Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-06-27
HWB PRBSS
. From the Boston Daily Advsr tissr.
OGDE NSBURCH RAIL ROAD.

N'SSou ny exveUt Of territory
\ ,e!ics, With q population rapdly increa. ing in
r nate and stable government, this province bid.
tar few yeare to be Of the best agricultural
districts Of the whole British empire. Ten years ago
1t contained population Of $4,000. The total
amount Of property at that time was els7 goo GOO,
and the annual products were over go 900 0O0 The
ss over SINCE "e S%1 there Ia.
very great increase OF population and business
As the population Of the Eastern province was larger
than the Western At that time, il is fair to- suppose
ports, the balance being forwarded west by the 81.
Lawrence and the canals. There must have been at
least e5 900 00C worth Of British and Irish produce
dise sent to Canada West through the 81: Lawrence
and the Canada Canals in the year 1885, and the
amount has probably doubled since that time.
Now il oil this valuable property could, under our
States, II would afford to our works Of interns i'm.
provement an immense business. But this whole
transportation we can never get, and whoever sub.
scribes for rail road stock with that expectation, will
canads il not 50 valuable, are more bulky than the
imports the principal articles are lumber in all it's
shapes as oars staves timber boards, deals, plank,
handspikes, &c., wheat, -four, pot and pearl ashes,
last are bulky But few il any Of them, are ready 10
be shipped before the summer navigation has com.
neSced. nor are any Of them Of character that re-
a.ire to be early pressed into the destined market
The course Of business is 90 well defined, that il
would probably be an injury rather than benefit to
send them forward before the usual season. even If
they were ready to proceed. The navigation. ihen
being good through the ST.. Lawrence from Quebec
when their exports ready to be shipped, il Il, per-
fectly evident that all Of them would 20 by water
through that channel, instead of being forwarded
through the States by rail road There would be an
immense loss by forwarding by the latter mode, and
If il could be done cheaper, the British government.
would never allow Of such interference with their
commerce. Now there are actually employed in the
summer months in carrying the exports from Que
bee and Montreal, about fifteen hundred sail Of mer
chantmen These vessels go out about the middle
OF May from England, and continue in the carrying
trade until the river is closed by ice in the autumn
and they may as well take merchandise with them as
go IN ballast. In practice it would be so. The great
bulk Of goods would be sent to Canada in the ships
which go from England to bring home the products Of
to this general rule The light articles Of trade and
the most valuable dry goods, and all goods that
desired for immediate sale would be forwarded by the
the quickest route, even il more expensive. Such ar
ticles would come to the States had we rail roads to
forward them without delay.
Such would he the course Of the Summer trade be.
tween Canada and the mother country. But the
Winter At Quebec and Montreal includes more than
half the year, and after Winter has broken, floating
ice obstructs the navigation. In the Western prov.
nce the Winter is shorter BY two months than in the
Ea ,tern Long before vessels arrive at Quebec, the
ice disappears from the Lakes and navigation is free
Of the Canadians to have communication with the
Atlantic during this season Of embargo. II rail
road should be established either from Boston or
Portland TO Montreal, it would be of great utility to
that place by opening daily communication will; the
sea board, giving them the full enjoyment Of the ben.
ets to be derived from the Cunard steamers and en-.
abng the merchants there to make early Spring i'm.
portalions from England But rail rond 10 Mon.
treal alone would, in these respects, be Of little or no
use to the Western province. Toronto 10 nearly 400
miles Southwest Of Montreal, and Kingston is nearly
200 miles distant. No goods imported by the mer:
to the upper province because both canals and roads
would be impossible, the mai! would be about as
long in getting into the West as i now is and the in.
whatever with the Atlantic, but be equally isolated az
At present. Whether the prospect of carrying the
mail 70 Montreal, and forwarding Winter and Spring
goods, and such other articles the demands Of the
Summer trade require should be sent with expedition
and with the further prospect Of sharp competition
with roads between Boston and the same point for the
same business, will be sufficiently promising to induce
capitalists to construct the road from Portland time
will determine. 1t certainly is not to be expected tina
the business men Of Boston will enter into any such
uncertainties. while an opportunity 10 offered Of home
Of advancing their own interest and promoting the
public good without hazard to either.
