Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-02-21


and the whole pass thro' tho north part OF n Y
ON the great national railway TO the outlet OF
the western lakes thence thro them 10 the far
west, nr by the railway in Upper Canada, now
in contemplation, for uniting lake Ontario with
lake Huron, hro' fine fertile and level coun
try.' Thus you have the means by which you
might pass hro' in day to the shores oil lake
Huron, and by direct route across the lake
in q steamboat, you can pass TO the falls Of 81.
Marys, or TO the outlet Of lake Michigan, in a.
mother, making only about three days tfrom
Boston 10 the old fort ofMichilimucinac, where
the nows of tho declaration oil war did not reach
for nearly three months after IL was declared in
June 1912. The railway ia Uppd Canada will
be completed by that province al sure as time
exists, as II makes saving Of or 10 days sail
from Buffalo, and ten or twelve from Ogdens-
burgh, in passing the oircuitous route thro' lake
Erie TO get into lake Michigan. BY the great
improvement Of the Weland catal, round the
falls of Niogra Boston will get the trade Of lake
Erie sooner than New York can by the Erie
canal, together with four or five western states
and the far west, tapping the rivcs Ohio, Wa
bash, Illinois and the Mississippiat their heads
and opening the jugular vein OF th,ir commerce
TO flow through these great lakes TO Ogdens-
burgh, and by the national railway TO Boston.
! have thus given you historyof what has
seen done and is now doing, in lew England
! and in Canada, by those who are awake TO the
enterprise but as there are some asleep, who
would be we'll wishers if they had any belief
in the accomplishment of the Object, it may be
necessary 10 show them what maybe done, a.
greeably TO the second proposition
II. TS chow what MAY BE DoSJ it becomes
necessary TO have plan & surveyor the whole
route from Boston 10 Ogdensbugh: then
| would show
That merchantin Boston, having his goods
from Europe India on the wharf one day, can,
by this route, have them the next DAY at Ogdens-
burgh, ready to reshp on the western lakes /;
that goods cannot bo conveyed in less than
double the time from the city Of Y, as they
must have two or more shipments, or The canal
boats must be lowed through the Hudson and
lake Champan by steam boats.
9 That you can pass from Boston by this
railway TO lake chaplain at Burlington, and
thence by Montreal and Grand river to the
Northern ocean, in less time than from the city
Off Y, orany other port in the u S.
That by this railway goods from Europe
can be transported from Boston into the west
ern lakes & Upper Canada, more than month
sooner in the spring and later in the fall, than
through the gulf Of st. Lawrence and more
than a fortnight sooner in the spring and later
in the fall than by the Erie canal--on account
Of ice in the canal and in the lake at the head
OF it, aud the dangerous passage through the
| gulf Of ST Lawrence in the spring and fall.
4 That goods from Boston, by this railway,
can pass through lake Ontario y the w leland
canal into lake Erie number of days sooner
any time of year than they can by the Erie ca.
nal from New York, and with less expense.
Show the reciprocal exchange between
millions Of inhabitants ia North America in the
east and west that each one may enjoy the
comforts and blessings Of the other by this rail-
way commandments fish and salt Of the
east exchanged for the flour and pork of the
west, the beeI and bnttcr of the west for the
cotton and wooden manufactures of the east
the Injuries Of Europe and the Indias for iht
skins and furs of the far west.
6 That the merchants from Ohio and othe
western states can pass with their goods thro
the lakes and by this railway TO Boston ant
back twice, in less time than they can do dowr
the river 10 New Orleans and back once, anc
with less than half the expense.
Show that IN transporting from Ohio, Ken
lucky, Michigan, Indiana. Illinois and Wis
consin, down the river thro' the warm limat
TO New Orleans, the flour sours, the beefspols
the pork taints and the butter and lard melt
when in transporting easterly, thro' lake Onta
I rio and this railway, IL all would be carried 4
Boston in safety.
That tho great lake Ontario lies so dee
in the earth that it does not freeze over in tn
winter--the surface Of which is only 23I fee
above the level Of the ocean, and its bottom
more than $50 feet below the oceans surface
and by covered railway from its outlet at Og
densbursh 10 Boston, goods can pass from Bos
ton into that lake throughout the year.
That less money than it cost TO build III
Eric canal will build The covered railway tn
whole distances and that the chimney Of III
steam car can be easily altered or amended 6
as to prevent any danger 10 the covering fror
the fire necessary to move the engine.
10 That tho distance by the railway fror
Boston to Ocdensbnrgh is less by 90 mile
than from Albany to Buffalo by the Erie cana
The whole distance of the Eric canal is &c
miles.
II That less than three millions will bull
the whole railway and the income oil il tire
Yeas will cover it the whole distance.
, IL That by covered railway, from Bos,
, on to Ogdensburgh, Boston secures the trad
of that great open lake through the winter
while the Hudson river, the Erie canal and III
river ST Lawrence are ali frozen over & aslee
, under their winter blankets.
f I3 That in transporting the railway cars q
, cross lake Champlain in the winter on the ic,
when the steamboat cannot run, horse powt
, will well answer the purpose, or by steam
r boats with ice cutters an open channel may b
kept thro' the ce--the distance being only a
bout 10 miles.
IA That the cattle of thousands OF hills an
the -four, pork and butter Of millions of farm
ere, can be transported from the great west I
! the ocean by this railway better than BY an
other communication possible at present know
, 10 man.
, Is and lastly, 10 convince all Of the fact
, show the two great ranges OF mountains c
highlands, extending from north 10 south, hr'
p New Englend from Canada line to the ocear
4 and Connecticut river running the whole dis
4 ance between, all parting the great wester