The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-11

the entire completion of the task in the near
future. He was the friend Of all railroads
the Grand Trunk, the Maine Central and the
Observation-Disclosures they will all be of advan-
tage to Portland. He hoped the visit of the
Vermonters would be profitable to the mer-
chants of Portland. Indeed to use the language
of George and his Queen to their English SUBJ
jects they were here "for our goot." He refer
red to the growth of the Ogdensburg enterprise
and called upon Ex-Gov. Hendee of Vermont,
as one of the earliest and most sanguine friends
Of that road
Ex-Gov. Hendee said it was appropriate for
him to address the citizens of Portland as
friends and neighbors' as the time was near
when Vermont and Maine would be united So
cially and in business by the completion of the
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad. He re-
counted the occasions in the past whenihe al
dressed the citizens of Portland Once he had
been introduced by Gen. S. j. Anderson whom
he considered one of the best men in New Eng
land. and again by Samuel E. Spring, the hand
soonest man in Portland. He said the party
from Vermont represented all the principal in
dustries of their section. The pulpit, the bar
and the medical profession were all repre-
sented. Had the notice been longer the party
would have been much larger. He referred to
he work in the Notch and said that when it
was first proposed to cut through there he had
some doubts of the feasibility of the project,
but he had seen enough to-day to convince him
that the work would soon be successfully ac-
eomplished. Indeed he believed that wherever
ho con1I h;pocn1f on foot fhor wo n c11itq
BILE place for railroad. He referred to the short
ening of the line to the seaboard by the compile
ton of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
and its connections, and said that their freight
from the west would then tend to Portland. He
was impatient to see the completion of the
road CCkA 4 a..Al MeA
A. M. Dickey, Esq, of St. Johnsbury, said
that he could not say with Gov. Hendee that
he was one of the original projectors of the
road; he had become interested in 1T at com.
paratively recent date. He believed the road a
fixed fact. Vermont is doing all in her power
and will meet the Forest City at the Connecti
cut River. When this was accomplished the
interests of Vermont and Portland would be
identical. He was glad to make the acquain-
lance of the citizens of Portland, and hoped the
occasion would be but the beginning of a long
acquaintance both socially and for business
Bliss N. Davis Of Danville. who is famous in
Vermont as the attorney whom Bristol Bill at
tempted to murder in the court room after he
he had secured his conviction, made very hui
morous speech, which was so frequently inter-
rupted with applause that it was exceedingly
difficult to catch connected sentence. He be-
lieved the Ogdensbug Rail-oad was not to be
stopped at Burlington, but was to extend to
Puget Sound and thence to Hong Kong in
China. He thought the Northern Pacific went
up to give place to the Ogdensburg The work
begun here at Portland was a mighty one and
its projectors do not comprehend the immense
Importance it is destined to attain
Mr.. D. G. Linsley of Burlington, Vt, Presi-
dent of the Burlington & Lamoille Railroad,
and an engineer Of national repute, having
been connected with the Northern Pacific road,
said Burlington would have had representa-
tives to speak for her business interests had
they been able to have got here. He thought
the branch from Cambridge to Burlington on
Lake Champlain was Of immense importance
to the Ogdensburg railroad. On the compile
ton of Caughnawaga canal freight can be
brought from the Northwest all the way to
Burlington by water, and by means of the
Ogdensburg road it can he laid down at the
seaboard at Portland cheaper than at New
York. Water conveyance must always be the
successful competitor of land conveyance for
long distances, and as this route was nearly all
by water, Thrust become the first highway to
the sea. He said the Ogdensburg road was, so
far. one of the best built roads in the country,
and he looked for its completion at the close Of
another summer.
Hon. Horace Fairbanks Of st. Johnsbury
was received with deafening applause. He
said the visitors were quite overwhelmed with
the courtesy they had met with. He expressed
satisfaction at the progress made on the work
through the Notch, and expected Maine and
Vermont would clasp hands at the Connecticut
River next season. .fis
Hon. J. B. Brown referred to the changes
which the past forty-five years, dating from
the time that our trade with Vermont ceased,
had brought about, and looked for speedy
renewal of intercourse with our neighbors across
the Connecticut river. foo.s
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was one calculated to unite Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. They had met then at the
request of the business men of Portland. The
matter of railroad connection was subordinate
to that Of business connection. He alluded
to Ethan Allen as the!representative Vermont
er and the embodiment of the honesty and
probity of the people Of that state.
Mr.. E. NJ Aldrich of Whitefeld, N. H., ex-
tended the greetings of the business men of
New Hampshire. Unfortu nately before he
began his remarks the company seemed to
have been impressed with the idea that the
speeches were ended, and had commenced
walking about the hall, so that his remarks
could not be understood at short distance
from where he stood.
District Attorney Webb and Judge Goddard
followed with remarks, but unfortunately ow-
ing to the noise, lit was impossible to report
them. % - Il Sd
Throughout the evening Coles Portland
Band discoursed excellent music.
Some of the visitors will probably return to,
day, but many Of them will remain over until
tomorrow and attend the Museum this even
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