The Portland daily press., 1870-11-29
Ciry AnaIrs.
A special meeting of the Board of Mayor and

A special meeting of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen was held last evening.
Frederick H. Cloyes and Henry Fox were
drawn as grand jurors, and Chas A. Walden
and dob II. Cressey as petit jurors, for the De
cember term of the U. S. District Court, to be
held on Tuesday next.
Permission was granted Rufus Te5betts to
erect wooden building for the storage of car
riages in The rear oil Il. A. Dow & Co. 8 stable.
Memorial of John A. Poor & ais. in relation
to the Portland & Chicago railroad was re-
terred to special committee consisting of AID
Wescott, Mccarthy and Seuter. The papers
relating 10 the same suit jecI were taken from
last years Ii es ard referred to the same CON-
mliea.
The memorial is as follows:
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Coun-
Gil OF the City of Portland, Gentlemen:
Some time since the Board Of Trade of Chi
cago transmitted to your Honorable body
COMMUNICATIONS favor of a direct line of rail-
road from the CITY of Chicago to Portland,
which has, as we believe, been referred TO
Committee of the City Council.
Since the forwarding OF that communica-
tion, active, able. and wealthy individuals,
residents OF Chicago, and along the line of the
route OF the proposed railroad to Portland,
have been aboriDg to bring about such con-
summation, and companies have been formed
along the line, which with other companies in
existence, propose to complete such line of
railway, designed mainly as an outlet for west
ern trade, the details of which, it is unneces-
sarv for US at the time to enlarge upon.
I The Portland and Rutland Railroad Com
pany, with which we are connected as Com
mttee of the Corporators, was chartered by
the LEGISLATURE of Maine, by act approved
March OH, 1868, authorizing the construction
of lire from Portland to the State line in the
direction of Rutland, Vermont, which act was
amended by an act approved March 16th 1870,
by which said company was authorized to take
the name of the Portland, Rutland, Oswego
and Chicago Railway Company, with the right
to unite with other companies, without the
State, so as to form connected line of rail-
way under one management from Chicago to
Portland.
Measures have been adopted to carry out
the several lines of railway necessary to form
a connected line from Portland to Chicago,
but it has been found inexpedent to attempt,
at this time, to form united line for the
whole distance, while measures have been
concerted, for the union of the several compa-
mics between Oswego and Portland, SO as to
form connected line of railway under one
management. between Portland harbOr and
the navigaole waters of Lake Ontario, at the
City of Oswege.
At a convention held at Oswego in October,
1869 in furtherance of the project herein
named, it was agreed to form line of railway
from Oswego to the eastern line of the State OF
New York, to be called the New England and
Oswego railroad, the line of which has been
surveyed during the present year. and COM
for the building of such line, and gentlemen
from the city of Oswego, representing said
company, propose to visit Portland on the 18th
of December next, with the representatives OF
other companies in New YORK, vermont ana
New Hampshire on the route, to confer upon
the matter in question, and agree upon con-
tract of union, and the necessary measures for
the organization of the corporation. survey
of the line from the deep waters of Portland
harbor to the line of New Hampshire is in pro-
gress there, connecting with the lines of sur
vey which have extended through to OsWego,
for the distances where new lines are required,
a section OF the Northern railroad OF New
Hampshire already built, the Woodstock rail-
road in Vermont, partially constructed, and
section of the Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad
in New York, lying upon the route, as also the
Oswego and Rome railroad, extending twenty
eight miles east from Oswego to Richland on
the direct route toward Rutland and Portland,
being regarded as portion OF the line.
The extraordinary facilities of the route of
the proposed railroad on account of the direct
ness of the line and favorable grades, together
with the friendly cooperation OF individuals
and conventions upon the route lead US to ex-
pect that the building of the line will be
m after of easy accomplishment.
The only difficult section being that over the
Green Mountains between Rutland and w ood-
stock, where heavy grading and curves can
only be avoided by extending the line to near
ly three times the actual distance between
Rutland and Woodstock, securing in this way
a favorable route as to grades and cost of NOV
ing, more SO than any existing route across
the Green Mountain ridge, which extends
from the waters of the st. Lawrence to those
of Long Island Sound between the Oonnecti-
cut on the east, and Lake Champlain and tie
Hudson on the west. All railroads between
the east and the west crossing this ridge. en-
counter similar obstacles to our own, which
We shall be enabled to overcome by lighter
grades.
AT meeting Of the committee of the corpor-
ators of the Portland and Rutland railroad on
the 23d inst, the undersigned were appointed
Committee to confer with the Mayor, Alder
men-and Common Council OF the City OF Port
land, in reference to this matter, and as to the
use Of SO much of the marginal street as lays
between Fish point and Grove street, as may
be NECESSARY to give Accommodations to the
company, upon tide water in the city OF Port
land. In pursuance of our instructions, we
respectfully ask leave to bring this matter to
the attention of the City Government and
such action on their part, as will best promote
the interest of the city.
JOHN A. Poor,
VIM HI. FESsEHDEN,