Connecticut western news., 1871-12-15
The First Train From Hartford.

Last Wednesday morning the locomc- tive Salisbury" with passenger and smoking car, carrying the general railroad commissioners President Barnum; Score tary Coe; Directors Watson, Gilbert, Dudley and Stevens, with the representatives of the press, started from Hartford at about 8 o'clock and passed over the Connecticut Western railroad to Millerton on a tour of inspection, and returned the same day. The train was run entirely to suit the de- sire of the railroad commissioners in the performance of their duty as official in- spectors of the road.
 We received from President Barnum last Monday, an invitation to join the company on this tour, but as the train started from Hartford in the morning, we could not spare the time necessary to make the entire trip. The train arrived in this village at about quarter to one o'clock in the afternoon, when five or six of our citizens were added to the company. Here we found delegations from Hartford, Win sted, Norfolk and from some of the other stations, who had by invitation accom- panied the train. All appeared to be in the best of spirits, and seemed to enjoy the excursion immensely. The press was represented by Mir. Hubbard of the Hurt ford Couraqat; J. l.. Barbour of the Post MT. Burr of the ISnaes and MT. Vail of the WSnsted Herald.
 The train glided rapidly toward Lake. vile, Ore Hill and Millerton; the road riding as smoothly as could be desired, in fact it was unanimously admitted that the car glided along as evenly as those on roads which have Tor many years been built and worked. The train arrived in Millerton at about 20 minutes past o'clock, and after lunch, which was served in :he smoking car, and an examination of the location of the proposed Union depot there, the return trip to Hartford was commenced ! We learn from those who came from Hart | ford, that the trip from there to Millerton was very successful; nothing occurring to mar their enjoyment.
 A short section of 4 or miles, is all l there is of the entire road that remains to be ballasted, and gravel trains working on each end of this section, with good gravel banks handy, will complete the job i1 about a week. After due deliberation, the commissioners the same night in Hartford, accepted the road, and next Wednesday is named as the day regular trains are to commence running.
 The passenger cars of the road are in every respect first class. They are supplied with patent coupling arrangement, patent air brakes, and heated by Barker's patent steam car heater. The locomotives of the road, and in fact all the rolling stock are second to none in the country. We under stand there will be no formal opening oi the road by excursion trains or celebration but that inducements will be offered by way of excursion tickets, for people from al parts of the line to become acquainted with the new conveniences the road offers te public travel.
 The consumnation of this work is of ths greatest importance to the people of Nortl Western Connecticut, as it brings, as i were, Hartford to our very doors. This opens to us an opportunity to reach : market for our produce, and to obtain tho | advantages which city affords for tho purchase of goods, that the people of thi! section will not be slow to improve. IT conversation on the train with Mir. Moore of the firm of Moore, Weeks & Co.,, Fancy Grocers, &c., of Hartford. he said that the interests of the people of Hartford and oi this section are identical, and he is right We hope soon to pass over the road tc Hartford, when we expect to be able te give our readers, more in detail, descrip tion of the eastern portion of this new thoroughfare.
 W. A. Hiester, Esq.,, asst engineer of the 0. w. R. R., has our thanks for copy oi the HarJord Couro'at, brought direct from Hartford via. the Conn. Western railroad the first paper received by us over that route. Below we append list of the sta tions of the road, with their distances from |