The Sisterhood Of Reforms

The very heavy rail, combined with stone sleepers and iron and stone bridges gives the English railways decided ad vnntages over those in the United States From the durable manner in which the; are constructed in Great Britain, the en gineer feels assured that the road is in per fect order. This assurance enables hin ' to test the full power of the locomotive Here, except on a few routes like th 1 Long Island, the engineer is in constan . apprehension lest he may be going to fastfor safety, arising from the r.onditioi of the road. 1 In a few years, these dcfects will b remedied. Under the present activity il r production, iron will come down toa rea sonable price. This is inevitable fron the abundance of the ore, the cheapnes . of fuel, and the number of furnaces no erecting. Then the rails will be ver s heavy, with a road bed to correspond, an the rate of speed will be such as wil 1 manifest that the American bas even irr proved on the very remarkable speed c the English railway. WhentheErie railway Is completec which will probably be in the season o 1848, competition will compel a high rat ' of speed on the Albany nd Buflalü rail ' way. For the quickest as well as th eheapest route will then be taken by th 1 Western traveller. The grade of th ! . P_ Li I I', i n 1 1 1 i