Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-11

Inc Troy Times publishes long account
Of this important enterprise, from which we
extract the following interesting particu-
lars The read is now completed and open
| Tor passenger travel to the Port Henry sta
uon. about half q mile from the old blast
furnaces At this place the most stupen-
dous work has been accomplished. The
Port Henry and Moriah road, connecting
with the Piattshurgh and Whitehall road
had grade OF ninety feet to the mile the.
track having been laid along a bluff of rock
above the lake. This grade has been en-
tTeiy overcome by cutting down the rocl;s
and laying the track on level with he
docks. The height Of the bluff * 20 feet in
some places. and its extent is nearly ba If a
mile. The cost Of reducing the grade was
IN round numbers S250OOO The roa he'd
has been formed, and all that remain : now
20 complete the road 10 the blast furp sces is
to lay the track. This will be accom- lisbed
IN II les days, and the immense m,Dnto f
freight awaiting transportation viii he
started for its destination.
THE NEW DOCK AT TIcoSpERoc.
y new dock has been constructed at IT,
conderoga. and branch track n. baa,
laid to 1t, returning to the main tr ,oL 90
the north side. Next wear the Oh. 49,
boats Will come no further south : nan ri
conderoga, where connection viii oe made
with the trains both ways.
CONDITION OF THE ROAD NORTH OF roe, HENRY.
The road north of Por Henry is about
bali completed. that is .oif - y-aJ;rr
has been aecomplishe 4 aItbonSb no rails
laTe been laid. a fe v hundred f. ct north
,n,S G.e iieLry IS rock tunnel, a bout FIVE
,nan;,' anu eIsp y feet long, the work Of
IS been commenced. About
" h,I ni,ieS II Jm Essex is another tunnel,
feet in length. Th is at
+ 10 ~. L, and is the most difhct Ii part
no -, remaining to be accomp lished. |
rat;ons northerly point where aetl We op |
,ontb are now IN progress is ne ar the |
w. OF the Au1able river. This is at |
~; ham marsh, and the road is being |
T. hcIally constructed for some distanC q by |
'ing IN and piling to prevent the overflow
.ng OF the Ausable river. The only other |
formidable I'LL Is at Buttermilk brook,
where, as at Nickham, the work is pro-
crossing finely. Along the lake shore
below Port Kent, an
IMMENSE DEPOSIT OF FINE IRON SAND.
mixed with the common gray sand strata
has been encountered. 1t is supposed that il
comes from the seperators of the Messrs. ]
4 j. Rogers. on the Ausable river, but this
Is hardly possible, for it is south of the S
Ausa6le river, while the current of the lake
would carry It IN an opposite direction. The
PACK sand Is almost pure iron. Some of the I
'tratas are over SIX inches in thickness. and a
Ire well defined. similar deposit is found
mile south of Port Kent, on the beach. i
'ormldaoe cuts are necessary near Trem- C
'leau mountain, but these have been nearly t
completed. The contractors have ma Be ex. n
client progress this fall, notwithstanding il
'hich the road will mot be completed and b
ormally opened until Thanksgiving day v
90, when it is proposed to give a Thanks, t.
i,vlng dinner in Plattsburgh to all the en- p
loyes. wv ~ 4
osr OF THE ROAD TO DATE, AND CONDITION !.
OF ITS FINANCES.
That portion of the road from Whitehall a
|, Fort Henry has cost in the aggregate b
bout 81 100000. The total cost of the p
abroad to date is s., 1872 PA; the estimated E,
'st' 5000 900; capital stock of the CON. q