Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-06
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1871.
The Portland Rutland, Oswego n
Chicago Railroad.

Chicago Railroad.
In Thursday's HERALD was given the
summary of the proceedings of the organ
ization of the New England and Oswego
Railroad. We were compelled to leave
before the evening meeting, which was
large and enthusiastic gathering, indica-
tive of tho earnest spirit that pervades the
friends of the enterprise and expressive OF
their confidence in it's final plish-
ment. This scheme is no ordinary one,
and j. not local either to Portland, Rut-
land, Oswego or Chicsgo, but has become
national in one sense, as it proposes to
bnild a great highway from the grain
growing States of the West and the
European mt rkets. 1t is of such a nature
that it must and will be built and our
people should wake up to the fact. An
illiberal spirit toward this and similar
enterprises, or a refusal to catch the spirit
of the hour in reference to the progress
sion in internal improvements, and a
waking up TO their condition "a it exists
to.1ay, will seal the doom of Rutland.
Let us teFe hold of all enterprises prob.
able to benefit the town, increase its bust
ness and raise its value, and throw off the
lethargy now hanging over US. We give
the report of Mr.. Cain, who was present
at the public meeting held at Glen's
Falls on Wednesday evening, with his
IL al hi oh
will appear in the Courier to-day under
the head of "Out of the Woods" We
endorse the article and trust the sugges-
ton therein contained will be carefully
considered by the people of Rutland.
"Having just returned from the Glens
Falls Railroad Convention at noon to-day
,Thursday) we have but very limited room
to say much on the subject of the Port
land, Rutland, Oswego & Chicago Rail-
road, in addition to what we copy from
the Rutland HERALD, whose editor was
present up to the evening session, which
was a grand success. The large hall
selected was crowded to its utmost ca
pacitv. and the wealth and intelligence of
that thriving and fioarishing town was
fully represented. Speeches were made
In the evening by Hon. R. M. Little OF
Glens Falls, the President of the conven-
ton, bv Col. VIM. d. Smith and Hon.
Gilbert Mollison of Oswego, Hon. John
A. Poor and Hon. John Neal of Portland,
Mr.. Lapham and VIM. McEchron, E'q,
Of Glens Palls, and John Gain of Rutland.
We would here say in as few words as
possible that we are now tdtrtg ont Of the
asoods and can see daylight. The star in
the east now reflects on the star in the
west and within three years from the
next fourth of July the waters of Lake
Ontario and those of Portland's uprivaled
harbor, will be brought by rail, on htS
new projected road and be mingled to-
pether on the summit of the Green Noun
taips in the presence of hundreds of the
tried and true friends of this great Road,
that will soon prove blessing to millions
of our race, both in the old world as well
as the new. This great Continental
Road, running east and west, will be a
rival to none. All the streams of busi-
ness and commerce lying northward, will
flow into it, while Troy, Albany, New
York, Springfield, Hartford, Providence
and Boston will receive their due share
from it's branching outlets and Portland
with its deep waters and feet of Ocean
Steamers will be the Queen City of the
East.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and
New York have now perfected their local
organizations and the directors of the
through line, will soon be able to lease
these different links, so that capitalists
can make a safe and secure investment in
a continuous line of over four hundred
miles of railroad, extending from the
lowest basin of the great American lakes
to the Atlantic ocean, at point no fur
ther distant from any portion of the road
than the city of Boston, and where the
cars on the docks and the steamers in the
docks empty their freight to eash other
by the mere swing of the boom of der
rick, and thus rapidly receive and convey
the commerce of the world to all parts of
the globe.
Push on the column Let old Vermont
respond to the Empire State and let the
Granite Hills of New Hampshire and the
pine plains of Maine echo back the well
come news-"we are out of the woods and
daylight does appear ~
On this new route, tno watered stock,J .
That millions feed with bread
Cheap freights will be the solid rock
On which we mean to tread.