Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-01-06

tWecN 81. JUN titC VA AittC - 'oNott
ut the outlet of the Schoodiac Lakes.
1t complimcn.ed Mr.. john A. Poor BY
frequent notice aud attribu ell the sue
cess Of the enterprise to his eTris.
prominent among which was the famous
Portland Convention some twenty
years ago.
We have no desire to de,ract from the
laudaiion of Mr.. roor. whose zeal in the
matter OF Rail Roads Is well known in
Maine. Bat the occasion calls for some
statement of facts which the public
shouldbc familiar with. aud particularly
al his time when they are about taking
upon themselves new and large burdens
for The purpose Of extending the Rail>
into other .cciieMs OF the state besides
the Penobscot valley.
Til. first of these statements j. that
The experience of the last twenty wears
has sh1wi that the idea which under
oIroneoUs At thar time prominent
men lro'L the Provinces and from other
Safe. got together a; Portland :or tic
purpose Of providing Tor European
travel, route through M,inc. New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia. which
taking the steamship at H.tli.tx. land
ing at GALWAY. and runnn" across
lirll ID .si the Rail would finish The
! urney BY s.eaInboa f'om On e istuwn
to Al ,fyncad and the 4 ill. 10 10 nj IN.
This was supposed 10 be the quickest
and most d .-irable way of going from
Boston and New York to London. and
the Por. Ian q Convention met 10 put il
into operation. Eut we have >een thit
GALWAY Ia, lohy since been abInl pnei,
and although steamships do stop AT
Queenstown to land the mail. few pas
seugers get on or oil al that point. They
go Ia Liverpool by steamer and take
the steamer at Liverpool on their re-
tuin. o. this side we all know Inc
steam line that ran to ii .liEiX twenty
Years ago has abandoned it. An in
ierior line runs its poorer boats there
once a fortnight. New York has been
found TO be the only place on this side
tile Atlantic from which it i worth
while 10 run the great Steam hip lines.
Both first class passengers and emigrants
take the line that runs between New
York and Liverpool. Freight takes the
same course Even Boston has been
abandoned as sfariin" place The
completion of the Road from Bangor te
Halifax will iind ont steamer leaving
Halifax forlni.iiilv for Europe and 40
noIe. AID lao new steamers viii Toe
added on account oi The finishing of the
Railway, while from New York there i.
an average OF nearly two steamers = dIv
l,e aid icc-beig> are The great terror
OF ll.c European passage and bo,h these
,vils are Intensified by going into H4li-
lax While under no cIrcuIns ,iuccs can
IlrIc be iound passengers or freight
sLtii cicnt 10 make il All obiecI TO della,
III, >oIaseby touching at that port
We state it moderat. ls then when We
say tlat tie idea Oh winch The Portland
Con, ention MAS baeed aud the t. and
y. \ X. x. started has been louild 10
be eiro. cous, and the sl.ie OF tine en-
tcrpr.se based upon this idea :, huge
lmI>numer; whoever then. was entitled
10 ihe praise of originating the scieInr
should bc simply credited with slariin.
I'M .,rs,c. icaUiitv.
Mo.e thll this, Il der this Continental
pre,eiise the SAFE has been induced to
and thus Road. Ii is the onl. RAILWAY
Ia The sac which has thrown its bur
d.h, upJL the general tax plyers. This
Rad hts bce.i 10 the l. ;sIslIiure. ear
AMER year, ia various mead cant dis
suLscs ami o. higlisouIIin. gcHerllitirs
and IA skiii.u. appliance OF Legislative
pursui>lJa-. la, SleeI!ed them. at las,.
out OF almost ali OF our ample landed
d ,niin and i large sum vi money be-
sides. linus lar iiaey cou.iI aiaJns theig
gains and our losses 50 n eis al hundred
Thousand acres OF land lnd "A hundred
AID Iort. oIl tlJL,aii uJiiars Ia cash.
Inc. loJA Inc Lad in this first place
SUBJECT ~ the Massachusetts, debb of
Two .IulidreI and nlfy tnou-aiid dollars /
and Oh the ground. persistent, urged /
by them, inai the debt 10 Mi,sacliu- |
sets was the fall valu- of the land. |
Tney then went To the Massachusetts
Legislature aud eudeay Jrei 10 persuade
thai body OF the i'm ortauce of this
Continental ull.riakins BIZ the people
ii Boston were inform Il as 10 the run
ilns o. Seam hip; an the attempt was
4 fIiiare. Ii I'll Il there they Game back
> Aisd,ta AMI Il was the " .ine Leyis-
azure. and not the Massac hu sets Leeis-
Azure. as the Advertiser states. that
lsSu red that debt and thus made this
the recipient OF this great
md ONLY bounty at the lands of the
) ate. How any Legislature, under
Whatever pressure. could have been
ound weak enough 10 consen, to bur-
len the tax payers Of the State in this
manner passes our com orehension.
We have not examined the acts Civ
NJ these large sums to this corporation.
III, instead of glorifying it would ii
lof be- well to explore the various STA.
res whichhav been bullied and roaxed
trough the Legislature, and see whether
he Company is complying with the
prms upon which they were allowed To
la Ter the public chest? We take IL
~ fare sh.re were terms bat il 80.
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