Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-05-08

ports of Lake Ontario and the st. Law
renee, awaiting forward movement. All
of these ports contribute largely to the
fleet that natigates the lakes These
vessels make it point to come home full
thus gorging the warehouses and all
places available for storage. An elevator
at Ogdensburg is now being constructed
at cost of 100000, to accommodate
Just such surplus as We have spoken of.
The railroad companies have their ware.
houses, the different lines of vessels have
theirs, private Individuals also have
theirs, so that the accommodations for
such storage are very extensive, and all
these combine to make vast reservoir
upon which the railroads draw for freight
long after the supplies cease to come for
ward by water. 1t takes long time,
often, to work down this accumulation,
which gives winter business to the roads,
and withdrawing had the benefit of
cheap water carrIage-can bear the ex-
pcnsc of storage without making the ex-
pense of transportation larger than by
any all.rail route with freedom from
storage.
2. A road depending upon con"ec-
ton at Schenectady with the New York
Central for its winter supply of freight
has no assurance Of receiving single
pound at the very time when all other
sources of supply are cut off and for this
reason the New York Central is run in
the interest of New York city, and when
the canals are closed the order goes forth
from headquarters to the operators of the
road, not to take a pound of freight for
Boston or any other point east. until all
the freight bound to New York is first
provided for; and the amount of this
freight being amply sufficient to exhaust
the entire rolling stock of the road, of
course an cfcctual check is put upon all
merchandise bound east. This is precise
ly the evil under which Boston has
groaned, and the aid of the Hartford and
Erie road is designed to remedy it by
opening new route, entirely independent
of the New York Central. The facts here
stated are sufficient to show that road
having connection with an all-rail route
to the west is not thereby assured of a
winter freight business.
8. 1t may not be known to some of our
readers-and yet such is the fact-that
the construction of the Portland g. Og-
densburg road, opening direct connec-
ton by rail with Rouse'e Point, would
with other connections already made or
sure to be made-give a shorter all
rail route from the west than any other
either now made or in contemplation.
We show the fact by the following figures,
which represent miles:
From Portland to Rouses Point $50
Rouse's Point to Pottsdam Junction, 81
Pottsdam junction to Oswego, III
a, Dowaon IN Rnchaster 30
From Portland to Rocheser, 4'9
This is the length of an all rail ronte
from this city. via Conway, the white
Mountain Notch" St. Johnsbury and
Montpelier to Rochester, N. Y. The
80 miles between OsNego and Rochester
IS not yet open, but will be available for
use by the time it can possibly be need.
ed. This is the shortest route from this
city to Rochester. The next shortest
route would be that proposed by the
friends of the Portland and Rochester
road. The figures for this route are as
follows:
Form Portland to White River Junction, 100
" White River junction to Rutland. 55
Rutland to Schenectady, 95
- Schenectady to Rochester. 2l2
From Portland to Rochester, 5l2
This route contemplates the compile
tion of the P. & R. road to Rochester.
N. H., the filling of the gap from Alton
Bay to franklin. and the construction Of
a road from White River Junction to Rut-
land
To reach Rochester, N. Y, from this
city via Boston, involves the following
distances
From Portland to Boston, ll2
- Boston to Rochester, 429
From Portland to Rochester, 541
Thus it will be seen that, with the pro.
posed roads completed and all gaps filled
the distance from this city to Rochester.
N. Y.-whcre the different all-rail routes
would unite in one-is 81 mules less than
by way of Boston, and 33 miles lesl than
by the route contemplated by the compile
ton and connections of the Portland &
Rochester road.
From the Burlington Sentinel.
The citizens of Portland. Maine, are
discussing the project of a new railroad
from that city, via st. Jobnsbury and
Vt. TO darlington. on Lake