Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-01
THE AROOSfO0K RAILROAD
ImDcgtan! Poets and Information Re.
saidins ibis View Line.
rassrss.ins Iatsrvisw with Hen A.
bert A. Euristxh.


eonngy ware interested, and no man bettsr
xcoWs Hnder whss hardsasps hes citizens
have l4bofea In shs PAST. sof better khoss
the difficulty under which they laber today
nor hos best they e%A be overcome. We'll
Informed TOO in business affairs 10 general I;
stroag, md full ~ euu,sge zlwzys in good
works and sli efforts looking to the welfare
of Aro0aack ard her people, Yet ss mild Of
manner as a child. Nr. burleigh has go1
for himself a aame and reputation which
extends fsr OUTSIDE 'he limits Of the Garden
Of Msine.
While conesdiHg he has bad most yslue
able aid, