Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

TRUNK.-The Springfield Republican
thus describes the extension of the Pas.
sumpsic Railroad to the connection with
the Grand Trunk at Lennoxville Rut.
land should remember that the Rutland
and Woodstock Railroad will connect
directly with the Passumpsic Railroad at
White River Junction and will place Rut.
land in direct communication with this
new route. Every day develops snne
new feature that indicates the Importance
to this town of building the road at the
earliest practicable period, and that with
this single connection. Rutland cannot
fail even if she should struggle against it
of doubling if not three-folding its popu-
lation and business in five years from the
completion of the road. Shall we longer
stand in the light of our own interest and
hedge up this,great highway and say we
wont have it.
The extension from Derby Line to Len
oxyille on the Grand Trunk, which is to
be operated by the Passumpsic railroad
company, is being pushed forward with
great vigor. One-third of the track is
down and the remainder will be laid in
a month after spring opens. Grading
and ballasting will then go on, and on the
first of July the line will be opened
for travel. Dominion day occurring at
this time, the Canadians and Yankees will
will get up sort of Fourth of July eele-
bration and formally open the road. This
will make a direct and all rail route to
Quebec, 70 miles shorter than any now
existing. AS Quebec is nearer Liverpool
by days sail than New York, it is not at
all improbable that many will cross the
ocean by the Quebec steamers, and go be-
tween New York and Quebec by the Con-
necticut valley line. 1t is also quite
probable that considerable trade will
spring up between New York and Quebec
in consequence of the opening of
more direct communication between
the two cities. Ultimately the
Montreal express, which now leaves
Springfield at Gas p. m, will leave
two hours later, on the arrival of the
New York and Boston express, and reach
in season for breakfast the next
1t will probably take year or
two to bring this about, but it is a thing
Of the future that is sure to come. Sleep
ing cars, in case such an arrangement is
made, will run from Springfield to Lenox-
Vile on the Grand Trunk. From that
point the passenger would proceed to
Quebec in the day cars, distance OF l2O
miles, arriving there in season for Dinner.
After the first of July the cars that now
run from Springfield to Derby Line, five
miles north of Newport, will run through
to Lenoxville, so there will be only one
or two changes between Springfield and
Quebec. The upper roads are in favor of
putting on at once drawing room cars on
all trains from Springfield to Lenoxville
but some of the more conservative mana
gers at the lower end of the line are for
holding back until they see the business. |
Young America up here in Vermont re-
CARDS this opinion as eminently safe, but
claims that the quickest way to see large
business is to make it. During two or three
months in summer such cars would be
crowded, and if all the connections with
Quebec are such as to avoid any delay they
would soon become permanent and profit
able, as the English traveller is fond of the
seclusion which the drawing-room Car af-
fords. There seems to be no doubt that
more English travellers will go over this
line than any in the country. The direct
ness of the line from New York to Que
bee, and the unrivaled scenery of the Con-
necticut valley, will attract them this
way. A company has already offered to-
put on the requisite number of cars and
take half their cost in stock, the rail
road companies to take the balance. This
extension, which is thirty-two miles long,
will make an outlet for large amount of
lumber that is manufactured on the
line of the road. At one station, Bromp-
ton Mills, 100000 feet are made an
nually. The road for six or eight miles
runs on the east shore of Massawippi lake,
and it is said that the scenery is exceed
ingly beautiful. There is now talk of
building branch nine miles long to in
tersect this line at the southern end of the
lake from Magog to Ayres' flats. The OBJ
ject of this is to furnish an outlet for the
lumber business at Magog, at the north
ern end of Lake Memphremagog. II this
is done the railroad from Montreal to
Waterloo would undoubtedly be extended
to Magog, about twenty miles. This
would make a more direct route to Mon
treal than by the Grand Trunk road.