Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-04-24
Railroad Facts TO be Remembered.

The reiteration OF the argument, BY the
Bangor Organ in support Of the terminus
Of the Eastern Shore Line Railroad ct that
city and nowhere else, that the business Of
Bangor will be promoted, not saying any
thing about or even assuming the psoat or
the Recommendation OF Eastern people Eek
eeptthe privilege Of being ia Bangor when
the terminus is reached) requii es that GER
tain facts be kept before the Eastern mind;
LIST. That. to secure the means to build q
railroad. its rant and use must be shown.
In settling this question of course the
termini must be considered. This road is
needed. with a natural terminus, which we
claim is at Bucksport, point reached with
much less expense, less distance and more
pleasure; and wheu at Bucksport the pas
senger or freight may I'D l'bluDs go to Ban
gor by railroad or by boat. or they may go
by boat direct to Portland or Boston. or
cross the river and go by road to the ends
of the earth.
I'd. There Is already large amount of
passengers and freight brought here from
the East to embark. But a short time
since forty passengers were brought at one
time. One hundred passengers and store.
houses and wharf full Of freight have been
waiting transportation on one boat.
81. The argument for Bucksport is not
to be understood as an argument against
Bangor or Castine. If aught comes here
with Bangor destination we will put il
there, whereas Bangor is exclusive. max
ing point, at considerable Inconvenience
and needless expense, to build the road
over desolate and unpromising country,
to secure it against the possibility OF tap
ping from Buckspor, or any other point.
Castine can tap the road between Bucks
port and Ellsworth and save one-half the
cost Of road from Castine to Ellsworth.
4th. else, 900 will not pay the difference
of cost of road with an Eastern terminus
at Ellsworth and its Western at Buckspor,
or Bangor. the river crossing being then in
allegiance at Bangor.
9Th. From the conditions 1t will be at
once and rightly inferred that IL road to
any point will pay it will certainly be
Bucksport.
9Th. Railroads will go ultimately where
the general good demands; and. if this
requisite is at Bucksport. though this road
. may first be built to every other point,
there will still be a link to put in, and it
will go In aoleRs roisns
9TH. The leading objects OF an Eastern
road are open water at good harbor, and
at the same time, railroad connection; all
of which are found at Bucksport. During
the past long, cold winter Bucksport has
been almost utterly without drilling ice.
and has not been inaccessible for a single
day by vessels of any draft.
sth and lastly, Bucksport has both the
ability and disposition 70 do its part.
Thought occupy more space than wish.
permit me to refer to an article In the Maine
items of the Boston Advertiser of a few
days since, where l find just the figures
want. Speaking OF this road that item
says ''the distance from Halifax TO st.
JOINS Is ~. mics. 81 JOINS 10 Nalals %.
Calais TO Ellsworth 80. Ellsworth TO Ban
gor 2S l-2. Bangor to Portland via. Rock
land and Bath 1876, Portland to Boston via.
Eastern Railroad chow much more by the
Boston and Maine:) los. Total from Hal
flax 10 Boston 6e5 l-2 miles. reducing the
travelling time by hours Now, leaving
out the strongly marked divergence from
a Shore Line via. Bangor. we have distance
as above, from Halifax to Ellsworth 354
miles. Ellsworth to Bucksport %, Bucks
mort IN Portland via of RncLland aud
Bath III, Portland TO Boston via. East
ern" or Boston and Maine" los. Total
from Halifax to Boston 500 miles-being
ae - miles less via. Bucksport than via.
Bangor. Now IL the argument for Bangor
is worth hours by rule of proportion how
much is the argument for Bucksport
worth:
Can the line to Bucksport be beat;
y. ii. W.
Bucksport, April Is, 1873.