Sex.yorh and Erie Railroad.
{"character_count": 3084, "word_count": 547, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9710000157356262], "ccnet_perplexity": [977.7000122070312], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
For two years past t. New ork and Ere
Railroad has afforded US -leap and daily CON-
munication with the Counties of Rockland and
Orange, which have furnished us a constant sup
ply Of milk of the purest and richest quality, at
price one.thrd less than was paid for that article
before the opening of the road. During the winter
months, and early in the spring, these counties
have also supplied us with fresh pork, veal, veni
son, poultry, sc, in such quantities as to diminish
very materially their cost.


Such being the beneficial results of road only
SO miles nlength. what may we not naturally e1-
pect will be the effect upon the markets of this
city, when the road shall traverse the whole length
OF our State passing through section OF It which
as grazing country is unequalled in productive
ness, and which will be able TO furnish US with
daily supplies of the necessaries of life equal TO
the whole consumption of our City


There is no Northern City upon the sea-board
the markets of which poorly supplied and
wherein the prices are higher than in our own
Millions Of dollars are paid annually by all classes
Of our citizens which might be saved by the judi
cious investment Of a sum which would be moth
ing in propo. Ion to our population and means.
The only method Of lessening our expenses of lv-
ing is to obtain additional supplies from pastures,
farm-yards, and dairics Of that Southern section
of our State which is now inaccessible; and yet
with such a conviction staring us in the face,
scarcely any interest is evinced in the only pro-
ject that can remedy the evil-the completion of
the New.York and Erie Railroad.


The construction of the road from Albany 10
Boston has cut off from US a large quantity of
our supplies.


Three Counties alone lying Immediately north
of Albany, before that road was built, sent us
yearly from 90 to 10000 barrels of pork. During
the last year we received from the same source
only 900 barrels. That which would have sup
piled the remainder was sent to Boston either
alive or fresh killed Such a diversion Of our
former supplies affects injuriously not only our
retail market but also our packers, our coopers
and all other interests connected with the prov-
sion business.


Ifthe NcwYorl1 and Eric Railroad extended





State, the beneficial effects Of such an extension
would be visible at once our markets would then
groan with the products of Counties which are
now of no benefit 10 US from the want of commu-
nication with them.


Itis to be hoped that the Directors of this Rail
road Company will soon be prepared with their
subscription lists. We wish to see the question
as to the construction of this work put to the test
without farther delay. In comparison with the
benefits that must arise from it, its cost is no
consideration whatever. We say then let the
books he opened at once. We doubt not that
sufficient amounts can be realized from private
subscriptions and by the use Of portion or the
whole of the bonds-the issue of .rhch was au-
thorized by the Legislature at its last sessionto
finish the entire road.