THE GREAT AMERICAN RAILWAY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 186, 10 August 1869, Page 3

THE GREAT AMERICAN RAILWAY.

■,s'';^pjp^ning£ttla& Atlantic and Pacific Eaijfway fwiich has; now been completed ■ may be .expected;; to illustrate by an ex-r periment:; on the .largest ! scale the : com--peting; powers of rail and water com- . inuiiicatioDfcrtv very -long" distances/ .■"So. far ate experience, .has yet^gpne wate? ;«an * , beatr tne,' ! ; railway (i ;for.; «terj thing' except jnail and' passepgjer .-traffic, ,though.-oih regard to pass?bgers the' exception 1 'is; : tfot complete-Hfche ; cheapness ;of; water coramunicattob^'^isbmp'ensating'.,',' largely .the comparative slowness $>£ the travelling. : It seems to be doubtful whether th6 : Atlantic and the Pacific line will not 8n account of its enormous length afford |naax|mßm ~«f disadvantage to k- passengers,. 1 and thus favor ' existing routes' by^s&a with a short lan d passage; ; The distance is given as 3305 miles/^andJHhe time of the 'Continuous journeys Six days 17| hours^which'is probably a longer strain than the s hfin^aS^ constitution; can •stand . , The railway j.p^rney from New York to San Francisco may: be, beyond the capacity 'of the; larger majority of men and ; women, unless with breaks/ which, liowever, will 1 greatly lengthen the time ' and diminish the special value of the railway. , But apart from this difficulty, the expense will- be a great drawback in •competition with the sea^r6utesr ; [Emigrants, it is stated, !can now travel from New York to California by the isthmus for £10, and the charge: contemplated by the railway is approximately estimated at .be-reduced- after. tJuiy, next to i) 23. Asthis is 1J of a penny per mile, a lower'Va'te v be- possible t'bui ;the ; •experfkVof the 1 is'tlimus route may also be reduced, so jthat; the; relative proportion. wiHj be: preserved. The railway is certain enough to be. of immense service,, but, ;ity > seems hardly possible =that it' will ever, get more)' than; r a of. the New York and San Francisco passenger traffic. Thiese, difficulties^ wilFf. pjplj ' vstfth greater" force to the coinpetitlbn" of tife- line for through traffic betwee%Europe and China. -• Where the time is equal, or nearly so/ the prospect of. the long arid expensive railway journey will keep travellers away, and/ this prospect ;will. be, a great obstacle to; the:, use. bi the line even where the advantage of time is considerable. Real '-.; ojk [inAG-mAJRY' ?r— -Another moa 1: said to have put in aii appearance in the Uuahine raniges in the North Island, ais the following extract from a gentleman in Eangitikei to a friendV in J Wellington asserts:—" I suppose! j*ou ; -bave" seen the"' 1 account of the mpa paying been ; found \ alive in the Ruahine Ranges*. I believe it to be "true. It was first seen by ti party of <xermansiwLo.;hav.e > been ' prospecting ' for gold, sand, subsequently by: a 'person named Sutherland, fwbbil'thmk may be relicd \on. He says' he ;has%een it several times, and thatiiCisi^p^feet , high,* ' - I-wish Ij had , it '■■, in theJEgyptian Hall." . Don't you wish '.. you-may-get-iti- -Such -is the story p-our " readers may believe as much of it as they •choose. For. pur, selves,- we must , confess that sinee _tbe : failure of Mr. Swainson to entice the Taniwha in r Otaki Lake to. swallow his~ho"6k" baited with sheep, we have to a great Fextent- lost faith in the existence ot live monstets in New Zealand v —-Mvening ■Post.' ' * -"■■;'.,'■ ■._■'- '-' / ■"■' ';' - ;( The " Peripatetic Philosopher., writing - in the AusiraUaii^&js^—^Tyvo^ frieDds.. of mine made a -Mndsome; income out of slaving, TJie^ were . broj^s, and/ tolerably alik^H^ Thomas va'igne/brdaze^^nd sold -bimc to a planted '' ;; Thoma^ ! es6a^e^^omes' to' ibwn, : painis : : 'tim!; ; tb Mother planter. John Twashesihimself, and walks out in fthejmorjjitogoa' ffeeJifiaiil' -They are now ; hig llly%^s'!se^t'able>fipe6pie; and^bwn : • : ;/" : " . :'; T^&J^i|Af^piselie;y^ £ «,#ftgreat success wl^ieh has attended' th'e^cent ■ Tißii^olf liP^ihce ; Jreland at : a, :^ini^wlie^^^^w^ f Vrl§:ri& miserabTeucountry/^^^ has suggested to,, thfi;* Goyernnien tA&ela^ ;ung;iihe_; following ' 'UKe; : 'Jc^^eE^er^e : |^^6wn' : :~ ; r^ : ;|^^'jßeß<*ic^^ew 0J& rE^ra^trtoJiil ■ be^ n^a^ef^^iniroduce" ;her %y,al^ Maoci :;>^ief^hWill|:^^[uesi^ :§^jpc^frt^^ sl^y^High^s^Uiib^^ge^ J ?jEnnce;*lChnßtiancof £- ben 1 eswij£Hplst,ein& HiiSiiiiilMiiiisiisi