The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Portland and Rutland Railroad.
By the Legislature Of Nome by an Act
approved March 6, 1868
Capital $4,000, 900. - 10, 900 share, Of
500 Each.


NHE Portland and Rutland Railroad. to RIM ro.r
y on the parallel of 43 degrees 80 minutes- or
due west between 45I and A degrees OF north Iati
tude, will connect the rich and 1ourishing town OF
Rutland, VT, with the unrivalle harbOT Of Portland
Maine, passing through rich and pOpulous country
by most favorable route, crossing neatly at right
angles the series Of railroads running north and
York. IN - : ~
From Halifax the present eastern outport of the
continent to Portland, distance Of 500 miles, the
lines are completed. or in prog ess. Fron Rutland,
a line extends west to Whitehall from thence 10
Schenectady and all;tLe Vest so that. Nv complet-
ing the link from Portland to Rutland "a trans-con-
mental line q railway IS secured the eonu-
nent at ls WIDEST part from the Atlantic to the Pa
citic Ocean. H... .. Id. ...
The completion of the line from Rutland to Port
land will connect the California Pacific coast with
rtland and a ifax, by the most direebroute prac-
ticable possible. fH. Ia. Id ~
This inc will be to tn railways o this continent
wha1 the Suez Cana will be to the navigation Of the
Old World, avoiding clrcuItDus routes around long
-xtended sections OF The con inent .s.- l...-..
Under two charters, but in cooperative action, the
cluzens OF vermont are constructing Their portion
u the une from Tutland 10 Wbi6e River JdncLiOu.
The Northern RAILROAD o. New Hampshire
due east from Whi River junction and 81 miles
Of IT'S line be used the most direct line to PORT
land, which Company has agreed 10 form Impartial
Rutland.
a cnarter for line across Maine was approved
March 8, 1865; that for line across. New Hamp-
shire approved July 8, 1858. authorizing the
construct OF railway rom the line OF the North
cbern Railroad at Danbury, to the boundary of
Maine. in The valley Of the Ossipee River 50 that
chart OF the most hbe are now proyd-
ed for the entire route from Portland TO Rutland
Authority is given in the Maine charter to lease
purchase, or connect with existing lines Of railway
any hereafter built, in this, in either OF sal
States OF New Hampshire or Vermont, to form
a consolida ed line from Portland TO Rutlan
In inviting subscriptions to the stock Of the Pori-
land and Rutland Railroad, The undersigned beg
route from Portland to Rutland, the line passes
through we-p 'pulated country, many Of the towns
having thriving manufacturing villages, so that BUSH
ness already deyelopru, awaits the advent Of the
railway, which will enter upon profitable business
at the outset not being c)mpelled Ike other lines of
raiwy to wait for business till the forests sub
dued, and farms brought into cultivation and that
population Of 1000 resided In Portland and IN the
towns i-'mediatey on its loute in Maine accor ling
the of 1860,-since increased by more than
20 pr cent, making population OF $4,000 in
Maine, on its immediate route The New Hamp-
shire towns, from the state line TO Danbpry, hada
population OF 20 O72 anu valuation of S5,l35466 I'm
1850. With the exception of Portland, westbrook
and Gorham, and four New Hampshire towns, they
are all without railruad taciIies. r-l- hf =
There was population Of a S2l persons, with
valuation OF 81, 6O5,52l In 1860. in Central New
hampshire, directly interested in this line from
White ri er Junction to Portlani, and very nearly
an equal number lying north q il in Maine who
woule by this route, have their most direct outlet to
the sea. ''7-
Amajor part OF the territory of New Hampshire
ana ~ ies north Of te line q the proposed
OF which will naturally seek Portland Har Dor as the
nearest and best outlet for their trade.
Hampshire and Vermont drew TO her their trade
The building OF the line proposed will restore To
Portland her lost advantage, and make her the cen
ire oil trade OF larger portioa of New England than
hat now dependent upon any other Atlantic
port. a.. y Ufr -.-l -.f a...-s =. ~
oy extending line about 45 miles, it will inter-
sect with the proposed Great Falls and Conway road
already extended to Union Village, in Wakefield
which Is TO extend northward to Os~ipee and Con-
way. From the proposed point OF intersection OF the
Two lines in Ossipee, the distance to Boston, the
present market OF that country is l26 miles, that
al for Il Al hat
80 miles less OF distanee than TO Boston. On reach
ing Meredith the line viii connect with that of the
Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad, at q point
ll3 miles distant from Boston, giving the trade of
that country an outes to Portland 40 miles shorter
| than the line to Boston. VT
BY this route foo more direct connection will he
made between Portland and Concord, the capital Of
New Hampshire, than by any existing or proposed
une; anordng most agreeable route to Boston, New
From Meredith Village, the line, OF the Boston,
Concord, and Montreal Railroad already extends
northward SO miles, 70 Wells River Junction and
20 miles further TO Littleton This Company re Is
understood have raised the for extending the
Grand Trunk Railway to Northumberland, section
of which line, from Littleton Whitehead Is 10 be
pu der contract the present year. AN1
AT Wells River Junction, the line connects with
the Passumpsc Railroad extending northward TO ST.
bloomsbury, ami TO the boundary OF Canada aiming
Tor a connection with the Grand Trunk Railway at
Lenoxve. All the country lyingnorth oil the loint
o. intersection VI our line with that OF the Boston,
Concord, and Montreal Railroad at Meredith wili BE-
brought 40 or 80 miles nearer to Portland than 10
Boston by the construction OF the proposed line
AT Wells River Junction, the proposed line 10
Montpelier will extend over a avorableroute thirty
eight miles already chartered, giving a connection
between Montpelier and Portland in about 1856 miles,
which II is understood will be undertaken as soon as
an enabling Act is he TOW on its
route 70 subscribe stock 70 the same extent as upon
OF the Vermont and Canada Railroad extends to
Rouse's Point, so miles, or total Of 235 miles from
Portland; from Rouse's Point to Ogdensburg is I1S
miles, or 1853 miles from Portland,-the line from
Rouse's Point to Montreal is a miles-making to-
tai 0f27 miles from Portland to Montreal, by way
Ot Wells River and Montpelier.
