The Northern galaxy, and Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-03


trail committee, on the best rouie, to the
Mount Holly pass, where oil the delegates
concured that Ihe road must 20. IL II ever
passes the Green Mountains. Tn"se OF
vour readers WHO have rather m iG+ctiG-
IT, knowledge of that pat Of New Hump
shire ard CONNECTICUT, NAV be surp' ised q!
| should aver that Tire whole STATE 0f Yer
mont, excep; the village OF Draulebo:o',
and the few mcuniaIa IO@as, III This vIcin
ily, arc altogether opposed to lh's rout",
and 10 favor Of one through part Of New
Hampshire, if Charter can be obtained.
will state few simple facts, which lead to
this.conviction.
The great object 10 oe attained in the
extension Of theFiichburg Railroad. is 10
accommodate Vermont, and TO increase
The amount oflrade TO and from Boston,
Certainly the latter would be one Of The
inducements why Boston capital should as
sis,.) To effect both these objects, the
road must be extended to the Mount Holly
pass, lying above Bellows Falls, which is
the great thoroughfare Of those splendid
countries IN Vermont, lying along Lake
Champlain TO Connecticut River, ana by
which only the trade. which now goes al
most all TO New York, may be turned 10
Boston. All admit, therefore, that the road
must be carried 10 Bellows Falls, or above
them, 10 insure This trade. lis ex'ensinn
10 Braltleboro' would not do this. ard
would rot add scarce pound of freight,
or On erird passenger, Ia swell the receipts
of the FlIchburg road, beyond what the Ine
road will receive when competed 10 Fitch
burg. This. your readers will understand
If they viii look al Inc map, and the cons
,emplaied route. down MIXERS River, in a
southwest direction, and up 10 B:aIiieboro'
without making more than about twelve ur
fifteen miles progress towards the pOiut
10 be atiainsd-;he Mount Holly pass.
All the trade and travel from Bralleboro'
aud the mountain towns, in the vicinity.
including tho country of Franklin. Mass.
and tue valley of Nj I'er's River, must OF
necessity, 10 10 Flchburg. 1t can 60 no.
where else. We'll, rs be!nre remarked tie
road mu4i lie carried up Connecticut Riv-
err 10 Bellows Fals.to avail anything. What
think you is tie distance, Riessfs. Editors.
from Ficnburg, via M.l,r's River aHi Brat
ueboro' TO Bellows Fails ? Il is at leas;
eighty three miles ! viz, 10 BralllebI pro,
sixty, By the survey, and tweaiy-th-ee TO
Bellows Falls. by the stage route. This
hitter distance not vet surJcye5, will prove
more expansive tina II any part Of the route
from Boston 10 Burlington, am infIrned.
Now, From Fic,hurg to Bellows Falls,
By the stage rou'c through Keenc, n. II.
is oEiy fifty miles, saving Of thirty three
miles This accounts ior lhe fact or!Ufe
mentioned, that oil the delegates from north
Of Brstleboro' to Burlington, are in favor
of the loulc through New ilomPshire. But
this IS no; the only reason. As roman
kcd before. the Grtliicboro route adds moth
ipg 10 tie FuchbuTg interest. Ii vii. loo-e
us large amount OF business. from the
fowls i ing along the eastern borders Of
CLeshiIe and SnIivun counties, in New
Hampshire, which, III that event, would 60
rs now into the Concord and Nashua De.
pots Your readers. NJ ssrs Editors, are
inclined, perhaps. 10 give much impo:lanc
20 Bral'leboro' "a beauiIcui Little mountain
;own. admit, bu, Of little importance in
business poin! of yicw. 1t has no wnier
power. aud the towns arTound ii are noun
tain towns Of little value. The towns in
Cheshire county, n. H., including kecno,
though which direct route w5ulj PsSS
are of three times the yolu.. Rrnoas
Fails, VI, tloue is OF leu times the iwup--
'nnce Of Braii!ebo5o'. Ii las Il wafer cow-
rr greater h!qn hat of L9'osH, in our State.
win 4 canal already Cut through solid
sock. aaj the foundations laid Tor large
factories, tie buiId'ng of y h Gu was pen
ded during the hard times" AID has No,
been resumed.
The grea; end and aim OF Boston cap.
iialists, is. 10 add TO the amount of their
trade aud travel 10 and from Boston.
This can be done only on this route by
extending Ibis line fiom Fnchburg a,
leas, to Bellows Fails. and ii should be in
the straighreSt aud hes; line possible. #
will then al Oncs insure vast amount of
the Like ChampIain trade and travel to
/ Boston, wEich now goes TO New York
much more Than the public are generally
/ VI. " NAlSt VII liouNAAtbt4S VI
the counties of Chi,;cnden, Addison, and
Rutland, which lie along the Lake shore,
are about equal to all the rest Of Vernon,
put 10 gether land this lrnde goes 10
New York because of tho expense OF
reaching Boston. Should this road be
carried through the Mount Holly pass, VIC
open a connection through a vast plain
country, 10 Whi'ehall, New York, on the
west, by this rouIc, and only 160 miles
from Boston. (iI is 23) from Whitehall to
New York; and on the north, 10 Burling-
ion and Canada. This ronte taps Yer
mont in the right place, it taps New York
IN the right place, il taps Canada in the
right place and with Railroad which
we shall yet see built from Ogdersourg at
the outlet of Lake On,ario, "a lake that is
never frozen over during the Winter
TO PIaiisburphNew York, IA dead level il
will tap the Great West in the right place?
Ny object 10 this communication, is
merely TO ask investigation into this mat
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