New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-09
BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COMMITTEE
NEwENGLAND EXPERTS WHO PREFER THE
cANAnIA AN S1n1, ,rroN .s

CANADIAN SITUATION AS 1T IS.
Boston, Mass, July s.-Another Maine delegation
appeared before the United States Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce today consisting OF E. b. Noally.
president of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
Corporation Counsel Charles p. stetson and Directors
Benjamin b. Thatcher and J. p. Bass They also
represent the Bangor Board OF Trade. Ex-Governor
Smith, president of the Vermont Central, an In
terested spectator. President Neatly filed with the
committee resolutions adopted by the Bangor Board
Of Trade July ., declaring that good faith requires
that the Canadian Pacific Railway. having built road
through Maine under charter granted by the State
Legislature, should be granted all the privileges now
allowed by the laws of the United States for the
transportation of merchandise through the states 70
and from points In Canada.
Corporation Counsel Stetson said that Bangor began
many years ago build the Bangor and Piscataquis
Railroad, ninety miles northwesterly TO Moosehead
Lake, to connect with a contemplated road westward
which to connect with the Canadian roads TO the
West and had put 81 100000 into the enterprise
Bangor completed the road, but the orignators of the
connecting link failed and later the Canadian Pacific
got the charter granted by the State completed the
road and connected 1t with the Maine Central. the
principal railroad In the State thus establishing
route from Minneapolis to Bangor and st. john the
distance between Minneapolis and Bangor being about
the that between Minneapolis and Boston.
The interest of the entire section demands imperative
ly that nothing be done to limit international COM
merce as it IS at present.
J. NJ. Devereux, of Bangor, representing Castine,
Ne, read resolutions passed by the Castne Railroad
and Navigation Company, setting forth that all freight
shipped from the United states by Canadian Pacific
should be shipped from United states port Castine
has the best harbor the continent and It is the desire
of the people that it shall be made the shipping port
of the Canadian Pacific since it is only 215 miles
further from Europe than Halifax.
Ex-Governor Smyth, of Vermont, explained the
Central Vermont system Of roads and its extenslve
connections with the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pa
cfo for both Eastern and Western traffic, and also the
lake connections through Ogdensburg The tonnage
passing over the road and It's branches amounted to
100000 tons annually. 1t seemed to him that the
points raised thus far In the line OF imposing limi-
tations upon Canadian traffic not made
sound basis Of fact, with due regard for the
ditions Of the problem, geographical otherwise.
He thought further that the Grand Trunk was COM
plying with the provisions OF the Interstate Com
mece law in every point. He not only found
formty with the law, but also a strong disposition to
keep up its policy. The was true of the Ca
madam Pacific.
Mr.. James Furber, manager of the Boston and Maine
system, covering 1000 miles of territory, next ad-
a distributing SYSTEM moro particularly for the
products OF the West and covered largo manfactur-
ing district, from which large amount of goods is
consigned TO the West.
Commerce. read communication hom the Lowell
Board OF Trade embodying resolutions protesting
against Congress taking any action hos tile TO Canadian
roads
President Bordena Of the Fall River Board Of Trade
behalf Of the manufacturers of that city said they
were satisfied with the present state OF business.