, which
would insure for daily line OF steamers 200 pas
sengers for each trip throughout the seven months
To be properly beneficial to the travelling commu-
Enthusiastically the Intercourse between the United
States, Canada and Europe would be increased
with q reduced exposure TO the storms and fogs OF
the Atlantic. and the reduction expected will be
E BET s NEW New YORK and 70
In pressing this matter upon the attention OF
those VINO al are 70 eR render the idea
cover, in connection with the British Pacific Rail-
way ts loosening grasp on the trade OF the East.
There must have been Q serious diversion OF that
trade from former highways BY the opening Of the
seen 30 much haste to insure the construction OF a
line north Of Lake Superior to the coast OF British
| Columbia. II was upon the expectation Of being
soon able to control the shortest line between
| Sir Hugh Allan founded his hopes OF getting his
| last scheme noated by the capitalists AT home
but n the Canadian Pacific road is built
needs to be % sSs with
possible sns rssS rom the American SIDE q sss
| fence. AS the United states depend on English
to do the man. and
not be much further Inundated by an invitation to
| reach the steamships by Canadian railroads.
There will be at least this comforting rejection,
Of travellers on this side Of the pond.
| The commercial supremacy OF the port Of New
| York will remain unimpaired In any event, for
| however available the Summer line or lines may
prove for tourists or business men, the tide OF I'm
migration and the merchandise Of TWO continents
| will continue to now into and out OF the magnin
cont ever open boy OF the Empire City.