The Portland daily press., 1868-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS,
Portland and Rutland Railroad.
Incorporated BY the Legislature Of Maine, 6y an act
approved March 6, 1863
Capital $4,000. 900. : 30 900 share, =,
800 Each.

approved March 6, 1868.
Capital $4,000. 900. 30, 900 share, a,
l. 800 Each.
NHE Portland and Rutland Railroad, TO run near
A. on the parallel of 43 degrees SO minutes. or
tue west between 43I and Al degrees of north lati
ug, VIII connect the rich and flourishing town of
M Inc s T., WIN the unrvalled harbor of Portland
hu a nP .ssing through rich AMI popuous country
uy most favorable route, crossing nea1iv at r;gbt
| srntb in tSo S OF railroads running north and
| York. " anu from Boston and New
ortnnn Halax, the present eastern outport of the
I'LL Gon.iIeu. 10 fortland distance of 5e6 m;los ~
hnes are completed, or in progress E 'o i,es, tne
hne extends west to Whitehall from the, ca ~
ing the link from Portland TO Ru land ny complet-
tnenta line Of railway is secured across tbe icon
nen al ITS widest part, FROM The Atlantic to the Pa
The completion of the line from Rutland to por.
iahd VIII connect the California Pacific coast vitb
| dcable or possible. Il'- 100 "a ao-
Tins line will be to In railways o. this continent
ME t tne Suez Canal will be to the navigation of the
OIi W ORD avoiding circuitous routes around ong
eAIShned sections OF the con inent
Under two charters but in cooperative action the
of the line from P aie constructing their portion
a., Inc Northern Railroad o New Hampsbire puns
uee east from VIII River Junction and az miias
OF rs line can be used the most direct In; es
land, which Company has agreed r. S iie 70 Iort,
| Rutland = s'"eeh Portland and
A charter for q line across Maine was or.u..,
March ., 1868; that for line across New pp H
shlre was approved July 8, 1868. authorizinS IKE
cohstr9c on OF a railway from the line OF the North
thern Railroad at Danbury, to the boundarv ot
Maine In the valley of the Ossipee River "a fbet
ed for he ~ rS most Deral character are now provd-
Gu i9r tne entire route from Portland 10 Rutland
authority is given in the Maine charter 70 ja@sa
pr a,1 Of connect with existing lines OF railway
Stty ne,eaIter quit, in this, in either of sal
states OF New Hampshire or Vermont 40 os tn form
GOns SONIA cd line from Portland Rutlan
land and RtI, 70 the stock of the Por,-
eave 20 call attention to the TACT tlat over fbe ent
fTee from Portland to Rutland, the line passes
having thriving manufacturing villages so that bsis
ness already devslop-d, awaits the advent of tbe
at the outset, not being compelled like other in ~
Itlw ", TO wait for business till tile forests are snh
nd rs dD6ought into cultivation and that
population OF $4,000 resided in Porl land and in the
towns lHmediately on its route in Maine acoor linz
% ,ne census OF iS6osnce increased by more than
,GdR pr cent; making population of over 10000 in
Name, on its immediate route The New iGamnl
shlre towns from the State line to Danbnry. had
population ofZ0 O72 ana valuation of S5I35 4Gs in
anu Gorham, and four New Hampshire towns thew
a'G ci llI wlthout railr, ad tacities ny
ihere was population of II 321 personS with n |
valuation of s2lGo5,52i in 1860, in Central % New
WWLinpsnire, directly interested in this line from
WIN III Ter junction TO Portland and very nearv
an equal number lying north OF If in Maine WIZ
the sea. must io0' Quiet 10
A major part OF the territory of New uamnsh;.o
and Vermont les north OF the line OF the nIdnosei
rairoad to Rutland and Whitehall the POPULATION
Oh Whcn VIII naturally seek Port and Haibor as tho
nearesl and b=st outlet for their trade 10 WIG
: The building of railroads from Boston into New
Hampshire and Vermont drew to her their trade
The building OF the line now proposed will restnre m
Portland her lost advantage, and make her The cen
tre OF trade OF Il larger portion of New England than
tlat now dependent upon any other Atlantic sea-
port. 500 'ea
by u extending n, line about IS miles, it viii inter-
sect with the proposed Great Falls and Conway road
already extended 10 Union Village, in wa keiield -
which IS to extend northward to Ossipee and Con-
way From the proposed point of intersection of the
Two nnes IN Osslpee, the distance to Boston, the
present market OF that country is 1875 miles so that
an outlet at Portland for products will be had in
~ miles less OF distance than to Boston On reac
ing Meredith the line viii connect with that nf tha
Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad at n pont
t o mules distant from Boston, giving the trade Of
than the line to Boston,
~ By tins rSute too, more direct connection will be
New Hampshire than by any existing or proposed
nne; an oraing most agreeable route to Boston, New
York, and the West. Nv"
From Meredith Village the line ot tho pos.o,
Concord and Montreal Railroad already extends
northward % miles to Wells River junction. and
~ miles further to Littleton This Companv il il
understood have raised the means for extending the
Inc further northward, aiming to connect with fbs
ofhc hThnk halfway to Northumberland, section
OF wMcn line, nom Lttleton to Whiefsld is to be
pu u, der contract the present year. - -.
