Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
RAILROAD ROUTE TO
 THE HUDSON.

] The citizens of Poughkeepsie deputed
 three gentlemen. the Hon. Isaac Platt ot
 that city, MT. P. P. Dickinson (engineer1
 of New York City, to visit Hartford and confer with such capitalists and others as 1 take an interest in the subject, upon pro-
 Jected railroad from Hartford to Pongh- l keepsle, and thence southwestwardlv to
 connect with the Erie. These gentlemen
 Were in town on Tuesday, and their repre-
 sentations were heard with attention and a
 most favorable interest, though no attempt
 was made at anything like formal action. A
 special charter has been obtained in New York for ''The Poughkeepsie and Eastern
 railway company It is proposed to run
 rom Ptoughkeepsie, eastward, on line slightly curving to the north, to Wassaic. to the state line, on through Kent, New
 Preston, south of Litchtield Hill, and
 down to the Hartford Providence and
 Fishkill road at Waterbury, or five miles
 above at Hoadles' Station. The Charter
 glves the power to bond the towns on the
 route, up to the state line, and exempts the
 eutire property of the corporation from
 taxation until the road shall have been
 completed, or for time not to exceed ten
 years. A cash subscription of one hun
 dred thousand dollars has been obtained. and the bonding of Poughkeepsie is well
 under way. New York requires, in this
 bonding business, that "the sense of the town be taken by offering the voters own signatures, and that not only majority of the voters but the consent of those holding
 more than half of the property represented on the tax list be obtained.
 The friends of the enterprise in Poueh- keepsie are disposed to push the road east
 ward, energetlcally and promptly to the state hne-3O .niles-if they can have as- surances that they will be met by 8 corres- bonding effort in Connecticut From the west bank of tbe Hudson opposite that city road of only nine miles running southward would connect with the WIkill valley road, which is very nearly completed from the point of the proposed connection to it's junction with the Erie Road near Goshen. The Hudson at Poughkeepsie can be crossed by either a ferry or bridge It IS particularly we'll adapted, we are as- sured, for the latter, as the banks are one hundred feet high and the adjoining re- glon is favorable table land. From Hart ford to Goshen by this route is about 1O4 miles, of which sixty four or five remain to be built; by any other of the proposed routes not much, if any less than one hun dred and forty three, difference in the G1e ulSGduCo rom 1afGIOfQ to the coal fields of Pennsylvania of nearly forty in fa- vor of the new route. From Poughkeepsie to the proposed connection with the Hart ford, Providence and Fishkill railroad at station is about 55 miles. From Hartford to Poughkeepsie the distance would be 82 miles, which. is not far from twenty miles shorter than any other pro- ieGtea Gente7 from Hartford to the Hudson.
 It, Ao AAsso UCOIl our yrz yt;r1-;tuJI .... paOle engineers aS,Urt s..e.. v-..,-s-~~.e Ing in its curves or gradients to prevent its being operated as first class road in all respects.
 It is an additional fact of interest that a road is under contract and building from Rondout 15 miles from Poughkeepsie, in a course, directly to Utica. It would not then be difficult to secure through Poughkeepsie much more direct and convenient connections with both the Erie and New York Central than any we now enjoy.
 These are the considerations submitted by the gentlemen from Poughkeepsie and they deserve careful attention l Courdnt.