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 The following Opinions are selected from the American Press, on 'the kdvantagels ahd 
 importance ol the Great Western Railroad; also, an expression oi opinion from the most 
 prominent citizens of Bhffalo. 
 
 " Tlic line of country for the Great Western liail\vav,ls easy and ivell known. T[^e wlnteris less eeve^.tlian 
 at Albany, and what is of more importance than all the icat,' the trade in already there, far greater than is ret^ittd' to 
 make the work eminently successful. 
 
 " As the Anierican tmvej will all go by Detroit, and as that is the easterti terminia of the only Railroad likely to 
 be carried acrosB the Peninsula of Michigan ; it is obvious tliat the best communication with that City is a great de«idera- 
 tum. If a line to that point offers equal accommodatioii to the Canadian trade and tl-avel, tlien must we consider Uie :a8e 
 pretty well made out." — Jlmcrican Railway Journal, July 3. 
 
 " We observe that the Toronto Patriot in 8|)eakiiig of a terminus at Port Sarnia, says, "opposite to it, oil the 
 Western side of the St. Clair, ia 'Fort Gratiot, from whence a Railroad is about being run across the great Michigan penin- 
 sula towards Chicago." This will be news to our j>eople, ihasmuch as the Northern Railroad, (which however, could 
 hardly be isaid to have been ■|)rojected to run towards Chicago,) has been abandoned by the State years ago, and a waggon 
 road authorised to be built on the route of the propos-od Railroad, ^s it noto is, there is not even a iea^gon road west of 
 Fort Gratiot. We have not room to state tinj objections, nay, the utter folly at thc' present day of building a Railroad Irom 
 the Niagara Kiver to any point on the St. Clair River, when the Detroit River, the capital of this State, the point where 
 various Railroads already terminate, and where nine-tenths of the Western travel passes upon the line of the Central Rail- 
 road, now almost crossing the state, and upon other roads, could be reached in the same distance and by the expenditure 
 of less capital than on the proposed route to Port Sarnia. If the terminus should be made opposite this city, there would 
 be an almost uninterrupted chain from Boston lo Chicago, and the line could never be iiitierfered with by the c6rts<rnclion 
 of any other road. If the terminus should be made at Port Sarnia, our communication wiih Bufl'alo would be quicker 
 by Lake Erie than by the proposed Railroad. A glance at the map, and a moment's reflection on the natural line of travel 
 and freightraent, will exhibit to every one the relative value of the two proposed routes." — Detroit Daily Advertiser, 
 May 13. 
 
 From the Rochester Daily Democrat, May 20. 
 
 " A recent Rail Road Meeting in Hamilton, C.W., enabled us to obtain many facts and statistics connected with 
 the several Railroad projects now in agitation in thai Province, which wc have s-ought for in vain elsewhere. These facts 
 and statistics are of the greatest impoilaiice to the people on this side oftlie line, and wc deem no apology necessary for 
 the space which they occupy. 
 
 "• The people of Canada are determined to build a Railroad from Lake Ontario to the Western waters. And this 
 determination will be carried out. This is a [loints^ettled. It cannot be prevented from any action on this side, if any 
 disposition were felt to interpot-e any obstacle to the accomplis-liniciit of this settled puipote. Any person who will take 
 the trouble to draw a line on the map, from any point on Lake Ontario to any point on Lakes St. Clair or Huron, will not 
 only be convinced of the feasibility of such a work, but be astonis-hed that it lias been so long delayed. Had the peninsula 
 between these two points been within the torritoiy of the United States, a Railroad across it would have been constructed 
 years since. There is not another line on the continent at once ^o well adapted for a Railroad, and promising so abun- 
 dant a return. — The Canadians have long felt this to be true ; but it is only recendy that they have been fully aroused to 
 its importance ; or so aroused as to determine upon action." 
 
 " The following particulars will doubtless interest many of our readers. The westernterminus will be on the 
 Detroit river opposite the city of Detroit. Thence it will pursue a north-easterly course up the valley of the Thames, 
 through the heart of Ujjper Canada, a country now densely populated and of abounding fertility, to Hamilton, where the 
 road i'orks, one branch leading oil' to Toronto, the other bearing slightly to the south ol east, until it strides the Niagara 
 river nearly oj)posite this city. The divergence from a straight line from this city to Detroit, in consequence of going to 
 Hamilton, is not as great as the angle formed at Rochester in the link of road from here to Albany, and the distance is not 
 increased by this divergence more than twenty miles. The entire length of the road will be about two hundred and forty 
 miles, and as it is praposed to build it in the most substantial manner on a wide track, with the heaviest rail, it is thought 
 
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 the time of a run from Biiflklo to Detroit will not rxrop<r ten or twelve hours at the utmost. The importance of the /oud 
 to Buffalo is obvious. It will draw to this point nn immense iiinount of Irnvel liial now «>eks the seaboard by way of 
 Oswego and Montreal, and when the New York and Erie Railroad shall he eoniplefed so that the proposed connection 
 with that work at Hornellsville can be effected, Buffalo will enjoy the advantages of being the centre of the greatest lines of 
 Railroad on this continent. Wo commend this new enterprise to the favorable ccmsideration of our citizens, and when 
 tlie time arrives for action, we trust they will be prepared to give it substantial aid." — Buffalo Com. Jldoertisei; July U. 
 
 Buffalo, 2.')th June, l^^b. 
 
 ,_ We, the undeffligned citizens of Buflalo, having met, with others, at the American Hotel, for the purpose of hear- 
 
 ing Messrs. Gii.kison and Shaw explain the views of th( Great Western Railroad Company, Canada, are, from the 
 statements made by these gentlemen, perfectly siitisfied of the practicability of the work, and of its becoming a valuable 
 addition to those Roads which now tcrniinaie here, as it will form a connecting link, by the shortest route, with the Road 
 from Detroit to St. Joseph, on Lake Michiuan. and atVord great facilities, not only to this City, but to the State of New 
 York generally, for transacting business, durinir all seasons of the year, with the Western States. And, as the Company 
 have obtained a Charter from the Government, on the most favorable terms, we can confidently recommend the underta- 
 king to capitalists and otliers, as one whicli is likely to become beneficial to our country, and productive to the Stock- 
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 [Signed.] 
 
 We cheerfully acquiesce in the above sentiments 
 : ■ '■■' 'I G. B. Rich, 
 
 Wm. A. MoSELEY, I' ' 
 
 H. J. Stow, 
 
 Oliveh Lee, 
 Thos. M. Foote, 
 H. K. Smith. 
 
 H. B. Potter, 
 Jov &. Webster, 
 B. D. Coe, 
 
 MiLi.ARU FiM.Moni;. 
 W. Wallace, C. K. 
 
 I have given some attention to the above subject, and concur entirely in the expressed opinions, except as relates 
 to the profitableness of the enterprise, about which my information is too imperfect to warrant an opinion. 
 
 [Signed.] Albert H. Tracy. 
 
 
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