LOCOMOTION BY RIVER AND RAILWAY. 



Not content with this fine line of communication to the Western 

 Lakes, the commercial interests of New York have projected, 

 and in part constructed, a more direct route from New York to 

 Buffalo, independent of the Hudson. 



The disadvantage of this river as a sole means of communica- 

 tion is, that, during a certain portion of the winter, all traffic 

 upon it is suspended by frost. In this case, the line of railway 

 communicating already from Bridgeport and Newhaven to Albany 

 has been resorted to by travellers. However, it may be regarded 

 as certain, that the intermediate traffic of the State of New York 

 along the direct line of railway now in progress from that city to 

 Buffalo, will very speedily be sufficient for the support of an inde- 

 pendent line of railway. 



The immediate environs of New York are served by several 

 short railways, as is usual indeed in all great capitals where the 

 railway system of transport prevails. 



The line connecting that city with Haarlem is analogous in 

 many respects to the Greenwich and Blackwall lines at London, 

 and the Versailles and St. Germain lines at Paris. It is supported 

 by a like description of traffic. The New York line, however, has 

 this peculiarity, that it is conducted through the streets of the 

 capital upon their natural level, without either cutting, tunnel, or 

 embankment. The carriages, on entering the town, are drawn by 

 horses, four horses being allowed to each coach ; each coach car- 

 rying from sixty to eighty persons, and being constructed like the 

 railway coaches in general in the United States. 



The rails along the streets are laid down in a manner similar to 

 that which is customary at places where lines of railway in 

 England cross turnpike roads on a level. The surface of the 

 rail is flush with the pavement, and a cavity is left for the flange 

 to sink in. 



Other short railways, from New York to Paterson, Morristown, 

 and Somerville, require no particular note. 



11. The great line of railway already described, from Boston to 

 New York, is continued southwards from that capital to Phila- 

 delphia. There are here two rival lines ; one of which, commenc- 

 ing from Jersey city on the Hudson, opposite the southern part of 

 New York, is carried' to Bordentown, on the left bank of the 

 Delaware, whence the traffic is carried by steamboats a few miles 

 further to Philadelphia. The rival line commences from South 

 Amboy in New Jersey, to which the traffic is brought from New 

 York by steamers plying on the Rariton river, which separates 

 New Jersey from Staten Island. From Amboy, the railway is 

 continued to Camden, on the left bank of the Delaware, opposite 

 Philadelphia. 

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