Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-20

anal or railroad, by the Central New York l ystem via the Mohawk Valley and down to 1dewater keeps it's frmness to the end of the European voyage.
 ROUTES COMPARED.
 In order to illustrate further on this sub ect turn to the map and imagine, for ln- stance, commercial trip from Omaha by rail, or Duluth by water (we will call those points centers of the great granaries of the West), thence down the Mississippi to New l Orleans, thence back by water almost to New York. or Long Island, and thence to Europe, and take into consideration the dangers of ! at Florida Keys, danger from dis ease in southern ports and the danger to the cargo from dampness. &c &c.
 Then take into consideration the advantage of the low elevation ot the New York Central system running through the valley crossing l the State of New York, which seems as If | made purpose by nature for canal and l railroad transportation-if the grain is to l
 Consider also the heavy haul over the Ale ! ghanies and Blue Ridge if the grain is to l come to a more southern port than New | York for transportation abroad |
 Take these routes and then observe the ad- | vantage of trip via Long Island Sound from l Port Morris
 TIME INTERPRETATION AT SANDY HOOK. 4
 Now another point comes in. See the advan tages of time saved by the Long Island Sound route. Time in this age of telegraph, tele-
  Time is money fer passengers and mails For instance, 8 ship from Europe heavily laden arrives at the bar at Sandy Hook at o'clock in the morning. The tide has been falling one hour and there is not water enough on the bar for the vessel. The ship draws too much water to pass and the wind is southeast and heavy sea on. It is not judioious for the ship to attempt to cross the bar under such circumstances on account of the heavy swell. The ship with her mails, cargo and passengers is compelled to wait five hours for falling tide and five hours more for the tide to rise before she can with safety cross the bar-making loss of ten hours-ten hours detention at the bar. The ship of course has to stop for quarantine and before she gets to her New York dock the day is nearly spent. The con sequence is that between 100 and 200 bags of mail matter are delayed, and all the passen- gers, to many of whom time is of great inn portance are delayed and the mails are also practically delayed twenty-four hours
 A TENDER OFF NEW LONDON.
 If this ship came through Long Island Sound it could be met by Q tender off the port of New London, to which the mails and passengers could be transferred for transpor tation to New York or Boston, Canada and the Great West, and the trans continental lines to the Pacific, just as ocean steamers ! transfer to tenders at Queenstown and South ampton ; and the steamer could then pro- ceed to Port Morris and discharge cargo, or E to some other point in the East river. In ! tho meantime her mails could have been sent ! to New York, Boston, Montreal, Quebec, Chi ! cago, or Baltimore or Philadelphia or San ! Francisco, according as the case might be. In i many a single case this saving of time might \ be of the greatest individual importance The ! writer was witness to detention of steam | CT at sandy Hook bar caused by the very req | son named above, where the steamer was de- aimed by an ebb tide and swash on the bar ! after a SOutheaGterly 0alo until the tide had ! risen.
 QUICK PASSAGE TO THE EAST.
 Then there is another important advantage gained by this route. Take passengers, of
 anxious to get quick passage from Europe l to the Pacific coast, or to China, Japan, | Honolulu, or Australia, or the west coast of
 South America Formerly the route was ! down the Mediterranean and Red Sea
 through the tropics. across the Indian { now find and practice) to come to America, ! take the splendid palace cars through to San Francisco, and then take ship to Aus
 traiia, China, or whatever land they are ] bound for. They much prefer to come to New York and take the route ''across the ! continent" to the Pacific coast, and thereby l escape the 'hot scald" of the tropical route l named, route beset with danger and disease l The passengers thus bound would gain by @ steamer route through the Sound which ob- 3 1 Hook bar, expediting also the trip.
 NO DELAY IN SAILING.
 ! Another point is that with the Sound route ! used by ocean steamers ships of the larg ! est tonnage can have their sailing day at ! 12 o'clock meridian and proceed direct to sea | without waiting for tides. steamer can thus make quicker trip than now. It is l we'll known that quick trips are the great de- 1 sideratunl in these days. steamer, for in
 stance can proceed to sea by the Sound route 1 to Milford Haven. Thence passengers can proceed direct by fast mail train to London, ! arriving there in five hours time after reach ing port, with no detention for tides.
 Take the Alask4's fast trip of days 1 and 1G hours. There is no reason why ships l cannot make the passage from port to port | in quicker time than that by several hours by ! the use of the Sound route, having by that ! route waiting for tides, and time is of great
 moment in these days of telegraphs, tele
 phones and immense business interests.
 COAST PROTECTION.
 That this part of the American coast will
 be utilized by future generations there can l be no doubt. No doubt there will be liberal
 appropriations for the navy yatd located at l New London account of it's strategic i'm
 portance in time of wsr, and all along the
 Long Island coast there will be Gas eminent
 United States eng ineers such as Gen. H. G.
 Wright have recommended fortifca
 tions, for anyone can see that the ports o1
 Long Island Sound would be greatly exposed l to danger in case of 8 foreign invasion Some
 complication might arise within year which ! would bring foreign invasion. Stranger
 things than that have happened and do hap pen, often in the course of history. New Haven also would be gainer by the use o
 the Sound route, for the Hoosac Tunnel and l the Canal railroad off direct avenue iron the great graL aries of the West The depth
 of water off the coast just below Savin Rock
 is ample for the largest steamers. 0. H. T. CONTINUED
 Chimes of Normand y-The Total and ths Net Receipts
 1 The closing presentation on Saturday even
 ing was the best of alI and all vera good
 The house was filled to it's utmost capacit,
 with very enthusiastic audience. Encores
 were frequent and the performers seemed tt
 carry the large audience along with them
 The gross receipts of the three nights wer,
 two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars | total expenses nine hundred dollars, leaving
 a net profit of $1 $50 to be divided between } the G. A. R. and Prof. Sherlock. And here il
 would be proper to add @ word in praise of tn.
 professor, who has for the second time
 fully demonstrated tho fact that it ii not necessary to go out of town for talent te , give frst-class entertainment To train SC
 large number of people to produce all
 opera in so acceptable manner as the | ability, and we heartily wish the professor , fortune wherever he may go in the flu
 ture. Professor s. gives the Chimes il
 Milford with New Haven and Milford talent or
 Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Il i is given there under the auspices of tn,
 Masonic fraternity. Tho members O. the New Haven cast assisting ar'
 Miss Russell and Miss Rogers, ant some members of the chorus here assist Prof. Sherlock privately entertained Com mander Waldron and other officers of tn.
 Admiral Foote Post and Major Walker ant
 other officers of Post Rankin of Brooklyn, ol Saturday evening The latter post are ne ) gotiating with Prof. Sherlock to give th , Chimes under their auspices in Brooklyn. The Court Record.
 City Court-Civil Side-Judge studIey , 1 In this court on Saturday the following
 cases were disposed of: John F. Moran theft from John Moran continued to No