New-York tribune., 1871-08-30
PORTLAND AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug 2S.-If Boston were
obliged to make a deour OF 90 miles via Providence on
the SOUTH north via Concord in order to reach Albany
and the wes-f New-York could only gain Chicago and
ST. Louis by way of railroads whose eastern ermn we're
in Philadelphia, readily see how the growth OF
these cities would have been retarded and the dial OF
their progress kept back a century.
To-day this Is actually the position OF Portland so far
any completed communication with the West Is con-
ceTned and until recently, her position far as any
prospect Of rcdeeming herself from condition which
paralyzed her energies. and made her rapid growth
utter mpOssiblity.
Looking toward the East Portland recognized the fact
that Nature had gwen her the finest harbor the At
antic coast that the markets OF the Old
world than NewY0rk or Boston by many hours sail !;
closing her northern eye and looking through Boston
shutting her southern and making Montreal the first
Why this for Portland s not lacking. nor has she
been IN city pride She has been associated with
Boston too long to be over and 20 need constant
reminding OF her fine points Fifty miles or so to the
West, New Hampshire draws her boundary lne and
seeming TO fear lest Maine might encrOach upon her
rights she bas deemed 1t best 10 insure herself against
al eastern nvasions by throwing up some forheatons
Hampshire ruined herself in this way. for all time,
as wheat producing state or Tor Crol9etplayns she
visit with your carriages and servants, and admire
towers Washington 600 feet Madison, 5000 and on;
but you must not bring your business here, nor send
wake the the echoes Of the "Sotch" with his Concord
coachesbut the steamwbistle never-the can
the right Of way through my Gateway" but all rail
ways are forever enoined from crossing INV grounds.
II was this NewHampshire menace which did to the
courage of Portland what that terrible calamity Of fire.
in 1866, could not do; 1t more than match for it,
and she by the with her fine harbor her mag
ucent docks her unsurpassed facilities for storing and
handling grain. around her, but comparatively idle.
| She thoroughly wished at heart that she could
shake hands with the West, without crcokng one elbow
into Boston and the other into Montreal but right IN her
two years since some VerInonters men OF wealth aud
largely engaged IN manufacturing aud some roraDdeIs
men also OF capital and actively engaged in business
Both wanted something and that something happened
the interest OF each party Vermont wanted 20
reach the seq Portland to freight iron coal,
and thousand other things Portland wanted to reach
the West through Vermont. But how says Portland
accomplish this when the cold shoulders O our neigh
bor New Hampshire are Shrugged up in our faces GOO
feet OF more Vermont replied IT, half century
could do al our trading Portland, only little more
than hundred miles distant, why need to-day 70
Boston, double that distance; and If fathers could
send their old fashioned four and horse through
the crawford notch without difficulty, why not
send our more Jdern Dexter" who runs every where
else continent through the old highway.
turning back trade no the old channel and breaking mp
tHat White Mountain ring which has been In the Boston
interest long We Will build a railroad 1T niles from
Dalton the Connecticut, 20 SwantOn, IN Vermont II
YOU Will build los miles TO meet Us. We take the most
miles because can use McCeans weapons, shoyels,
through the greater part OF vermont while you Will nave
little diminishing TO DO, ANA need some powder
10 break through the New.Hamp,hire lines.
her Maine she dd not neglect it. She knew tnit
the Vermont who were enlisted in this enterprise
men who never acted wlthout thOught men WhOse
energy business sdgaCty has Identified the name OF
Fairbanks with Of the most marked successes ia the
history oi American manuiactutts; AsSo.tatet WIN
then too, and thoroughly N sympathy with them IN THIS
enterprise, the Browns anu Others OF Portland,
whose energy Is matched by their interest IN AL
that pertains to tie welfare OF Portland
This interview sealed the doom Of the Old stage line
Railroad line which viii do a. much for Portland,
Northern New England and the West the Chesapeake
and ONO Will do Tor Virginia ana the Southwest The
were al organized, surveys made, showing
to-day less than months since the ground broken
90 miles OF the r9aa Is completed and running IRON for
Is confidently expected by the managers that the entie
hue will be completed
We do not believe that an enterprise OF similar magui-
tudcwas ever undertaken the Eastern states and
pushed with greater rapidy We know that railroad
IN New England has ever been built with equal economy.
There have been none Of your New-lorE " plumbing
and pla5ering aud carpeting jobs the Portland
and Ogdensburg Railroad. Tweed ana his ring would
have starved under such management as conceived aud
viii TINS new road from the lakes to seaboard payi
1t will and FOR these reasons Unlike the great majority
of roads whlc built rather IN anticipation Of bu,i-
ness "a be developed, than actually existing, this road
has, in the hrst place prohtabie local business along
its entire ne sufficient " ltse o pay all interest ac-
running expenses Looking al lts chances ir
White Mountains, from NewpJ.t VIA Portland On tue east,
Burlington ON the west We believe that IN this respect,
merely As pleasure route and Tree from all possibility
line IN the Eastern states As u The through trade OF
the West, what The lakes and the sednOdrd are more
than 50 miles by this route than any now existing
or that can and thus the through business or
the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad WILL oAj DC I'm
| tied by its transportation capacity -,
But as this road has been and 20 be. the
most thorough aud at same time ecOnOinlcaL Dasls
widely known business Of New England iorJund 9
as II H. In it, certainty OF securing at once most p9ht
able local. through, and pleasure trahc we Know mat
| Ihs new eLtsrpTlse which links the West with the
ocean where the Atlantic furnishes the best afDOr OF
lines of the country. Determined the present genera
tiOn 10 be- not only 10 liqldh" the NdlOnh Dep
but To build all the great national railways now VIII thd
| next generation busy ITSELF
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