The Portland daily press., 1884-01-07
RAILROAD MATTERS.
ST. . oian Claims TO DE the Terminus of she
Canadian Pacific.


! Co1. snow, manager OF the Rmerican e En-
ropean Short Line Railway. saws tbe sn,,ar.
mace oy the company. engineers through
Nollherh Maine chow remarkaby easy line
to the north Of Moosehead Lake. The country
being practically water level, while tbs lire
to the South, in addition to having RIM
through broken country, is DETECTED consid-
eraoiy IN order to get around the southern end
o. the lake. The DETECTION Of tie road TO the
SOUTH OF tue lake also brings it to Greenyilla.
Wnere 70 Is Intercepted By a lire already buil5.
Shich has Bangor for its termiuns The oaur-
try throaghsshch the proposed International
Line passes from Greenviie 10 Mat syan,k oao
is billy So much so, indeed, that the road. If
butt would Of necessity be crooked, while the
me To tie north Of Moosehead Lake to thu
pnnS az which it would intercent the Nav
brunswick Railway system is a Auckland. ara
from the statement of Col Snow, is a perfcctiv
practicable and easy line to build
by the construction OF the Short Line Rail.
way, q; John weuld 10 placed within 362
miles OF Montreal, and gain all the ad vsr,tayas
CLAIMED for the Megantic Railway, which il
really Is IN everything but name. The In er.
national lice Is at present constructed 10 thu
point where 1t will have 10 be DETECTED to 90
round the southern end of Moosshead. and i
around the northern end of the lake wonld
pegin. Crossing Northern Maine tho road
RUS within a short distance of Houlton aud
Taps tae New Brunswick system near Wood
ssacA aha py coming over the proposed Hsr-
Vey Branch Railwav would bring ST, Jobn
within 362 miles of Montreal. By the Inter
coionla! The distance is 745 miles.
:, ADoiheE advantage claimed for the Short
line Is sfat tho traffic passing over it will pa
over greater length of New brunswick rail-
the provlne5 than If it went by the southern
route, while ST. John would lose nothing. 80
i s as tue winter port question is concerned
y. IN lhis line constructed, and the advantages
anoLued by its geographical position, ST. John
would undoubtedly command the winter trade
OF Canada, while the line would siDaolv be-
continuation of the European and Ameri-
ca. railway as originally protected ia 1874.
Inc same Wogld also b9 an extension of the
Sanada Pacific Railway and shorten the DIS
iniIs between Liverpool and Hong Kong 1000
since tae eersiraction Of the Canada Pac, fic
&c oesis thare has been much talk
re1sa'alns p. Jonhs advantages oysr other
place fer the transaction of the ,si,tay traS..
OF Canada, bat as yet this trade is "a fsr a,gsp
as u was teu years agc. ST. John has ee,ts1nlv
many advantages, and Col. Snow claims thst
ny no. AGING him in his enterprise the ci liens
q ~ J9hn ere standing in the way Of beconA
ing tao shipping port o; Capaas
AT g Aes ting az cisizans OF HalifAx Rridsy
evening" e was resolved thatiha ps6jscted To-
cation 81 tie Atlantic water terminus ~ fha
Canada Pacific Kallwag at \ foreign poiat
(fcrtlsnd) would 10 ma outrage on il.s ,,t,,,,l3,
OF the lower provinces SID that il il ti.e ia
peratlya cuty OF the gorerHacsls OF Csnata o
take steps 10 secure the location Of thu eastern.
winter terminus Of oar great intar-5caan rail-
"sy u maroon WithIa cur own bogdersn
Eginor Notes.
In the Case of Lesson sgainst tha Maine t!en.
trail railroad fap oil ir,;x