The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-04-14


B. C. s. and NJ. II. II. Association:
Boston, Concord, StanStead and Mon.
treal Rail Road.
TO THE EDITOR THE MONTREAL GAZETTE.
SIR,-l have alrendy called your attention TO the
greHt importance Of selecting line of route for the
proposed ailway communication from your U;;y to
tho Atlantic which shall traverse productive counfru
where, each consecutive section Of the road is
completed, it shall Immediately prove pru,i actve,
and have suggested the consideration that, howev-
important the enterprise may be, it is vain to ex-
pect that capitalists will take the stock If the contem-
plated line must pass through region of country the
business OF which will yield profits upon the in
vesiment until the whole work is completed. II
mus, be obvious that in the latter the capital in
vested must remain unproduc,ive for years. while in
the former il may net revenue in the average space
ofa twevemonth. proceed 10 show that the proposed
line from Concord to the Province Line Stansend
secures tho desiderntum sought for.
Already is the Railway from Boston to Concord in
successful operation, and the stock is quoted at forty
per cent advance. From Concord to the Connecticut
River in the direction of Stanstead, company mas
been chartered. survey 10 in progress, and 'such
is the confidence Of the public in the perna-
and Product, Of the stock that il sought
with avidiy "The town Of Meredith, ut the late
town meeting, voted 10 invest ten thousand dollars
($lO,0oo) Of the funds belonging to that town.in the
stock OF this road. The town Of Sanbonton voted TO
invest all such part Of tho funds OF the town (sup
posed to be IL, 000) the selectmen may think adj
vsable, in the same way."-(Se Belknap Gazette,
March 49, No reasonable doubt exists but this
road i'll be constructed in the shortest practicable
period TO Connecticut river AT Haverhil terminating
either ut IlaveFhi or Lyman, 20 miles ebove, within
go to 10 miles Of Stansead-the point of approxima-
ton depending upon the place where it shall be eci-
ded to cross Connecticut River. In the prosecution
Of this work. the frs; natural section TO be construct
will be from Concord to the village at Meredith
Bridge. This is tho county seat for Beknsp Coun-
~, N. H., and thriving manufacturing village upon
the outlet Of Winnpissiogee Lake. The line also
passes the manufacturing village Sanbornton bridge,
nine miles below, where, well at Meredith
Bridge, the amount Of available power is ex-
tensve. Some twenty towns bordering upon Lake
Wnnipissiogee find a natural and common depot at
Meredith Bridge, ufTordng guarantee that upon the
completion of the railroad to that point, 80 miles, the
expenditure will Immediately be productive
An extension of the road to Plymouth, the eastern
turing town of Holderness, will open the communica-
ton to the junction Of the Pemigewasscit and Ba-
ker's Rivers. The farming districts Of the region
north and the iron manufactures at Francouia will
here find their natural depot.
From Plymouth to lIaverhl the western hai.shire
for Grafton County, the road will open to the rich
farming towns upon the Connecticut River, where
will be the depot for Orange County, VT, the west
o,lon ocC
of the Arnonoosuck, extending INTO Coos County
Here also will centre the products Of much manuiac-
turing capial invested in the quarries at HaverhilI
and in the extensive lumber operations above render
ing certain that with the present rate of pro-
ducons. to say nothing Of the certain increase con-
sequent upon the opening Of railway communication.
the business Of the road to this point net salts
factory revenue. Extending the line Of route either
side the Connecticut to the mouth OF the Passump-
sic, it enters the fertile valley ofthnt stream which
yeu will please notice pursues the direct course Of
the line 10 Stanstead and passes centrally through the
county Of Caledonia, Sc, of the products Of which
county shall presently speak definitely, pre-
missing that the next natural section be
will extend as far ST. Johns bury or Lyndon and
within 40 or As miles OF the Province Line Tn to
this point am justified in expressing the confident o.
pinion that, Irrespective Of its extension 10 Montreal
the stock of Railroad will certainly be productive
from the business of the country olone. Its further
extension for considerable time to come must de-
pend, doubt, upon the fact, whether it is destined
to connect with the line from the St. Lawrence, al
though tho entire country through the county of Or
leans to the Province line at Stansead is settled by
an n,slgen, and industrious community, and tho
character Of the soil compares essentially with that Of
Caledonia Co.
The Railway from Boston to Concord was con-
struc,ed first to Lowell, afterwards to Nashua, and
then to Concord, by three separate Corporations the
stock Of each OfweiCh became Immediately produce