St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-31

| will endeayOr to answer your III
quires as fully and plainly as possible
During the past two or three years WI
have had considerable correspondence
and several interviews with citizens
Burlington respecting the Importance
+ of this connection. We then represent
ed il Vermont interest seeking an out
let ut Lake Cllamplain, with espccla
reference to the local trade of the corn
try through which our railroad runs
An all rail connection with the lake il
Burlington Hcn was OIIr principal Oh
jcct, and to secure this we ENTERTAINED
and discussed several routes by whIcl
that end could he secured. and among
them connection with the Vernon
Central Railroad at Essex Junction.
Events which have recently tran
spircd, have in some respects changed
the situation. The Vermont DIVISION
by permanent contract recently entered
into, has become il part of new ant
important railroad line. connecting the
Western lakes, Montreal and Lake
Champlain ut Swanton, with the ocean
both ut Portland and Boston. We re
gard these contracts us enSIIrlnG the
entire completion of the through line ii
an early day. and while Il connection
with the lake ut Burlington is quite Il,
important To us aS IL ever ms h'rh' t''
necessity oil having ihit connection IN
dependent Oh o'her companies HIS "f
come imperative.
We cannot, therefore. interest our
selves in huildim" Il railroad to EsScN
Junction. \ connection ut ESSEX might
accommodate the local trade in Yer
mont reasonably well, but Il SINGLE
track from ESSEX to burlington would
he wholly Inadequate for the present
and prospective business of the tive
lines. y second track along the present
railroad. with It's three expensive hridg-
Is, It's tunnel and heavy rock and earth
work. would cost much more than an
independent line on Il cheaper rout,
which can easily he had. However
well disposed To this enterprise the
managers of the Vermont Central Rail
road might he. they would not and
could not conrrd;, to It's Il rrrt,.Irnc,
of track. Trains upou the two roads
would traverse different REGIONS of conn
FRY. wuuId RIM un,u different tiur
schedules and uudrr tL,. n,nst frirudI,
,rI,ti,nS vnuIL IL, s,il,irrtcJ tn fro.
I y
connection nt Es,rX function, i ohyi
nISh innpr:rcfirlhIr under the rirrum
stances Eut vr b,Ii,y, nm iud,nrud
rnl ronncrtiou with the lake ut BrIrIiu"-
tou vnuId h, L,.sir.,IL,. NAT ,,I, +, ,mr
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lake .hnr. in En,Iinmtnn ms. thr,u.rh
/ the town. of Willi.rnm EIs.< Jrri,In
and Tud,,hiII tn tI, I,,muiII,. \-,II,.,
i'm Camlrid"r. and There, rnuI,rt with
ON lines. The distance would hc ,hout
- miles. The road may hc constructed
at Il cost of about -7:5D.ulu. If Bur
linytnn and the towns alnn" the line
will undcItal>, to furnish SAY onc-third
of this amount. We will undertake the