St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-08-13
Portland and ogdensburg Railroad.
THE NOTCH EXTENSION COMPLETED.
Ndpd CITY, Cat.
From the Bust"n journal.
CRAWFORD House, !
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To-day marks the accomplishment oI
one of the gramdrst achievements "l
railroad enterprise and skill in the AN
mails of time he completion of the en-
tension of the Portland and Ogdensburg
Railroad along the White Mountains
and through the very gateway of the
Notch. 1t is all the more IL magnificent
triumph on the part of the projectors
and managers of the enterprise from
the fact that il has been accomplished
in spite of the most formidable geo
graphical and natural obstacles and al
so the sevcrest skeptici>m and oppoSi-
ton on the ground of its utter imposSi-
bility, its impracticahiity. and immense
outlay of time. Labor and money. The
credit of the city of Portland being 81
largely and generously pledged in aid
of the project. made it Il matter of the
greatest pride to the citizens of the
Casco City that this enterprise should
trumphautly he accomplished. To-
day that success marks the climax. aud
the Portland and Ogdcnsburg Railroad
opens IL new chapter. becomes one nt
the leading and most important roads
in the United States.
TIE PARTY.
This Saturday morning. in response
to the invitation of President :. j. An
der>on. the City Government of Port
land. and Il few other prominent guests.
in all some POO persons. includimg SrN-
cr;l ladies. embarked ut the Eastern
Railroad Depot on the regular 1:lU \.
VI. Portland and OgIcm-burg train. tul
the mountains. The train WIS com
posed of the engine Sacu. Nj. W. l..
Haskell. engineer. Il baggagc-mail ear.
an clgant smoking ear. and three Splcm-
did passenger carS. This excursion WAS
To mark the opening of the eastern di-
vision ct the Portland and OgdcnShurw
road from Portland To the CONNECTICUT
river. he conductor to North ton
way. where the regular conductor. Mi.
}. :. Richards. took charge al the train.
WAS Mr.. Edward Dow.
The morning opened with Il heavy
>ra-turn and mist cnvrl"ping the face
of nature. and prophets were busy.
some predicting that the sun would
bum oil the mist. and "tlcr~ that :.
rainy day WAS in store. But ''wr;th,I
az n" the party WIS laIg,. and in rN-
ccllrnl spirits. and included an unusual
number "f prominent aud inllurutiLl
prr>nna@c>. Among them were Alden
men Fox (rhIllmau.) trIri>h. Litti,.iicl,I
and W atcIhnu>c toImcilmcI GIcrl,l .
lcnu"ll. tamuctt. Roberts. Cuu>,.tI>.
flanagan. Russell. Cu>hmam. Harmon.
Plal>rrd. L"NcI"l. Galli>"u. small and
Leach: City Clerk Hosea l. Ruhu>ull.
lIIrt Engineer al Fine Department
Frank Merrill. CITY Marshal G,uIg %, ".
Parker. President :. J. Amdcr~nI. hi
rcrl"l> II. y. Jose. John f. DnmurH.
Western +. MiIlikcn. Treasurer W. II.
Anderson. Clerk aud General TIrk.t
Agent Charles II. F"lc. Supcrinr"ndcnt
Jonas Hamilton of the Portland and
b"'lrm>hur" Railroad. Director Frank
Jones at the Eastern Railroad. Direction
John Il. Brown of the Portland. $aro
and Portsmouth Railroad. General
Agent :. IL. Stevens of the Boston and
Maine Railroad. Judge George +. Shrp-
ley. Hon. /. {. lIrl>cN. County Attnr-
neN Charles +. Libby. General j. D..
FcS>"ndem. Rev. DIR. Thomas Hill. Rev.
DI. lloratin Stchhcn> of San Francisco.
W. Henry Millikcn. Philip II. Brown.
Charles f.. Jose. Moses VI. Butler. Mark
l.. Emery. +. G.. Mc>Srr. W. :. Dana.
=. | t">cr. Hon. b>>ian Ray of Ian
caster. y. H.. Francis Lee of salem.
Wilton -. John l.rc>c of south Caro-
lima. and others. The newspaper fra
trrmiIN WAS also librrally represented.
he party were joined along the route
10y other prominent gentlemen. At Lake
S"hag" Charles l.. Clark. General Man
h%er New \ "rk and New England Rail
road at North Conway. Hon. W. W.
Thomas. .Jr.. Speaker of Maine Hml>,
Representatives : Judge joel Eastman
of Conway. Thaddrus Fairbanks and
Henry Fairbanks of st. .IuhnShur\.
Mayor Ii. l.. Williams of salem. Iii
rector ID. W. Clark of Portland and
Col. john Mcmillan of Conway: at In
tcrvale Station. President John Wool
drrdgc. General Manager {. F. Hatch
and Chief civil Engineer Joseph Holt of
the Eastern Railroad
At North Conway the two elegant
lattcn observation ears (npcn sidrsl
were added To the train. attending In,
party Il glorious chance To view the
THE RoI IL AND SCENERY.
The route strikes the Prc>ump>cot
lIver at Cumberland Mills. five miles
from Portland, and following" up its
attractive banks opens up that VALLEY.
and TENDERS accessible its Valuable wa
Ter power. 1t passes through Windham
with It's charming Great Falls and other
water powers. passes within Il few rods
At South Windham depot least Sidr.) of
h,.I L.. lin l,t,l Il. I
and distinguished John \. Andrew. then
he charming Seba%o Lake. the tcrmi-
nus of some thirty miles of inland navi-
CATION. 1t next strikes the classic Saro
river. passing near the mouth of the
)sSipcc IIver and it> valley. continuing
mp 10y the Saco To Frycburg. paS>in" in
said course the splendid water powers
'f steep Falls, Hiram Bridge and other
points on the river. thence ON to that
celebrated mountain resort. North Com
way. The SharpeSt curve between Port
and and North Conway is at Gamho in
Upper Bartlett. - miles from Port
and. Is soon reached. and eastward of
he railroad in Il charming place. Mt.
Crawford looms up gramdly in the
Northeast. We pass Harris Ledge ON
he left. with its bold and rugged sides
50 near us rising to great hight The
sac" 1rer SlldeS along its base. and we
soon pass SawyerS rock. where one
sawyer, Years ago, let down his horse
by the halter so us to continue ON the
west side OF the stream on his journey.
We approach BemiS Station. - miles
from Portland, where Dir. BcmiS wears
lgo settled in quiet >ecluSion. prucla,-
ng the famous old Crawford House 10
miles below the Notch which i seen
near the railroad on the right. the old
MOTEL of Abel Crawford. the father of
he race OF landlords. Dir. Bcmi> re-
emily constructed II coy Swiss chalet
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