St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-28
From the Portland Pres, Feb. 20.
KdjIrGdd Meefin0.

RajirGad Meeting.
\ large number of our leading citizens
assembled yesterday at the Board Of
Trade room TO meet the Vermont gentle
men who have come to Portland to rep
resent the advantages offered by a south
erly railroad route from Portland to the
West via Rutland. Vermont. The route
which was traced Oh one of the excel
lent post route maps just issued by the
Post Office Department.. runs due west
from Portland up the O4sipec valley,
alon- the northern border of Lake Win
nipis>io%gcr, intcrSrcting the Concord Il
Montreal road al plymouth and connect
! ing with the Northern New Hampshire
ut Canaan, Is or 20 miles this side of
TIE Connecticut river and the important
railroad centre called White River June
ton. From the Junction the line pro-
cerd~, still due west, through the Wood
stock valley 10 Rutland.
The party. as before announced, con-
>i-tiu@ of Governor Page OF Vermont.
and President of thr Rutland and Bur
/ lngton Railroad e; Mcs,rS. Charles Shell
don, E,,llilId Proctor and Rockwcod
Blrrrlt OF Rutland General l.. T.
Wa-h5urn, President of the Woodstock
Railroad AI-->r-. Julius Converse and
y. &. Dewey OF Woodstock Henry
| k'yc~, President of thr Pa>>ump>i. Rail-
road : Mr.. Albert Knights OF Newport E;
and Mr. Henry Clark of the Rutland
Herald. I. {. Hcr-cy, Esq. called the
meeting 10 order, and on hi. nomination
Jonas |. perlcy. President of the Board
! OF Trade, WAS called to the CHAIR Mr.
/ P,rlry after few words of welcome.
called upon Governor Page to address
the meeting. The Governor was follow
, 81 10y Ar. Converse, who WAS chairman
q! the railroad committee duri~g the re-
cent session OF the Vermont Legislature :
by Mr.. kyyc> and by General Wash
burn. Instead of reportiu. their remarks
Nc shall be compelled to give summa-
! r. of til, advantages claimed III favor of
the proposed connection.
l; VS. stated in the first place. that
40 all / required Tor building the road
from White River Junction to Rutland.
Ilt, lin, !, alrcaIy uuJ,r ,,n,r,., to
N"oi>tock, and the prospect Of y con
urcti,a with Pn-tla,J will i,.ur. il.
,,mn,,,iou in Kutl,ud. Er,,o p,rtI,rJ
fn H.. Nv II,,nr.I,ir,. lin. +, VA inv;
mated that the route might coincide with
tlltt "t the Portland and O.d,u>burr
road. leaving about go mile, 10 bui,l
across the STAT of New Hampshire to
C,ulau. |. wound uurr, = direct rn,t.
almost an air line. from P,r,laod f.,
Rutland. AMI thence, 10 Whitehall At IN.
II .;,d Of LAX, (L.,nn',ip fn S,,.,,.,,,
the terminu, of q propo-. 81 road franz
U~wcyo on Lake Ontario. and to Seize
ucctady on the New York Central and
the Enc canal. lntcr>cr,inr 50 many
feeders of Eu.tnu in \c,, jI,,n,-I,;,.,
the proposed road would draw TO PORT
land a lar., local cuisines, which in for
mrr times came here. The marble and
slate products of Vermont would find an
Quite: here. The Pa>>ump-ic road wou,d
i've u a new route 10 Montreal Tho
Vernon; Central youII uiy, us = r,ufa
10 O.,.tn,hur-. The New York Gem
tral would furnish the shortest and cheap
,~t ri! rail route To- Chicago. and il Port
land merchants, would provide, for uron,u.
and cheap trIn>hipmrnt OF rain thrv
mi.ht ship it from their wharvr- = dav
AMI Il halt nearer LiycrpooI than New
York. \ treat PASSENGER L,,s;ro.s
might be- cxpcc,cd. The New I-n,l
C,,tr,l ! .,n,n.II,J T., ,..,,.,,. ,,.,...,,,',..
for , cent. g, mil. Will, ,,i,',. r,7,.1,
char.,e from ; to :. Tn. rnr,r.,;ar
wouid oive tine cbeon,.t and mos, o,n,
Iitioa, r,u,, to TN, West and y.n,,1J =,
tract cmi-ranr> TO Portland SucI sun
plies i, Portland can furnish wnnIJ l.,
distributed at once all along the rcod
and more as fast rs she Is prepared to do
more.
Ex-Governor Washburn wos coIIcI
upon to reply in behalf of tbc citizens ,f
Portland. and said that whiIn wn ,ro
uiad TO meet the Gentlemen fr,m vor-
mont and to aid their cnternr;s, 80 far
- we reasonably can. LeIicyin,, :, - In
WORTHY Of ,ar,.iIl con,idcr,t;nH ,.ot ~,
,ra committed +, ono,ber u,'d,r,.1.; wv.
which mu,t fake the frsr ,I.., Th.,
Portland and O,dcnsburr road will n,
opened in two wears and a half TIN,
contract Is even now pendiuo, Vermont
will build TO the New IIamnsbire line
the money i raised to build = road from
OSwcoo to the NIAGARA river we hay,'
only to cross New IIampshire hv either
plan. and by the northern ruute xc ,yni5
4 competition with Boston and New
York Tor which We are unpreparcd. Mr..
~ Ibu,,, .I,-nJ I,,- ,,tf.,r;,,,r IL, t,ll.,,,.