Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-07-11
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
Railroads IN BoSion--Ter Funeral ISerpires for
General Jackson

OeHcFut JACKSON.
BosToN, July Z.
Railroad projects pour in here in any quantity
but now that our own Central Road is secured be-
yond peradvenure, we can look upon the flood
with equanimity undsturbed. The Portland route
to Montreal is a rival to us, but have not heard of
the first dollar of stock being yet taken in Boston,
though the books have been open for a week: this
route runs through Lexington and Canaan, VIA
bit of country which will hardly make very pow
erful effort to get a charter. The Rutland gentle
men are still here, and show their bad temper by
occasional squibs in the newspapers their pros
pect for stock is not very bright; indeed, have
heard of no great effect yet on their part In the
Courier of this morning, their agent attempts to
inuse the idea that new survey will demolish
Mount Holly mountain This is but little more
absurd than some Of their other positions they
will find that imposition of this sort will recoil up
their own heads at last with tangible effect
"Honesty is the best policy" is an apothegm which
they will find to be true well as old. For few
days past the agents of the road from Ogdensburgh
to Pittsburgh and from Concord to Lebanon have
been in the city. With these we have no quarrel:
indeed, the Ogdensburgh road is but an extension
of our own to Lake Ontario and will pour over the
Central road an amount of business even greater
than that of the Western road-so say gentlemen
who engaged for the Ogdensburgh project and
know the resources of the country. 1t is true, as
the report of the Secretary Of the (U S.. Treasury
for the last year shows that out of one million tons
of freight cleared last year in all of the lake ports
all but COO tons was cleared at the ports of Lakes
Ontario and Champlan- thus showing that nearly |
all the freight of the upper lakes passes by the
Erie canal and the Western railroad, and enters
Lake Ontario. Thence large portion goes thro'
the Oswego canal into the Erie, and on to Albany
but build the Ogdensburgh road, and this freight
will nearly all 60 TO that point. There would be
but one transhipment in either case, and the longer
voyage to Ogdensburgh, with the advantage of
longer voyage for return freight, would be sufi-
cent inducement for shippers to prefer Ogdens-
burgh. have no doubt about this Ogdensburgh
project Boston will build it in due time and it will
be q tributary to the Central road whose impor-
lance cannot be overrated. Something like $780,
600 of the stock in the road from Concord to Leb-
anon has been taken. The proprietors of the fac
tories on the Merrimack are interested in pushing
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that 1t will succeed. Certain it is, however, that
1t neuer 'ooutd hare been carried through had mol the
friends ofhe Central road pushed up road THROUGH
HindsOr county 10 Hhite River. This has been
confessed to me by leading man in the Concord
road. If the Concord road shall be extended there
fore Lebanon, Enfield, and the other towns on that
route may thank the friends of the Central route
aye, may thank the identical Fitchburg road, which
they are trying to thwart. We need not be iea-
Gus of the Lebanon road: say let it come it is
tributary to the Central road, and will increase the
value of our stock. To be sure, Concord men talk
largely of diverting all business from the Central
road belolo White River--but It's all CANNON /:
concord Will get the portion of travel and freight
winch naturally belongs that way-say all that is
10 stop short of Boston-and this will perhaps be
enough to support their road; but do not see the
slightest inducement, which that road can hold out,
to tempt the long travel and freight from the Cen
ral below White River,) Cheshire and Fitchburg
roads. The difference in distance is slight-in
time it will be practically nothing. With the way
business of the Connecticut valley, and the long
business which will go there, the stock of the Cen
uai below White Riyer,) Cheshire and Fitchburg
.UauS WIN be good--as good, to say the least, as
''at o' the line from Connecticut River via Con-
coro and Nashua to Boston; while the Central road
n .om Wh'te River will receive all the up business
from the Concord road at White River and will
nus gam infinitely more from the Concord road
''a Gun possibly be diverted from that road nv tbe
tiir'y miles OF the Central below White R;var
On the whole, no movement vet made-nono whioh
cin be made-dimnishes one whit % oonsS sno
in We value of the Central stock Men mos. ~.
perea in railroads have examined orr 900
and the first man to doubt that the stock will, ~