The Portland daily press., 1867-07-18
Our Western yi.iisrs.

counted sixty-five but foT the absence of Mr..
G. w. Willard, of The Montpelier Freeman,
who, We regret to learn, was called home FROM
Boston, ON account of sickness in his family
The Oswego party started Monday morning
at o'clock. From Oswego come Mr.. G. II.
Failing, president, and Messrs. A. b. Getty,
CT. Richardson and D. G. Fort, members, of
the Oswego Board OF Trade; Fort is also an
ex-mayor of Oswego; Mr.. ID. DeWolf, we'll
known banker; Mr.. Theodore Irwin, one of
the largest mllers in the city; and Mr. J. A.
Barry, editor of the Palladium. Mr.. Charles
B. Stewart, of Geneva, civil engineer, employ
ed on the Southern Pacific Railroad, accom-
panied the party. .l s7su
At isichland the company was joined
by Addison Day, of Rome, superintend
ent OF the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens-
burg Railway, by Mr. G. Comstock, director of
the same road, and by Mr.. G. G. Bragdon, of
the Utica Herald. AT Pierrepont Manor,
Hon. w. @. Pierrepont, president of the road,
appeared; at Adams, Gen. s. ID. Hungerford,
another director; at Waterfowl, Mr.. L. Il.
Camp, also a director, and j. II. Starbuck, Esq.
1t is proper to mention here also Mr.. Mar
cellus Massey, of New York city, Vice Presi-
burg Railway, who is also here to represent
the link which when the Portland and Og
densburg Railroad is flushed will complete
our line of communication to Oswego as WELL
At Ogdensburg, an elegant car belongi ne to
the Ogdensburs and Lake Champlain Rail-
way was placed at the service of the party
The car had been decked by the ladies of Og
densburg with evergreen, tied with true lave
knots of satin ribbon, and further adorned
with flags and two immense bouquets. Por-
traits of Preston King, who was born in Og
densburg and of Silas Wright who during his
whole public career resided in st. Lawrence
County, hang at the ends ofthe car. From Og
densburg come Judge A. B. James, Col. e. G.
James, Gen. Il. w. Judson, Mr.. Ii W. Pratt;
D. W. G. Brown, Mayor Of Oglensburg ana
superintendent of the Ogdensburg and Lake
Champlain Railway; from Malone, half way
to Rouse's Point, comes Mr.. A Andrews. a di-
rector of the same road; and here also, we
mention Mr.. j. G. Pratt, of Boston, president
Of the road, who is here to represent the sec
ond great link in our chain of Western COM
muncation. I'D. -,ro.fsy-,. .... 40 -
At St. Adams, where Monday night was
spent the party was on the ground Of the Yer
mont Central Railroad, and thence forward in
charge of Mr.. Lansing Mills, General Agent
of that road, the best of managers The elegant
directors car of the Central road was here ad-
ded to the train. The st. Adams delegation
included Hon. Lawrence Brainerd, formerly
U. s. States Senator, Messrs. A. Barnes and
w. H. Whiting, of the 81. Adams Messenger
and Mr.. G. Merrill, Superintendent OF the
Vermont Central Railway Mr.. Brainerd and
Gov. j. Gregory Smith, who is also of the
party, are two of the three trustees of the YER
mont Central so that the third link in our
great chain is well represented.
AT Essex Junction appeared from Burling-
ton MIR. j. D. Hatch, director ofthe Vermont
Central, Mr.. E. w Peck, and Mr.. G. III. Bige-
low of the Burlington Times; and from Mid
dlebary, Speaker j. w Stuart. of the Vermont
House of Representatives. From Montpelier,
come General e. F. .Pitkin,1 Quartermaster
General of the State of Vermont, Messrs j.
w. Ellis, w. 6. Ferrier,J G.. Dewey, j. H.
Ellicott, and H. Boutwell,. Our st. Johnsbury
friends are also along Horace Fairbanks
whose scales have make his name famous; his
agents w. B. Hatch of New York, and S. N.
Brown Jr., of Boston; Messrs. G. Morrill,, E. G.
Redington, J. Ross, G, s. Dana r. Fairbanks !;
and Mr.. @. M. Stone Of the ST. Johnsbury Cal
edonian. Danville, adjoining st. Johnsbury,
is represented by Mr.. b. w. Davis. All these
good names stand tor the fourth link in our
chain, yet to he constructed. @1n
Dining at White River Juntion, the party
passed Tuesday afternoon into New Hamp-
shire where they picked up Hon. Thomas
M E1ma nd If IT., ~
Cornish, and pushed on to Boston.
Yesterday morning the company Joined by
other gentlemen interested in the same great
undertaking, left Boston for Portland by spec
ial train. Superintendent Prescott of the
Eastern Railroad and Merritt of the Boston
and Maine, came on the train. Besides the gem
tlemen already mentioned, there are Messrs
Thomas Upham and A. Williams, directors,
and II. A. Church, treasurer, OF the Ogdens-
burg and Lake Champlain Railway, and
Messrs. j. w Balch, A. G. Greeley and L. B.
Phillips from Boston; Messrs. G.. A. Freeman,
and G. P. Peck from New York city; Mr..
Robert f. Taylor, another director of the Og-
densburg and Lake Champlain Railway from
Philadelphia; and Mr.. III. Loomis, from Chi
cago. At North Berwick, ex-Gov Goodwin of
Portsmouth was pic|'ed up, and ex-Gov. An
drew of Massachusetts, barely escaped, leav-
ing the city by the Grand Trunk little too
soon for the messenger who was sent to de-
tain him ~'A t'- ego.
Gentlemen, we have introduced you to the
citizens of Portland, who knew many of You
before, and now in the name of the citizens of
Portland, we bid you cordial welcome though
many of them have heartily welcomed you
already. The common interest which brings
together the citizens of Portland and of Og-
densburg and Oswego, after three days travel
over circuituous routes, will assuredly be
strong enough to secure more direct and
constant intercourse. You want our Atlantic
wharves; we want your grain and aour, col
lected from the whole West Let us bridge
over the space which separates us, and help
one another in the true spirit of this age OF en-
terprise and mutual helpfulness. aa+otssat .l
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