Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-11-18
Excursion 10 Portland.

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Excursion 10 Portland.
Our letter 10 last paper left the eIcur.
siopists at the Crawford House, feasting
their eyes on the grauduer of nature, and
we may as we'll add art, since the work
on the Railroad has so far advanced. The
party from St. JObnsbury arrived that
evening as expected, comprising Hon.
Horace Fairbanks, n. P. Bowman, 7. G..
and J. T. Fletcher, DR.. Newell, John Ba-
con, c. A. Sylvester, Judge Willard, Col.
Hastings. @. A. Storer G. NJ. Stone of
the Caledoniap and others to the number
Of ~, with B. N. Davis and others from
Danville; S. S. Gould aud seven others
from Concord, making up about as pleas
ant PARTY as ever assembled at the Gate
of the mountains" The Crawford House
had been opened for the especial accom-
modation Of the excursionists and the
Messrs Barron had provided everything
necessary for their accommodation.
Tho next morning several of the party
assembled Mt. Willard before sunrise and
got we'll paid for the trip. This is an en-
minencc nearly as high as Mt Mansfield.
AMI has good carriage ro,d to its SUM-
nit. which is distant from Crawford only
two miles. The line Of the p e. o. could
be seen from it for distance Of five miles.
The mountain has an almost perpendicu.
lar face on the north side, and about zoe
feet from the base is the line Of the rail-
road. Standing on the line, one can look
keavenwarj for 1900 feet and the vision
viii rest on Mt. Willard turning to
look b.luw and the ravinc meets the
=. distance of 200 feet. From the
... men appeared like acre
from the highway below,
.-.r. than pigmies. 1t was
that Of all the places in
railroad this would ap.
.t- IN all for difficulty, and
bold aud confident mind
-. conceived the idea aud
-. .. ... icing very safely and rap.
much less expense than
r... 5 Soil which is easy to work
ounl on these steep noun.
utilizcd-a heavy bank
..a. ,nthe lower side to prevent
les from Bemis, the west.
the Eastern Division, to
it will connect with the
now Temain to make the
lete, and cfthis, probably
-.a the work is done. so tina!
v.. .- force aud favorable
r.a.. g trains will be running ov'
c fa. .". re frat of July next. On
.a- '-- payroll contained tht
zen, and at the rate thai
- zen made since, fully one
.e... e now doing the work.
'... Portland has undertaken
The work aud Is paying the bills.
At nine A. VI. on Tuesday the Craw.
ford teams we're brought up and tho whole
party were conveyed 10 Bemis. Every
rod of the distance has an object of in
terest to the tourist. Looking down tc
the "Gate" from the Crawford, ,'Ele.
plants Head" meets the eye. A little
farther on is the young Man of tb,
Mountains" then the Baby" the Silve
Cascade, where the mountain stream fall
distance Of one thousand feet then tn,
numerous mountain slides, and the 6 rea
Slide that destroyed the Wiley family
tie Wiley House, made famous by tn
event, and the piles Of stone, that mari
the spot where the bodies we're found ant
innumerable others-even DR.. Bemas
postmaster at the station. We challeng
all New England to produce another driv
Of eight miles that has SO many natura
objects Of interest.
The work on the railroad is being per
formed by representatives of all nation
and their huts or shanties arc thickly sc
along the road. Mr.. Harding Of tn
contractors, gives his personal attention I
the work, aided by his son Russell, !" VIII
is now hardy nountainecr" and bronze
like au Indian. Walter Davis is employ
ed by the contractors as engineer, an
Mr.. Patten the walking boss" still NEAR
ders up and down the line. The grade
the line from Bcmis to the Notch is IL
feet to the mile, and continuous. To som,
this appears unsurmountable, but it is no
for ono of the best roads in the countr
has grade Of 2o4 feet. aud has no di
fculty in moving Its heavy trains.
At Bemis VIC were met by committe
Of Is appointed by the Board of Trat