The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-06-25
OGDENSBURGH ROAD

We olInded Inst wool IN g, se-;cs NJ ,-ti.I,
IN This snhiac, in tho Ro.tor Do;I,, Al
,iser The frsi nnrbrr tre,ts he snb;eo,
much in the strain of the committee Who's
oddess we nnhIished some DAYS since and
o(ier devo,irr cons;dorabIa s;,oco 20 Ill
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l,y 20 VI; iJe
,hs cfa;p 80 vi.
rie3 on by means ~ !, I, T,,, t, "n,, s;,srI
| certain that some one of the nreSen, ro,ds
LEADING from Boston will be extended n Pr
Iinoton-Are the buissness mon ~ Roe,o,,
aw3re that whom ,b;s i d,Da !, iii -.
but 100 miles additional road 70 connoc,,I,oU,
with the avio,b hi. .c IL 80.
fern 2 Such Is The fact Grrdensb',.i, :
situated ottbe foot of nov;c,,;on On ~ g,
T.awrenrce The largesi Iaka ELL niI o. o.
there with entire sol;,tv-To ,La, -, -
eIs arrived from all The morris The 49, -.
The WeIand Canal HAVING one6aJ q sI,;,'
communication between lakes Eric anil or
,ario. The great products OF The West cap
rs well be Skinned TO OGdensburob rs IN
Buffalo. and leien deferred at Og,iensJurh
then 1riIbe ilro H1,leIrefl miles 1e,rrey Rosfon
than rhen delireJ{ at B,,f0Eo
Boston ia abont The same dis,,rcc rro,,
| Ogdensburob flat Albany i from Pnfr,Io
In those HamOpsfr1fA hot ha
fern SINNERS wouIdfind if to tbo;r aJyon,.,l,a
to send ali articles intended for The Posfon or
New ENGLAND market nv O,rdenshnr,h ami
the Northern and Vermont road2 Tins
would a merchant in Cleveland shin n cor,ro
of -four TO Buffalo TO be forward thence 10
Boston, distance of 525 miles by rail road.
and pay duty of 50 cents per barreIas fobto
the State If New York. in addition 10 the
usual freight. when The same flour conlJ be
Skinned equally well 10 Opdensbnr0b and
thence tras-orted TO Boston bv rail road 32q
miles by payino FREIGHT and g cents TOLL on
the WeIIand Canal?
There is another fact oCsome impor,s,,,
The NAVIGATION between the uuDer Iakcs ard
OqdensbDrnh is said 10 open three or four
weeks later in autumn and earlier in the
spring. than at Buffalo. The water at But
falo is shallow and freezes early-and in The
spring, navigation is much impeded by float
ing ice, driven into the harbour by the wes-
tern winds. TheWeIland canal enters Lake
Erie 30 miles west of Buffalo, where the VII
ter is deep and where navigation is imrcjed
by ice but a short period of the year. Lake
Ontario being deeper than Lake Erie. Is but
little obsiructed by ice. During two impor-
tant monthes in The year, The one during an
embargo by ice, and the other succeeding it.
the whole trade wonld be by Ogdensbufgh
and the Northern road to Boston.-The ives
tern merchants indingthey could obtain tLeir
goods three or four weeks earlier in thespring
by This route. would be induced to make their
purchases in Boston. Great quantities OF
wheat could be shipped TO Ogdensburgh IN
the autumn, and there be manufactured ana
forwarded TO Boston during the winter The
traders in Canada West have heretofore re-
ceved their goods from England by way Of
Quebec. Under the late law OF Congress,
allowing foreign merchandise TO be trans
ported through the States into Canada free
of duty. these goods could be shipped to Bos-
ton and forwarded over the Vermont and
proposed RaiIs Road, anc arrive athhe DIS
iination two months earlier than they now
do. and IN better condition and nj less exp
ense. .,,,