The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-10-30

GRAND JUNCTION RAILRoAD-The Bos
ton Journal gives the following account of the
railroad, which has occasionei the great jubilee
in that city
"The Grand Junction Railroad Company wa:
chartered in lS47, with a capital Of ! 200 900
for the purpose of constructing IA line Of road tc
connect the Eastern, Boston and Maine, Fitch
burg, and Boston and Lowell roads with the de-
pot grounds Of the company in East Boston, wher,
they have ample wharf and storage room for the
accommodation of the extensive business which
1t Is expected their enterprise will command.
The grounds Of the company consist of some
thirty acres, the greater portion Of which is made
land, enclosed by Il very substantial sea wal!
2,39o fect IN length. These grounds front on
Marginal street, directly east of the Cunard
steamers wharf, and their piers extend to the
Commissioners line. These piers, are eight in
number; four Of them $50 feet in length and IS
IN width, and the others Of somewhat less length
They have been constructed Of oak, and are built
in the most substantial manner. From the main
track OF the road, ii branch runs along the edges
of each Of these piers, 50 that the merchandise
can be transferred from the cars to the ships as
stated above. Each pier is to he rooted over. so
that they viii be IN effect, ample and commodious
depots. At the head Of these piers or wharves,
Is abundant land for the construction of ware
houses, four of which, 10 be built Of substantial
granite, are TO be immediately erected bv the
company. The charter Of the company permits
II TO lease or sell TO other railroad corporal tons,
such portions OF its grounds as may be desirable
for the erection of freight depots, and the time is
probably not far distant, when the whole thirty
acres Of its ground will be occupied in that ma n
The company's grounds are accessible from tie
open the south the largest class of ships,
and the docks are protected from the Easterly and
Northeasterly storms. They contain | ,465 ,92O
square feet of land, piers and docks, divided as
follows, VIZ: LOSS, z5l square feet of land, 1873.
1875 feet Of oak piers, pa ,474, do docks; and
have a frontage on Marginal street of ! $50 feet
10 length. Besides the above, the company own
about 1861 square feet of land, with Il water
front of 200 feet, near the bridge over Chelsea
Creek. The real estate owned by the Company
comprised IN these two lots amounts to 1922 GA |
square feet, including 1851 feet in length Of
wharf accommodations, in the deepest and best
part of the barber for commercial purposes The
railway Will extend from the companys depots
at last Boston, where warehouses are to be con-
structcd by this and other companies, Gas stated
above,) through Chelsea and North Maiden. to
the Boston and Maine railroad in Someryie.
North Of the Middesey canal, and will intersect
the Boston and Lowell, and Fitchburg roads in
Somervi'le, near the present crossing of these
roads.
1t will Thus be seen that the depots on the
grounds OF the company are connected by this
road with four OF the principal railroads ene ing
the city, and through them with interior roads
reaching to the Canadas and great Lakes, viz
The Eastern railroad, Boston and Maine, Fitch
burg, and Boston and Lowel--thus afford chain
OF railroad communication from deep water at
our wharves. through the great manufacturing dis
trcts of New England to the Canadas, the Lakes
and the Great Western country, and probably at
no very distant day, uniting by one continuous
railroad line, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The length of the Grand Junction railroad itself,
is and 6-l0th miles.