Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-22
THE RAILROAD.

The following article, taken IRON 'h'
Portland Daily Press, of tie 9th inst.
will show our readers the true state o
the feeling in that City towards ou'
road. 1t will be seen that our friends
there were outspoken in behalf Of thi'
route. 1t will also be seen that they con
template an early commencement of the
work. At Rutland ON the 10th, we hac
the pleasure Of falling in with the party
from Portland, and are happy in being
abIe>to report that there, also, they left
nothing in doubt in relation to their es-
timation of the Aamoille Valley project
We hope to be able to add something
as to the progress of the works on our
end, by making a personal visit to the
surveying party in Fairfield on Saturday
On the Portland end, three routes have
been Surveyed, and this week one of the
three routes will be decided upon as the
route for the road, and then the work
on that end will Immediately be commcnc-
ed and we have the best authority for
saying that the dirt en- this end is tt fly
long before the next snow, unless we
shnnld raf vnrv untimelv storm -
'IMPoRTANT RAILROAD MEETING.
A special meeting Of the Board of
Trade was held last evening at their
rooms, President Jonas II. Perley, Esq,
presiding The meeting was called for
the purpose of hearing remarks from some
gentlemen from Concord and claremont,
N. H., upon railroad connections contem-
plated to be made with the Portland 4
Rochester at Rochester. The President
called upon Mayor Stevens, of Concord,
N. H., for an expression of his views up
on the subject.
His Iopor, Mayor Stevens, ofConcord,
expressed his pleasure at this interview
with the merchants Of Portland. He
said there were many reasons VIII Port
land and Concord should he brought in
close connection. Une reason was the
hne harbor Of Portland, aud another that
it was the nearest shipping port. Itwould
be pleasing to the people of Concord if
they could obtain their heavy goods from
Portland, and also TO send here their
beautiful granite, by direct route such
as the one they now proposed would afford.
The object of himself and his associates
in visiting Portland was to call attention
to route for a railroad direct to Con-
cord, and thence to direct route to the
West. The road to Concord to run from
Rochester from Concord to Claremont,
N. L., aud thence to Rutland Vt. The
road from Concord to Clarcmont is built
as far as Bradford and Is run by the
Northern Railroad Company. An effort
has been commenced to extend it to Clare
mont, aud the city of Concord has subs
cribed $50, 900 towards it. '..
From Claremont to Rutland the road
is complete with the exception of Is miles,
from Claremont to Cayendish, VT. The
Northern Railroad Compay will fill this
gap just as soon as railroad is completed
to Clarcmont.
From Concord to Rochester the distance
is 35 miles. A'chartcr will be applied
for, and will, undoubtedly, be obtain at
the present session Of the New Hampshire
Legislature for the route.
Mayor Stevens expatiated upon the
utility Of this route to Concord, as bnsi-
ness road, which would enure to the great
benefit Of Portland, and, therefore, the
great wish that this object might be con.
sidcred by the business men as one that
would add to the commercial prosperity
Of the city.
Mayor Stevens said IL was their wish
that delegation from Portland would
80 over the proposed route from Roches-
ter to Concor, anf that such an excur-
sion was proposed for Monday, The l4th
inst. aat tisoJd
W. l. D. Goddard ofGlar@nsut, n.