, 1882-10-20

L HE ueSlFe 10 shorten tne tllne OF
passage between the United States
and Europe has given rise to scheme
for furnishing continuous railroad
transportation from all parts of Amer
lea to some point on the eastern coast
of Newfoundland, and steamship
transportation from the western coast
of Ireland, distance of only 1,G40
miles, 1t is claimed by its advocates
that this method of transportation
will reduce by at least two days, and
possibly four days, the travelling time
between New York and London. The
scheme has been quietly advanced for
some time by DR.. Norvin Green of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
his son and A. L. Blockman, until
recently general manager of the New
foundland Railway Company. Early
last month company was organized
in New York for putting the plan
into execution, with DR.. Norvin
Green as president, and Mr.. Block
man as yice-president. The name of
the corporation is the Great American
and European Short Line Railroad
Company. Charters have been OBJ
tanned from the Dominion govern
ment and the governments of Nova
Scotia and Newfoundland, and work
has been commenced on what is called
the Oxford division of the road-a
stretch of seventy miles in Nova SEQ
tia, from Oxford to New Glasgow.
The idea of this line was derived from
similar line that has long been in
successful operation in England.
That line crosses England by rail
from London to the island of Angle
sey, and connects by steamer across
st. Georges Channel with a railroad
from Dublin to Queenstown, where
connection is made with the transat-
lantic steamship which sailed from
Liverpool some ten hours before the
train left London. The Great Amer
ican and European Short Line will
run by existing railroads from New
York by way of Boston, Bangor and
st John, New Brunswick, to Oxford,
Nova Scotia, where the section al
ready spoken of is building, thence
to New Glasgow, and from there by
the Halifax and Cape Breton railroad
to the Strait of Canso. From this
point the line will extend to Cape
North, 120 miles distant; across the
Narrows of the Gulf OF st. Lawrence,
Sc miles, by steamer, and then across
Newfoundland. 320 miles, by rail
The Strait of Canso will be crossed
by bridge, and that, as well as the
road to Cape North and the road
across Newfoundland is yet to be
built. Passengers will be conveyed
without change of cars to the port
ON the eastern coast of Newfound-
land, and will there take steamship
for Ireland. The terminus in Ireland
will be near the port of Galway, and
from that place to London there is a
continuous line of railway, connect
ing by steamer across st. Georges
Channel, to London, already in opera
ton. 1t is part of the company's
plan to run daily line of fast steam
ships both ways between Newfound-
land and Ireland, and thereby it
expects to get the contract for carry
ing the United States mail. The ad
vocates of the plan claim many ad
vantages for it, chief among which is
the avoidance of the danger of navi.
CATION along the coast from New
foundland to New York. They also
claim that they will have an almost
air line from Chicago to Newfound-
land, by which twelve hours will be
saved from that point, and great
stress is laid on the beauties of the
scenery along the line in Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland. Work OIL the
Newfoundland division will not, it is
said, be commenced before next year,
and it is expected that the entire line