Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-22
The Railroad Through Eastern Maine.

Der. | arrived here on the goth of that
month. During these three months past
only four or Ave copies Of the AmnIeas
1 have reached me, but all Of those, 1 avn
glad TO notice, earnestly advocated the
Railroad from Bangor or some point on
If no further argument were needed To
arouse the people of that section of the
State to put forth their utmost exertlons 10
build the road, and that. as soon a. posi-.
Bile.
Cicero remarks truly that There l. a
certain common bond. uniting all the ar, .
which pertain TO polite education" 1t
is equally true that all pablo Interests
have bond In common the condition Of
any one affecting that of every other one.
Business. Education. Morality and Rclig.
ion, mutually affect each other Bushes
prosperity greatly aids religious prosperity.
and II Is certain that business i more prof
table aud property ti.ora valuable where
there i the best condition of public NOR
atty, religion and education. The people
should undertake the construction Of this
road tor the same reason that they would
encourage schools. churches. agriculture.
lunbering aud manufactures. All these
interests contribute TO the general pros.
perity and conteatmcnt of the people, and
make the State III TO live IN. But the Rail-
road has ~ real an influence In this drrc-
I tim
powerfully helps all other industrial and
business pursuits, promote, the develop
ment of our vast, natural resources. aud
makes the people conten;ed TO live where
they are. by cau-ing them to feel that they
are in the world aud part Of the world =
THIS /. the effect produced npon the people
by the railroad wherever !, has gone In
this cnterprisiuS age. when enphaiically
time i money To live iifly or hundred
miles from railroad connection with the
rest Of mankind. is 10 be oui Of the world.
Our part of Maine was settled some tim,
prior t. the American Hcvolu,ion-mnre
than one hundred years aso-aud Vet +,
great part OF 1t i, still wihi--ihc Young
men lray.n. for other pari> of the land i,
soon As they are OF age. and few that eau
get away. being content to spend their III,
In place that Is - dull and 81 far bchiud
thi. age of progress and Improvement -
let the capital that i lying Idle ia Eastern
Maine be invested IN extending manuiac
lures. railroa :. and all moral aud cduca
ffnnal iu.fttuses tn nt,r ,uiI.f auI ~. IA Al
no; long coaplain that the young emi2raic
The tide will begin 10 fow back. and that
olion. ,aunt. that Maine Is 4 good place
TO be born in." will be >ilruccd hy tie
everywhere carrenj saying. that there d,
10 better STATE than ours to lire 10.
IL regard tp;hc roa'e the ROAD shall taAc
Can there he more than ono opinion on
III. question. whether Il should not :,
where there ar mos. people aud buslnc.,
even, though the road should be iFiar
long.rs
A. TO the gHIg, Of the road. which !. one
Of the question, a. be decided let me -,
awprI. On nv way stopped to cK ,nln,
the Dcns or and Rio Grauda Railroad. which
j. finished aud running about 80 miles from
Denver Ia Colorado CITY, aud Is 70 uiti,
nately extend through into New Mexico
The gauge of Til, road !, iAroe trrt.-shal
they call the ''comproinise" gua.e. thu
nIrro,e gauge ia Wales being only ~ Il.
inches. The friends of this coupromi c
gua.e claim tina, Il commend, itself "a
popular favor BY the considerations tina, a
road Of this guage can be built through a
country too bo0r to build one OF the com
mon guagc, that Il viii D. supported rs a
country that has not bushes. to make a
road of broad ;uage pay, and that Il carrie,
one-third less dad ,o,igA. than the ordinary
guage. 80 thai Il can actually carry freight
cheaper. 50 far. this suits Eastern Maine.
But. on the other hand Il l. urged against
thi, narrow ur compromise guase. that
passenger trains can be run on II only
about one-htlf ., fast a on the common
guage roads. Ii Is fact that they run
only from ten 10 iiiteen miles an hour,
while on ordinary roads they run from -
to 30. Il Is also urged against the com
promise guage, that il cannot carry freight
of great bulk and weight. such a. all road,
must wish to carry. e. pieces OF heavy
machinery. Il 1, now said that the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad Il u, least partial
failure because II !. impossible to transport
by Il the freight needed Ia the mining
| regions. such a. engines aud pieces of sla-
chinery for quartz mills &c. &c. These
certainly are very grave objections. and
! warning j. coming from various quarter :
not 10 invest more capital in narrow-guagc
rail roads. for the reason that they DO
not meet your reasonable expectation of a
railroad. Let your people carefully con-
slider this matter before they adopt a cour Se
that will bring them lasting regret. Ii
will not satisfy the people OF Hancock and
! Washington Counties 10 pay the same
price for riding at the rate of twelve miles
an hour. as other people do for riding
twenty-five. Nor will IL suit them To have
a railroad which will not carry their very
heavie Il freight.
hope our people viii. agree upon the
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road be built at all events. That part OF
our State Is able to build 1t, and too poor
TO longer do without 1t. Let them get
State aid If they can, but If they canno'
then let it be built without. Let every
man. who should be interested In so good
an enterprise. say "Ay." and, almost be-
fore you know 1t, our beautiful shore will
be still more beautiful, with its embroidery
Of a double band of iron. along which our
people shall ride. Winter and summer,
with the speed of steam and the comfort OF
the parlor. gratified with the feeling tina,
at last they are really part Of the living
world. 5. d.
One Of the trustees of the Insane Hos
piial protests through the Lewiston Jour
nal against the proposition Of putting the