As the lake waters open much earlier than the
81: Lawrence below OgdensburQh, goods sent to that
point could be Immediately forwarded to all the prn
cpal towns in Canada West, and would be received BY
the traders IN oil parts of that province sixty day.
portation would be very great and Of much more val
ue than the transportation to Montreal only. A rail
road direct TO Montreal would not get the Western
Canada trade, for goods destined for that country
would, il the Oedensburgh road was not made, b.
shipped BY the OsweRo Canal which is open tire,
weeks earlier than those in Canada. But the Og
densburgh road when completed. would take every
pound Of merchandise forwarded from England
through the State: to Canals West. This is not all
Montreal and the Eastern province connected with
Burlington, in Vermont, by Lake Champlain and the
Ia Prairie rail road. While that lake s open Bosror
would have steam communication direct with boit
provinces, and when the lake 10 closed the ice fur
nishos the best Of sleghng over the short distance
that separates Burlington from st. Johns, where thu
La Prairie rail road commences.
The business Of the Ogdensbureh rsi road canno
bat be immense. No road has ever been proposed Il
our citizens that presented farer prospect of com
plete success and usefulness. Its business will be de
rived from various sources, and il one should 70 tn
others will be sufficient to insure its prosperity Thu
facts stated prone that Ii would
let, Have . large local business.
I'd, Obtain fair proportion Of Western trade.
Sd, Be the avenue for travellers bound 10 the Lakes
TO Canada and to the Western country.
lth Have very large carrying trade to Canad
5th Be an essential benefit to the country bet~ co
Boston and Lake Champlain. especially to Lowell
Manchester, Nashua and Concord.
9Th, That il will be Of great service in promotin
the prosperity and business OF our own city.
Roads betwssn Boston and Burlington.
The Editor Of the Portland Daily Advertiser in
long article in his paper Of Friday smuses himself b
quoting from the writer's 6rst article and applying III
argument to their propOsed road TO- Montreal. tn
writer 10 somewhat At loss TO understand wheths
that editorial was intended % Q rldcue Of the Por
laad project or as an argument in its favor 1t cor
tains one objection to the Osdensburgh road, howe,
or, which deserves notice. He says
"There is the natural and insuperable difficulty n,
alluded 20 by the writer before u.s. that his design il
wolves the erossing Of Lake Champaign, by q nav
CATION OF not less than tieenty miies distance. Mo-
TO talk Of Rail Road 800 miles long, with a lak
cross the the lake, and that lake in latitude a. an
consequently frozen in winter, is to talk of Ra
Road with great serious gap in the middle OF
and one which The long travel and especially the Ion
not very pleasantly nor very cheapy get over. VI
shall make smooth work in the DxvilIe Notch lor
before Boston will obIi,erse LIKE Champain."
Bsiwesn Burlington and PIa,,sbureh there is lsrI
island containing township Of land. This island
connected with the Burlington side Of the lake by
solid sand bar over which horses and carriages pa
and repass during the summer, the water being bu,
few inches deep. The Burlington Rail Boad will
continued over this sand bar and across the island
projection Of land from Pattsburgh The dis,an
from the termination Of the Burlington Rail Road
Cumberland Head is three miles only. The cham
i:dssp. and the ws's! smooth, being protected fro
Ss.s sS,s. mile: mu:t ts!rsd Iu and il the winter
.erossed on the ice. There are not three days in
year all tosether, when this point cannot be CONVEX
emily passed in one mode or the other. il about
same distance ~ the ferry a Hsvre de Grace on
You,e TO Baltimore but ~ there Is no current in
lake il will be easier passed. There will be less
struction here than on the Western Rail Road q
bsnv a. the Hudson 10 rapid 10 effected by the foo
troublesome ferry than that Of the Eastern Rail Ro
at East Boston, or the one connecting the Provider
road with the S'cnngton;