Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-01-15

: been expended and pledged upon the co
g struction of the main line from Half;
t to st. John, and nearly the whole of 4
e provincial end of the line is now finish,
/. or in rapid process of completion. 1t I
G mains for US to ensure the building of Il
, short distance of 80 miles from Vim
9 the boundary.
"The favorable intention of the Legi
lation of 1864, towards this road has N
yet been made effective. owing to the Vi
willingness Of Massach usettes to relinquis
the debt of the state of Maine, which
in sense lien upon the lands condition
ally granted the road. The company
now bending all its energies upon compl,
ting the road to VIM, and it is embal
raising for them to assume even SO sma
liability as 81 10000, to satisfy thi
claim. 1t may be asked of us to remov
this encumbrance SO they can have clea
right to base their bonds upon these land
and the franchise Of the road. Nor do
sec any serious objection to this. 1t nigh
seem bard just now to take up this small
sum, but the truth is we cannot afford t,
wait. The lands, at present. from tb,
very absence of railroad facilities, woulG
not command very high price in mar.
ket, but if made available to the road
they would be Of great immediate advap.
rage to it, and would in a short time am.
ply reimburse the state in the increase Of
taxable property. AS ii is, both lands
and road anguish. Start the road and
both come into activity at once, and per-
haps this is the most expeditions way to
make these lands available to the state in
money. If We grant our aid, it is thought
hat the close of 1869 will see Halifax.
Bangor, Portland and Boston connected BY
'ail. Open the road now that the Cunarl
steamers are withdrawn from Boston, aud
he great current Of trans Atlantic travel
will cross our State
CONNECTED with this in its ultimate
'dyan.age, and Of scarcely less Importance
s The enterprise on our western border
he Portland & Ogdensbnrg Railroad--by
which it is proposed to open a new thor.
ughfare from our metropolis to the Great
Vest. A road which skirting sebago
AXE, winding through the notch of the
White Mountains, straight acrose upper
lew Hampshire and Vermont. down the
ch and beautiful valley of the Lamoille,
'ossing the foot Of Lake Champlain,
with the Northern railroad of
eW York. which opens the way to Og.
'nsburgh and Oswego, and by means of
INJECTIONS now in process, to all the
lief cities of the great lakes, will open
rect and continuous route from our sea.
'ard to the Great West This lirc, in
fractions to travellers, and business ia.
litles' must defy competition, especially
hen we consider that in summer freiph,s
ay be brought by water to Ogdensburg.
lily some $50 miles from Casco Bay. As
part of this enterprise, and contributing
its complete success, is the opening Of
9 Niagara ship canal-a matter of vast
'portancc to u.s. The bare statement of
is design and plan is sufficient to com. ,
end it to our interest. The generous
vor with which it is met in Oswego.
sdensburg and Vermont, should stimu {
ts responsive zeal .
mo student of physical geography can
il to see that there is not port east of
w York which commands so many ad.
ntagcs, as an outlet for western trade s
d travel. as Portland. With this road
e will vindicate to herself a higher
i'm than that which has been 80 sneer.
ely retorted upon her; she will prove !,
'self to be the natural seaport of more
IN all the Canadas am not aware
1t the friends of this road ask us for l.
'un!ary aid but no one can doubt that
success will be largely conducive to the b
with aud prosperity, not of Portland j
y, but of the whole State. The great "
lroad systems Of this State are of too
Oh public Importance to be left entirely
the hands ofprivate parties. The Sc
at body of e.people haze direct and h
ctical concern in them, which should ).
monte all interests and energies. The d
IS purposes of sections and guages al
uld not be permitted to stand in the n
of the public good. All should unite
Jet in motion the powers which will !,
k ont the welfare and glory of the p
to.
We are not to forget the inevitable
action Which will bring into line with b
'e great tkcroughfares the North at
iic Railroad and when the eye takes af
t one glance the connection and con. "a
lity of these large designs, from the
ernmost point of the Atlantic coast to
Shores Of the Pacific. checked by to
L 4