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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
363
But
Babylonian
or
American,
the
success
was
enormous.
As
soon
as
the
public
became
familiar
with
these
elevated
roads,
and
felt
that
they
were
safe
as
well
as
swift,
the
people
swarmed
upon
them,
in
numbers
constantly
increasing,
till
now
they
carry
over
seven
hundred
thousand
passengers
a
day!
On
the
day
of
the
Columbus
celebration
(October
12th)
it
was
a
million
and
seventy-five
thousand!
Indeed,
if
we
are
not
staggered
by
numbers,
we
may
sum
up
the
whole
in
the
amazing
statement
demonstrated
by
figures,
that
since
these
roads
were
opened,
they
have
carried
over
eighteen
hundred
millions
of
passengers,
more
than
the
whole
population
of
the
globe!
Nor
should
it
be
forgotten
that,
not
only
is
the
facility
they
afford
the
greatest,
but
the
fares
the
lowest,
for,
thanks
to
Mr.
Field,
they
were
reduced
years
ago
to
five
cents
at
all
hours
and
for
the
longest
distance,
the
ten
miles
from
the
Battery
to
the
Harlem
river.
The
effect
was
immediate
in
the
appreciation
of
real
estate
in
the
city,
the
assessed
value
of
which
has
already
advanced
by
the
sum
of
five
hundred
millions
of
dollars!
The
increased
taxation
is
enough
to
pay
for
all
the
cost,
while
as
a
relief
to
the
congested
parts
of
the
city,
and
as
furnishing
a
means
for
that
easy
circulation,
which
is
as
necessary
to
a
great
city
as
a
free
circulation
of
the
blood
is
to
the
human
body,
it
is
not
too
much
to
say
that
the
construction
of
the
elevated
railroads
is
the
greatest
material
benefit
that
has
ever
been
conferred
on
the
city
of
New
York.
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