Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-03
The Portland Convention.
PORTLAND, July 26

The Portland Convention.
PORTLAND, July 26.
After a hasty journey, leaving Rutland
at midnight, the Rutland delegation ar
rived at 1890 o'clock the next day, travel,
ing from Boston over the Eastern Rail
road, one of the best managed roads in
New England, a distance of 1OS miles
from Boston, and when here we are only
about the Same distance in direct line
from Rutland that Portland is from Bos-
ton, indicating that Rutland, when the
Portland and Rutland Railroad is com
pleted, il, by an express train, only about
four hours ride, through one of the most
romantic and delightful routes to gather
in the beauties of New England scenery
In coming from Boston by the Eastern
Rail otd, several of the principal towns
of Massachusetts, and New Hampshire are
passed, including Lynn, Salem, Newbury-
port, Portsmouth, Biddeford and Saco.
Portland is now in its loveliest attire,
and presents an attractive appear lnce in
those parts not visited by the great con-
f4gr ltion of July i, 1866, which swept
away nearly half of the business portion
of the city. The streets shaded with
large elm and maple trees. By the alb
senoo of these trees the visitor is readily
able to distinguish the burnt district
from other parts of the city. The after
noon was spent in the examination of
the new City Hall and post Office, which
is built entirely OF Middle6ury and
Southerland Falls marble, and the Custom
House, built OF granite, and which is prob.
ably the most elegant building, in its
architectural proportions, of any in the
United States. Here, too, was found
Vermont productions. the solid counters
and m4ntel pieces being constructed of
the variegated marble from Mallets Bay,
near Burlington.
After stroll about the city we en-
conntered Barnum's great travelling mu
scum, menagerie, caravan and hippo
drome. Blrnum is the magic word in
Portland to day. The great sbowm4n,
with his collosal exhibition, is here, and
the people are all agog There are three
grand exhibitions, tho museum, mensg.
erie and circus, under separate tents, bat
all for one price. No man could do this
thing but Baruum. He is the Emperor
in the amusement world. Three exhiti-
tiou1 were given, morning, afternoon and
evening, and three exhibitions were nee
essarv, for nothing less could have accom-
modated the immense crowds which flock
ed to the great pavilions. The agent in
forms us he shall be at Rutland with his
exhibition on Thursday, August 10.
The programme for to-day WAS the con-
ventiou of the friends of the Portland, |
Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad,
with an excursion and clam bake, but the |
rain falling in torrents, the exourrion
and clam bake has been postponed until
Thur-day, both on account of the weather
and the heavy sea.
There are good delegations from all
along the line of the proposed route from
Chicago to Portland, among whom are,
Gov. Blair of Michigan, Hon CheDey !
Ames, Hon. Gilbert Mollison, General |
Charles B. Stuart, J. @. Kellogg, J.
G. Jenkins II. L D,vis, F. T. Cum
mington, W. E. Allen of Osweko, n.
Y, Hon. William Miles of La Porte,
Indiana, Hon. Eugene Pringle, Jackson,
Michigan, Hou. John B. Hay of Ilinois,
W. V. Lawrence, Monroe, Michigan, Hon
Orange Ferris, A. Sherman, z. Van
Dusen, H. G. Lapham, H. Crandall of
Glens Falls, N. Y, Hon. o. F. Fowler,
Bristol, N H., Hon T. Minot, Concord
N. H., Dr. H. II. Mason, Moultonbcro. n.
H., Prosper Merrill. D. G. Greene, Wood
stock, John Cain, Henry Clark, Charles
H. Joyce, Rutland, Ira w. Clark, Middle
bury. J. w. stickney, Plymouth, Vt.
The annual meeting of the Portland,
Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
was held this morning, over which Hon.
John A Poor presided and Hon. John
Neal was clerk. The annual report of
the corporation was presented which gave
very interesting, elaborate land fatter-
ing details of the progress and ultimate
accomplishment of work which must
give Rutland the prestige of being not
only the most important, but largest bust
ness point in Vermont Addresses were
made by Hon Gilbert Mollisen of Os
wego, Hon Eugene Pringle of Michigan,
Charles II. Joyce and Henry Clark of
Vermont. Hon. o. F. Fowler and DR.. II.
H. Mason of New Hampshire. Encour-
aging prospects all along the line were
given, and the Rutland and Woodstock
link seemed to be the only one necessary
to it's early completion, and it only needs
the aid of Rutland, with the assistance OF
the people along the line, to complete this
grand enterprise-the greatest scheme
now on foot for the promotion of railway
travel and ocean transit between San
Francisco and Europe, and Rutland can
no longer refuse to lend her helping
hand. At the afternoon session ex-Vice
President Hannibal Hamlin is to unfold
the features of his great national plan of
aid to this important enterprise. He is
to be followed by Gov. Blair of Michigan.
Hon. Orange Ferris of New York and
Hon. James Brooks of New York.
We have only time to add in substance
to our letter before the mail closes, word
in reference to the welcome of Governor
Perbam and Senator Hamlin's able and
exhaustive speech.