time, is the " Western" Railroad, as it is called,
extending from Boston to Albany, a distance of two
hundred miles. This line, also, is formed by the con-
solidation of four short roads, namely, first, the Boston
and "Worcester road, forty-four miles long; second,
the Worcester and Springfield road, fifty-four miles
long; third, the Springfield and Pittsfield road, fifty-
three miles long ; and fourth, the Pittsfield and Hud-
son River road, seventy-five miles long, and termi-
nating at Albany. This line runs across the whole
length of the State of Massachusetts, and is exclusively
a Massachusetts road. It was built mainly by Massa-
chusetts capital; and Massachusetts men are justly
entitled to the credit of the enterprise. The object
of the consolidation of -the four roads was to form a
connection with the New York Central road; and in
this it has been remarkably successful. Passengers
from Chicago to Boston find in the great depot of the
Illinois Central Railroad at Chicago, a train of cars
made up, with this sign alongside: "These cars for
Boston." Once in these cars, they are all right. They
are whirled along on the Michigan Central road to
Detroit; thence, on the Great Western Railroad of
Canada, to Niagara Falls ; thence, after crossing the
Suspension Bridge, on the New York Central road,
through Rochester, Canandaigua, and • Syracuse, to
Albany ; and thence, crossing the Hudson River, on
the ^Western Railroad- of Massachusetts, to Boston.
