Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
'The Portland, Rnuaud -
and Chicago HALLWAY VsWego

A"e Eofuand, Elutlau5
ana Chicago Railway Corn
PanY. 1
Our citizens will be pleased ..
that the contemplated railway linz anon
the title of the Portland, Rutland q r'-4el
go and Chicago Railroad Cornrsr o'Ss'
which the Rutland and Woodsta.l y Il
road forms link, is receiving atta,t. -'2l'
Portland and elsewhere. A meeti,.. q
be held at the City Hall in Portl.S5
the 10Th of December, for the pun. VI
perfecting the organization of the o ~
pany, to establish bylaws, choose di,' IN
ors, and to determine how far and n -
extent the company will unite its H.
with the line of any other railroad oa'
pany, or lease or purchase any conpeo,;-
line, as provided in the charter n .
Portland and Rutland Railroad. v,.,.t
by the Legislature of Maine On The IT,
of March, 1870. An article upon ..
subject and the importance of the -,
appeared in the Portland Press Of Pa
Der LIST, under the head of "Portland srs
Oswego Railroad" which, throO.b =
courtesy of John Cain, Esq, we are =.
bled to lay before our readers.
The hereditary dream of Portland.
been a railway to the great Lakes. O.,
Vincent, Sackett's Harbor, Ogdensb0,Ss.
and Oswego have been, at different pa,
DDS in her history, objective points apr,
the navigable waters of Lake Ontario, +
which public hopes have been directea.
More recently, the nearer harbor 4,
Montreal, upon the st. Lawrence water.
though lying in foreign country, becar.
the point of approach 10 the Lake ba.,
from the harbor of Portland, and b.
singular train of fortuitous events. wbi5
could never again be repeated, the liz.
from Portland to Montreal vas carrisi
through with the aid of far seeing ppbli,
men of Canada, which line has proved =,
the greatest value to Portland, bv its 81.
pansion into the Grand Trunk RaiIWav
and must continue of peculiar interest r
Portland until the Intercolonial RailTsy
line is completed TO Halifax and soros.
Newfoundland, events not far of in The
future.
After the completion Of our line Ii
Montreal, and the enlargement of busine..
consequent thereon, war interposed t
check railroad development in Maine
while at the east, measures were put il
to operation TO carry tho line throDg
Maine to the lower provinces, when
new awakening of business interest
ID -
pursuit of her ancient idea Of & railroa
to the West. But at this time some d
vision of opinion WAS found among III
business men of Portland as to the tru
route TO be adopted.
Assurances from the friends Of the Or
densburg railroad of New York, and d
the Vermont Central railroad, led orr
people to embark upon q lire 70 Og5ars
burg by way of the White l7un.sin
Notch, while others looked with nu.e
favor upon direct line TO Osweg0 ty wy
of Rutland and Whitehall
The friends Of this project have r7...
vered in this matter till they have P.nall,
succeeded in securing q line Of charter
through from Portland TO OsWhro. and q,
agreement OF union on the basis Of a COZ,
mon interest under one management. +
be organized under a charter for this IN,
pose granted by the Legislature Of Main
at its last session. We now learn ths
the several companies on the route fror
Oswego to Portland have agreed upon
basis of union, and a list of directory, ana
meet at Portland on the 18th of Decembe,
next to enter into contract and perfect
their organization, notice of which ap.
pears in our papers of to-day.
It would be premature in US, to say. II.
advance what precise form of actor. tbs
new company will take TO carry ous thei.
plans. Oswego, the principal city an the
American shore of Lake Ontario, is al
ready a place of very considerable impor-
tancce, being the seventh in point Of rank
as the importing cities of the country,
being more largely engaged than any
other American city in Canadian trade
She is also one of the chief places Of mar-
ufacture of -four, having the finest water
power in the State of New York. Rail
roads and steam vessels connect OsweRO
with the west, so that if she can have di-
rect outlet across New England to the
seaboard at Portland, she will naturally
supply New England with the bulk o.
their breadstuffs and western provisions
and be enabled to ship direct to Europe
from the cheap harbor like Portland Of
Portsmouth upon the open sea. It is 81
miles from Oswego to Portland by a d.
rect line, and 400 miles by the lines Of
railways now projected, which it is pro,
posed to organize into a single company
during the present month.
The city of Chicago favors III lin
and the intelligent merchants of Chicago
and other western cities are moving for q
great freight railroad to the Atlantic sea
board, and the extraordinary facilities
for the shipment of grain which can bs
at Portland harbor, has =
them TO indicate their preference 6.
Portland as the proper terminus =. y,
great freight railway from the G".. -. /,
the sea and we expect TO - w" -
of the CompaD' "Pon =
ion of influence in its m CIV, -
West, that shall give p ..i iaH9r ~, rom u
age, if this effort is oitabIn toi ne aI'ai
It home. 4'i q
= The connecti ON of this line with n
n@ az a. n. na. .tal railway project affort
us .ne mus direct possible route fror
. - ea 1 " che west, deserves more spac
,.e eI " NC .enture to give to IT, but we hop
800 4 to be able to point out the Ger
g n ~ 3 OF success on the part of the friends
- nIs measure by its indispensable con
ie etion with the great International AM
alter Oceanic communication, which hav
oeen forced upon the attention of th
Commercial world by the simultaneou
completion of the Pacific railroad upon tht
western continent and of the Suez canal
kriAf Ghrnr.anInI