Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-12-09
RAIL ROAD TO PORTLAND.


In our last, we endeavored 10 (nnd believe we
did, remove the only objection to the above road
passing through this place, and now will show
that this road would be a profitable one
II is great thing in travelling for person TO get
enough to pay his way on the road, before he ar
rves at his ultimate destination, and so in COM
mencing long line of railroad and it is Of the
utmost importance, that the portions or connect
in,r links, should be profitable as soon complet.
ed. Surprising therefore, the road continued from
Portland ouly as far as Bath, we then have all
the travel of the Kennebec, with its many towns
and villages, whose business is intimately con-
nected with Boston. A boat might y for eight
months in the year, between Bath and Wateryill,'
making the passage in about or less than FIVE hours,
touching al all the villages on the river.
! be krnn bee steam DO 4 ROME IA decidedly the
best II, n, " Eng a. d. If moi IN The tihed Slmcs
Last seas the Kennehec bo lrled considerably
ever FIFTEEN THOUSAND passengers IN about
months Surprising The road did MT tic ease
III travel in The least. there would he then over
q, 0J0 passengers Tor the Year IN this roai, even
there ara no moae of bringing Tray el'e'" I"
til. road THAI now ex>,>-.which at 2 per hea be
tween heie and Portland would be SIS 900 allow
ing not hng fret ht 10 add ion 10 this Il boat
nlgh ard would run from here n l'angnr and bring
all the eastern travel 10 this road Perhaps this
won d b the case di 1t stop AT Portland, but the
great dead ain and safer than 10 Portland.
I hos we should have al he kennrbec travel, aud
all The Eastern travel by The road pr sing this way
fihe ro'd VEN T. Augusta II sle"ln boat would run
from the kennpbrc 10 fostln, and Would take all
the travel ON the kelnc' &c below Augusta AT least.
aud al III lrav IA Ear East as Thnnasloa which IL
far finm being neon dplab'e AS proof OF which
we will state that for The last three mon'hS OF The
K ichm nd ) running there wele over l50J phsSen-
gers travelling III her fom the la /.
Ii, however, we suppc Sc this road 10 increase
the travel as much as other roads have, we should
then have double the amount of travel that We
now have This would be a small increase COM
pared wish its increase from the day Of the old
Patent, Connecticut or Legislator which Piled
between here and Boston, via Portland !;
when forty or fifty passengers was called rather
large number Whereas now, the Richmond
averages about 125 persons each passage, being
an increase of about threeiold, moi counting those
that travel altogether by land from the kenne-
bee 10 Boston, or first to Portland, and there
take Steam to avoid the danger of steaming from
here TO Boston, OF from here TO Portland, winch
is far from being safe or certain at all times
| A smal, llculatiDu would estimate them at 18th
of the boat plsscn gers, which would amount
to 5000 making the whole travel from the Ken
nebec to Boston, at about Is 900 for the Steam
boat season, which added to the other would make
the actual travel, for 7 months about THIRTY
THOUSAND passengers.
| We would again ask the Directors and Stock
holders of the Portland road, what other point
there is in Maine, that off rs such inducements
or prospects for road as the one under consid-
Grafton We would ask our capitalists to exam
inc this matter, and decide whether the stock IN
such road would not be safe and profitable
| They well understand all the matters connected
with their monetary Transactions; and confident
are We, that if they will bptturn their attention
10 mus nialltr, lncV WIZ sfc at 'iiS's '""' NV u
! own interests would be- promoted as well as a
benefit conferred on the community, by their run
ming THIS road through from this place to Fort
llnd, in connection with the Portland road
A press Of business this week prevents our con
tnning this subject farther at this time and now
merely ask onr citizens to think Of the subject
til next week, when we shalt again call their at
tention to the subject