As one item we may mention that three hundred tons of ore are daily brought from the Tilly Foster mine and other mines along the road, and coal is brought direct from the mines of Pennsylvania to the central portions of Westchester County without change of cars. Under Mr. Gannon's careful management the direction of trains has been so perfect that no accident from collision has occurred since the road commenced running, while the rapid increase of business both in freight and passenger traffic must continue to increase to an indefinite extent.

The value of the.«e facilities for communication with the city, and of the towns and villages with each other, which these one hundred miles at least of rail coaching in the county affords can scarcely be estimated whether we look to the addition of inhabitants or the increase in the value of real estate. This has indeed been attended by a great reduction in the amount of its agricultural productions. Taking the average of crops of the whole county the yield is found to be about two-fifths less than that of forty years ago -- before this immigration. The following table will present to the eye the steady decrease which has taken place in this direction since the opening out of this region as a place of residence for business men :

1839. 1»54. 1874. 1879.

Wheat . . . 35,267 3.'j,248 24,426 22,698

Kye 99,574 51,404 57.0J9 55,130

Oats 449,090 204,759 173,894 238,509

Corn 318,028 402,2381^ 323,076 377,357