The Republican journal., 1881-10-20

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'rhoso sa,ua +ar,ners for u.aD+ az ro,1.~I
transport their crops to market fed it to stock
The advent of railroads I" Aroostook to the pres
ent limited extent, e",ClneHced an era OF prosper
" for the farmers, who now receive t"r their sur
plus produce such prices As ou'd have ust Duishtd
them ten years ago
Even by the present roundabout way OF reaching
domestic market by transporting through for
elgn country. Aroostook has managed to Till III
quota to supply The Boston market with potatoes
and OF such quality as cannot be found elsewhere
II the not lar distant thtnre shall furnish Us
shorter route to market the farmers Of this county
VIII be the ones most beuetlttd. although then
pronls are now quite satisfactory
should ,he 4 hallway Company extend
4 branch from Danforth to floulton. distance 81
thirty tive miles, it would continue to attract
1relght ana passengers that might otherwise go
west via hatahdln and Dexter after the new roac
> competed. ne diilerenoe IN distance between
Houlfon ana Newport by the present 'ravclet
fo"'e ana mat proposed l." b' opened is 1t" ial
from severn! mates ne distance between hers
ana Bangor by rall IS Us miles. 50 Of Whlci
might be saved by branch from lloulton to Dan
tofth
THE AEuoSruoK REPUBLICAN
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Ar""st""k rdfoflally After reference to former
rlm0rs in which little confidence was plarcd 4,
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says
Recent developments. however. havean rcour
aging look, and It may be That American capita
hat rc nd "%'p r thnir '' p'0s. 10 see
been neglected and allowed. in a measure TO pa,,
into foreign hands exists right here in Northern
Maine
On Saturday last President jackson. of The II
G. nv, and Messrs WiIdes and Andersen CAM, +,
Pressure Isle on their way over the proposed route
!" peAler we ma" AL interview WIN thrSe gen
nirnctr. r. H., Vi r i,"nna,'. ny
necessary arrangements for preliminary survey
"hlch u 10 pc c'IniAeAGeu ma re" days, slmNIta
noyt,r 'Ds F"''''' a. 4'' 'S'e "'''
The route to be surveyed is from Dexter through
Dover ana AeDee' to bfo"nvlIIe; thence to ohtr
pnn,hSnot 't,'it S;v rlij7 ah,. ~ ,.,'
following on near the western line ot the County
to the Aroostook nver at or near UAbow PIanta
,LiI5 Sst1 ii;ll wait VI ~ a, a, 1'.''H
+ Isle The plan of tbe routo IL nlndps hra,,cl
road from I'atten TO Honlton glance at Tux
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passes over a region Of country the most fertile II
New England and which notwithstanding tine in
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more than rebled it's valuation. Or Jackson il
his Geological Report published in ISIS declare,
that the Valley Of the Ar0ostook presented ,pyer,
natural advantage that might be required to cal
forth the enterprise and industry If tb, .nrlne
and manufacturer. and prophecicd thai il wouIt
become. as it is destined by nature to be the gran
ary Of the North At that time the populatioI
was estimated at from 10y to 800 persons #, i
ii'e '" ~ .'II Pa, ~ t.il'aitan y
ulation to its present Importance what Is if mo-
capable Of when the proposed railroad SHAH hay,
0uened il tuy 10 ettoInent and nadn III i,nrnnns
resources available
In the past we have REGARDED A railroad from
this Valley to Hounon and thence to some poin
on the Z Il A Rty as the one winch N some in
definite period in the future was to brine MS inf,
communication with the outside world The roa,
contemplated bv the Directors and owners nf IN,
Maine Central Womb do a much grardcr ,corl III
Aroostook County and our people viii watch viii
intense interest every Iuove when iu,instns ~ d,
business" is meant,
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New Brunswick money has contributed most Iii
ft ll al.
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i""N 'n ~ say I " = WV - F'I'' ''o
that 1t must necessarily be long time before ii
accomplished, and that IN the mean time the pee
pie OF the It CrolX valley may secure the trade
th's beng the shortest route to the tide water
Altogether the Star shines for New Bruins rker
and not for Maine people ana enternr;snS
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luz N"'o' looN LANES
has evidently not heard the news. and So has moth
ing 10 say On this question,
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IS also "agln. the enterprise, and thinks that TIN
project of the managers of the Maine Central
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'he city OF Bangor winch interests 1t regards a
identical SO far as the deyeloument of tho countr
to the North and East is concerned II declare
That the projected route hes through barre
Wilderness unsettled ana unlnhablted. save by tn
bears who are hardy enough to survive the seyent
OF the winters, which on account Of the conforma
ton of the country and the deDth ortL snov fail
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