The Portland daily press., 1884-01-02

42-lUO OF cen per mile. Al tne sAn1o IAto
per mile between Boston and Woodstock
| that is charged between that town and
| Presoue Isle, the freight would have been
| S5l9. Six trunks, which came to Us
| charged freight from Woodstock Sl.O5 and
| from Boston to Woodstock $1.65. S2.7O In
all, would if charged as high all the way 70
| Boston i'm proportion to the distance have
been saddled with freight bill OF $5O4
| The whole bill on ten barrels OF Hour from
! Bangor to PTesque Isle Is 50. TO- The dis
lance from Bangor TO Woodstock !: l72
miles. The same discrimination made on
The freight of this -four In favor OF the n.
| b. Railway that was made on the freight
between Boston and Presque Isle would
give to the road between Bangor ana WOOD
stock more than half of the 80 10, and II the
gap between Mattawamkeag and Presque
Isle was filed up with road, that hour
would nave come 10 us at less than nan the
freight that was charged.
Enough has been said on TINS suolect 70
show to what an enormous expense for
freight the people of Aroostook are subject
I'd for the want of railroad from Presque
Isle to some point on the European q North
American road at or east OF Mattawamkeag.
I have made all my figures and estimates
with reference to that point, but varis-
tion to the east even to Danforth would not
materially affect the result. A railroad
eulOusn uou''vn W ,asns.n- a. ,Ln -
many scc'uhts uo 40 =. 1S.t,arsr
ple VI 'Ee e, Hiohs'oJA ,, ~ saneS Sd ,nost direct
route is direct from Presque Isle to that
olace, and such a road would open mp and
develop larger territory than any other.
In what / have written thus far have
;S.,....N .s.:s, D. aoeIi tho,a ,s an i'm
Jeo'so P4 P t.Ss.s.,s p.:Sse,a G.io Ui,h-
80 s ~. ,,;Iade .ra the ionri
ish;rs ,;i,a,,as of caribor a,,d Fort Fairfald
,1,h snh - rh;ch i, ,ne are already connect,
sd ~Itn ~, eIn ,ns Ta., Pr.,nsw;cI Pailrav Thesa
'; sno ,o,o,La haa ronni.tIon q, 1a90
, - - ~ so55 s5Q
raa'o,,, OOo, o. "nu nont adds5 10 ,bis f6a>snn-
donhtsd increosa since fseo gives nopnla-
ouDN tio-, ~ ee7s and . vslnatjon NJ ri oo7 020
C-..,ao,NI ;,t &C., and MAKING thasa
',;Iiaros Iii oiaoe of ,rsds are Iimestone
NJ S.,adon ipsrbsm and woodland and
nov" hevon5 tSess are Van Rnrsn and ali the
co;,ntrx nnon the nnner ST Jobn from
yhicb to draw hnsiness for a railroad when
aoda from Presone Tsle tn Mattawamkese
- 'n"us ;,s vic;n;,v Ths nnmber of inhshitants
on ali this ,erritorv. dependent on such a
road when made according to the census of
1000 with On nar cent ADDED for increase
sincs IL mora than ri. S37. IL is equal tOa
oi,n of On onn ,sonJa aud will furnish mora
S,,S;oass y ~ SO' for raiIroad than anv pnrely
commercial or manufacturing city in the
country. because . man engaged in making
shingles clanboards, or any kind Of lumber
in the raising of hav. potatoes or grain:
in making starch. in building mills. reo1Irine
heavy machinery. or using agricultural I'M
elements. will create more business for
railroad than dozen engaged In clerkino In
store. keeninr law Office. or In making
cloth. Thele is no more enterprsing work.
ing community in the world than the peo-
Inner St John Give our people sometbin9
10 AZ. and thew will do il. They will buid
a mill VVhera neonIe of Older REGIONS wonld
never imagine thar a wheel conId ever tnrn-
Thev will clear mn farm and make IL pro-
dnct;va ,vbiIat lass enteenrisin0 neonle ara
dehsting the onestion Of wbers no bnild
house. There IA vast amoant
nf dormant wealth hid In the soll.
mr. stowed awsv in our forests. which
.,;u ha daueionod 40 .oon a. chaan
,ran.nortatinn shaII render n valuable, bnt
s.h;cb ,r;Il moi ha worth dollar II !, has to
w, ro,,.,5 ,hso,,ryh Csnada ~ r.ach uarkat
Thare s IL NOW a Iaros nmanritv of hard wood
l,n,hsr n;led nm in q Inmhar vard in This vii
Isoa and hos been there these two wears.
