St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Letter From New York.
NEW YORK, Nav -. $50.

NEW DIRK. May -. 1870.
Dear CdIedoni0n Il WAS some hat
surprised i'll not seeing Il greater advance
from your place: but for the first two
hundred miles there Was little if ANY
difference III vegetation. Possibly the
willows were Il little more teathcry. and
the applc-trce buds Il little larger but
the change WAS scarcely perceptible I'M
til after | reached the Connecticut line.
Northern Nermont is not the only place
where the spring has been backward.
Reaching New York city. found :;
marked change in the weather. 1t is
SUNNY and summary and dry. Unlike
NuuI place. very little rain has fallen
chosen tur comfort. and straw hats and
linen clothes are in order.
THE ROUTE To NEW YORK.
came Il new route. To me and i'll
SOME respects it has advantages oven ali
otIiels which havctIied. AT BrattlcDoro
| took the New London Northern road.
Reaching that city ut 10 Z. NJ, | Went
aboard one of the elegant steamers
which ply between these two cities. and
after Il good night rest. awokc in New
\ oIk. the boat being due here 1T : \. VI.
1t Is cheaper and every way preferable
To the all-l;iIl route: 80 many think
RAPID TRANSIT.
The problem which has puzzled New
Workers these Years has been now To get
through this great metropolis rapidly
1t takes nearly Il couple OF hour> to 90
from the Battery t" the upper part OF
the city i.N stage. The h"l>o-c;ll> are
rather more speedy. but they al, alto
grtler too SLOW fer the tlrony> of bust
hess men who live three. four and five
miles from cit! Hall. ndrr the most
favorable circumstances there are many
stops and delays. and at certain times
in the day these delays are very uumcr-
Gus and Ne\atiuus. Time is too pre-
cious Ia he thus wasted.
THE ELEVATED RAILWAY.
Some yeals ago Il charter WAS pro
cured from the Legislature to ruu Il
passenger railway above the sidewalks.
through certain streets in the city. from
one end of the town To the other. MI.
Charles I. Harvey, the superintendent
of the construction of the Lake SUPERB
many of these readers. WAS intimately
connected with this enterprise. y road
WAS constructed 10y placing at certain
intervals along in the sidewalk. Il single
row of heavy iron posts with arms like
the letter L. On the arms of these pill
lars. stringers ale placed. ties are laid
and the rails put down. like any other
railway. with this exception there is Il
heavy wooden guard inside the rail the
entire length of the road. some two
inches higher than the rail. The tlange
of the ear wheels runs between the rails
and this guard.
The cars are something like horse
cars in style. though more elegant and
about twice as long They will seat
forty adults comfortably. At first they
were run 10y stationary engines beneath
the sidewalk. by means of an endless
chain. For some reason this did not
work. An accident by which one ear
was thrown from the track. falling into
the street. shook up the passengers Sc
verely. as well as the confidence of the
public i'll the enterprise. Add to this
the clamor of certain classes against il
for it must he borne in mind that this
track. running right before the second
story windows of the houses for three
or -four miles. was strongly protested
against by real estate owners and ten
ants: also that Il train of ears passing
rapidly along. fourteen feet above the
street was a terror to horses. and there
fore dangerous to people III the streets
and perhaps ii is not strange that ele-
waited railway stock was quoted low
down. In fact it might be set down us
a failure.
After little. by some means. know
not what. the property fell into Other
/ hands Instead of running by AN endless
4 chain, dummy" is used as motive
power and to-day the Elevated Rail
way seems to be a success. say seem,
to he. for believe some unforeseen ac.
cident might even now SO shake til,
confidence of the travelling public as t,
ruin the enterprise.
have just passed over this road
One goes into IA station and up high
OF stairs. entering these cars like any
others. The seats are lengthwise. Their,
are flag stations about every half mile
where each train stops to take ant
leave passengers. The train has it
conductor and brakemen. The engiu