The Portland daily press., 1868-07-15
Kailraad Meeting.

An adjourned meeting of the corporators of
the Portland & Rutland Railroad Company
was held on Tuesday at 10 O'Clock at the Board
of Trade rooms in this city. The meeting was
called to order by John Neal, Esq, and Col. j.
M. Adams was appointed chairman.
John A. Poor, Esq, stated what had been
the proceedings of the corporators, and also the
proceedings of the committee in obtaining
charter from the New Hampshire Legislature,
which he characterized as most liberal and
evincing a disposition to consult the interest
of Maine, in the charters granted by them in
their late session. By the charter granted the
people of Portland obtained direct route to
White River Junction.
Mr.. Poor also stated that it had been deemed
expedient to hold Railroad Convention in
this city on the 4th of August next, and that
from present appearances it would be largely
attended, not only by gentlemen from New
Hampshire and Vermont, but also by gentle
man from Canada and the Provinces. 81.
Judge Fowler of Danbury, New Hampshire,
one of the corporators of the New Hampshire
Central Railroad Company, was then called
upon and he made some very interesting state
ments in relation to the interest which existed
in his sect on of that State for a road that
should connect with Portland. He said when
they took hold of the matter, it was with the
determination to carry it through. After OBJ
tanning the charter they next looked for means,
and for those they were to be somewhat Deepen
3eut upon Portland whose interests would be
so much benefited by it, From Danbury to
Holderness, distance of about twenty miles
and on the proposed route the, amount of
100000 can be obtained. The people there
were alive in the matter. We are determined,
said Judge Fowler to push it through
The Concord and Montreal corporation had
promised not to make any opposition to their
obtaining a charter. But when the matter
came before the Legislature it met with per-
sistent efforts against it by these very men.
But they were of no avail as the matter was
made so clear to the Legislature that the road
was needed that charter was granted. He
felt now as his friends in Bristol did that the
road must go through.
Mr. Mason, another of the corporators of the
New Hampshire Central agreed with all
Judge Fowler had said. He further stated
that after the charter OF the Portland & Rut-
land road haG been obtained in Maine it was
desirable that it should be extended through
New Hampshire, in order to save separate
organization under another charter in that
State.
But so many different routes were proposed
and there was so much difference of opinion in
the railroad committee of the Legislature they
were Obliged to alter their plans. They ac-
cordingly obtained the charter for the N. II.
Central from the line of the State of Maine, in
the town of Freedom or bingham, N. H.
thence through Freedom or Effingham, or
both, Ossipee, Tamworth, Sandwich. Moul-
tonboro, Centre Harbor, to Meredith Village.
and thence through New Hampton to the
Northern railroad in Danbury, So as to form.
in connection with such routes continuous
line of road from the Maine line to Wells Riv-
er over the B. G. & NJ Road; and to the
White River Junction over the Northern
R. r.
Mr.. Mason explained the route and remark
upon the feasibility and advantages of it, and
the cheapness of building it, He remarked
that it was designed to organize under the char
ter some time next IN onth.
Mr.. Crawford, another corporator made a
few remarks concurring in all that had been
said by Judge Fowler and Mr.. Mason. He said
as he understood it to be Portland enter
] prise it would be successfully carried through.