The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-27
Railroad SpecuIatiOns in Maine.

| WIsCAssET, Dec ~ 1871.
To the Editor Of the Press:
| Your ventilation of outside combinations to
control the trade and absorb the value of the
resources of Maine for the benefit of other
States and to serve the purposes of railroad
spectators and enrich railroad rings outside
the jurisdiction of the laws of our State is tell
ing on the popular mind The PRESS is doing
good service in this work. 1t is time that
Maine stood by her motto, and once for all said
to the railroad kings of Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts, New York and of foreign capital:
81 lead" and no Jim Fisks are to be crowned
with the profits of my lands and the toll of nv
citizens!
KNOX Sc LINCOLN A CHECK
The consolidation of our railroad systems to
the west of the Kennebec, and the manipula-
tons of capital in that direction to control the
trade and resources of Maine in the interest of
foreign metropolitan purposes ought to awaken
the solicitude of every citizen of Maine, and be
felt in our legislative councils. This alarming
symptom should be watched, and legislative
plaster be applied for the cure of the disease
The Knox q Lincoln railroad will be trunk
route, is rapidly increasing in its business rela-
lions and prospects as a thoroughfare, and is so
related to the several municipalities through
which it passes that it is beyond the reach of
speeulation and when the Georges River
Railroad has been graded and opened to Bel
fast and pushed on to Bangor, (Which another
twelvemonth may accomplish) from twenty to
thirty miles of railroad distance between Ban
gor and Portland or Boston and New York will
be saved via of the Knox & Lincoln.
RESULTS OF PROJECTED RR. SYSTEMS ON OUR
STATE.
The effect of this projected system, when
completed, will be counterpoise to the power
and purposes of consolidation, give to the me-
tropolitan centers of our State the control of
its resources, for their own benefit And then
the Kennebec q Wiscasset r. r. now survey
ed and being located will not only open up the
fat valleys of the Kennebec to the sea, but be
pushed ON to Quebec, then opening the short
est route possible over sea and land from
England to the Canadas, at Quebec the COM
merclal capital of the Dominion.
Inc achievement of these projected enter
prises must enhance the commercial impor-
Augusta and Bangor, as interior centers of dis
tribution of trade and travel while Portland
and Wiscasset will become great commercial !
depots between the British Empire and the
Canadas: and suitable steamer between Wis
casset and Portland may be run day and night
the season round, to connect the trade and tray
ell of the two ports and meet the incoming and
outgoing trains, and it will be about as cheap
to ferry between Portland and Wiscasset as be-
tween Wiscasset and Boston.
wIsCAssET REvIvING FROM IT'S ASHES.
One of your Portland builders has Just COM
pleted the "Rundlet Block structure of |
brick stone and iron, an ornament to the place,
and magnificent depot for trade, and we hear
all its rooms are engaged and taken at remuner-
alive rents, and more are wanted. A daily
steamer is now plying between Wiscasset
Westport, Southport and Boothbay harbor, to
connect with the outgoing and incoming
trains Of the Knox & Lincoln railroad, with a
daily mail to Southport and Boothbay; with a
suitable boat this line might be extended to
your city as easily. We receive here the morn
iis DAILY PRESS about 10 A. NJ, which brings