The Portland daily press., 1865-10-23
The portland and Rochester Railroad.

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upon its junction with the Great Falls ana
Conway and the Cocheco Railroads, so that
connection can be formed with Boston, by the
Cocheco Road at Dover, which is under lease
to the Boston and Maine Railroad Co., or py
the Great Falls and Conway, which connects
with, and is under the control OF, the eastern
Railroad.
The connecting link between the Great
Falls and Conway Road and the Eastern Road,
has been constructed since the work upon the
York & Cumberland Road ceased. Whether
either of those Railroad Companies - the
more equitable terms tDan those proposed,
that is, as way passengers and freight (leaving
to the Portland aud Rochester Road about
thirty cents by the present tariff for eacn pas
senger, and proportionally for freight, may Oe
questionable, but recent DEMONSTRATORS give
encouragement that more hDerai couhse VIII
be adopted. 1t may be as wen mere 70 state
that the Boston and Maine, by the terms OF
their agreement with the Eastern Road, In the
lease Of the Portlan1, Saco & Portsmouth
Road are bound not to take passengers from
any other Road, except as acay passengers,
while the Eastern Road is entirely untramelled
~ any such agreement.
The termination of the Portland and
Rochester Road at Rochester, gives to the Road
large trade with the Northern part OF York
County, and very considerable portion OF
New Hampshire, which may be turned from
Portland by railroad facilities being furnished
to Boston. It also renders the Portland and
Rochester Railroad Co. independent as to its
connection with Boston, not being restricted
by the proposals of the Boston and Maine Rail
road.
The Nashua & Epping Road was chartered
by the State of New Hampshire, 10 run from
the boundary of Maine, through Rochester, to
Epping, across the Portsmouth and Concord
Road to Londonderry, and across the Man
chester and Lawrence Road to Nashua, con-
Meeting with the Nashua and Worcester Road.
Consequently its line is northerly of the Bos-
ton & Maine, skirting the spurs of the hills Of
New Hampshire, and it will form connect
ing link which is necessary for continuous
railroad to New York. This line of railroad
will be the great thoroughfare to New York,
affording additional railroad facilities to New
Hampshire, but far greater to the State of
Maine. The distance between Portland and
New York viii be lessened more than thirty
miles, and business day will be saved to our
merchants and other travellers. The cars
now leave Augusta and Waterville in this
State, at 1-2 A. NJ, arrive in Portland in sea-
son for the 8 1-2 o'clock cars for Boston,
Should the Portland and Rochester and the
Nashua and Epping be constructed, the cars
may leave Bangor at A. NJ, be at Augusta
and Wateryille at 8, at Portland at ~ NJ, and
leaving at II IL, be at Worcester in time for
the cars to New York, without change of the
present time of running Of the Nashua and
Worcester cars, thus affording such facilities
that the traveller will leave Bangor at 8 A. NJ,
and arrive in New York at 10 O'Clock at night,
by present arrangements, or at II o'clock by
the Air Line Railroad rom Pomfret.
New Hampshire and Maine are thus CON
nected with New York, without travelling
thirty additional miles to pass. through Bos-
ton, and will thus be relieved from change
Of baggage there, as well as forced contribu-
ton to their hotels and hacks, with loss OF
about three hours in time.
Among the benefits which would accrue to
New Hampshire and Maine by the establish
ment of this line, would be not only the saw
ing of the charge upon freight, but the saving
OF damage inflicted thereon by the changes in
its transportation. Freight is now shipped by
steamboat from New York to Fall River, thence
by railroad to Boston, trucked across the city
and again shipped on the steamboat to Port
land, and from thence to its destination, being
chargeable with three distinct whariages.
When the new line shall be completed,
freight will be shipped from New York to
Norwich, and from thence transported where
ever the narrow gauge railroads extend, either
in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine, with
out any change in the mode of transportation.
Since the publication of our last remarks up
on the Portland and Rochester Railroad, we
have noticed an article in the Commercial
Bulletin, headed "Wants to avoid Boston,"
We can only say 10 the writer of that article,
that it was the Boston and Maine Railroad Co.
'~--~- R~-o NP eAN D01S AA0 ny buCIl tc1utS
prevented the construction of the York and
Cumberland Road; consequently those inter
ested in the 7. &c c., looked for terminus
other than Great Falls, and 10 their surprise.
found one at Rochester, which will make them
independent Of Boston; and while it opens
up Vermont and N. Hampshire to the Port
land market, by lines of railway costing Mas
sachusetts many millions of dollars, it furnish
.es them an outlet to New York, which at the
present time, is Of far more consequence to
the Road than the connection with Boston.
although the latter may still be both conye-
nient and profitable to both roads,
The last paragraph in the article, which we
quote, we were happy to see:
"To be serious, there is no cause for aninnos-
ity or commercial antagonism between Boston
and Portland. Both cities are in the same
boat; any enterprise which directly benefits
one, must indirectly benefit the other; they
cannot be too intimately connected for their
mutual welfare, and the sooner they get rid of
their FOOLISH Jealousy, and learn to pull togeth-
er, the better it will be for both"
We approve of this sentiment. and were
somewhat amused at its PRONUNCIATION from
that quarter after the course pursued by Bos-
ton toward Portland in the construction of
the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad. The
citizens Of Portland win not soon forget the
obstacles thrown in the way by Boston Of
Montreal, where Portland was represented as
"a little fishing toscn," and frozen up fire
months In the gear, while the Boston harbor
was dLscdys open and neUers DISTRACTED" and
IN confirmation letter was presented from
the merchants and solid men" of Boston ex-
pressive Of the same idea, which, unfortunately
Tor the statements of those gentlemen, did not
have much influence, as print was introduce
ed representing the cutting out of the Steam
er Europa for six miles, in Boston Harbor. BY
'ne enterprising business men of that citv