Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-06-05

allelci elevations, likewise, 10 which the
road ascends will result in .'ico upon the
rails" that will obstruci the movement Of
trains! ..Slidcs from the mountains"
will bury up TIE whole Notch section Of.
the road. The line, moreover. sends
nowhere Az is western extremity IL.
is at the mercy OF mighty corporation
which holds coniro! almost from ocean to'
occuu. whose hostility is now provoked,
aud can be appeased only by an abandon
meut Of the Notch route, &c, &c. Every
circumstance, every incident, CLEANED BY
themost microscopical examination Of the
Whole field, that could either by down.
right misrepresentation or sinister insin.
ua,ion be made up for capital against
the road. has been turned to account
with what bears every appearance Of the
most hostile maliguancy. What is al
most amusing is, that in the closing par.
agrnph Of the articles, assurance is given
that the parties have been content with
simply setting forth the advantages Of
the new project" and have Mt enter
tanned the purpose Of assailing the inter.
esls Of the Portland aud Ogdeusburgh
Railroad Is this the work of the friends
or the enemies Of this road ? Do they
bring peace or war in their hand ? Are
wo to believe that all this is uttered out
Of "mcrcy" aud pity Tor Portland, and
in the plenitude Of loving goodwill? g?
Nay, verify, We are distictly informed in
the closing number Of the semj-oficial ar.
ticles, that "a feeling of iriendlnesS" !"
once existing between the Portland and
! Ogdeushurgh aud the Vermont Central
r, r., upon some alleged occasion wan
ished, aud interests which before were
mutual, now became rival, and we are
further informed, that ;he experience Of
1870 aud thereaoouts will prove a bar
/ forever 50 any mutual understanding be-
tween the original Portland aud Ogdens-
burgh route aud the Vermont Central
But if only Portland will give up her
cherished purposes of line to the West
and will place herself as clay in the hands
Of the Vermont Central Railroad, the
past viii be forgotten.--if only lin a suit.
able spirit overtures are made" to that
great Boston monopoly, ave doubt moi
that they viii be favorably received" " SC
Portland, even if she cannot have all snt
intended, can at least enjoy the crumb.
from the Vermont Central's table
Whether all these suggestions, counsel
and instructions to the Portland pubIit
, have been instigated by the railway cor
poration before mentioned, or whcthc
they are merely the fumingo of sundr,
Montpelier seribblers we propose, in eli
ther case to show how much they ar
| woth--aow much value shou d beattacn
ed to advice omanatng from snoh source,
/ even though accompanied with su4dr
: vague suggestions Of corporation and aid
t The route chosen by Portland to tn
3 West has then, been subjected to tn
most persistent and violent attack frot
: the region of the Vermont UeDtral Rail
a road 1t is we'll, accordingly, to recu
0 to the real history of tAis route throug
$ the Notch, to see who is responsible ic
: its origiuatiou who youched for it, |;
: bored for it, spent money for it, an
!. championcd it, until the alarm ola riyi
n city was excited aud the order wei
J forth: Stop that independent line trel
6 Portland to the West. This, we thin
e will prove instructive, to say the least.
u Ia the year 1867, St, Johnshury, wit
0 the view of securing additional rairoa
c facilities. proposed, through some of hc
It leading business men, the building Of
e line to Montpelier to connect with th
d Vt Central at that point, and by it an
q its connections 10 obtain another outlet [
o to tide. water aud the West Montpelie
: hailed the proposition, and promised t
+ raise her proportion OF the money promp
: ". The Vermont Central, likewise,
D facilitate the construction of so impo
e taot branch, pledged a large contrib
ton to the stock. Still further at a sui
sequent date, the manager Of the We
5 mont Central proposed that instead Q
f making the Montpelier road simply
t spur to the Central, it should be pushe
/ tbrough The White Mountain Notch /
81 Portland. His view was that Portan
/ needed be,ter facilities for getting Wes
aud that she would take hold with alacr
llty.
/, TO convince the Portland public thi
there was no trouble about getting throug
, the Notch, the chief engineer Of the We
mont Central was deputed to make a pr
} lininary survey. This survey was mad
lin the dead Of winter. His report vi