Berlsshire, --Wcntern Raiiroad' &C


Correspondence of The Tribune.
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Mr. Greeley: The unprecedented dry weather 't;
continues in this region tho farmers almost despair OF cut


ing second crop of grass; the streams are very low and
MANY of the large manufactures hardly keep their wheels
os;oy The cars of the Western Railroad made their first
,o to the summit (10 miles east) Wednesday The sum
init section called is the most difficult and expensive
On tile whole route, and will probably cost some $500 O0O-
Two wears have already been spent in drilling and blasting


and another season will elapsc is completed The rock


which ,hey are working blue flint s,one-the excavation
ods about oneha mile and from 40 to 60 feet in depth


Some idea of its hardness be formed from the fact that
drill carried by horse power, which ordinarily drills 5O
se, day in lime stone, drills in this only - or ID. ltis
said to be difficult and will more than the one at
Lockport n. Y, well known The excavation has been
attended with considerable number OF serious accidents,
though nconsiderabe compared with the dangers which
the wokmen are exposed The manufacturers and wool
growers this County manifest deep interest in regard
National Bank Give US a Bank and Protective Tariff,
and then we can compete with English manufacturers Eng
land protects her manufacturing interests and why should
not ours The farmers many of the in this vicinity
almost entirely dependent on their WOOL The hill
,owns they called extensively engaged in grow
ing wool These situated among the hills and on
sides Of the Berkshire mountains where the soil hard and
cold and not rich for cultivation but admirably fitted by
ure as fruitful grazing country Here, among the rocks
woodlands and deep avnes and the sunny hill
des are immense numbers of sheep fed Formerly
Otherwise and the earnings of the farmer were but hard
ptnnce for much labor expended fruitful soil, and but
little produced in the beyond supplying the i'm
mediate necessities of man and beast Since the introduce
ion of woogrowing among ,hem it is quite otherwise ard
have heard it stated that The small of Hnsdae with
about 500 inhabitants year sold s5l 900 wot of wool
This town situated the very top of the mountains and
before the introduction of sheep exported scarcely $500
worth of any domestic productions The farmers this
have generally sed their wool manufacturing has been
is so Improbable that the dare venture TO
buy until the times have changed The prices range from
10 to so cents. 1. I.