Connecticut western news., 1883-10-17
THE resources of this country are yet

THE resources of this country are yet only partially developed, although when looking at a railroad map and observing the net work of railroads that exist we wonder how they can be supported. We forget that ill the far west there are millions of acres of fertile lands that are yet unoccupied and that are capable of yielding agricultural products enough to supply this country and the whole of Europe.
 A large share of this produce must be transported to the Atlantic ports for shipment to foreign countries. The amount of grain, beef, pork, lard, petro- leum, etc, etc, transported over these great iron highways is enormous and taxes their carrying capacity to the utmost
 Looking into the future and foreseeing the vast amount of produce that must find its way to the Atlantic, the problem to be solved was, how to furnish trans portation for this produce. The only solution of this problem was, build more raihoads, and capitalists are stepping to the front and furnishing the means to build them. Some idea of the amount of freight that is expected can be formed by noting the preparations which the New York, West Shore X Buffalo railroad company are making to handle this freight.
 The Scientific American of October 6 contains drawing of the New York ter minus of the West Shore road and an extended description of it. We quote a part of this description
 When planning the terminus at this end of the New York, West Shore & Buffalo railway, the officers anticipated an immense traffic in the future and provided means for its rapid and easy , handling. The location of the terminus being on the west shore of the Hudson river, just below the beginning of the high bluffs and at point not yet en- croached upon by Jersey City and Ho- boken, gave them access to an almost unlimited water front and permitted the erection of dock facilities which are unriyaled in this harbor and are free from street and other Instructions The road passes from the plains back of the river through tunnel 3,985 feet long, cut through solid trap rock and suff- ciently wide to admit of two tracks. The cuts forming the approaches to the tun. nel have a combined length of $500 feet. As the road leaves this end of the tunnel, 1t divides into branches leading to the several docks.
 To the extreme left of the drawing, o1 south, is the round house. Next to this are the ferry slips and railway passenger stations. Lines of boats will run from here to 42d street, New York city, and also to downtown point. Adjoining the ferries are the freight transfer slips, where loaded cars are run upon scows and lowed across the river to their des- tination. Steamship docks and ware houses for the loading and unloading o1 the largest ocean vessels come next Docks devoted to the local river and coast trade and to lumber form the next division. On piers and will be buil two grain elevators of great capacity ono of which Is now being erected. Two coal transfer piers come next. The loaded cars will be run upon trestlt high enough to enable them to dischargt their loads directly into vessels wins alongside. The tracks leading to thest piers, after passing from the mouth O the tunnel, make sharp turn and skir along the base of the hill, graduall, rising and finally turning again toward the river, going over the lower tracks ol bridges to the piers. To the extrem right of the drawing are shown the com pleted stock yards and abattoir.
 There are 275 acres devoted to tn terminal and 165 acres of upland suita ble for building lots. An idea of tn extent of the work may be formed fron the fact that the water front measure 6,790 feet and the front and sides of tn docks measure 30, 290 feet, or 5 74-1O miles. The terminal property IS owne by the West Shore X Ontario Termina Go, of which MT Walter Katie is chic engineer. MT F. s. Cook is engineer i chief of the typographical departmen of the N. Y., w. s. & B. R. All tn capital stock of the Terminal Go is hel in equal amounts by the West Shor and Ontario railway companies.