Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-03-21

We invite the readers attention to the
speech of Mr. Edwards before II committee of
the Massachusetts legislature on the sui iect of
rail road from Boston to Burlington, and the
comparative facilities and importance of the
general routes. 1t is clear, forcible, full of
Facts and just conclusions. The object to
which this effort was directed has been Sc
cured, and the charters for the whole route
now connect will, each other al the desired
points. IL the mean time public attention
is brcnmine so intensely fixed upon the i'm.
pnrtancr of tho enterprise that the subject
will never again sleep until The ding is con-
sunn'n,rd. Mnn,rral and Boston are mnv-
ing vigorously in IT," malrrr, thonai, not
rx,ctlv in concert. Bu this wall all come
right in the On AL a iulr collision or
jealousy IN the matter vii, houbil"s> tend to
push the thing ahead faster than it wonl |
naturally 90 under n,hrr circumstances.
Tile Canada Parliament has granted a
charter 10 the Province line. through the east
road from Pnrl,nd Jri.r Prrh has spent
the Water in N"nir,'al, lnlh, in, the n,,tlrr.
aud has Surc,.lrd IN rnli lin. the ~ 'plIllics
of tie C,naliln> ia f,,"r Of the Poril,ud
rou'" hui IN order Ia max" the thing pl ,u>i-
bile he had To provil,. the means Ia Wild road
through two hundred miles Of u Sinii,n
wilderness, and This lm. has done b> Irlrha,n.
Boston capital. But the Bn>,nni,n, di, WOW
the anihnriv and disr,lm The intrninn.-
Accordingly the following paper, singrd by
Harrison GRAY DIS. Admit LIur"nrc, aud
aud hp>inr,> nn.u "l B,>,,n, has been i'N-
rr,u,<A ~ .Nbn,r',l, to ~'i rIi> mHtici rii'~
"IInyihg hren inrnucd thar an earnest ellirt il
beng mlt~ll si>iN the prnplr of clnaii. nid u'r'
nqtltu'n ~ The gentlemen composing ur p sv.irl
Parlilnrnt iIt II Is fr their Interest lhlt me CunI
muulratum proposed brrNcrn VI 'Hir al a"d The Al
lanic Ocean hg Rad road should rr.Sr the o can .
Putlnnd VI t,nr. Ia c"lmunlra At that point w!'.
thu linz of Br fish Steamers; and HAT his hTe "
tuur rVprcse rd 10 the ~ 2us of Gambia lv JudE
Prehc geueraiy lr"v'd by tie rpi1,lsts M.
business men uf the CITY OF Bnsln, wnu!i respectful
~ represent that we consider these positions as erro
nenuS.
Wuhou' undertaking to state he various rcnson
why the Pr land route called i not the one cal
cunie IT, pfnnpr thr tertsis ul the auad1s ~ Il n
support in Brst,n, ar likely um1r,v To succeed. Va
would respectfully represent Ihn # uunIraUnl
is Ia b. urrurd hv rallva bet weru VI unreal aud ~
Atlantic O'cnn. MS We have nuhi il wal ID ~ ~
distant d1y 1t must hr from Boston through Nt1
iIampsiifr and Vrrm m To- Montreal nnt, So fer u
we able In iiIe iii Is the seuiim'n -! the TN
, Gems of Boston gen-raIv
: ANY grant hv III" p nvinrnl Parl1mrni, giving
preference to y diff rem route hr'i"yc Wpnli h
, i.,rnla' to defer. # nat u narev defeat. n" l'c
much desired by business men in Canada AMI tn
United STATES
BosroS March 7ih, 1876"
Boston, il is evident, means 10 dn more
than merely connect with Montreal wll"'
she builds railrnad 1; and there is M rom
to dniht that our nnrlh"rn nrighhnrs vii
/ ultimately lend their aid in extending the
IS Filchbureh road through k"rne to Bmlng
ton, and thence to 81. Johns. This rnni'
u presents u combination of interests ihal vii
i secure the rrQni>n" capital, and It's til" o"l,
r one tina, can, at present. Pat that down "A
j. certain.