The Portland daily press., 1872-07-09

Cram 100000, which is not true; and that w
owe the Portland Co, $4,000 when it is onl,
$4,000 as you have been told.
Gen. Anderson then proceeded to answer Mr.
Smiths last argument-that the God of natur,
had forbidden the use of the mountain gorg,
for business purposes, and affixed the penalt,
of the storm and the avalanche. The speake
believed that the Almighty had cleft the noun
tains asunder for channel through which thu
vast products of the West might flow to thS
sea; and the commissions of nature had strip
ped those mountain sides of their verdure anG
they would be firm and immovable until in the
lapse of ages the earth was crumbled and the
armament rended and chaos reigned supreme
again. He closed with most brilliant and elo
quent appeal to his friends to give their aid tc
an enterprise SO feasible and so promising to
the prosperity of the city.
Nathan Webb, esq.,, was the next speaker
He nobly vindicaled the directors of the Port
land & Ogdensburg road from the criminal
charges of the opposition, and spoke of the
President, whom he had intimately known
from boyhood as one who never yet stopped to
a mean thing. He then gave few cogent rea-
sons for his faith in the road referring to the
various phases in the business history of Port
land, and rapidly sketching the history Of the
Grand Trunk enterprise, asking this pertinent
question, Has the Grand Trunk exhausted the
resources of Canada and the West? In closing,
he said, am full believer in the feasibility,
the profit and safety of this road have no
fears of its failure; and when it is completed
the very men who now oppose it will, trusting
to your forgetfulness, try and stink back and
say they were always in favor of the road.
Mr. George w. WoOdman occupied a few
minutes in discussing the question in general
way, from the standpoint of a business man.
After closing piece from the Band the meet
ing adjourned at 10 o'clock.
THE TI-OGDENsBURG Observation-Disclosures
Hall was moderately well filled last evening
with the opponents of the loan to the Portland
& Ogdensburg railroad. The meeting was call
ed to order by Gen. j. s. Fessenden, who NOM
mated Mr.. James L. Gardiner as Secretary.
In opening the meeting Gen. Fessenden call
ed the attention of the assembly to the para
graph in Mondays PRESS relating to the COM
position of the opposition meeting at City Hall
Ou SATURDAY evening. ne eulORlZeu Glc non.
f. O. j. Smith, and said that it would be for
tuEate for the editor of the PRESS, who has so
recently come among us, that he may know the
real characters of our leading citizens, it, when
he approached the evening of life, he could
look back upon so good a record as that of Ma
than Cummings. The speaker thought that it
was not at first the intention of the Ogdens-
burg directors to go through the Notch, but by
some other route. He also referred to the case
OF Bath and Belfast which proved conclusively
that the estimate of engineers are not to be re-
lied upon. The railroad debt of 81 100000, the
yearly expense of which to the city is $4,000.
The Knox & Lincoln road was the cause of
this debt, and it had made Bath simply way
station on the Maine Central as Portland would
be way station ON the Boston & Maine, if the
Ogdensburg loan is granted. If the loan is
granted the liability of Portland on account of
railroads would be 81, 565, 900, or AZ per cent of
the entire valuation. The entire tendency of
the investment will be to drive away wealth.
business and population, instead of increasing
them. &H= Fa
Hon. Neal Dow was then introduced He
commenced by saying that yesterday morning
he was met by friend who talked for half an
hour trying to convince him dow of the ad-
vantages to be derived from the extension of
Ogdensburg road through the Moth to it's pros
pective western terminus. The speaker replied
that that was an argument to be properly adj
dressed to men of property and not to poor men,
and the labOring classes. The property of
widows and orphans should not be mOrtgaged
to enable rich men to get richer. He re-affirm-
ed and reiterated his previous statement that
the contract would not be good unless it had
behind 1T some security to enable the contractors
to properly carry out the conditions named
therein. The contract between the directors of
the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad and
Messrs. Harding & Fuller, provides for the
building of the road from North Conway to
near the line of Harris location, according to
the plans already furnished by the engineer,
but the remaining portion of the line is to be
built according to plans to be hereafter furnish
ed. The difficulties of the first named portion
of the route they of course are familiar WITH
but of the other portion of the line they can
possibly know nothing. That region of coun-
try is the worst for building railroad to be
found this side of the Hudson river
The speaker had been told by friend that
there was not railroad in Vermont or New
Hampshire but was in the hands of the bond
holders, and the Ogdensburg road is now bond
ed at the rate of $12, 800 per mile, and we don't
know who holds the bonds. If these bonds
shauld 60 to protest, the holders will step in
and, forecose and the city will have to pay them
The road cannot be bdilt for the sum asked for,
and if it could the equipments would cost at
least $2000,00O more. If the loan is granted
the city will have to pay yearly ON its account
1927, 040, and as Boston has now road running
to North Conway, and will build the extension
if Portland does not which would be of equal
benefit to u.s. it would be useless for the city to
So great IL lldDDlJy. Is Is DOJ II Necessity
for the safety or convenience of the people, but
is simply scheme to increase the wealth of a
few rich capitalists.
At the conclusion Of Mr. BOWS remarks the
audience commenced rapidly to leave the hall,
and after Gen. Fessenden had stated that the
engineers were to be employed by the contrac-
tors, and would, therefore, obey strictly their
orders the meeting adjourned
FIFTH MAINE REGIMENT ASSOCIATION This
| Association will celebrate its fifth anniversary
| in this city on the 9th inst. The literary ex-
| vious at Army and Navy Union Hall, and will
embrace an Grafton by VIM. e. Stevens Esq,
| of the Boston Journal, poem by Moses Owen of
Bath, singing by a quartette, and Music by the
| Band. On Saturday morning the Association,
with the 9th Regiment Band will take steamer
and embark under sealed orders for the point of
destination. A clam-bake will be served and
the day will be devoted to a social reunion of
| comrades. The steamer will return to the city
| at a o'clock, in ample season for all the eve
| ming trains and steamers. Members wishing to
take ladies are assured of ample accommoda-
tons. Arrangements will be made for half
| rare on Une TOrtlanu, OacO q PORTSMOUTH, Une
Portland & Kennehec, Maine Central, and
Portland & Ogdensburg Railroads. The ex-
pense of single tickets for steamboat fare and
clam bake, will not exceed $1.50. All honorary
discharged members of the Regiment are cor
daily invited to attend. All are requested to
wear the 9th corps badge. No postponement
| on account of the weather.
ODD FELLOWS Observation-Disclosures, n. Fl.
a fiourishing city Of about 5000 inhabitants so
situated as to offer many attractions to excur-
sionists, is the place selected for the grand ex-
cursion of the season by the Odd Fellows, next
| "Wednesday, the 10th of July. The committee
of arrangements and the officers of the Portland
and Rochester railroad, will spare no pains tC
have all those who wish to go on this excursion
provided with good seats in passenger cars, and
they assure us that the trains will arrive al
Rochester and return on tinae as they employ a
special train that does not stop at any stations
excepting Saccarappa and Gorham, and oul
friends need fear no delay on account of over
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