Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-06
Bl ELLINGTON Il LAM0ILLE.
Opening of the New Railroad.
4 WEII.-BlIIlG AND iINEi.N-
EQUIPPED ROAD.
Notes Of the First Trip.

route to the sea board, ard ono which San
not fail to greatly add to tie wealth and
prosperity of Burlington. The Hnrling
ton and I.amoille Railroad - now
substantially completed and the through
route only awaits the action OF the
Portland and Osdensburg, whose authori
ties arc pushing forward it, work with
energy and trains to st. Johnsbury may DO
expected in very few weeks. For this
successful accomplishment Of an extremely
difficult and disheartening task Tin some OF
its aspects. 4. least) the public are indebted,
first and foremost, to the Hon u. G..
I.insley, the builder Of the road. With n
courage tina never knew defeat, persistence
that t-iumrued over all obstacles, and with
dauntless energy, he has pushed the road
steadily forward. and its completion. in
these time. of depression and disaster, -
not only personal and professional triumph
for him, out contamination IN which
every one interested in the welfare 0. this
part of the State Will heartily rejoice. In
future edi. ion We shall give history O. the
road, the Obstacles it encountered and its
| final succe,s.
THE FIEsT TRIP.
Accortir, TO the time-card the train
leaves the Jrtland and O2dershurg juno
ton, in Cambridge. at 100 o'clock IN the
morning. This being the case. and the cars
and locomotives being at this erd OF the
route, it became necessary to take up the
rolling stock beforehand, in order to leave
the tsrminusSn time. On Sunday afternoon,
then. at 800 o'clock, the train lett the Cen
trail Vermont depot in this city, the locomc
| tive Burlington carrying one hrst-class
passenger car, two second class, and one
baggage, mail and smoking car. On board
was the following party of directors and
gentlemen interested in the road Hon. N.
Parker (Vice Presidency and wife: Direc-
tors Elmore johnson. MorillO Noyes and
wife and c. W. WoOdhouse Hon. 10
ID. Hatch George l.. Linsley and wife, h.
j. Phelps, f. Ii. Phelps, e. Phelps, George
F. Pope, 10 Ii. Linsley, Warren Gibbs
and l.. f. WoodhOuse: Mrs. +. Z. Winnie,
Miss Florence Hasxell: and Edward John
son, representing the FREE Press. The
train was in charge Of that most popular
| Of conductors, +. G.. Winnie Silas Il.
Adams, engineer; Will Linsley, fireman,
and John Brown. baggage-master.
The second-ciass cars are such only in
name, being. as was vernaculary and tersely
said, "good enough for anybody to ride in"
They are painted brown, on the outside,
picked out with red ard on the inside are
finished in ash and black walnut. with red
plush seats, and upholstered turret roofs.
The frst-class cars are Respondent in gold,
on the exterior, and the interior is finished
in the same way as the second-class.
only somewhat more deliberately, and
they cannot be outdone anywhere. All
the cars are provided with air brakes
and Miller plstiorms-those greatest Of mod
ern railway improvements-anda are COM
Portable, well-ventiated, and substantially
built. The combination mail. smoking and
baggage car is very neatly arranged and well
fitted up, and will answer its purpose
admirably. The cars were manufac-
tured by the Jackson and Sharp Com
pany delaware Car Works., of VIII
mington, Del. The first thing noticed
was the snoothness of the road and the ease
with which the cars something very
remarkable in new road This is due to
tho fact that the road bed, having been com
pleted so long ago. has become thoroughly
settled, and also that the ties and rails are
most admirably laid" put down to stay"
Scarcely jar was perceptible, and a road
which had attained its majority could
hardly have run more smoothly and plea
sanity.
Running along parallel with the track
of the Rutland Railroad for about a mile,
near the Home for Destitute Children,
where the road turns Of towards the Wi
nooski, is the first and most extensive
trestle work on the route, being $50 feet
in length his las well as all such work
on the linel was constructed by our very
competen. and well known builder. Eimors
johnson, Esq: is of very heavy timber,
and is So thoroughly and substantially
built that no Stacking of trains Is necessary
in running over it. About six miles from
the city is the High bridge" over the
Winooski. This is is feet above the
water, has q span OF 1870 tact. and Is
called the hest built bridge in the State
The materia. is Georgia pine, with a cover
ing of iron: and underneath is a bridge for
pedestrian and carriage .ravel. The struc-
ture was built by the late Russell Under
wood, and is real monument of IN cracti
| cal ability.
Soon we pass, at distance. the lime kilns;
and stop is made at Essex junction. with
its bewildering mixture of sand, tracks.
trains, and scattered caIS maintaining their
isolated individuality. A few miles further
on is Essex Centre.-Gt is said there is no
town in Vermont so poor as not to have it,
South, East. West, North, Corners y or
Centre appendix. or postscript, and no
hamlet which knows no South or North,
East or West 1.-THE road running close by
the City Hall. leading hotel and principal
churches of which cheerful little village.
At the Junction the party was gladdened by
the advent of W illiam Hale, Chiei Engineer
of the road, and at the Centre by that
of Director Josiah futile. who made
things lively" for the rest OF the trip.
Ono of the pleasantest portions OF the road
is that from Essex Centre to Jericho Cor
ners. Naturally attractive, the landscape
is now clothed in its mantle of living green,
and at every step Is scene such as the
cunning of painter mover vet limned Rains
have been more sbundlnt up in the country
than in this vicinity, and as Il consequence
vegetation Is more furnishing and the green
ola more vivid hue and nature and culture
unite to render the scene one OF surprising
beauty. The pleasant little village Of
Jericho Corners is approached by ill
i've hundred feet in length and on the out
skirts OF the town is u trestle over Lee
river (by courtesy sc talled) forty five feet
long and some thirty in height. Near here
was found some of tho hardest Shedding
in engineering on tho road, some fifteen
surveys being taken before feasible route
was found The road in this vicinity Is
somewhat "torturous, the bewilderCd
traveller finding himself, after quar-
ter of an hOnrs riding. very near
the identical spot. apparently. from
which he started. Passing the Cor
ners. We come to the extensive gravel |
pit, where steam shovel is doing ITS un
firing work This fills forty long cars daily |
and near by is a water tank, filled by steam
power, telegraph ollcr. and "ail modern
c1nyenicnces Still further along ~