The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-05-12


i'ondr'; % J.. very respectable Journal pub
lishe'! n Canada under date Of April Fl, 49,
-, to shrv how that mighty Grand Trunk
Company stands where it is best known, and
it will no recolected that the Provincial Par.
Lament was then, and is now in session. lie
.ays -" Amonc st the modest propositions Of
our modest Government, they are about tG
come down for one million pounds more fol
the Grand Trunk Company. Will they gel
it? Will the representatives Of the people
grant il Dare they grant it? This Prov
ince is moving on like rail car on perpet
ually descending grade, with continually &C.
celebrated speed to-what? To wealth ant
Importance? or to bankruptcy and ruin 2
We ought not to b.. carried away with thu
Granl Trunk. or 20 mad with the rail roat
mania. We gave Jackson & Co., all they de-
sired - guaranteed stock Of $4,000 pc,
mile, and they told us that in all probabilt!
the credit Of the government would nevel
lie used; that it was sought only to gain con
4ideRce and to enable Jackst. & Co :" v"
pose Under the shallow Of tie Province'
name-it has proved otherwise they have
drawn upon the Province far further than b,
law they were entitled to 10. Now til. wan
the small sim Of four million doll ara a. re
they sag if they cannot get it, thev STOP
Their works can proceed no further. The
plain truth is, that this mighty Grand Trunk
ismannc'l by men who must have places
The man is rot chosen from his fitness for
the situation, but the place is bestowed upon
the man because lie needs it and salaries
are urged of $4,000. $4,000, $4,000, for
men whose services are not worth quarter
ot the sum. There are many reasons to sick
en- the country with This Grand Trunk Rail
way, ans! the contractors who undertook its
completion
'Somuch of that mi shty Grand Trunk Com
pany. by men who must be posted up in the
premises, AMI which threatens to absorb the
little life left Of the Conn. & Pass Rivers
R,il Road And here I woul.l desist-for
the more read the sen,!"mcn's three co.,
un'ns Of broadcast fo., the more inconsistent
AMI selfish find it. and will only inform the
gentlemen oftle present and future pros
pect, o.! our Rail Road The '.indira-
lions Of 4 disposition to carry the road az
far west Of Island Pond, in 1854" that the
gentlemen speak Of. are these for a great
pat Of the years 1853 and 1854, competent
engineer was employed OIL the line, within
the limits of its charter, where its first char
ter. its renewed charter. all the former sur
veys. the promises and pledges Of gentlemen
south, the arrangements and combinations
Of nature" indicated that it should 90. Island
Pond the centre Of gravity and Grand Trunk
to the contrary p,witlrstandins The sur
vcy was completed, stakel out, and located
from ST. Johnsbury to Derby line, and e>ti-
mates made ready for contract. The line was
found very favorable, the maximum grade, I
believe, not exceeding 80 feet per mile. and.
As located. about niles shorter than bv
Charleston, as Per former survey. As to
building the road, the time, &C., can ONLY
saw that the prospect is favorable. We are
assured hy the President Of the Company
and others Of the Directors. that the road no
doubt will be under contract in the course of
next summer. This is all we want at pres
emf. If we are sure of the road in the course
of ! or 5 years. it is sufficient, at the present
and prospective prices Of provisions and Ia
Dor. Reports are also favorable for the Shef.
ford & Chamb'y Rail Road, besides. new
impulse il given it of late-the proffrr Of the
wealth and patronage Of St. Johns. to pass
that wav, and avail themselves of eighteen
mile. already made. The distance to the
st. Lawrence river will not thereby be in
creased. and it will pass through a fine
"oAnlry. and i. will connect at st. Johns with
9 Champlain road. Of course be thorough
fare between this section of the country and
the great west these roads being completed,
OF course there will be con ne ..tion from the
outlet Of Lake Memphremagog with Shcr-
brooke, only - miles. Then, know not
why We should want a connection with Island
Pond at all. II there should appear to be a
little business or travel that way, it could BE-
donc Ivy teams and stages.
Q,rbec and Montreal! will be as near Dos
ton this way as to Portland and a. Boston
must be the great Depot for foreign steamers
I see not why the main foreign travel and
business should not be by this route. And
as the distance between Quebec and New
York is IS miles shorter than by any other
route, Of course. that travel must he here
And when We take into consideration the fact
that twenty miles square in Stanstead and
Orleans Counties, through the centre of which
our roal will pass, will be worth more, for all
sine. for agricultural purposes, and for way
!:ta;l Road business than the whole distance
from Canada Line toPortland 20 wide miles&
lG; miles long. on the Atlantic & St. Law.
''rnce line, will it be wonder, II, at some not
far distant time the grass will grow over that
road, and owls and bats occupy their dcpots
and station houses? T.
Derby, April so, 1855.
TEEgiDLE TE AGEDY IN BE1OIr. Wis
From private lette from Beloit. We learn
the following pas:iculars Of a lrea,lfnl franc.