At Wells River junction, the liue connects with |
Johnsbury, an to the boundary Of Canada. aiming |
Tor connection with the Grand Trunk Railway 81 /
~ an the country lying north OF the point
u intersection IT our line with that OF the Boston
concord, and Montreal Railroad at Meredith will be |
brought 40 OF 80 miles nearer to Portland than 10 |
Portland ~ ~ o
AT Wells River junction. the proposed limo ~ |
Gmtpener VIII extend over favorable route, thirty
eleht mites Already chartered giving connection
between Nc ntpelier and Portland in about I55 miles
which II Is understood will be undertaken as soon as
Apf is naoc
route to subscribe STOCK the same extent as upon
otter lines in Vermont From Montpelier the fine |
OF the Vermont and Canada Railroad extends to |
ouses Polnt, ~ miles, total of 235 miles from
Portland; from Rouses Point to Ogdensburp is lis |
miles, OF 553 miles from Portland the line from
houses Point to Montreal is "A miles-making To-
tai OF 279 miles from Portland to Montreal. by wav
OF Wells River and Montpelier y ""'
On reaching Bristol. N. H., the line will connect |
with the branch to Franklin Is miles. forming nv
e conn by the Northern Railroad of New Hamp-
The lie OF the Northern Railroad ot Ne,u u.,o,
Snlre Is reached at Danbury, 81 miles east of White
hVer junction, which will connect with lines run
nmg north and south. and with the Woodstock Rail
White River Junction to Rouse's Point is ia miles
Py s1e @ and Canada Railroads that from
iorIIand 10 Houses Point, byths route is 266 miles;
10 Montreal, $40 miles, and to Ogdensburg, $50
miles. WI
From White River junction line extends down
the Connecticut valley to Bellows Falls where il
em6ranehes one running to Boston by the Cheshire
cut valley to Springfield, thence to New York Civ
and by line 10 Albany ''
On reaching Rutland the Neutrality-suspicious. of the
proposed llne 1t will afford the shortest and most
available outlet to the for the accumulated busi-
ness already attracted to this point by its advanta-
geous position, and the center of vast system of
railroads converging 10 it from all directions
Rutland is the center of large manu- featuring dis
trlct and the headquarters of the marble trade al
ready grown INTO Importance, which will be RAPIDLY
developed into leading interest in Vermont
This trade is especially interested in line to TT
Ian and proposes to build ship-canal from White
hall to Rutland thereby making Rutland the near
est port of Lake Champain to tide-water And If is
no. ~ M 100 much to expect that ship-canal
VIII, IN few years. connect Lake Champlain with 4
the st. Lawrence, making Lake Champlajn the in
land basin for the accumulation and distribution Of
! Probably no interior town of New England has
greater elements fr success than Rutland already
the largest town in Verment.
a new line of Communication from Rutland TO the |
st. Lawrence and the West by means of the steamer
Cakes Alles, and the Plattsburg Railroad has re-
Gently been successfully inaugurated. Additional |
lines of railway have been proposed to Lake Ontario
the completion ofwhch, any OF them, will largely
enhance t imp france of Rutland as point for the
reception and distribution of trade; and the more
recent movement to build line from Saratoga to Og-
densourg, by direct line promises still greater re-
We have spoken OF the Portland and Rutland road |
mainly as local enterprise, serving as spinal col
umn or CIR ndTrunk Railroad inc, for the business IF
the country along its route brought to it on either
side by connecting lines Of raroad and there seems
to I've no reasonable doubt that this local business
would be abundantly remunerative upon the cost Of
construction running as it does, over favorable
route that can be cheaply built Ha.'
From Portland to Danbury the reports of the En- |
gineer show that no heavy grades are encountered
and that the line be built at cost below the ay,
erage of New England roads. o 81. y
But to these local ADVANTAGES already spoken Of |
must be added the Importance of it, as a section of
the through line across the continent connecting
Portland and San Francisco.
The c Instruction of the Portland and Rutland
Railroad was recommended by the recent Interna-
tional 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
to Thirty days time any other practicable or pos
sible route.
Two facts are necessarily to be established to Sc
cure assent to the views embodied in the tiongs of
tine Portland Convention. list. The superiority in
speed of railway transit over water Transportation;
and, I'd. That the widest part of the continent of
North Amercal lies in the direct line between Hong
Kong and London. These two propositions admit
ted, no one doubt that the laws of commercial
gravitation will force the construction of such lines
of railway as will reduce the transit between the ORR
emit and the Ocoilent to its lowest possible limit of