Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-07-12
p. 40. r. Z.

Last seek, a. part Of our eeieoia'ion q
the glorious naiiona. holiday, We made 8
trip to St Johnsbary via. the route Of the
R.R.line, aud give our readers a fen
items concerning What We saw Of this great
project =,
All along the route, completed road
bed was "croppius OUT in sight aud al
ter reaching So. Hardwick there was al
most an unbroken line Of graded road to
West DanviIle where the LamOille corPor-
alton ends. save here and there a rock
cut and from the continual ringing OF the
striking Of the drills aud the booming OF
the blasts it seems that they must soon
mecumb. The line on this section Of the
road presents an appearance Of busy life
indeed. At the rate the road is now be-
inc opened. it can almost be likened TO the
opening Of the Red Sea by Moses for the
children Of Israel to pass through.
On the Montpelier & st. Johnsbury
eorporation the number Of men at work is
larger in proportion to the number OF
miles than on the other, but as the work
is more difficult, does not progress so fast,
The trestlc work is being done 6y the
company at an astonishing rate. Bridge
abutments are being built, too, and last,
but not least by any means, the iron is
being laid down, and We think that the
company will realize its expectation OF
opening the road to South Hardwick this
fall.
The engineers were sent over the line
last week to count the men, and the whole
number then at work was a little over
100. Between Swanton AVID So. Hard
wick there we're 2ll men; between So.
Hardwiok and St. Johnsbury, 700; and
between st. Johnsbury and n. II. line,
900. Such a number of men can but ac-
complish much, as they are well differed,
and their movements well directed, The
contractors profile showed last week that
seren-eights of their work between South
Hardwick and St. Johnsbury was now
completed
Immense piles Of ties and iron are at
St. Johusbury, ready for use.
The locomotive is new and first-class in
every respect, weighing over tweuty-sev.
en- tons. The tender bears the inscription,
Portland and 0gdeusburgh r. r. Line,
Vermont Division" Her name is placed
on each side Of the cab, and No.
adorny the fgure-head. The engineer in
formed US that she worked splendidly
Several platform cars, marked p. & O.
R. R.-Vt. Division" were being made
use of in hauling tics, track, gravel, etc.
OnTharsday Messrs Horace and Frank
lin Fairbanks and some Of the Directors
got W an impromptu excursion over the
completed line, and as they left the engine
the men in the scale works came out aud
gave three rousing cheers to which re
Spouse was given by the whistle Of the
locomotive. Great confidence and en-
thusiasm is felt as the work progresse
in that section, and we can not see VIII,
people on the other part of the line neet
longer doubt
One of the peasantest features of tn
trip, was the afternoon spent with Bro
G. NJ. Stone, of the Caledonian, benin,
his splendid pair of mares. We visite,
the cementery of st. j., which probabl
is not exceeded or equaled by any other i
the state, as the work of both nature AM
art are here most admirably combined t
make it beautiful. We also made tn
rounds Of the many pleasant drives in AM
about St. Johnsbury and journeyed t
Lyndouvile. We shall not soon forge
the pleasant afternoon spent in the com
pany of 50 courteous and genial gentle
man.
Friday moraing we visited tho ne,
library building, being erected and file
with the largest and best selection c
books Of any library in the State. Th
number Of volumes now in the library W
understood is over eight thousand, i'm
the list is not yet complete. Some Of tn
books are rare works of art and very cos
". The building, which is a triumph {
modern art and architecture, aud its col
tents, We understand are to be give
to the town Of St. Johnsbury by the llol
Horace Fairbanks, the founder. Ma
this muni6cent gift be an ever endurin
monument to the name of this good ma
who by his many acts of like nature, hi
done SO much for the good of mankind.
The grand Editorial Excursion con
menced on Monday and will end on Fr
day of this week. The visit to M
Mansfield had to be given up on acct.
the large pumber in attendance, 400 beit