Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-17

| had nearly forgotten to mention the inter
est which this Addison road has for Lake George
tourists. Ticonderoga, the western terminus oil
the bridge, is the landing for Lake George and
the Fort william Henry hotel. Passengers from
Boston, however, generally 60 by way Of Rut-
land to Fort Ann, and thence by stage TO Cald-
we'll. reaching the hotel in the evening. But
bv the proposed road one can leave Boston in
the morning, and. going by way of Rutland
and Ticonderoga. and enjoying delightful sail
through the Lake George islands, reach the Fort
William Henry hotel in time for tea.
This letter has already reached such length
that the Rutland AMI Woodstock railroad must
he rassed over very hastily. This IS an enter
prise which was chartered BY the vermont ie,
gislature in 1859 Ii is part Of what Is 0aleu
the Portland snd Rutland railroad, winch : III
its turn link ia the projected r0F'Laut i al,i
Chicago line, the scheme that recently
in Congress in such imposing shape ,seeAlng ~
SANS aid As originally chartered, 'he n
and Woodstock was to run, L believe, from kutIahu
to White River Junction, where II Woud c1u--se
with the Northern New Hampshire for Boston
and Portland But the subsequent completion
Of q line from White River Junction 70 WOOD
stock leaves only the gap between the latter pace
and Rutland TO be built The natural obstacles
TO the line are very great, ard the grades when
it would necessarily have sre very iormiiaD.e
John Cain, of this village, is president OF the
line, and Is working earnestly IN favor OF It, out
with Indifferent success so far. The hutaut
Railroad has occupied rather an ambiguous Pc
sit.on toward the project, though Gov. rage j.
one Of the directors. The towns on the east SIDE
Of the mountain are ready 10 support II, out
there is less enthusiasm on this side. hutland
herself refused 10 give any municipal aid There
is 3 modified plan which proposes TO have the
Woodstock road strike across the mountain al a
more southern point, hitting the Rutland hii-
road between here and Bellows Falls, and there
canine in on the track OF the latter. And SUI
another. and an independent project, IS to bulid
n line across from Gassett's station on the hut-
land 10 Claremont. y. H., there connecting with
Concord and passing on by way Of Rochester TO
Portland Such .'cut off " as this would give
the Rutland an outlet to Boston quite iudepen-
dent Of the Cheshire snd Fitchburg railroads,
and it is therefore, in the light Of the late con-
solidation, a very significant scheme. Is yet,
however. il has not taken definite shape, ami Is
only discussed as a possibility.
OF the Portland and Rutland scheme IN gen
ersl it nav be sad that while its ultimate rea.-
zition in some form j. not improbable, It neei
COS, Boston no immediate anxiety. The neces-
sary capital is not forthcoming and while Port
land has her energies divided among several pro-
jecis Of the kind, the people Of this section arc
not united on any route, or even on the merits
Of the scheme in any form The lease Of the Ru--
land road has introduced a new factor into the
problem. Until the attitude of the Vermont
Central is manifested al predictions are vain.