Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-12

4. That goods from Boston, by the
railway, can pass through lake Ontario
and the Welland canal into lake Erie a
number Of days sooner any time of wear
than they can by the Erie canal from New
York, and with less expense.
3. Show the reciprocal exchange be-
tween millions of inhabitants in North
America IN the east and west that each
one may enjoy the comforts and blessings
OF the other by this railway communica-
tion-that fish and salt of the east ex-
change for the -four and pork of the
west, the beef and butter of the west for
the cotton and wooden manufactures of the
east, the luxuries Of Europe and the In
dies for the skins and furs Of the west
g. The merchants from Ohio and other
western states can pass with their goods
through the lakes and by this railway to
Boston and back. twice, in less time than
they can 60 down the river to New-Or-
leans and back once, and with less than
half the expense
7. Show that in trans porting from Ohio
Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois
and Wisconsin, down the river through
the warm climate to New-Orleaus, the
flour sours, the beefspoils, the pork taints
and the butter and lard mets, when in
transporting easterly through lake Onta-
RIO and this railway, it all would be car
ried to Boston in safety.
8. That the great lake Ontario lies so
deep in the earth that it does not freeze
over In the winter-the surface of whic h
IS only. 23l feet above the level of the
ocean, and its bottom more than $50 feet
below the oceans surface-and by a COW
cred railway from its outlet al Ogdens-
6urgh to Boston, goods can pass from
Boston into that lake throughout the wear
y. That less money than it cost to
build the Erie canal will build a covered
railway the whole distance and that the
chimney of the steam-car can be easily
altered or amended so as to prevent any
danger to the covering from the fire ne
cessary to move the engine.
10. That the distance by the railway
from Boston to Ogdensburgh is less by
twenty miles than from Albany to Buff
talo by the Erie canal. The whole dis.
lance of the Erie canal is 363 miles.
~. That less than three millions will
build the whole railway, and the income
OF 1t three years will cover it the whole
distance.
IL. That by a covered railway, from
Boston to Ogdensburgh, Boston secures
the trade Of that great open lake through
the winter, while the Hudson river, the
Erie canal and the river St. Lawrence
are all frozen over and asleep under their
winter blanket
ID. That in transporting the railway
cars across lake Champlain ip the winter,
on the Ice, when the steamboat cannot
run. horse power will we'll answer the
purpose, or by steamboats,, with ice-cut-
tiers, an open channel may be kept thro'
the ice-the distance being only about
ten miles.
a. That the cattle of thousands of
hills and the -four, pork and butter of
millions OF farmers, can be transported
from the great west TO the ocean by this
railway, better than by any other COM
munlcatlon possible, at present known to
man.
Is. And lastly, to convince all of the
TACT: show thetwo great ranges of noun
talns or highlands extending, from north
to south, through Eew-England, from the
Canada line to the ocean, and Connecticut
river running the whole distance between.
all parting the great western lakes from
the eastern ocean. Then show the two
great gul phs that nature has been dig
glng out for thousands of years across
these mountain ranges leaving a deep
valley in each range, to be improved bv
the industry Of man, thousands of feet be-
low the great mountain range; the one is
where Bakers river runs through the
White mountain range in the town of
Rumney, N. H., between Stinson's noun
tain and Cardigan mountain the other is
where the Onion river runs through the
Green Mountain range in Vermont.
about fourteen miles below Montpelier,
between Mansfield mountain and Cancels
Rump. And if any then, do not believe
what nature has done towards the accom-
plIshment Of this enterprise, let them SET
IN these gulphs the marks of the water.
talls made by these rivers on the lodges in
the sides oil. the mountains, hundreds of
feet above their present beds, where each
river now passes gently through its sep
arate range, and with a slow current, at
the depth Of the base of the mountains on
each side-Baker's river running in
southeasterly direction through the White
mountain range, and Onion river runnino
in a northwesteriy direction through the
Green Mountain MATCHMAKING an open.
ing through both for a communication
either for canal or railroad to pass from
the Great American Mediterranean of the
west TO the Atlantic ocean of the east
Those who will not believe in the COM
Pletlng OF the railroad, after seeing all
TINS, must be left in their unboIief maze