Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-07-09
The Oydensburgh Railroad.

The object Of the Legislature Of the State Of New
York. in granting charter for this road was .iold
TO benefit the inhabitants OF Northern New York.
and to open new avenue. from the Western Lakes,
,hro Ugh The Champlain Canal. to the seaboard.
The Legislature were tod by the friends OF this pro.
ject, that railroad. by increasing the population of
the northern Counties would draw its agricultural
and mineral resources and. by increasing the wealth
OF the NORTH would indirectly contribute to the wealth
OF the south and west" That large trade in ashes,
provisions and lumber would be diverted to our own
channels and would " flow through our own canals to
the docks OF our own commercial! cities"--,hat this
road would BE- Of the principal lines in internal
improvements, interviewer with the commercial, ma
nufacturng and agricultural prosperity OF the State
These were the arguments urged upon the Legislature
in favor OF the PROJECT and that these the
which induced the Legislature to charter the road
100. me. il was a " n " highly advantageous not
only 10 the northern counties but to the whole State"
1t is all object OF the first importance says the
mitiee, that the location OF such railroad should be
made where it will best subserve the great interests of
this State aswc as Of the inhabitants more immedia-
tey Interested" Not one word was snd in favor of
the road mere link To hurry the trade of the great
west through this State TO n foreign market. Sucha
proposition, thea advanced, would have defeated the
tainly produce its repeal The Legislature The State
OF New York will not quietly allow this company vio-
aiing the assurances under which charter gran
ted locate the road without regard the best in.
terests OF Northern New York and with an evident
design to divert from the State OF New York and her
canals the entire business OF the road The road
Oe III manner as 10 10 10y, Albany
aud New York a fair chance Of competition with the
city OF Boston More than this should not be asked by
the stockholders. Less than this will no, be submit.
ted to by the people OF this State Canadian termi.
nation or one on the province line will not suit the
State She will require the pledges, under which the
charter was procured, 10 be carried in good faith
We find the foregoing sensible article in the
Plansburgh Republican of the Sd inst. and rec.
ommend it to the notice Of those who, (wthout
ever having taken the inia,ory steps towards
procuring the necessary legislation to warrant.
i,) continue to entertain the expectation that
Lake Champlain will be bridged-and especially
to those who are astride of Mat worse than chi.
mcrical hobby Of carrying the Ogdensburgh
into and through portion Of the British Pro.
vince of Canada. We have no more idea that
either Of these projected and threatened meas
ures will DO accomplished, than we have that the
freight Of the road will be transported on the
wires Of the Magnetic Telegraph.
The sudden and extraordinary horror of a
Ferrv, which is said to have overcome the Bos-
ton Stockholders in the Ogdensburgh road is
every way unaccountable. 1t appears to have
swallowed up every other consideration Of Pru.
dcnce AMI profit in railroad matters, for which
Boston people have hitherto been somewhat re-
; markable. II the Ogdensburg road were to be
the only one connecting the trade Of the Great
Lakes with the : ,.ntic Markets, this sudden
insensbty to the importance Of uay-business
on the line of projected railroad, on the part
, of Bostonians, would seem less singular-but
with the Erie Canal, the N. Y. g. Erie the
Oswego, the Albany and Buffalo, and other
Railroads, built or building to accommodate the
very trade which is entirely and exclusively re-
lied ~ o, to furnish the business Of the Ogdens.
$ burg and make its stock profitable, it surpasscs
belief that any ~eli.informed man can regard
the dry road project from Ogdensburgh to Boston
as of the slightes, consequence, compared with
the advantage of road through region whose
internal resources and business would secure
an investmcn, in it against all probability OF
loss.
But the Ferry the Ferry is the spectre
! that is said to frighten Boston from its Propriety
There are, We. belicve, no less than two Ferries
y on the line of Road from New York to Wash
p ington, one between Boston and Albany, and we
? have not learned that it is in contemplation ia
!. abandon tie magnih ent enterprise of constructs
i ing the N. Y. and Erie Railroad because a fer.
: ny of some thirty miles must forever exist at its
y, - eastern terminus.
:; The truth is the evils and Inconvenience offs
: Ferry across Lake Champlain, to accommodate
the business of the Ogdensburgh road have been
g desgnedly or otherwise, grossly exaggerated
e The unwarranted and injurious statements that
!. oc are authorized TO say, were contained in Mr.
/ Hayward's Report, but which were PRUDENT,