Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-08-29
Vermont Central Railroad.
ENGINEERS ORT.

Vermont Central Railroad.
ENGlN EER'S EFFORT.
We give, this evening, the Report of Mr..
CAMPBELL, the Chief Engineer of the VT Cen
trail Railroad, together with the concluding re-
mlrks Of the Board of Directors, through their
President Gov. PAINE. Schedule a. referred
to by Mr. CAMPBELL, will be found after his
Report BY Schedule B. itapPeqr9, that the
Co upany have 81 Locomotives, OF which are
% TONS 10 Of . tons, Of 20 tons, and the
other four orlcSs weight. Schedule c. shows
that the Company have GI1 Passenger, Bag
gage, Freight and Hand Cars, and - Snow
Ploughs, and that the number of Passengers
carried on the Cars, for the year ending June
30, 1851, is 257, $50, tons of freight, 90, H.
number of miles run, 100 $40, in contrast with
ls2,9Gl passengers, 81 ,93o tons of freight and
l9S,2G0 miles run, in 1850.
Our friend, Mr.. CAMPBELL, Snaps a
lite, in the commencement of his Report in
regard to the Bridge at Rouse's Point, as will
be seen. Nobody Will wonder or complain at
this who knows how positively Mr. CAMPBELL
holds his opinions.
1t is very manifest that the Report of Mr..
Quincy. published in our paper on Saturday,
is quite liable to be construed differently from
the nten'ionS Of its author, if we can gather
what those intentions are from the context.
nr,r'> Report.
To the President AMI Directors Of the Fremont
Central Railroad Compony:
GryrLEMfN Since the last annual meet
inr of stockholders, the line of the Vermont
Central railroad has continued in uninterrupted
and successful operation.
The Vermont and Canada railroad was open
ed for passengers and freight on the l0th day
of January last, and has been subsequently OPP
Grated under Il lease by this Company.
/ During the past winter, passengers and
frcirht were carried over Lake Chanplain. at
Rotlscs Point. on the ice, but subsequently, the
clnnccrion with the Ogdcnsburgb railroad, at
] that place. has been made by steam AMI tow
bouts and the business of the road has been
subjected to the expenses and delays of tran
shipment. TO remedy TINS evil, the whirveS
OF the two Companies nave been extended into
tIc Lake. so as to admit OF Il safe and Convc-
nieut connection of the two roads ovor the deck
OF "A float, or boat, supporting a track of rails,
which has been constructed for the purpose
and will be in operation within the present
m NTH No doubt is entertained of the 81 cess
OF this plan: and 1t is hop1I that, while it will
answer all the purposes of drawhrldwe, 1t
VIII also Que the claInorS and fears Of those
Interested IN the navigation of the Lake, and
otlar interests, more local and selfish IN their
character, and more invariably adverse to the
advancement and success Of great public Ell
terprseS and improvements
The line of the Chmpiajn and st. lawrence
raj road. cNtnndmr trouth' -. Lawrence river
at Montreal lo the OLi,us1urEh railroad Depot
at Houses Point. Will h. 50 tar completed as
to be- opened for passengers and fr2irht within
the present month, and 81 uultaucously with the
Iconple ION OF tn. works Tor crossing the Lake,
before referred to.
ID rect an uninterrupted lines otrailroad will
then extend from tn, 81. Lawrence river at
) rdrnsburLh (which may BE- regarded as the
foot Of uivIra ON of the great Ltk's,l and
Iou,rcu (which Is the largest comm rcltl city
IN the British American Provnces.l 10 Il con-.
mon point of union upon the Vermont Central
rDrold 1t ou,e's Point, anil M,acc, orer It's
elt'r. engh oflGl mites. 10 The Connecticut ror.r,
al ! iupctlpa with via r. ln's le ding 20 BoS-
ton nl New York, an also by ylrou' diyarg-
az INES 10 Ports MOUTH Pr1yi lence, New tia
ven and almost every seaport lnl mtnutIctu-
nng town in the New England States.
it Il worthy of rrmlrk, that the Imc of the
Vermont Central railroad from Houses Point,
comprises ore huif of the entire line thence to
Boston, by the Concord and Lowell route, AMI
oyer tint proportion by the heene and Fitch
burgh route.
Since the unlersignc had the honor to re
cclye your appontn' ~ "a the Eth lay Of jan
In, a "a - f.