St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-05-31
From the Portland Pre5s, May g!
Railroad from Manchester to
Portland Direct.

termned to make that CITY d loieiiioo'
seaport place. Enterprise IS as necessary
to the growth of a city as to the success
of an individual The smart business
man is planning night and day to extend
his means of earning money. The place
in which he lives has no one so devoted
to her interests. Occasionally a few III
dividualS devote some of their time in
that way, but such public spirited per-
sons are not common. Maine seems to
be full Of them now Portland, Augusta
and Bangor, appropriate without hesita-
ton by the hundreds of thousands of
dollars, for the increase Of manufactures,
and the extension OF transporting iaclli
ties"
1t is indeed true that Portland, as
we'll as the country, needs a railroad to
connect her with iron bonds to the
Great West Our citizens have gene
rously voted the credit of Portland to
aid i'll building the road to Rochester.
SO far so good The paper from which
we quote above, says, that a petition has
been circulated asking the city council OF
Manchester to make 4 survey of a route
from Rochester to Gambia, a distance of
II miles The leading taxpayers have
signed this petition. The people in that
section OF the country are in earnest i'll
railroad matters. Railroad meetings
have been held in New Boston, Epson,
and other towns, and the railroad fever
seems to be on the increase. Since Port
land has shown her Willingness to aid i'll
extending the railroad to Rochester and
beyond, the people on the contemplated
route are wide awake and determined to
have the work completed, that they may
have easy communication with our city.
The time was when Portland held
quite a trade with Ncrmonter-, who
drove their four and six horse teams
through tue Notch of the White Noun
tains, and came TO our city with the pro-
duce of their farms. Our merchants in
those day. looked for the arrival OF these
Vermont teams with much intcrest. They
brought TO this market biz hogs and vel
low butter, and took back with them ar
ticles Of West India growth which our
merchants had imported
1t Seelns a. If nature intended this
Notch between these grand old noun
tains for Il pas>agcway 10 the shores OF
the Atlantic, until human gcnius might
construct some other avenue. And nov
if the iron horse has power enough 10
haul the cars through this pass, and the
grade Is not too much for him. then let
the track be laid Tor linn with all posi-
Die dispatch. and let LII, hot breath be
heard among these majestic mountains.
If this can be dOnc-and We under
stand the route is quite tea-ible-thcn
the people of the Granite State and Ui
Northern Vermont viii find their way IL
Portland, and profitable trade will
spring up which now passes elsewhere.
There is nothing in the way to Rouse :
Point after passing through ill., Notch.
The connecting links can soon be made
with the Og,lcnsburg road. and then the
:. way will be open 10 the tecmlng " est.
When the Vermont Central Is reached at
Montpelier, it Is about forty mile, i.uln
Burlington on the eastern shore OF LAKE
Champaign. Five miles from Burllng-
ton is Essex Junction. where the En-
mont and Canada road commences, lead
mo TO Rouscs Point. Montreal and o.
densburg.
Those who are bound west can pass
on and not 20 to burlington, but pleas
urc traveller, will lind the route to the
Ogdcnsburg road very pleasant by going
to Burlington and then taking the Cham
plain steamboats, to Rou>e'S Point.
There are other routes to the Ogdcn,-
burg road which promise well, and they
!. will soon be found out. 1t is quite nat
ural that all would like to have the cars
run near their place Of residence bu
that desire can be gratliied III but COM
p, paratiyely few instances, and hence ",
! may expect TO hear opinions made W
from purely selfish motives which ar,
; to be taken with man, grains of allow
! ance Northern Vermont is Il GLORIOUS
! country, and a railroad crossing almo>
any part OF 1t, where II is possible to IS
u tabli>h ono, would greatly benefit tin
t people. What Portland wants IS tn
i nearest and best road to Rousc- Point
there to connect with the O@densbur.
l route which points directly TO the Grea
West, and whether that will run Il
: Montpelier and there connect with tn
Vermont Central Or pass through Yer
. mont further L. the north, Is the queS
i ton to be hereafter settled by actual sur
vevs and reliable facts.
y, Since writing the above we have re
- ceIyed communication from Cambrldg
II Centre, Vt. The writer thinks that th
=, road ought to pass through the Lamoill
- valley. Instead of striking the VI
u, Central at Montpelier, he proposes to .
- north of that town and connect with til
" Vermont and Canada either at GeoreI
II or ST. Adams. The reader will under
i stand the Vermont and Canada CON
mences at EsseA Junction, five milC
from Burlington, and is in fact col
=, tinuation Of the Vermont Central {;
:. Rouse'S Point. Georgia is about seventy
!, five miles from Of. Johnsbury and 5
. Adams eighty-tiree miles. We thin
:, the connection ought to be made at 5
Adams. now one Of the most iiouri>hil
:. towns in Vermont 1t is the great ma
-, for Vermont butter, while Georgia is
y, much smaller place and Of less impo
:. lance
~ In connecting at St Adams the trac
pr would pass through the LamoiIle rive
n valley, and thence TO tie Missisqu
-, river This section of Vermont is riC
~ agricultural region, which would
10 brought into direct communication vii
Portland Now the farmers are OblIgt