The Portland daily press., 1868-08-26

THE NASHUA AND ROCHESTER, RAILROAD
We take from the Haverhill Tri-w eekly Pub
Usher the following article on the Nashua and
Rochester railroad which, when completed
will meet the Portland and Rochester road a
its Western terminus and give Portland a di-
rect route to New York:
1t is now something like twenty years since
a charter was granted for Nashua and Epping
Railroad, which was designed to be a continu-
alton of the Nashua and Worcester Railroad,
with view to forming with other connections
an air line route from Portland to New York,
via Nashua and Worcester The slow work OF
building up profitable business ON the Nash
ua and Worcester road together with the diff
ficulty at that time of finding capital to take
up the stock in this extension of the new route
of travel prevented any movement for many
years, though 1t was evident that If this road
could be built it would at once greatly incre asa
travel over the Nashua and Worcester road =
Without this aid, however, by the skillful and
economical management of this road by Thom-
as Chase, Esq, of Nashua, IL has come 10 te q
prominent line of travel, and, as we under
stand, good paying property.
List year charter was granted for a road
from Epping to Rochester, with certain pro-
visions for a union OF that road with the
Nashua and Epping company, provided the
Directors should accept OF the con 1itIons. A
meeting of the Directors was held at Derry,
on the 11th instant, for the purpose of acting
upon the subject, which resulted in accepting
the terms expressed in the charter, and un-
ion of the Nashna and Epping, and Epping
and Rochester roads, under the name and title
of the Nashua and Rochester railroad, of
which the following officers were elected:
President, Geo. Y. Sawyer of Nashua; Direc-
rectors, A. Fl. Dunlap, Henry Parkinson,
Nashua; Charles Tarbell, Pepperell; Stephen
ID. Greeley, Hudson; Calvin Boyo, London
derry; Thomas S. Melvin, Chester; j. L. lob
inson, Fremont; and j. G. Plummer, Epping.
Two routes have been surveyed from Nashua
to Derry, the northern route passing through
the northerly part OF Hudson and called the
Hills row route" and the southern through
the centre of Hudson and called the middle or
Hudson route. The "Hills row route, being
by far the most level and the most feasible.
wi u probably be fixed upon. From Derry to
Roc hester the northern route is through Ray
mond, Nottingham, Sc, and the southern
route, from the Mammoth road at West w ind
ham, through West Hamstead, Epping, Lee,
&c. Which of these two routes is the most ta-
vorable we have not the means of judging. :
This road will probably cross the Merrimac
river between Taylor's Falls Bridge and the
| mouth of the Nashua river, and if the north
ern route is decioed upon, will pass through .
level and pleasant section of country most Ia
vorable for grading The advantages of th.
connecting link in rail roads to the long travel
will be very great, and have not yet, we be
| lieve, been fully estimated, inasmuch as lt VII!
| open new Airline thor0ughfare TOR trayel
| from Portland to New York and to the greaa
| West, without the necessity of passing tnrongi
| Boston, which in these days, when the annlhi
lation OF time and space is the chicf things u
| the minds of. those whe are running 10 ano
| fro in the earth" will be regarded az grea'
| advantage to the East .-. ... .