The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-01

the road 20 lar rast u W. As 90 be- entirely
subverriVe Of lhe Interests represented althis
meeting.
Your Committee think that our claims are
based on no small or lrting copsideauona.-|
Embracing rich agricultural county, Win
population Of az least thiriy thousand inter
osted iH having the road pass through our
section, aud but eOmparatiyely little beneht-
ted by any other route, We feel that our
claims should aud must Le-heapl' lndepen-
dent Of population and Of agricultural resouI-
ces thfIV are other considerations which
you'd seem 20 make oar ain'airresistible,-
These are found in The immense and yalua-
bic resources recently developed ~ The VI
entity OF Lake Memphreuagog Tbs lake u
nayignble forty miles, and the new hleam-
boat now Ia operation would throw from ~
bosom into the road IL vast wealth Ia mime
rails including 10 iron-lta Rrapiie-and ils
limestone, with 10 snapstone ia thrumatr
Of irun--and its lumber Another aud not
the least consideration was tho fact that the
Montreal aud Portland road 10, "a a con
siderable extent International which would
render ~ liaihr a. injury IN ~ revenue from
through business from huclualing tariffs, con.
sequently your committee deem u Of the ut
most consequence % 10 prosperity, that the
road should pass through those sections OF The
country which would insure the greatest o.
.
the injurious consequences ~ which Il would
otherwise hebabieelcd,
ln yiuw Of these facts, We beg a. call your
attention. 80 tiTe -rriH.,ve value ~ The Two
routes, The route through by or east OF the
7 Conficonk, Il bat thnly settled and 10 10 q
considerable oGlspt uniayOrable 60 Agricul-
tutr, This portion Of the road must ever de-
pend mostly on through business for 10 rcve-
nue., subject a. direct injury from modiiica-
II l. "A 4. -
brooke "a de line We conceive that the route
fby, Stan,tcad would secure tcn-iold more WAY
business than the former, passing a. IL would
through the mot populous aud wealthy SEE
ton uf the EASTERN Townships, The town
shin Of Sianstcad alone contains a population
at about Eve thousand, aud IL annual sales
Of eoo,t IL estimated at about $500 900, This
/ with tho mineral products Ia the vicinity Of
/ the Lake, would ever secure "a the Montreal
/ branch good way business, A still grc alter
advantage would result ." Portland ~ Adopt.
ing the S;anstcad aud Derby route. II
= wo-,u open to Itself tho rich agricultural
comfy oil Orleans, with ~ mineral resources
at tho southern extremity OF the Lake. Il
would. IN fact hy - connection with the
Nis-i.moi Rad lrun dylcan- "a Swauton, o.
pen 10 itself participation in the trade Of
The whole Northern Vermont, az well ~ that
of Northern New York
To illustrate this more FULLY we beg to state
that Portland would have greater advantage
ia distance from the section alluded a., 10
that Of any other Atlantic port. by this route
Portland would bo ninety miles nearer Derby
than from Boston "a the latter place by the
Passumpsic. IL would also be- seventy miles
nearer from liou.cs Point through the valley
OF the Mssisluoi 10 Portland, than by the
Central rnule to Boston, thus giving through
the whole extent "a Ogdcn.burg, the adyan-
tagc of over seventy miles in distance, aud
Z extending 90 a population OF over one hun
drcd thousand Inhabitants, is advantage Of
being the nearest Atlantic port, By this cN-
tended aud direct line, the Portland road
would ever secure an adequate revenue indie
pendent ornational cont ngencic.
Your Committee would not conceal from
YOU the fact, that hy adopting this route 60
Derby Line, Portland would incur the cN-
lvtf'o OF i've or six miles OF additional ruad,
hut at the samv time we cannot but express
thc belief that the additional outlay would
be- more than hundrcd-iold compensated for
10y the extension OF IL trade aud by the place
ing its rood beyond all rivalry. ln'Nicw OF
these considerations, your Committee recon-
mend the adoption Of the iullolging rr2alu-
tions expressive OF the sense of this meeting
sFt ftHitFaHyi7. ~ JIf7riiifftg Ffit
interior of the country, and facilitating It's
2 trade, tend directly To dcyclopit resources,
and to stimulate the industry, aud cNait the
prosperity of is inhabitants aud that az the
present time they are absolutely essential to
the continuance of the prosperity Of this see
ton, in urlcr to enable IN 10 compete success
fully with more favored districts
Resoired, That we have entire confidence
in the success ofthcsc roads,and feel the most
positive assurance that they will he complct-
: ID 90 the dcSrcc L. Ly the end Oft .a-naa,.
la ht 1 A.
lantic.
Re,oired, That Portland is the natural
southern market not only for the Eastern
Townships, but for the whole of Northern
J Vermont and Northern Now 7 ork, as we'll as
Montreal IT being over seventy miles nearer
than any other Atlantic port.
ReSoired That it is al-important to the in
tcrcsts of the inhabitants represented at this
meeting that the ST Lawrence and Atlantic
Road should pass through Stanstead aud
Derby TO West Charleston, and that this
meeting consider it equally important to the
interests Of Montreal and Portland, rs we'll as
to the stockholders ...-
RcSoired That the County Of SlanAiead ia
: Cdnada, and the county of Orleans in Yer
mont, have n strong interest in having the
1 Ntlantic Road form n junction with that of
/ tho va ley of che Missisquoi near Charleston
nS It vptritit lie the ttea-vst ruutr to Rousc
Point and the Great West,
Resolved, Tha, the Executive Committee
appoint three or more Delegates to confer
with the Portland aud Montreal Boards of
Directors, and to urge our claims for consid-
Grafton.
The Report of the Committee was unoni-
mously adopted.
The meeting was addressed with great spir-
it and effect by several gentlemen, in favor
ftho connection of the Roads converging to
this point, after which the meeting adjourn
ed.
LETTER FROM Hon. ABRorT LAWRENCE.
"A friend has received letter from Abbott
Lawrence, our Minister to London, from
which W" make the following extract. What
1t says of our growing Indebtedness to Eu- /
rope, and of our large importations from Eu-
rope, is important to those engaged in trade,
and interesting tQ4'~all READERS. The same
letter contains a Ugh compliment to Mr. Skin
ner's magazine, known as "1hc Plough, Loom