On reaching Bristol. N. H. the line will connect
with The branch to Franklin, 10 miles, forming new
shire tn Concord. lf t4H InIg.. u
The lire OF the Northern Railroad of New Hamp-
shire is reached at Danhury, 81 miles OF White
River Junction, which will connect with lines run
ming north and south and with the Woodstock Rail-
White River juno IN 10 Rouses Point Is Il. niIss
by the Vermont and Canada Railroad; so that from
Portland to kouse's Point, byiths route is 266 miles,
miles % -
From White River Janction line extends down
tile Connecticut valley to Bellows Pals where IL
embranches, one running to Boston by the Cheshire
Railroad, the other con fnuing down the Connecti-
cut valley to Springfield, thence to New York City,
and by a line TO Albany. cIt t-lu.I sF
On reaching Rutland, the natural terminus of the
proposed line, il will afford the shortest and mcst
available outlet to the for the accumulated bus i
ness already attracted TO this point by It's a1ysnIa
seous position and the center of a vast system OF
rallrOdus cOhVefglng 10 10 from all directions
Rutland Is the center OF large m an featuring dis
trict and the headquarters OF the marble trade al
ready g own into Importance which will he rapidly
developed into leading interest in Vermont,
This trade Is especially I'M sed in a line To p IT.
Ian and proposes TO build shp-canal from White
nal TO kaIand, thereby making Rutland the near
not anticipating too much to expect that ship-canal
VIII IN few years, connect Lake Champaign with
the 81 Lawrence making Lake Champaign the in
and basin ff the aeeumu lation and distribution of
Western produce. > -
greater elements { success than Rutland already
the argt St tpwn in Veimgnt. Fss.
A new line OF communication from Rutland 10 the
81, Lawrence and the West, by means ofthe steamer
Cakes AGIes, and the lat sburg Railroad has re-
Gently been successfully inaugurated Additional
lines OF railway have been proposed to Lake Ontario
the completion which or any OF them will laryelv
enhance imp rance OF Rutland as point for he
reception and distribution of trade: and the more
recent movement to bull line from Saratoga to Og-
densburg, by direct ine promises still greater re-
suits to the business OF Rutland.
We have spoken OF the Portland and Rutland road
mainly rs local enterprise, serving as spinal col
umn or CIR nd Trunk RAILROAD ne for the business ~
.ns Uuy aone us route or brought 70 it on either
SIDE by connecting lines IF raroad and there seems
to be no reasonable doubt. that this cal business
would be abundantly remuneratve upon the cost Of
construction, running is it does, over a favorable
route that can be cheaply built. H.|fs.
From Portland to Danbury the reports of the En-
gneer show. that no heavy grades are encountered.
and that tile line can be built at cost below the ay
erage OF New England roads, ~ "
But to these local advanta already spoken of.
III.
the through line across the continent CONNECTING
Portland and San Francisco.
Inc G Instruction of the Portland and Rutland
Railroad was recommended by the recent Interna-
ti0nal Commercial Convention at Portland as a nee
essary link in the great chain of Communication
around the globe, destined TO connect Australia
China and japan with London saving from twenty
70 Thirty days time over any other practicable or pos
Two facts are necessarily to be established TO se
cure assent % the Tiews embodied in the doinos of
tue Portland Convention. LIST. The superf,rity In
speed OF railway transit over water Transportation:
and, ID That the widest part of the c ntinent ~
North America lies in the direct line between HONG
Kong and London. These two propositions admit
ted no one can doubt that the laws OF commercial
gravauon will force the consruc ton of such lines
OF railway as will reduce the transit between the ORR
ent and The Occident to its lowest possible limit Of
time aud expense. =
Believing hat he line of railway from Portland tn
Rutland has all the advantages suggcs ted; that IL
VIII become thechannel OF vast trade betx cen the
seahor ami the interior: that its line win be great
eHgrant route To tle West it occupies the most
Important section of the Trans-Continenta Railway
and must command large through travel: and tbat
its construction will add largely to the trade and bn
sness ofPortland, as the natural shipping port of
the North West, and to the country on iis routs -
the undersigned, Corporqtors in the Portland and
Ratand Railroad, of Maine. respectfully invite 10 h
the Puphc support espe Tally of those Interested in
the prosperity Of New England and The North West
JOHN POOR, 1l JOHN MUssEY,
JOdN LnNOhi WM WILLIS,
HJ- LIBBY, JOHN NEAL
WIN. DEERING, 500 N O. RICE
allen nAlNES, GEO. W. WOODMAN.
JAS. Il. FARMER, A FOSTER
4. DE NJ. SWEAT, FREDK ROBE
"A; n; SHUkILEFF, JOHN NJ. ADAMS
SAM,h HANSON JOHN JAMESON
ENOCH KNIGHT u