Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-24
Rutland and Portland Railroad

That the citizens Of Rutland and along
the line of the Rutland and Woodstock
Railroad may be aware of the movements
that are being put in operation for the
building Of the great connecting line, we
give below, taken from the Portland Ar
gus, the prospectus Of the Portland and
Rutland Railroad Company. This article
sets before our readers in a clearer man
ner than anything that has yet been pub
liShed, the proposed line, its connections,
and the business that wilsbe drawn TO it
We ak careful perusal of the article.
/ At meeting of the Portland and Rut-
land Railroad Company, held September
Eth, the chairman submitted the draft OF
prospectus, setting forth the claims OF
I the Portland Railroad, as follows, viz;
Portland and Rutland Railroad.-lncor-
/ poratcd by the Legislature of Maine,
by Act approved March 9th, 1868.
Capital S2,000,0O0 10000 shares at
500 each
The Portland and Rutland Railroad, to
] run nearly bH Allt lAlAlltA Vi W., VI
1 due west between As. and A degrees Of
north latitude will connect the rich and
I fiourishing town of Rutland, Vt, with
the unrivaled harbor of Portland, Maine,
passing through a rich and populous coun-
try, by a Most favorable route, crossing
nearly at right angles, the series of Iail-
roads running north and south in the
direction to and from Boston and New
York
! From Halifax, the present eastern out.
post Of the continent, to Portland, a dis
lance of 500 miles, the lines are ,complet-
ed or in progress. From Rutland line
extends west to Whitehall from thence to
Schenectady and all the West, so that by
completing the link from Portland to
Rutland, Il tranS-continental line of rail-
way is secured across the continent at its
widest part, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cife Ocean,
The completion of the line from Rut-
/ land to. Portland will connect the Califor-
MIA Pacific coast with Portland and Hall.
fax by the most direct route, practicable
or possible.
This line will be to the railways of this
continent what the Suez canal will be to
the navigation of the Old World, avoid
ing circuitous routes along the long ex-
tended sections of the continent.
J Under two charters, but in cooperative
action, the citizens of Vermont are con-
structing their portion of the line from
Rutland TO White River Junction,
The Northern Railroad of New Hamp.
shire runs duo east from White River
junction, and 81 miles of its line can be
nsed on the most direct line TO Portland,
which Company has agreed to form i'm
partial connection with the lines between
Portland and Rutland.
| 4 charter for line across Maine was
approved March 9th, 1868; that for a line
across New Hampshire was approved Ju
| ~ Sd, 1868, authorizing the construction
of railway from the line of the North
ern Railroad at Danbury, at the boundary
of Maine, in the Valley to the Ossipee
River, so that charters of the most liberia
character are now provided for the entire
route from Portland to Rutland. Author.
ity is given in the Maine charter to lease
purchase, or connect with, existing line.
Of railway or any hereafter built, in this
or in either of said States Of New Hamp
shire or Vermont, so as to form consol
dated line from Portland to Rutland.
In inviting subscriptions to the stock O.
the Portland and Rutland Railroad, the
undersigned beg leave to call attention t.
the fact, that over the entire route from
Portland to Rutland, the line passe.
through a well populated country. Many
of the towns have thriving manufactur
ing villages, so that business already de
veloped, awaits the advent of the railway
which will enter upon a profitable bust
ness at the outset, not being compelled like
other lines of railway TO wait for bust
ness, till the forests are subdued, anc
farms brought into cultivation that 1
population of $4,000 resided in Portland
and in the towns imme diately on its route
in Maine according to the canvass o.
1860, since increased by more than 20 pc,
cent, making a population of over 60,O0t
in Maine, on its immediate route. The
New Hampshire towns from the State
line to Danbury had a population in 1866
of 20,012, and valation of 50, 135, 466
With the exception of Portland, West
brook and Gorham, and from New Hamp
shire towns, they are all without railroad
facilities
There was population of 71.321 per.
sons, with valuation of 81 ,605,j2l in
1860, in Central New Hampshire, directly
interested in this line from White River
Junction to Portland, and very nearly an
equal number lying North of it in Maine
who would by this route have their most
direct outlet to the sea.
A major part of the territory of New
Hampshire and Vermont lies north of the
line Of the proposed railroad to Rutland
and Whitehall, the population of which