Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-08-28

Y MORNING, AUG
HouIf Mansfield and the Burlington and
Lamoiile Railroad.
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
The more | talk with the people of Bur
lington, the less | find some of them know
IN regard to the routes and mountain travel
wish to call their attention to the only
true mountain route this side of Stowe l
say true route, because it will be of no use
to try and compete with the Stowe route
unless We can find equally as good, or a
better way Of getting on to the mountain
top. | think the only feasible route to the
top OF the mountain, this side of Stowe, is
the route that d. c. Linsley surveyed some
seven years ago, from Cambridge up. III
remember correctly very feasible grade
/ was found with only ten feet grade to the
hundred, in the steepest place. A good
wagon road could be constructed, and at a
comparatively small cost, also a very easy
grade. in fact no sleeper than many of the
roads about town.
Cambridge is wealthy town. and has
paid but little money for railroads, but
think If they were walked up little in
regard to the mountain and Notch roads,
they ought at least to do something hand
some Tor both mountain and railroad
II any one will ride up from Stowe, and
then foot 1t up from Underhill, think they
will need but very little argument 20 con-
vince them that tourists coming on the cars
Will not TO any great extent stop at Under
hill Centre, and climb the mountain when
so easy way is already provided from
Stowe, and another can be from Cambridge
II they Will build wagon road from Cam
bridge to Smuggler's Notch, and also a
mountain road, Cambridge can compete
with Stowe for mountain travel
We know that Gov. Paine caused the |
Vermont Central to be constructed over
ROxbury heights, and we also know that |
1t takes something like six extra engines |
on each side Of the heights to haul up the |
rains daily.
But hope the days Of folly in building
railroads in Vermont have passed. and that |
We shall see the road bailt through West |
ford, where one engine with its forty (4O) |
cars loaded with the produce of the West |
Shipped 20 Burlington by water) passing |
through our beautiful valley with al! ease.
seeking the Seabori, rather than seeing |
(O engines to each train laboring over
Underhll height, with no profits to the |
road, and 10 credit to Burlington. u.
BoLToN.-During the absence of Mr. and |
Mrs.. Fuller, enc day last week. their house
was broken in5o, a trunk, containing val
liable papers, bar-, cpcl. All two notes |
taken out
L. Y. M-Thc twenty-sccond annual
announcement: of the Medical Department
otthe University Of Vernon. is made The
mex. annual course OF lectures VIII com
meacc, March 18th $50. the course of /
private Lectures, conducted by resident ply
>ieians. commences Sept. 18th, next, and
continues SIX months; the practical teach
inss o..na;omy v.. commence in Deem
bcr.
Tov.-Tho Trustees Of WilHstoa
Academy have engaged Mis- Ellen "
Dean g.. principal. wa5. wiki competent
assistants, VIII 30 c,c-yta,as to make the
school both p.ca-an. aai Profitable. The
hu term VIII commence .u Wednesday,
September D.
Vermont Medical ,orlc:J.
E,aLiSer.y. IT,, Au-. 20 i-,i.
Aa .l.t.u IS hereby extcaIel g. the members
OBJ. ;Ic ate 'ic;c.i 5 ..cts G, attend with thor
la c- tie 5'rl -,il--lr1.l uc,..a- and excur,i. n
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