St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10
4 Toice from Maine.
The Portland and Ogdensburg Railway.

prominent pace hhier inns ilea'!, u tlc
two great railway lines which are ult-
matcly to connect Halifax with the Great
West, by way of Portland, the White
Mountain Notch and Oadensburg.
lie begins by saying that ''the railroad
enterprises in this state (Maine) are not
visionary or speculative projects. We
do not sink capital in providing means
for transportation, willie there is nothing
to transport. Nor do we rely ON the
Uncertainties of future Development.
But our actual necessities demand these
roads"
The Governor then goes on TO speak
OF the great European and North Ameri
can railroad which is 10 connect Halifax
with the principle cities in Maine. Oh
this he says-'.Thc Provincial govern
ment has given to the road outright SlO,-
900 mile, and TO less than Sl0,000,-
900 have already been expended and
main line from Halifax TO st. John. and
nearly the w'lo'e of ii. provincial end OF
the line Is now finished or in rapid pro-
cess OF completion. 1t remains Tor lis to
ensure the building OF the snort distance
ry."
IF we grant our aid II Is thought that
the close 1870 will see Halifax, Bangor
Portland and Boston connected bv rail.
Open, the road now that the Cunarc
steamers are withdrawn from Boston and
the Great current OF transatlantic travel
will cross our stale.
Connected with this in its ultimate
advantage, a-d OF scarcely less impor-
lance. is tie enterprise on our western
bor,lrr-the Portland and O-densburg
Railroad-by which it is proposed to
open :; new ihorougitare from our me-
trupolis TO the treat West. \ road |
which, skirting Sehago Lake, winding |
through the notch OF the White Noun |
taIns, strais ht across upper New lamp- |
beautiful valley OF the i.amoilie. crossiu. /.
the foot of Lake Champaign, connecting |
with the Northern railroad of New York. !
which opens the way To- Oglcusbur. and
O-wcgo. and.by means of connections now
III process. 20 all the CHIEF cities OF the
Great Lakes, will open direct and con-
tinuouS route from our seal GARD To the
a.
10 travellers, and its business facilities,
must defy competition, especially when
We consider that III simmer frcights may
be brought by water to O-densburg. only
some 80 mites from Casco BAY. As
part Of HIS enterprise. and contributing
1o lis complete success, Is the opening OF
the Niagara ship cInal-;I matter OF vast
importance 10 Us. the bare statement
of this design and plan is sufficient to
COmnend II 10 our interest. The "ener-
Gus favor wiki which it is met in OSwc-
60, OrlcuSbure and Vermont, should
stimulate Il responsive zeal.
No student Of physical geography can
fail TO see that there is not a port east of
New York which commands so many
"
trade ana travel, as Portland With
this road she will yindicatc to herself a
higher claim than that which has been
So snecringly rctortcd upon her; she
will prove herself TO be the natural sea-
port OF more than all the Canadas. |
am not aware that the friends of this
road ask us for pccuulary aid bur no
! Il.
largely conducive to the growth and
prosperity not Of Portland only, but OF
the whole state. The great railroad
systems OF this state are of too much pub
lie Importance To be left entirely TO the
hands OF private parties. The great body
of the people have Il direct and practical
concern in this, which should harmonize
all interests and energies. The eros
purposes of sections and guagcs should
NOT lie permitted to stand in the way OF
the public good. All should unite to set
IN motion the powers which will work
out the welfare and glory OF the state
We are not 10 forget the inevitable at
traction which will bring into line with
these great thorough!arcs the North
Pacific Railroad: and when the eve take.
III at one glance the connection and con-
tlnulty OF these large designs, from tho
ca-ternmost point OF the Atlantic coast
to the shores of the Pacific, checked b,
neither rivers, lakes nor mountains. MOI
knowing boundaries OF State or PROVING,
or Dominion from ocean to ocean tn.
mind gathers up at once the mighty in.
trre,ts involved wien the reciprociiies O
trade shall flow and reiiow across tn. MT
most breadth of the continent and dis
Germs the signS of our own awakenin
and the promise of the nations unity
Il" On Tuesday of last week, trail
on tie Northern railroad ran over ant
killei Chamberlin Packard, in the tow
OF Canaan, \. II. He was crossing tn
track with load of wood. and lust a
the sled was upon the track the encin
struck him. There are several e1cellen
opportunities for similar disasters at cross
incs in this town. When will ON rail
roads have the crossings either above q
IL troc1y thou ora