, 1879-03-25
ELL PERKINS.
1susy TintrA Hn tho Enw Ynrk Ccntrat-Av-
ful A1isrry In England.

fsusy Times oti tho frw York Ccntrat-Av.
full A1i~Ery In England.
itt'o rnrk letter tn Cincinnati Enquirer.
It IL Il hard thing 10 lind out Just what tho
New York Central Is doing. few years ngo Il
used to he bsny story when Commodore Van.
tlcsh!lt talked about having clghty-thruo tsans,
tiuy. Yesterday talked with tho Train D..
patchcr, who keeps Ills eye un la5 trims passing
dulIy between Ncw York nt1l Buffalo.
"liuw ,nany trains day mass eivcn pont On
the Central nowatauysl" was tic 'iss. question,
Yesterday" he sat!, Twas TN average tlay
on the Central, afml il,ero passed over tic road
ut Utica, al average station, tifty-threr tratus
cast an sIxsy'scyen trans west, counting double.
lcaders."
"What Is 1oublc-healeri"
VA tloublc-hcallcr Is Il train With tno engines,
II double train. 80 yesterday there really
passed over tic New York Central Ito
tratts. Last Sunday VIC hail 1a9 trains to look
nfter, bit Sunday ID always q big day, On that
lay every engine and every car on tho road /.
"'Ilow many cars will tl'c freight trains NJ.
"1hc tluuhc-hcailcrs t1raw seventy cnrs and
the single cn.lllcs lsnw forty.tsYe cars, Tho
freight trims average tHty-seyao cars"
x,,a "Ifnm d.a. yya l5aw about 'N ours over tho
"Yes, Iron. 5000 to e,ooo freight cars. III.
ours constantly rnhn1ng OH thu Central, II gath
cred IntU one tram, would he furty mics lang,
THEY garry loo,ooo'oo pounds Of freight daily,
"Arc they MI loadcd7"
"So; II guou tnany stock and grain cars 20
west empt5. ilowuvcr, tllcy try to I'LL them
With goal anu Mcrrhnn1isc.
&c, "cou!A u a. t,s Il, ccntral do Its business On tro
"No. II would be impossible to do the busl.
ness on two Trucks. -Four trucks aro an abso.
lut1 necessity uow.h
l'e Eric aso has alt the business It can do.
frp,n Cllscago. but the great roads make Il in
BY drawing ture Of It. | suppose sixty largo
freight truths paas over the Erie daily / learn
Officially tint l5l trallls 20 through tho i}rtgen
Tunnel every day. or train cyurY three min
utcs.
TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS WEEK IN
ENGLAND.
=, Mr. Ihlirstonc, d son Of William Thutstonc,
tie Secretary OF The Buffalo Boar1 OF Trade,
arrived from Englalnl yesterday With his bride,
blooming English gsrl. lie repurts awful''
ttItlcs illere ht'ulsE the poor.
"a gopd farn, laDogcr," llo says, "can casn
only 3@50 weuk, and out OF this Ao has to lar
houen ~ rent a1'1 support Il fan,tly,n
"What cau he feed his faln'lyoa1 ~ inquired.
"Ol, they cut American cheese, coarse brcad,
very llttiu A,nerlcan bauon {oncc a dar),
turrips, And nlnrgcl wurzcis, Il vegetable like =
bcet, formerly fed TO horses.h
"Wlat do tile (arilIrr5 taisei ~ asked.
"Thcy lI1ve stopped raising whcat. They can't
ratao wheat ahd compete With American wheat,
which Is Hut tuw'l III Liverpool ut $t.l0 prr
pushel. Ihcy cart ratse bacon And compete
with American bacon, and they can't raise
clIeeke."
";lllcn what do they ralscf"
Well, they c,In raiso coarse, bulky vegetables
like bccts, carrots. a,d cabbagcs Filings which
caunot bo transported acruss the ocean, anil
T!cfs do not tun,o f1l competition with tho
American concentrated food. Then they mako
tlflc slIeesc. worth Ii cents per pound, and tuo
butter, worth Us cents. Pork and wheat, tho
Two staples. cannot bo prolltnbly rnlscd now hy
tltu English farmer. And II tho Americans 10
to making Hue cream cheese md sending il 10
1,laking tl1at article The fact Is, with frelghts
70 cents per hundred frum Chicago tu L}ycrnnni
thu English fnrnaer Will be rltflel They ra,Inot
laEln on their latlds, worth from S2O0 to *30 pcr
aerr, aud conlpoto with The Western Turner.
wllose land ts worth from $lU tu $50 per urrc.n
10 thy prnplc SEQ anything aeatti''
NJ. Tllcr only lnpe is tu en,Erato to Amer.
lca. Alirrscn IL rulnns Englnnu. Nov, take
tti9 question Of straw. lt,e farmers STONED
raising wheat. This cut of the straw supply
alll now tlerc Ia strAw famine thcsu, and cum.
pressed stfaw nll lay arc actually being otpped
from tllu Continent. Everything cunning from
Ait'crica Is cheap American oysters a,e
cheaper than English oysters.n
'Dl1 You SEQ Atnorsc,ln beef there ~
Yes, everywhere. 1t is common fokc for
an Euglishluan tU sny:
"'Ihis is sumc Of our best Eugltsl, beef, sir
from ltltnuis,' Al,l 11ow 10 YOU ike our ropd
ol4 Irish bucUn-fr1m EI1lclnuuttf''