Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-06-22
The Croakers- Men Of No Faith in
Railroads.

In ls40. u census taker in North Carroll
ma. entered a cabin. in the regular pur-
>uit al hi> business, when he was met by
one OF the worst type Of croakers, who
commenced on him in his peculiar vein.
saving that the world was rapidly going
10 destruction. that the then National adj
miniStration was wicked. that the state
administration was ditto, that nobody but
fhe mcrc>t >chcmer> aud crazy men
would he numbering the people. that
Diog"ne> himself with two lanterns could
n"t find an honest man in the land. In fine
that everything was wrong. The official
being bit of = wag. joined in with the
dyspeptic. and added long catalogue OF
impending evils. and closed by saving.
THAT mankind /. grand humbug. and
would soon 20 to the bad place Thi,
seemed TO satisfy the man and he WAS
then willing 70 let the census OF his family
bc taken.
W. have all over the land Glass of
men who have no faith in man. no conf
deHce in Improvements no belief that pro
gtc>>iou j. the order OF nature aud Of
PROV Idence. no disposition TO assist In any
>Chcmc- OF a public character. which Will
t"ud 20 benefit the future. If ANYTHING J.
proposed it j. characterized A. Wild
scheme. This cla>- Of men would have
laughed a; Fulton with hi, idea Of pro
polling Vessel, by steam: at Morse with
h.> Wilder scheme Of suhiecting the elec
tine fiuid To mans will. and making il an
agent Ia communicate thought with the
speed If the lightning: at the grand
scheme of spanning the ocean with the
t"iegraphic Wire. or the thousand mile. of
land between the Atlantic and Pacific
ocean. with the iron rail.
Thi- cla>> of men have no hope. no
faith n man. no pluck for work no di-po-
,iion a. sing with the poet
~ longer les me -hun IA, par
Anal Tie busy scenes Of life
Bus with warm and .ensrou, heart
We have al miil'f 6l22i53.0151 81 Fiifis cIass
down East, for when railroad i pro
posed To pas through these two lower
counties the example Of Belfast j. intro
'"'''i - 90 i-'s.i warning. or il this We're
h"' "H"ush- the Bani ~"d Rockland road
with IL bitter disappointment ~nd large
cost J. adduced SETTLER. Now II i
well. always. to gather wisdom from the
experience OF others, and Ia learn 10 >hun
The rocks on which other have seen their
little harque- -hipwreckcd but /, the
world 10 stand still for the next century.
for-noth because Belfast people made.
possibly mistake in the location Of their
road. or because the mcshc- Of their con-
tract were large enough for the Maine Cen
trail {" crawl out OF it, engagements
Are no more railroads 10 DE built. because
f"r>ooth. the Rockland and Bath p.opl.
have hand job on their hands: Shall the
whole world stand still and watch the ~.
suit of these two enterprises; We opine.
if ~ wait ten years We shall see in both
these case. 4 state of things which will
justify the present outlay OF money and
confirm the faith OF the projectors OF the
two roads. But are these cases on-> 10
irighten rs: Are We to engage In Ike
costly schemes. or ia those only partially
thought out: Let us see. We have no
railroad lines In these two counties. ",
travel by stage and by sail vessels mostly.
We have population whose business j.
such. that from necessity it keeps them
Boying. II Is proposed if encouragement
i given. 10 build a narrow gauge railroad.
to accommodate this travel. and TO tran
sport the freight for the locality through
which il may pass. 1t is pretty well dem
on>trated that narrow gauge road. will
pay on the investment. that they are par
ticnlarly safe. that they are adapted To
the locality. that they can be built and
equipped for about half that IL costs 10
build aud equip the common feet inch
gauge. that they will last longer &c. We
invite the attention OF the reader to the
article Published this week giving the data
for an opinion of the comparative val,r. of
the two classes Of roads