Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-05-29
Railroads Through Vermont.

The delay in making the subscriptions for
the railroad from Montpelier to St. Johns
bury, is encouraging the people in other
parts Of the State to make vigorous efforts to
secure friends for routes through their local.
+ ties The people of Woodstock are more
hopeful than ever, and announce that they
need but few thousand dollars more to ma Ike
sure the building Of a road to that town: and
they hope for a speedy extension TO Rutland
west, and a connection with Portland, east.
making, the New York Central, great
thoroughfare from the Atlantic to the AXES
| And the people in the valleys of the Lamoille
and Mssisquoi rivers are earnestly at work
showing the advantages of route down those
rivers. We find in the Portland Press, of
May -, an editorial in which mention is
made of letter received from Cambridge
Centre, Vermont. The editor says:
Since writing the above we have received
communication from Cambridge Centre
VT The writer thinks the road ought to
pass through the Lamoille valley. Instead
OF striking the Vermont Central at Mont
pclier, he proposes to go north of that town
and connect with the Vermont and Canada
either at Georgia or St. Adams. The reader
will understand the Vermont and Canada
commences mt Essex Junction, five miles
from Burlington, and is in fact continu-
alton of the Vermont Central to Rouses
Point. Georgia is about IS miles from St.
Johnsbury, and St. Adams SO miles. We
think the connection ought to be made at st
Adams. one of the most fourishing
towns in Vermont. 1t is the great mart for
Vermont butter, while Georgia is much
smaller place. and of less Importance.
In connecting at St. Adams, the track
would pass through the Lamoille river valley.
and thence to the Missisquoi river. This
section of Vermont is rich agricultural
region which would be brought into direct
communication with Portland. Now the
farmers obliged to cart their produce
from 10 to 30 miles. The inhabitants along
would be willing to contribute generously.
Before the Vermont Central was built,
this route was surveyed and would probably
have been adopted but for the influence of
the Burlington people who were DESTROYS of
having the road come to them.
The distance from Portland to St. Johns
bury is Is miles, from st. Johnsbury to
Cambridge Centre 90 miles, thence to St.
Adams > miles, making the whole distance
from Portland to St. Adams 1913 miles The
distance via Montpelier is % miles fnrther.
But then the road is already built to St.
Alhans, and good track it is, passing
through many rich valleys and running be-
tween many romantic mountains. If the
people on the other end of the route are will
ing to put their hands In their pockets and
construct a road through Northern Vermont,
we shall raise no objections, but bid them
God-speed-
The people of Portland are greatly in
terested in securing some direct communica-
ton with northern Vermont, and the West
In this they are looking to their own interest,
not to ours,-although such road would be
a great benefit to the section of the State
through which it should pass. They have
no preference now for routes, except to get
pretty well out of reach of roads connecting
with Boston, and to get western connection
as soon as possible. They would, undoubt-
edly, favor a route as far north as Mont |
pelier, and would, quite likely, prefer |
one down the Lamoille valley, as shorter
than any other. The route ria Woodstock
can be secured by building fewer miles of