Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-28
The Burlington and LamoiIle Railroad.

The figures of the business Of this road,
given in Manager Linsley's report, must
have agreeably surprised those of its friends
who were not already familiar with them.
A link of thirty miles Of road, opened in the
middle Of the season, too late to obtain any
appreciable benefit from the Summer pleas
ure trave! in time of general business de-
preston, and with imperfect arrangements
for its through cOnnections-if it had only
made its running expenses, 1t would have
been considered to have done well, and
would have disappointed no one. The re-
port shows that, for the months of August,
September and October, its business aver
aged over $1,000 a month and that it was
done at a net profit of forty-t0O per CENT
the net earnings aggregating S6.433 or
over $4,000 a month. This is certainly
very cheering, ard shows that, as railroad
property goes in these times. this is good
piece Of property. The freighting business
of the road increased steadily and largely.
during those months and the amounts of
both freight and passenger traffic surprised
the most sangdine friends of the enterprise
Since the elise of the active season, and
since the break of connections at It's eastern
terminus. thcIc has, Ct course, been some
falling Of in business but we understand
that the road Is now paying its running ex-
penses and sjuething more, which is more
than many longer and older roads can say
for Themselves.
In regard T. the break Of connections with
the Portland and ogdeEsburg line, having
taken some pains to aequaint ourselves with
the facts, We think it due to Mr.. Lin>ley to
say that it does not appear to be through
any fault of his that the connection has not
been maintained
We do not see how be can be asked to run
train out Of Burlington, for through bust
ness to Portland and Boston, at four or five
O'Clock in the morning, when there are
trains leaving here BY other routes at later
hours, By whicn passengers can reach those
cities in the same or Less time Such an
early train could not be expected to carry
passengers enough to pay for the oil on the
wheels. There would seem, however, to be
no difficulty in arranging for connection
through from St. Johnsbury in the forenoon,
and back to St. Johnsbury in the evening.
Mr.. Linsley has offered to put on train, to
leave Cambridge Junction on tho arrival of
the train from ST. Johnsbury at IL 40 ,proyid-
ed the Portland aud ogiensburg road would
wait and make connection with the Bur
lington and Lsmoille mail train, which now
leaves here at 4:25. The time for that train
cannot be advanced 1t takes the mails and
passengers arriving at Burlington and
Essex Junction over The Rutland and
Central roads, and can hardly be asked
to go of and leave them for the
sake Of the Portland and Ogdensburg
connection. On the other hand, the Portland
and Ogdensburg road might easily delay
its evening train East, till the arrival Of the
Burlington and Lamoille train. It has been
said that the Portland and Ogdensburg road
could not delay its evening train. on account
Of its connection with the Passumpsic road
at St. Johnsbury but we understand that
to be a connection merely with local train
running South to White River Junction.
and making no through connections. The
amount of travel from the Portland and Og-
densburg road for that train cannot be large,
and most Of it would be pretty well accom-
moiated by the through train over the Pas
sumpsic, leaving St. Johns5ury at a later
ho2r
Mr.. Linsley has, as he stated at the stock
holders meeting, med0 the offer to the Port
land and Ogdensburg managers, to run a
train to Burlington, from their morning ex-
press train, provided they will connect with
his evening train East This is so fair a
proposition that We can hardly suppose it
will be declined
We should be sincerely sorry to hareiany
serious feeling or friction arise between the