Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-05-14
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TWO DOLLARS a YE A r.
The Pacific Railroad.

The comp elton Of the great railway TO the
Pa.id. j. au event Of no ordinary interest It
constitutes au epoch in the commercial life of
the world N1r only are cur owu western pos
sessions brought thereby into near cantas, with
our Eastern cities. but the rich shores Of ASIA
drawn nearer TO Europe as vel as 10 our Owl
chief mart- ot trade Oregon and California
have become our very neighbors, and the bond
that uu.te- Us ia one compact nationality has
been again Strengthened The telegraph enabled
u- to converse together the railway makes
possible that frequent interchange of business
ami tra,e. which should obtain between citizens
of CHE government d ever there was liu-er
of -a independent republic west Of the Rocky
N.latlus, J., would seem now 20 have been
aver',- Business energy AMI foresight have
achieved the end which s'l.esnan-lir -es-rei'
tout might have ti.el 2. ae'.aais--
Two other -r-a. engineering enterprises 10
winch the va.e commercial world Is interested
base attracted at,.at..a for -0ue years back
the ship canals across she istamu-e- Of ~lez and
Panama The ar-- IS rlri.y ur-el forward TO
completion. H..u- already finished full half The
distance. au1--e second euua, wait long before
II is undertaken iu ernest But even when the
Panama canal shall be finished. though heavy
freight, VII pass through il from China To- New
York. a lighter and more 1erisla6.s products
will 30. tr.u-h.rrsi at san Francisco. and taken
O. Chicago .- New York tv rail- Even Eng
band and France VIII avail themselves VI this
shorter route. and receive az New York some
portion .. tle.- L----As.lu imports The Euro-
relu mails tor China and Japan viii probably
60 ty rhe same route. The commercial inter
caau-a- between tie to- sides u the con-
tusat win be doubled AMI doubled again. because
of a shorter time necessary o. make the transit.
-lt,lea.at- VII spring up along the line Of this
great highway. new impulse sill De- given to
al. mining operations; other branch lines o. rail-
way w.u Dee built To- ute--,ct with The chief
trunk, and -H, Development u the whole region
living between tie Mississippi and Size Pacific viii
be ac,slarltsI III a degree which twenty years
ago oila could u.t have imagined.
Tie 1ap.li-y with which this road has been
AiLis site Jess than miraculous SIX years
s,i. remain q the time allowed lv Congress for
.he s..-lIe;.ou of the WORK SIX whole yelrs
have been -.;nei tv and TO American enter
yr.se BY the time they expire. a great change
xil have come ever the slope Of the Rocky
Al,s1-,fs. Chin. and Ea.- Indian commerce
all bar, been rev. Iu-iouizei New ente~urze,
silI have t.zss. form and Substance on the PAci-
&. cans, and the western b5.f of the re78tlis
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