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have been stimulated and greatly augmented
are in generally prosperous condition and
may be regarded as established upon SURF
footing, and well, it is to be hoped, in time
stimulate other branches of industry.
Neither should the fact be overlooked here
that beside these evidences of material pros
perity, this latter period has been character
lied by efforts of the great body Of the peO-
pie for the improvement of their social and
educational interests and that these efforts
have been successful is seen by an obviously
elevated public standard Of sobriety and in
telligence.
Nor have the people of the State been re-
miss in proyident care for the future devel.
opment Of Its natural resources and advanta-
gcs of trade and commerce. There have been
CONSTRUCTED, "a now in operation, some
thing more TIM a FIVE hundred ari ffty miles
of railway at an expenditure. almost entn'ly
by our own people, Of more than SIS 900,
900.
Aware Of the important influence of rail
road facilities in commercial affairs, and OF
the natural commercial advantages of our
position State policy was early indicated
by the legislature which should make Maine
in these respects, independent of other com
munties upon the Atlantic coast and which
should eventually afford it equal advantages
in securing the trade OF the interiOr-the
great producing region of the nation. 1t
was perceived that in any plan for the accom-
plishment of this [ bect, there were obvious
ly two point Of incalculabe Importance to
the growth and development of its material
interests and It's true commercial lndepcnd-
ence namely, the connection, by railway, Of
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country, and the British Provinces, our
neiShbors, contiguous to us, whose natural
intcrcommunication is through our territory;
and to afford to the trade and travel between
Europe and this country railroad facilities to
an Extreme eastern port ON this side the At
lAntc, giving the shortest possible sea voyage
between the two continents. The first point
in this system has already been secured by
the completion Of the Atlantic and St. Law
renee Railroad, connecting, as it does, with
4 coutiEuous line Of railway, Of surprising
excellence and capacity, which extends west,
ward through Canada to Detroitt thus ma
king our seab1ard accessible to that vast re-
giJn, the "Great West, and our principal
seaport town the Atltntic terminus Of a por-
ton Of the trade aai travel ot the great lakes
and their natural outlet.
The Importance gt this enterprise is al
ready seen IN the rapid growth Of our chief
c,mmrrclLl city, the facilities opened to our
interior towns t3r direct trade westward
and the amount Of transportation that al
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and s,lstnnlnra # am hnn.IraJ ,,iIl;nns or
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the citir, Of tfc. \fhntic ..,ro.,et and thi.
vast r.,igD Of territory -,ra tr.,n.,rt,.J
through the lkcs and the channels connect
cd with them the ya1ne af = direct and .,s,
communicated f.,m tbrir ,,ro.,t n-,tnrJ 1'I;,
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which tbaro ,y.,s n.n, in ali tl,,. r,,; ~ l.,
1881 thc wbola tralrs of tbesa l1kns ,v'.
stated at s33G OO0 0Wl conlny;n', II 0"0