Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-01-07
The Eastern Rail Road.

The Stock in tins road is now all taken up, and
the road is to be completed the ensuing season as
far as Portland We learn from the Portland pa
pers, that it is in agitation to continue the road
from that city to Augusta, with the view of con-
tinuing it ultimately from Augusta to Bangor.
This is all very well, we suppose, but really,
1t appears to us that people can't see very straight,
when they look through augusta to get the most
direct to the city of Bangor, from Portland
We deem it of very great Importance, that rail
road should be constructed from Portland to Ban
gor, and we think that event will be accom- plished
before many years. But at present, we can per-
ceive no plausible grounds for locating the road
on the Augusta route.
Where, then, should the road be located We
presume, it will be readily admitted by those best
acquainted with the different routes proposed, =
that the one from Portland, passing through this
town possesses almost every advantage over
others. 1t is, in the first place, the most direct
route-beng almost straight line from Portland
TO Bangor, and would require, if we are rightly
informed much less expense in constructing the
road, than any other route. If our recollection is
correct, by building the road on the route through
Bath, distance of f,centy miles may be saved in
getting from Portland to Bangor This is quite
AN item 10 begin with.
In the next place. Portland and Bangor, are
the important points to be directly benefited by
this mode of communication. One very proml-
nent object with these two cities, we infer, Is
to bring them nearer together; and the people
generally of these extreme sections of the State
that is, those whose respective interests centre at
Portland, or at Bangor, are equally interested III
this view of the subject. Here then we find
another very cogent argument for the route
through Bath.
Again. in case of war in what potion of the
State would such mode of communication prove
most beneficial Ia tie ,ctoIe Sate? This point, IN
the argument, every one may very readily compfe-
bend. We must all acknowledge the importance,
not 10 say necessity, of free and speedy acces.
through on. vast stretch ofsta coast at such crisis
Here then. we find still another argument for the
route through Bath.
We acknowledge il would he very convenient
and would doubtless, spbserve the interests of tho
people of Augusta and that section Of the State. II
they should secure the ROAD 10 pass over 'ildl route
Bat there is a great question, BEYo>D that, Of NH
mite importance in lis practic Il behring's, TO III pro-
pie qf The Stale generality, to be d dnced from the
veasons given which renders it Of the utmost imp5r-
,uce tina, the road should be located in the vicinity
o our great maratmc and commercial interests
That location, is the one we have recommended.
The true interests OF augusta, 1--WE say .1uSuSia,
hccause this is the point named and indeed of the
w aoI country beyond, and in the vicinity OF thai
PLACE, would be mach better promoted, in our view
by The location Of rat-road say, from this place 10
kurus,a, W tn the view of extending it Ultimately TO
ether important points the river by tbs ar
ranrement we see why the real interests OF al
Il, towns on and in the vicinity OF the hennebec,
above Bath would mol be AZ advanageously Scout
ed as by lho FIST named proposition, to say the
least.
W. invite the serious attention Of the public 10
this subject aud we trust that persons interested
N this matter will bestow due reflection upon the
merits Of the location, have lhus briefly alluded
20, in The foregoing article