Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-02
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
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European aud >orih ,meTi'"n
Railuas,

European and >orih ,meTirHn
Railwas'
TRE RrRorr>N 4 NoGm ANIINN
RAILWAY has l-guu 10 uayd and has
gene Eve mll,~ toward Oraua aud will
continue at the rate 81 about five mile, {.
month, until ii r.eehr- the town Of Wmn,
when il viii l., ol,u for lu-lu',, a dis,
tancs OF ttty-~ry,n miles trnm Bangor.
None IT III, railway enterprises OF N,
day among the many now projected east
of Lake Erie l.. destined to rN,rai-r -'
great an influence ufrtt otF t-r'i-iss y> tie
one We have placed at the head at hi,
article Incorporated in l>in 10y thu Statr
OF Maine, il struggled along through
doubts and ditcuNir, until 1864, when a
more liberal policy VA, adopted by the
State; aid was Obtained and Legislation
had which viii ~ far TO insure 10, conn
pletion. Chiei among those who have
been i,s friend, from the beginning j. Hon
John \ Poor Of Portland, To whom, more
than to any othe, man, due il, inception
and it's prosecution thu, hr towards %
successful end
Toward tie building Of thi, road, which
is To connect Bangor with s. Johns, New
Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Bangor ha- voted an aid of 81 100000, and
the States of Maine and Massachusetts
have made liberal contributions Thu
Province OF New Brunswick, give, uut-
right sl.9O00OO toward the building of
that portion within hcr borders,
The Provinces directly Interested in the
building Of this road, ar, those Of New
Brunswick, Nova 5cutiu, md Prince FL
wards Island, which, togcth,r, ha,, a
population of 6G3,39i. AID an AREA Of
1854 square miles. These Province, are
full Of natural advantages; their harbors
and bays swarm with FISH, and the value
OF their minerals, Nova Scotia. being now
large gold producing country, is meal
eulable. Their people ar" migratory as
well as ours and desire am easier and
shorter route 10 the west than they now
have and transportation which shall
supply them with flour and grain at
reduced cost OF these they ara large
consumers, II j. not alone their people
who desire shorter and L., expensive
route to the We, aud Southwest, hut the
immigrant, anil those who travel for
pleasure and profit, will also seek thi,
route because OF its shorter sca service and
relief from the discomfort- Of ocean ira
yelling. This tide Of travel, by tho build
ing of a road from Rutland 10 White River
junction, and it, completion beyond to
Portland, may bo made partly 10 pass
through our town. The benefits arising
thorefrom need not here be roSounted
AS showing how highly this enterprise is
esteemed abroad, how far lis influence
reaches, and what are likely To be some of
its results, We quote the following from
late London Joamal in relation to it
EUROPEAN ASD NoRTH AMERICAN
RAILWAY.
ut is with extreme satisfaction We
observe that at no distant day the Allan
tic is TO be bridged over by means of such
an improved system al communication.
that the Old World and the New will by
means Of rail and steam, bc brought nearer
10 each other than Leith and London are,
by the average voyages of their smackS.
From the westernmoSt point of Galway,
TO the easternmost point Of North Amer
lea, the sea voyage will I've easy of accom-
plishment within five DAYS, and already
the plans Of the railroads from those Yuints
TO the interior Of both countries have been
fully matured, and the undertakings 10 a
great extent subscribed for.
North America will then be to Eng
land what Scotland now is. The inhabit-
ants of each country will reside almost
indifferently in either. Our Senators, in
place of fastening at the close of the
session to get off to grouse and the moor-,
will bolt from st. Stephens TO the prairies
and buffalo hunting. Our fashionable
ennupes will winter at New Orleans or
St. Louis, in place of Rome and Naples,
and our. nobility and gentry will have
their demesnes and mansions in the
western and middle States, a well se in
the mother country The intercourse
will be 70 intimate and universal rs 10
materially modify the habits Of life and
thought in both hen,ispherc,, England
will become more republican, and Amer
lea less democratic. The distinctions and
ealousies of the two States will become
obliterated because people of the same
origin, blood, language, history, literature
and traditions, will ho thrown into daily
and hourly communion with each other;
those having the strongest social and
moral athnitics hein2 the most likely 10
find each other out
Let this tide OF mtci,our4r ono, fairly
set Inlet the | nited State become tia
fashionable and the easy retrcnching and
retiring resort of our nobility, gentry,
farmers perhaps. and merchants, aud tn"
tide will flow on Ike tho froIuntiS
which knows no retiring chb.'"
Washington stems.