The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-11-15
PEOPLES PRESS
Middlebury, Nov. Is, Is4s
RAIL ROADS.

weighed, and duly appreciated the deem -
they have in the projects which n.
agitation to extend the Massac6use,,, "a
roads through Vermont. But We are r,.i ,-l
ind other sections of the state ami
are fully awake to the vast advantages -,
derived from them. During the last ,s.s;,'
oil the legislature, Mr.. Gilmore, an ,..-'+
the Lowell, Nashua and Concord road, Gs1' loi
at Montpelier. urging the route of the r..
Ran from the mouth of White River ,b,on-' '
Montpelier to Burlington; and Col ~ eu
oil fltehburg showing the superior aJvon,.
oil the extension of the Fitchburg rail ROAD :.
the Connecticut, and up that river to Mon
her. or from Bellows Falls via. Rutland r.,
through the valley of Otter Creek to YER --'
mes or Burlington. We understand tina, n.
legislature have granted two important cha,
ters' one OF rail road from burlington :.
Montpelier to point or points on Comes
cut river, most convenient to intersec, y.
concord and Fitchburg roads. The o,bs, 8.
a rail road from Burlington, through v.r,.n
nes' Middlebury and Rutland to the Conn.,.
lcut, where most convenient to NEE, the F;,,t
burg rail road. The latter route ia s,r,oI
ten or fifteen miles the shortest, and we ,rn.,
combines very superior advantages to Y,
mont The recent surveys made by the peo.
pie OF Rutland have removed the fears sn,..
tanned of its praeticability, through the Mann,
Holly gap to the Connecticut.
Since Rail Roads and Canals have nio,..,
the country even to the far west, it become.
doubly necessary for Vermont to be 6u,
awake to improvements which alone can an,
BILE her to come fairly into competition with
the rest of the union. Attic within less than
two hundred miles of the great commercial
emporium of New England, without the EASY
and cheap outlets of rail roads, she is worse
of than states thousand miles distant with
these facilities Of communication.
But 1t might be asked whether these bril-.
llant schemes are within the bounds of possi.
BILE accomplishment. Rail Road stock at Dres-
ent is altogether the most desirable in the mar.
ket IL the avidity with which that ofthe Fitch
burg road was sought, and the prOmptitude
with which nearly half Of the road has heen
already constructed, shows the favor which 4.
has met with among the capitalists of Boston.
But fItehburg is only half way house in
heir views of the extension ofthis road. Lake
Ctsmplain is the final terminus, which the
Boston people are determined it shall reach
They see the immense trade which must howD
he eastern capital from western and northern
'ermont, and the whole extent of Lake Cham.
'lain and the St. Lawrence country. Nor
loes the 45th degree ofnorth latitude bound
heir prospects of accommodating trade from
his region. BY means of the Rcheleu canal
her with Ontario, and the Welland
'anal with Lake Erie, Montreal is destined to
become the centre Of an immense trade.
very considerable proportion of this trade a.
'eady seeks an outlet through the ST Johns
md Lapraire rail road, and Lake Champlain
10 New York, and could be very easily diver
ed to Boston by the contemplated extension
If the Fitchburg or Concord rail roads.
With prospects Of profitable investments 50
to Boston capitalists, no have both
he ability and the wish to make their city an
immense commercial emporium, we believe
hat sooner or later the projected work will
'e accomplished. Rail roads can now be con-
at vastly less expense than formerly.
The two millions expended upon the 25 miles
If the Lowell road would build one through
he whole extent in Vermont.
The people Of Addison County should be-
IN to feel interested in this subject ash
we're project of possible accomplishment and
within the life of the present generation
Whether this great thoroughfarc shall Peue
rate the state through the gaps of the Green
at Brookfeld and Montpelier; o
I Mount Holly through Rutland to Whtelnl
r Brandon, Middlebury and Vergennes, toths
ommon terminus at Burlington, may much
ePend upon the interest and efforts which
he people in this region put forth on this sub
,ct. Next year it is believed the Fitchbnrg
bad will be completed. The charters for
all roads through this state which have aires
y been granted are still to be located by cir-
most favorable to profit and bust
ess and cheapness of construction. Now
len is the time to sum up and exhibit the ID
antages of route through our rich and pop
Ious portion of the state. Let them be far
presented, and should rail road ever pas
trough the state we believe it will come nen |
lr doors. No section Of Vermont would De
, decidedly benefited by a road as the county
Addison. Every stream which gushes IRON
ar Mountain sides would soon have vllase
.ooding upon its banks. The immense va
r power afforded by Otter Greek at Middle
Try and Vergennes would speedily attract
pitalists, and convert them into EXTENSIVE
villages. Even little Wey-
idge with her succession of Falls, mlgh
axe up to a destiny she never drenPt OIL
IL. EaaIU