Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-05

syThe Bangor people are determined
to have n continuous railway to the line OF
New Brunswick to connect with contem-
plated road from st. John. From PAPER
read before the Chamber of Commerce IN
st. John, Jan. 18th ult., we learn some
thing of the expectations of those who are
pushing the matter forward,and also some
thing of the work to be done, We wish
the gentlemen interested every success
and have no doubt but it will be put thro'.
We copy the following:
The scheme decided upon in Bangor
embraces the filling in OF the links OF TINS
line required to connect Portland ana Han
fay bv rail. connection with Woodstock
and IIoulton to be obtained by the st. An
drews road. and with Fredericksburg by
a Branch from the main line from St. John.
The first thing required i'll carrying out
this scheme, and in fact, the key to the
whole work, is that between Bangor and
st. John The managers of the Europcn
& North American Railway for the state
of Maine" with view to the early com
pletion of this part of the road, have obtain
ed permission of the city of Bangor to car
nv the road from the present depot OF the
Maine Central, through Water Street, and
br a brawbrilge over the kenduskcg Rver'
TO the terminus of the Bangor and Oldtown
railway. They have also made arrange
ments for the completion of that part OF the
line, as well as the whole line as far as
Milford during the present year. They
have also arranged with the managers OF
the Maine Central to run their road rs soon
as it is built. Meanwhile a survey is being
made in the direction of Mattawamkcag
and the New Brunswick frontier.
The precise rout not having been dciini-
tely determined cannot, ofcoursc be spec
ifcally stated, but that chiefly discussed in
Bangor, passes from Bangor up the Penob-
scot as far as Mattawamkcag thence near
" east to the Oromucto Lakes in New Brun-
wick. where it joins the Douglas Valley
rout rs surveyed, and follows it to st. John.
The distances are
From Ba~ gor to Mattawamk >ag. 81 m es.
Matt -wamkeac to y W Brunswick f-on'ie so
New Brunswick 'front.' to - Andrew line, .
st. Andrew line to St John, 30
Total, is miles.
The branch to Fredericton from Hart =
Mills will be 20 miles. This will leave i'll
all POS miles to he completed lO5 in
in the State of Maine, and 80 miles OF
trunk and 20 of branch line i'll New Bruins
wick. by this proposed road and that
from St andrews, We have the following
distances
From 81. John to Woodstock and Ioulton i@j mills,
From Bangor to Woodstock and IIoulton, IFS
from II. John TO Fredericton, 62
The through line is only a few miles
longer than the shore line rs surveyed uu-
der Morton. 1t can be built with less cur
yaturc and easier grades and it will cost
less (at least $4,000 per milc), it goes
through lands and forests af the best quail
itv. it gives the shortest possible lines to
both Fredericton and Woodstock, and Is
the only one likely to secure State aid from
Maine.
The people of Maine, and more particU-
larly of Bangor, are determined to extend
their roads. If we meet them and so give
them connection with the trade Of all the
Lower Provinces, aud the Europen travel,
they will naturally take the proposed rout
if not. it will be their only course, on reach
ing Ma'tawamkcg, to follow the course o
that stream and tap the st. Andrews nad
Il few miles below Woodstock Station
thus appropriating to themselves the whole
trade Of the Upper st. John River.