The Portland daily press., 1871-08-01

Woodstock railroad, said Vermont would CON.
plete her section. He called on Heuiy Clark
E,q aud Col. Joyce, " 10 spoke enthusiastic
ly In support OF Mr. Gains state me mt Tue Pre-
dent stated that he held the agreement OF the
President of the Rensselaer, & Saratoga Rail
road to furnish track, with impartial connec
tons from Rutland to Fort Ann, thirty three
miles.
VIM. MeEchroh, Esq of Glen's Falls, di'
rector, gave description of the line as survey
Ell from Fort Ann by way of Glen's Fails &c
the Piseco summit, showing no grades eX
c;eding 80 feet 10 the mile going east, OF
seventy feet to the mile going west, and tha
| the people On the line were all united ana en-
| thusiastic in its support. He gave statistics az
| to business on the line, ETC., the oacohHaga
| Valley being the great tanning district OF New
Messrs. Augustus Sherman, Van Dusen, FL
| G. Lapham, Mr.. Ctaudail, and the Hon
| Orange Ferriss of Glen's Falls, confirmed all
| the statements OF Mr.. McEchrOn. The Boon
vile delegates arrived during the meeting
Messrs. Tanner, Dodge and Thompson spoke OF
the favorable route from Piseco Summit to
Boonyile and OF the deep interest OF that whole
legion, IN he success OF the enterprise. Ju-
Mus A. Cowles, Esq, of Osceola, a director in
the New England and O,wego railroad, spoke
for the towns between BuOnville aud OswegO
Me>srs. Darlington, Kellogg, jenkins and
ii. l.. Davis of Oswego, spoke OF the hearty
support of the people OF Oswego, to The line by
way OF Bo0nvile and Glen's Falls Having
reached O5wego Mr.. Poor said, We ought to go
back to the east again and inquire as to the
towns on the line from Portland TO the N. ID.
boundary. Hon. John w. Lane of Hollis, said
the Saco towns and The Ossipee towns are
united and enthusiastic, aud that our weste 70
friends may he assured that the Maine section
Will be provided as soon as the arrangements
could be perfected Tor the through line to o.
wego. Messrs. A. X. p Lord of Buxton,
O'Blion OF Cornish aud Davis of Parsonstield,
sustained and confit med the settlement of Mr..
Lane.
Mr.. Poor then introduced Hon. JOS. A.
Wing OF Montpelier, who gave an account of
the progress of the Montpelier and Wells River
railroad which will be completed in 1872 so
that cars will run from Montpelier to Mere
dith, ready to come 10 Portland as soon as the
line is opened through from Portland to Mere
dith, giving to Portland direct connection
with st. Johnsbury, shorter line to Montreal
than the q. L. Railway, and the shor est posi-
route from Portland to Ogdensburg. We
b I'VE gone forward said Mr. Wing with the as
through to Meredith in season to allow our
first train to pass from Montpelier to Portland.
Hon. ID. f. Worcester of Rochester. N. ".
director in the Lake Shore road, and also in
the Rochester and Genessee Valley Railroad,
spoke OF the interest of Western New York to
form direct connection by rail with the grand
est of New England harbOrs, Portland. Hon.
Eugene Pringle of Jackson, Michigan, spoke of
the progress OF the Michigan AIT Line since ne
was at Portland three years ago, on a similar
Grand as now, the carrying out of the Trans
continental Railway, of which their line is to
form part, los p,iles OF which have been COM
pleted.
Mr.. Poor had letter from VIM. A. Thomp-
son, ESQ.,, showing the progress of the Canada
Southern Railway, and gentlemen from the
west said, All the track would be graded and
sixty miles rallied the present season"
Hon. VIM. Miles of LapOrte, Indiana, ex-
pressed his qualification at Mr.. Ppgle's pres
ence here, for though himself director in the
Mich gan Air Line, he had not been able 10 do
for it as much as Mr. Pingle
Gov. Blair of Michigan declined to speak at
length, and only to confirm the statement of
his Michigan friends
The Michigan Air Line is the western link in
the chain to Chicago, and it was voted by all
parties. present, that We will stick to the
through line.
AT half past - o'clock the conference broke
up and the stockholders meeting adjourned to
10 O'Clock Tomorrow.