Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-31
NORTHERN RAIL ROAD.

a large and highly respectable meeting Of cit-
zens from the different towns upon the route friend
ly to tie construction of the Northern Rail Road,
was held at the Town Hall in Lebanon, N. II. on
the 2lst inst
Roswell Sartwell Esq. was chosen to preside
G. II. Lathrop Esq. Secretary-the following gen.
tlemen appointed committee to prepare res.
olutions expressive of the sense of this meeting.
viz Messrs Ransom of Norwich, VT, Mann of Or
ford, Latham of Lyme, Baisdell of Hanover. Ken
rick of franklin, Willis of Enfield, and Dewey of
Lebanon who submitted the following, which were
adopted by acclainaton.
RESOLVED, That the Rail Road route from Boston
through Concord and Lebanon N. II. Montpelier
and Burlington VT, to be continued to Ogdens-
burgh NY. and Montreal, Canada, has been found
by actual surrey, to be not only feasible but is i'm
perousy demanded by the commercial, agricultur-
al, and social interests of this great region of
country.
Resolved, That we rely for success of this great
enterprise upon the nScertdined fact that in the
Northern Rail Road present the shortest and
most feasible route, extending from the Atlantic sea-
board and the great Metropolis of New England,
through the capitals of N. II. and Vt. to the CAPT
tai OF the Canadas the hand, and to the fer
tile regions of Northern New York. and the great
Lakes on the other-a country unsurpassed in min,
eral and agricultural treasures.
Resolued That in seeking to obtain the construc-
ton Of the Northern Rail Road" we WAGE no con-
WV 'iti thc HleLuS Vi olncr routes, other than
may arise in firm, consistent and determined per-
severance, in every honorable way, that shall tend
| TO effect its consummation
The following, submitted by Mr. Brewster Of
Hanover, was also passed unanimously.
| Resolred, That in the opinion of this Convention
Ka Road connecting with the Northern Rail
Road at Canaan or Lebanon and thence running
up the rich Valley of the Connecticut to some fa
vorabe point of connection with the contemplated
Rall Road in Vermont, from the Connecticut River
to Stanstead, and thence via Sherbrook to Mon
treal, IS highly important to the interests of ~ II
VI and Canada and will afford as direct and short
a Rail Road communication from Stanstead in
Canada, TO Concord N. H. as any that can be found.
Spirited addresses were made by Hon. f. Blais-
del and Gen. Ransom, Messrs. Nesmith Latham.
ana others-Gen. Ransom was peculiarly fecitous
IN his remarks upon the passage of the second res
oluton. He alluded to the we'll known axiom that
the shortest distance between any two given points
Is in straight line; and then called the attention
OF his audience to the fact not familiar at least to
many of them, that straight line traced upon the
map from Boston to Montreal, would pass directly
| over Concord to the mouth of White River thence
through Montpelier to Montreal IT thereby ccpnec-
ting the Capitals of Massachusetts, New Hamp-
sine, Vermont, and the Canadas, in direct ard
continuous line. "And vet as remarkable as il
this fact (sald Gen. ~ we behold the friends of
two different routes endeavorng to rival our own,
commencing at the same point with us Boston, and
pom seeking one OF the same ultimate points of
destination, wiz. Montreal 1.-THE one stretching on
tar to the north Of us and the other as far to the
south, stouty contending each for themselves that
they, and they alone, pres mt by far the shortest
possible route" lie also alluded TO the increased
amount of transportation that must pass over this
road, from its dverging at Burlington and thence
reaching forth It's arms, the to the capital of the
Canadas, and the other across Northern New York
to Ogdensburgh, and the great Lakes embracing
within It's grasp the rich mineral resources of that
portion of territory, as we'll as the great wheat
growing region, n country which from the very ma
ture OF its soil being underlald with lime stone,)
must continue to be for long time to come, the
grannry of New England
Many ether important features were touched up
on by Gen. X. as well the rest of the speakers
on the occasion, which were heartily responded to
: by the large body in convention. Notwithstanding
! the severe nclemency of the weather, nearly one
thousand persons were in attendance, representing
the wealth and intelligence of that part of the
country over which the proposed road is designed
to pass: men of the right stamp, who not only
clearly showed their capacity to conceive, but the
ability to carry onward to complete success this
: great and important undertaking.
On motion OF II. r. Stevens, Esq, Resolved
: That the proceedings of this meeting, signed by
the President and Secretary thereof, be furnished
, for publication in such public journals as will in
sert the same.
,, ROSWELL SARTWELI, President,
GEo. H. LATHRoP, Secretary.
b Jan. 25ti 1915.