Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-11-23
AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD
MOVEMENT NORTH.


MOVEMENT NORTH.
A convention ofdeIegates from the coun
ties OF Franklin, St. Lawrence, Clinton
and Essex. 10 this state. assembled, on the
! 9Th OF August, at Malone, Franklin county,
and unanimously resolved that the practl-
cabllty Of railroad from OGdensburg, on
The ST. Lawrence, to Lake Champlaln
was no longer matter OF doubt. 1t was
lmperousv demanded by the resources Of
that part OF the state, and their liberal con.
trlbuton to the great costly works of i'm
provement, by which other portions Of our
population have been 50 slgnaly benefited
that the state legislature ought to contrI
butte AID, and also congress, on the ground
of the Importance of this road as a military
communication with the Canada frontier,
&c. Resolutions were also passed, ap-
pointing committees TO make accurate SUR
vevs aud also to collect exact statlsllcal
| INTO rmatlO of the resources of the four
counties. LUTHER BRADIsH Esq. made
an able speech: and long and Interesting
communication on the subject was 'rans-
united by John Palmer, Esq In reference
to the cost and difficulty OF trans portation
Of munitions of war and ordnance in this
part OF the country, during our last con-
hct with Great Britain Mr.. p. states that
barrel Of flour cost twenty dollars. and
each piece of artillery some hundreds Of
doHars!
Another consideration Of great moment
is the immediate diversion INTO New York
and to New York city which such road
, could eff, CT, Of The great western and lake
| nfb oh no dior do
III. o drect to Quebec. Another Is, the
reduced prices al which bread sutfs from
the west will then be furnished to the
northern counlles, Vermont SC. ; and The
a d'minullon to one fourth. OF the freight ot
the farmers produce to markets on he ST.
Lawrence, Hudson, &c. Add to these
X the Increased value of lands IN hat quar-
ter to double their present prices, and also
the great influx Of population which will
~ pour into these northern counties to settle
y there. or who will add to the business and
: trade of the country by passing on this
n thOroughfare 10 the course of mercantile
y operations between the Atlantic and the
i Canadas.
j. Ogdensburg the foot Of navigation on
II the great lakes, from which ar'lfcal or
. land carriage must be resored 10, Is from
y one to three hundred miles nearer to Lake
= Champan, Vermont, New Hampshire,
y Maine. Boston aud other portions of Mas
n sachusells, than any other point on those
= lakes and if the railroad contemplated
!, and the one from Burlington to Boston
n were made, It is not too much to expect
that they will be supplied with heir bread
s'utf- by lhs route, a. those denselv popu-
- lated states beng, from the character OF
y their SOIL manufacturing, must look to oth-
9 er quarters than their own for their staple
y TODD.
e The amount -four now brought, round
IS by Montreal, and also by Albany and Troy
# on to Lake Champlan. aud sent east from
q Burlington and other places on the Lake
is already large. The states and sections
OF states enumerated. contain over two
= millions of inhabitants; and if we rate each
i family ct eight persons, as requiring -four
e barrels annually for consumpt ION, we have
10 transport alton of one million of barrels
n annually to be provided for: yielding alone
:, a quarter Of a million of dollars for tolls
,! at the moderate rate of twenty five cent.
~ on each barrel how much should be ad
~ ded for the transportation of merchandise
80 "Hcu', Sou' sc = 'o'ho, uccI, pOTk, Dull eT
le cheese, lead iron, plaster, and even lum
ut Der, is not easy to datermlne-at all events
re It should be considerable.
az 1t is impossible to predict the vas
- amount of travel on this route, should IN,
~ railroad from Burlington TO Boston be com
u pleted, which it undoub eddy wNIl, in con
S. necllon with the important lick in our owl
ne state, making The most direct cut tina
m could be desired between the Atlanli
err shore in New England and the great coun
ne try of the western lakes. 1t appears to u
no that this rail road from Ogdensburgh /
80 Champlan is demanded by every consider
nc alton of justice long delayed, toward on
'lr northern counties, and as work of inca
ne 'culable Importance to the state at larg