Page "Auburn and Rochester Railroad" Paragraph 15

The following estimates are made for grading and masonry for a double track -- the first track to be laid immediately, the second track as soon after as requisite.

Considering this as one of the links in the great chain of Western Railroads, from Boston to Buffalo and the " far West ," the estimates are made on a scale of corresponding character and magnitude to accommodate the business of this great and increasing thoroughfare ; and nothing short of a double track will, in my opinion, be adequate for any great period.

This is indicated by the fact, that the travel on the Utica and Schenectady Railroad, ( which forms another link in this same chain ) already requires the second track, to do the business of carrying passengers only ; and the fact, that the Tonawanda Railroad, ( from Rochester to Batavia ) with its present accommodations, having only a single track, is inadequate to the business, although trains of cars run day and night.