Twelve Letters on the Future of New York (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This complacency was first shocked by the solid and far s'eeing men cf Boston, who determined at any cost to secure a portion of the Western trade, and the railroad from Boston to Albany was the outcome of that determination. The Cunard line of steamers, with Boston as the American terminus, was also a thorn in the flesh of this complacency, which compelled the recognition of the then appalling fact that there could be such a thing as competition; and under the influence of this spur the Hudson River Railroad was constructed, and New York was again supreme - at least for a time. But the old mood of complacency was never again so fully indulged, although to this day it prevails in a degree which has wrought some evils and threatens others.

During these halcyon days, while merchants were exclusively engaged in gathering gains, the government of the city was given over almost wholly to politicians. The former were so well content with their gains that they rarely complained, even when the latter appropriated an immoderate share of those gains.

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