Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-04-17
The Shore Line Railroad.

BANGOR, April IL. 1873.
To the Editor ofthe Daily Wing & Courier -
There Is an almost present certainty
that the railroad from Machas west to the
Penobscot river will soon be built. The
people OF the region are determined to
have IL and have the means within their
power. Shall ii run to Bangor or Buck
sport: II the former place is adopted as
its terminus the great question of the trade
of that country being tributary to thi. city
is settled. If il goes to Bucksport, what
then: 1t will then present the instance
of 4 railroad. already finished. seeking a
connection with another. In that case il
is wise for US to look q little ahead. Two
complete roads now exist from Boston to
Portland and each seeks the business and
trade of the East. The Eastern road con-
meets with the Maine Central and the T.. Il
y. \. and thus forms through line to the
Provinces. The Boston & Maine. power
full Company finds the Knox & Lincoln
ready and DESTROYS OF helping TO form an
antagonist line. The short distance from
Portland to Brunswick overcome, through
connection Is at once established TO Rock
land and a feeble effort only Is then want
ed to connect with Bucksport. The road
from Rock!and. or Warren TO Prospect OPP
posite Bucksport, in any event is a work of
the very near future. The interest of the
Boston & Maine road and also of the CITY
of Portland is then combined to secure the
enterprise. \ charter already exists which
can be had and used for the purpose and a
single year will more than suffice 10 COM
plete il. This done. a through line is es-
tablished from the County of Washington
ria Ellsworth and Bucksport, and the Knox
& Lincoln road to Portland and Boston
.Nfs Ia
twenty or thirty miles north o: the track
and carrying all the trade and travelling OF
that whole region away from us forever.
| Nor is this all. With such a road COM
/ ing down TO the river bank on either side.
the next demand will be for n bridge at
+ Bucksport. The right of the Legislature
/ to grant il is already settled. Will they
do it? Those who have attended TO the
workings of that body for few years can
have no doubt how they may and probably
will art ia' Nc see. R"'h 81" t.s'"-'
Counties will favor II. The City OF Port
| lard and all its connections will Join hands
with the East. The whole line OF towns
/ from Prospect 10 Portland will 20 Tor II.
embracing a majority of Waldo. all Knox,
/ Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties and what.
| if anything. will then be wanted, our ex-
perience shows will be very readily obtain
ed elsewhere in the State. At all events
il is a hazard hardly worth counting for the
/ experiment. What then, All the COM
merce OF the Penobscot hampered by a
bridge at Bucksport Narrows and all the
/ business of the East gone from us, leaving
us perhaps the consolation that In the lat
ter event We can very well put up with
/ the former.
| The view now presented is not chimer-
ical nor overdrawn. Two or three years
will suffice 10 make II a reality, provided
only the folly is now permitted of allow
ing the road to be diverted from our city.
An easy remedy is now al hand by accept
ing this prefer made by our Eastern
neighbors TO join hands with them in the
building of the Railroad in question TO
this city. 4. W. Z.