The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-15
NORTH CONWAY


North Conway is certainly delightful vii
lage, nestled as it is among the mountains
with her broad intervales extending tar down
the Saco which flows in full view. L am not
surprised that this charming town has become
the summer residence of so many people who
can escape from our cities during the heat of
the summer. These persons alone would near
ly pay the running expenses of a railroad from
your city.
We left the village at eight o'clock and ar
rived at the Crawford House this afternoon.
OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FAITH IN THE RAIL-
ROAD.
The distance I believe is about twenty-six
miles, over more than half of which it is conf
IDENTIFY believed, railroad can be built at sum
considerably below the average cost OF rail-
roads in New England. Through the Notch
the enterprise will be attended with great
difficulties, but not too great to be over
come by the mechanical and engineering skill
our time. In truth we need just such bold and
daring projects as this to develop our men as
to develop business and facilitate travel
THE ExCURsIoNIsTs UNDER UMBRELLAS,
The morning opened upon us quite pleasantly
but we had scarcely entered the Notch when
the clouds began to close about the mountain
and the rain soon made umbrellas necessity
to all who had taken an outside passage on the
coaches; we were thus deprived of much of the
pleasure we had anticipated from q view OF
these everlasting monuments of power, whose
very description has transcribed the power of
human thought.
BUSINESS BRISK AT THE CRAWFORD HOUSE.
I do not know the number of coaches which
have arrived at this Crawford House since we
came, but should say not much less than
dozen drawn by two, four and six horses and
all loaded to the utmost capacity. had the
curiosity to look over the hotel register and
found the arrivals to average about one hun
dred and twenty daily, and think no one can
doubt that this number would be more than
doubled if the place had railroad connected
with the outer world.
The Crawford House is one of the most spa
cious hotels in New England, and is, 1 should
think, first-class house in every respect. 1t
is kept by Messrs. Hartshorn, Wolcott and
Doyle. The smiling countenance of the ju-
nior member of the firm will be remembered
by all your readers who have visited the Amer
lean House in Boston during the past ten or
| twelve years.
ST. JoHNsBURY HOUSE,
ST. JOHNsBURY, August IL, 1868.
We left the White Mountain House at half
| past nine o'clock, by two teams, one going by
| way of Dalton, and the other by Littleton,
both in the State of New Hampshire, and ar
| rived here at about half past seven o'clock
| this evening. I have witnessed nothing that
| looked SO much like business as the one scene
! presented at the White Mountain House on
| the arrival of the stages last night and their
departure this morning. Folty horses, attach
| ed to twelve coaches and carriages, left the
house this morning before we did-ours add
ed making the number forty-eight and the car
riages fourteen. This from one house.
THE ROAD CAN BE BUILT.
| Notwithstanding the rain yesterday after
noon, portion OF our party determined to
| make more thorough examination of the
most difficult passage through the Notch than
| they were able to do in riding through it, and
in the midst of the storm they sat out on their
explorations on foot, passing down about two
miles. Some who had expressed doubts of the
possibility of the project, had their doubts re-
moved and on returning there was but one
opinion expressed which was that the road
could be built
THE ROAD MUST BE BUILT.
A drive across the State of New Hampshire
and thus far into Vermont has revealed to
those who had not been over the road before,
some idea of the importance the opening of
the road is to these two States. The vast for
ests of Northern New Hampshire, the value
of whose lumber is beyon computation and
which will require many generations to re-
veal, now all Theoretically sealed, will be open
ed to the markets of the world. And the rich
farming country of Vermont will find con-
slant demand for all the agricultural products
she can show; manufacturing villages will
spring up in her green valleyswhere her water
power now runs to waste. But have no time
to enlarge upon this fruitful subject. t
GREAT ENTHUSIASM OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN
BOYS
Our arrival at st. Johnsbury had not been
heralded, but before we had finished our tea
the hotel was thronged with the leading men
of the town and village which was apprised
of our visit by a huge bonfire and a serenade
by the st. Johnsbury Band. The people gath
cred about the hotel and were called to order
by judge r oiand, who welcomed us to the
State and expressed the deep interest which
the citizens of St Johnsbury felt in the open
ing of direct communication with Portland.
At the close of his remarks Hon. Israel Wash
burn, Jr., who Joined us at Dalton, was called
for, and responded in his usual happy and
forclble manner. He was succeeded by GEN
eral Anderson, Judge Rice and j. B. Brown
of Maine, Hon. Mr.. Ray and Hon. George A.
Bingham of New Hampshire, and Hon. B A.
Davis of Vermont. The speakers were ear
nest and eloquent, and they were enthusiastic-
ally cheered as they portrayed the advantages
which would follow the building of the road
At about IL o'clock the meeting adjourned
with three cheers for the Portland and Og-
densburg railroad.
We leave this morning for Hyde Park, and
expect to be at home Oh Saturday. F.
State News. ua