because the freight is so high that the own
ers cannot afford to take it away 1t was
contracted and Maid for bv parties In Nav
usnnshira 10 he dsl;1arsy{ -, ar n,
ainP9uito P1i W 20 e. seieu uPon tnr Ssls IN
ms village. III railroad could to-day be b
spoken into existence from here to Malta
svamkeag that lumber wonld he worth S5Oo
,-., ,IsS ;to1 W. haro =; ,ha $500,
more tnan IL now Is. we Da'e IN the Ioresto
of Aroostook millions of feet of hard wood,
mapIe birch ash WormYood. Eastwood
miner. and in the ground iuniper shin
s.P', 80 ~ - - gs-fs 10y
knees, all Wdnteu III tue shlPyauS oi Odln
and other towns, in the furniture and car
riaOa shons in RaDpor Portland and BOSTON
Ill III e...;, e. s,-a.,o- - -. - ~
wnlen win ioila'n noio ivlo'oA W iOs VI 70
burned unless there can pc some way de-
yised cheaper than taking il through Cana
40 for a y,,arlyat VVithin twalva r,ila. ~
"a n ~. = -t-Is 10 al .,, " " ~ q L.,L1 a. a.
Ieio t,iso a. sIi ~
OF tne oeSt OF IRON ore Wncn VIII oe ulinzeu
nr p. sne evsnins .l anuuS ~ . Wig ;f 1 onpo =.
20 90" rsv ~ dc dev;ssd and nro1;ded ~ ast n
,horo Io !. ""{ W. Ie hsve oat,,a % o, .s,hansanS
hii,s,; I'D shaar ,r;,Lon, rspunhe. 90 Iosd lie
aa.tIo oars f ~. s.is 80 ~ o'.o
49,. - nc ~ ~ o.r.t.rSss 49,
n,-N..s W
eHuso..o; ',s;,;or IN What bave aIraadv said ~
~ q ,,'.1saosa hnoinoss which ia hei1g dona
1,ar ono nm ra1,rosd as IL ia annanS he fo.
ooA ,.I';ot, T 81, ;odeh,ed ., ~, 80
S.4atsSss,t - en- 1faira I,d~st-;oi Io-,soi.
iesponuon' u 'li' 'A''''o AA1''' ''''"' OOu'HA''
The custom house books at Fort Fairfield show
that the ioIiwing snlpnehts nave neeh maze trom
starch star $40 casks averaging 800 lbs. eaoh~or
1882 tons, to make which req eired the cnr sump-
ion Of ab 'ut $50 300 bushels f potat es potatoes.
eus1eis 9es % tes5i
waV sIee,ners % Jas: fence Dosts 1000. h.y 551
TONS WOOL, 4s, 900 pounds cheese, II zoo pounds;
hops, l4S bales; hone, tons; Iasp6erries. 95
IONS ,S n bss ho o0 s co.
dies; and SO carloads Of general merchandise Dur
ing that time there by express 1xs4 boxes
OF eggs averaging 40 dozen each; ana 562 pack.
- sh shsn sud csts oTa o.tS g,vs ~,s s
of the county. and conseq nently the shipments by
raul show only small portion ef the entire traffic
But the above hgures 70 se 20 inosate @ some ex.
,Ss ~ sne Sicb bas been almost anti ,ev .ned
from the wilderness during the past twenry-hYe
years. =.
Tt will he understood that the above state.
r,ant in .lndss The sbinmen,s from P-sson.
Iaia snd Caribon os vii 90 For, Fa;,tis,S
,ba, hs;n0 ,be noint of dsnartnrs of ,ha1,
sh1nn,e,,fe ga tbev antar Nv Rrnnsr;ct ''-
have thms Tar discnssed m a matter With
ref.ranca onlv to the interest of Aroostoor
~ ,bo uelfars and nrosneritv of onrsaIva.'
P,t ,bese ore earv far from ba;nc oil ,ha 81
o,aento involved IN this ynattar "a
Aroos,oot is ;ncindeJ IN M,,ra Orr
,a.r,,or,, ;s ,,ora than a t,fth &c ~ ,hoi.
S,ata Vhat is for ,he intsrsst 90 prosons
IsIa coriho,, and For, Fair6sId IL aIso foY
,bo ;n,arost of pnr,iand ps,b psno.'.
So p;dSeford Taw;.,nn A0,,,s,. srs -