The Press., 1886-02-04
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 are not making it as fast at the present time, or as easily as formerly. A few years ago business would come to them {; that time is East and gone, and they plainly sec that something should be done, at auy rate make hay while the sun shines. There Is too much of the old way of waiting for business to come to them, that they could do few years ago, but times have changed for an example op this point, look at the Ames Plow Com- pany, doing fair business under this old way, employing few hundred men. when that company, with all of it's experience. should employ more than 5000; they ought to be able to compete with any company in the world q few years ago they controlled the trade in their line in both North and South America. How is 1t today? Some western shops mauufac- ture more in one day than they do in month there are two good reasons for this company for not doing larger busi- ness. First, there is not the extra effort Gas should be) to hunt up business and place the manufactured articles on the market, as is done in the west secondly, the iron material coming from the west, and the manufactured articles returned to the same place and beyond, is hard to overcome and the most difficult to con- tend with. Go all over New England at the present time and you find the same story. Dull times Losing everything. And what IS the remedy, if person loses any valuables ? A search is made where It was lost ; if those that have lost their trade let them look and see how it was lost, and see if this loss cannot be reme- died, and be able to compete with others and pay better for labor. Some of the western wire manufacturers are shipping their wire to New England at the present time. This ought not to be. If the wheels are allowed to roll on in this way 1t IS only matter of time when tho great Washburn and Moen wire works will be obliged to move all their works to some western point in order to save this extra freight both on the raw material and the manufactured articles previously mcn- toned.
 
 Tho question will often be asked, what IS the plan for carrying ont such a gigan- tic railway scheme, as it is called by some. It would without doubt be the best plan if the people would all cooperate at the present time and build the railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific in less than five years, and easily done at that if all would join and work for the common good of all. That plan would not be likely to be Car rled out, as some towns would not come to the work, but wait for some one to ac- complish the work for them, and for the time being the proiector will continue, as we are now working, in a small way for a time, and build few miles every year, and then more and more every year, as the people on the line accomplish their share of the road. It is expected that the people on the line from Boston to Worces. ter will sec the importance of the road and make some arrangements to have the sur vey made this season, through from Bos ton to Watertown, Wayland, Birmingham Marlboro, Westboro, Shrewsbury to Wor cester, Leicester, Spencer, Brookfield, and so on to Hartford and Pittsburg.
 The survey being made, and the New England people will be astonished at the amount of business represented on the line. The shortening of the line about % miles over all other lines, when steel rails, iron and labor can be had at about one half the cost of what other roads have paid, will enable this line to do the work for one half that is now paid over other lines coming iron the coal fields and there are already railroad contractors in the field that are anxious to build some portions of the road and take stock iu payment, and many others will be glad to make the same arrangement.