The New York herald., 1876-10-18
A SHORT ROUTE FROM EUROPE.

4 PROPOSITION TO MAKE PORT NORRIS THE
DESTINATION OF EUROPEAN sTKAMERs-m
TIE PLAN Feasible?
A number OF gentlemen mot evening at the
house OF Mr. Charles Stoughton, Of Boston
cnuc and l65th street in response 10 circular which
had been distributed among the property owners Of
Westchester county and in various parts OF the United
States, Of which the following is an extract
New YORK. Oct. IL. 1876
se.s Tus;asy evening oeiGOs, % 7.n lse q eight
solving the following problem =
woI;. great hiFSway Europe Sore. ciis.sS
San Francisco Japan and China connected by s.oAmshS
ssco.d-c would :se.m.hp in round trip from
twentyour hours rather than from ard Jersey city
the North liver thereby essening the seamshps
company Of traveller. q ten ay 100
Continent or further BY the said route day in
"cs route and ,ru more ''''A' - expenses Aea IN
fohCoud the passage ticket by such Europosn route
Fyih-Coud be Port Norris aud shipped
roase also Wheat aid sl KINDS Of Sas 20
for tho worlds be sent with s.s
turned in like ut less for great cont
srfhwil the several nations OF the earth be ming
pss nos. or wos srss; hSs
Among the gentlemen present, who discussed the
.problem" given in the circular, were Mr. James ARM
strong, the chief European buyer for A. T. Stewart
Co; Rev. Mr. Bemxn, Rev. Mr. Gibbs and Messrs
Leonard and Fitch, OF Morrisana. The meeting
entirely informal one, and the topics that were
converscd upon werc done IN such manner. IL w0
evident that nearly all the gentlemen present o
tho decided opinion that there but answer u
the Interrogotaries put IN the call.
Mr.. Armstrong said that the people OF Europe were
very dcslrOus OF asccrtaning some means by which
the mails could be delivered TO aud from this country
within week from the time OF posting, and f the
Sound, inside course, would conduce 10 that end
ana It seemed 10 HIM that II would, II must mcot with
public favor. Tho people OF Europe worry appro.
ciatve o the saving OF time, Mr. Armstrong said, and
ift could DO proved to them that the idea OF making
Port Morris terminus Of the steamship and railway
lines was a good one sufficient capital would
be forthcoming to put tho plan into effect
He had heard ten years ago she =, .nss
sidc route would save about eight hours. He had
suffered no little Inconvenience, personally ON about
forty OCCASIONS by being detained for greater or les
period AZ the bar in the lower bay, and . rouu
through tho sound would abviate this delay. Again
the schcmc would be beneficial 10 New York by bring
ing through the CITY large amount Of freight from the
West which now ~ placed on board the steamers in
Jersey City directly from the cars. and thereby In
creasing It's reputation tho commercial centre o
tho country. Before hc loft London the las
time, Mr.: Armstrong stated, movement
which would run twenty knots hour, and which
would make practicable the desire to have the maiIs
delivered within tho week Europeans expressed .
great dca OF surprise and admiration at tho euterpss
displayed IN sending tho lightning train to San Fran
CISCO Such fca.s us that they appreciate highly Mr.
London say that he had first heard OF the lightning
train while In Russia, and asked II had rcaIy made
tho tmo tho Continent that reported This
the sort OF thing that Europeans liked, and any
thing could be done expedite tho passage OF steamers
across the Atlantic they would readily interest them.
selves In II.
The Rev. Mr.. Beman said that it would be necessary
to blow up tho reef of Block lsani nt the eastern en
trance TO tho SOUND before the inside course would
be perfectly clear whle thore three fouP
channels into the sound tho Boston boats sometimes
mad 10 go around tho outside course to got 10 New
York when very foggy and rough
Mr.. Stoughton said that the Great Eastern, the
largest vessel aost had In through the sound
and there doubt that that route was consider
ably the shorter Unless something were done TO
lesson the time of the steamers coming 10
New York II was highly probable that tho mails
would transferred the steamers sailing for Boston,
when tho for the West through the hoosaa
Tunnel and tho new Erie division, opened. Gen.
crai Newton had said that loss than $1,000 900 would
be necessary make navigablc channel through the
Harlem River and tho creek emptying into the Hud-
son. and that = very small sum for enterprise
from which large benefit was 10 be derived The
cost OF extending shc New York Central Erie Road
would DO comparatively little and there sound
argument show that the idca Of making Port Morrt
tho steamship aud railroad terminus was not feasible