The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-06-16

r,s following very sensible article is copied from
'p,.,on Courier Of the 9th instant.
Tn',WRoADs TO VERMONT AND CANADA.
.nL,b ,ope is The interest and policy Of Boston
Vain, # seems to me the question is easily sov-
",,,. line from Concord 10 Lebanon, ard thence
vo0,oelier to lake Champlain, be adopted, dis
,a,e Of s.renty miles by actual survey, must be con-
',.od in New Hampshire, through a cold inhospi-
~, and unproduclive country, Astounding in gran
w .,i,ss recurring most circuitous route, and af-
'.,oa lille or nothing to sustain a railroad,
:, ,bis case i,Vo charters required-One in N.
:, oyoIying personal liability, subject TO heavy
.,. New Hampshire laws, and 10 be altered aud
.',,,o. destroyed, Fat the will of New Hampshire
legislators
v,,,e Windsor and Montpelier to Burlington, A
SycIE CHARTER, under the benefcent laws of
,,noot extends from the Cheshire terminus via
,aolpeier to Burlington. .... ....
Tbi, charter forbids taxation, allows dividends Of
% Oer cent, and nsures Vermont justice and liberal
=, in Mace of New Hampshire legislation.
Tbi, route opens the most productive section of
A.y,ley of the Connecticut, Astounding in manuCac-
,,,e, and agricultural resources, and secures 10y
r,Je and cheap and rapid construction.
IucOmparing this with the Lebanon route, the
,,esiOp seems narrowed down to this;
I,npolc to build thirty miles ofraroad i'll Yer
mont, with low grades, under liberal charter, and
attn cost Of 500, 900 only, from the terminus of
N. Cheshire Railroad, good as finished to the
n,,b of White River, through the best part ofNew-
E,snd, where every mile will pay, or to build sep
nth miles from Concord, New Hampshire, to the
youlh of White River, and at a cost Of 100000
rojsr the uncertain laws Of New Hampshire, across
,,ule ridges, and where the local business ofers no
indictments for the construction Of the road?
From White river to Burlington, the route is COM
mon both lines, and the question is between sev-
eny miles Of unnecessary md unproductive railroad
in New Hampshire laws, and thirty miles from Ches-
hire Bridge, in CharIestown, line which must be
built, md which will be sustained by rich local traf-
&C.
The problem is easily solved. Professor Twning's
survey shows clearly the Connecticut river line has
less grades, and involves less cost per mie than the
Lebanon and Boston. Capitalists, who have an eye
b&s main chance, can easily decide the question.
little Concord Railroad is 10 be extended, the true
route for Boston TO adpocGte is The line by .Meredth,
Plymouth and the beautiful galley Of Bakers rirer,
18th, rich meadors of HarerhiH, Coos. This opens
tiamease tUater pot1cr al the outlet of WinnipiS-
hgr Lake, and touching many actiue manuiactur-
woras; the grades are less Than forty feet 10 the
Ill., its local business is nearly 40, 900 tons year,
li il maj be ertended up The Pasumpsic, by most
favorable line, to Canada, thus cutting Off the Can
ada and Portland Railroad.
As respects the route by Rutland, from the Ches-
hire road 10 Burlington, this doubtless has many
is and an ample local business sustain ITSELF and
will ere long be built Ii also has the advantage Of
les distance, but the soil is less favorable than that Of
Toe line by Windsor and Montpelier; the gradients
ere more heavy, and the summit at least 450 feet
higher than that on the central route.
The true policy Of Boston is to construct, frst the
great central route by Windsor and Montpelier, then
abrHch Of sixty miles in Rutland and the Lake, then
line These lines wiH all pay, and all Benefit Bos-
ha The Lebanon route ,oiH not pay, cut OF as il
@irOa The central Railroad unless granite ridges 8
pine plains can be coined into gold-but if New
Eampshire chooses to build it, let her do so.
The Filchburgh road, with its modern improve
ments is now run cheaper than the Lowell and the
Nashua and if double track is required, its propri-
'Ors with stock at 20 per cent. premium, will be
happy TO increase their shares for the double purpose
denrichng themselves and accommodating the pub
h' BOSTON.