Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-02-07

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: Editors Messenger In the year ! 81.
= detachment OF British Troo;s. came il
hoais 10 Msqusm Bay. one aud one-fouril
miles from Swanion Fails, aud prcs,et
, into their service Martin Manner. TO marl
cat for them. the feasible route 10 the
village Of Swant0n Their terms q
Manner were the contents Of a loaded
muskei, il he failed 10 End for them an
easy grade; or an honorable dismissal
from their service with body and limb in
tact, It he succeeded. Under these cir.
oumstanees Manner did his Z" level hest, 90
and brought them safely aud with but III.
lie ascending grade TO the village, where
Uncle sam had some cheap barracks
which they burned; and also threatened
the old Brick Store, which at that time
was rented to the government. with the
same fate. But some Of the citizens rep
resenting TO them that the store was pri-
yate property aud in no Eay connected
with the war department. they concluded
to let il stand, add left the town for
Canada as a place Of safety.
Alaquam Bay and Manners survey, be-
came historic ground. But the survey
was never approved, until within the
last few months, when the engineers Of
the p. & o. X. Il. Co., resuryeyed ,he
Manner route. and pronounced it superb
They also accord TO the British Commap-
der good judgement in his selection of
this safe harbor for landing. But the
British officer in his coming aad going.
owing to the short time he thought il safe
TO step with US, made no notes in regard
TO the splendid situation for a commercial
town at the landing.
This fact. however, was fully apprecia-
ted by the Messrs. Fairbanks of St. |
Johnsbury, VIM. b. Hatch of New York
city, Hon. Bradley Barlow of St. Adams,
and Col. A. B. Jewett of Swan,on, aud
consequently they have. as already an-
nounced, purchased the Manner, Scott,
Wright, and Powers farms, about 700
acres, tor town site 1t is slightly as
'eudng from the Lake. aud about 20 to
80 feet above high water mark the soil
: mostly dry and suitable for pleasant
.treets and building lots. The 7. d o.
X. Co., have commenced to haul stone |
or the docks, which they intended to COM !
nence building this winter. In the spring '
hey intended TO do what little grading is
necessary from Swanton Falls to the Bay. n
nd IMMEDIATELY lay the iron. The Il. r. I
Bridge on the Mssisguoi river at Swan. t
On is to be built as soon as possible The
Bridge over the hlissisquoi at Sheldon is 4
ow completed and nearly all the grading e
nd spite driving is done to Sheldon. a
here is large force of men grading on b
ne line beyond. Ten miles o. the road
completed and was opened from St. Sc
ohusbury east last week, to West Con- a
ord. Sixty miles is completed and in II
Delaton from Portland to New Hanp. c;
lire lin, leaving only As miles through tt
ew Hampshire to finish TO connect with IA
'e,t Concord. West Of St. Johnsbury pI
lie road is completed to Hardwick. There p'
about five miles Of iron laid from Swan III
n to Highgate Center, and enough iron to
Nv at Swauton to lay five miles more in
e spring am informed that it is the pr
iention of the Company to commence az
ying iron at both ends early in the tn
ring, aud push the whole road to com. tn
elton before another winter. by
January lst, 1873, will undoubtedly
9 the waters of Lake Champlain united pa
tn the Atlantic Ocean at Portland, hy th
is great trunk line. which is much short. trC
than any other route, from the lake to
ocean. Considering the length of va
: road, two hundred aud ten miles. Dr.
1nlng through its entire distance If
lntry without railroad facilities cross. eve
both the Green and White mountains va'
ablishing one Of the best sites for ag;
nmercial town, with safe harbor on Al
re Champlain, with every prospect of to
Up canal fiom the St. Lawrence river to ut
lake thereby making Burlington, and
anton the distributing points of New
gland, we can hardly fail to see bright
spects in the near future, for both of
sc great enterprises. Probably no r
road was ever built in New England tary
less cost per mile, and very few if viii
will develop more advantages to both Fra
' England and the North West. The r emu,
dy executive and financial ability ex- Bou
ted by gentlemen controlling these stitu
rprlses. in spite of all opposition Of amo
peting and rival lines, is sure guar inc,
y 'o' 'neir u'uIo success L. der
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