78 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. 



regularity. No railroad in the country is so well 

 managed as ours, and no trip could be pleasanter. 

 You have a half hour on the ferry-boat, and almost 

 twenty minutes in the cars, just a delightful variety 

 and absolute safety. Why, they have never killed a 

 passenger since the track was laid.&quot; 



This was certainly satisfactory information, and I 

 had to regret that the necessity of repairing this ad 

 mirable road compelled its intelligent and exempla 

 ry managers to reduce the number of trains consid 

 erably the very day I commenced building. But it 

 was certainly time the repairs were made, as a train 

 had just broken through a bridge, and commenced 

 the customary business of killing passengers ; and 

 the entire pile-work, which constitutes one half the 

 track, was discovered to be utterly rotted out. I 

 was not sorry the repairs were commenced, although 

 I was sadly inconvenienced, as the speed and regu 

 larity had apparently both decayed with the wood 

 work. 



Compared with other places, the superior accessi 

 bility of Flushing was apparent. The delay would 

 be temporary, and for good purpose ; whereas, if you 

 wish to live on the North River, it is an even chance 

 that you are dumped into the water every day or 

 two ; if you travel by the Long Island road, you must 



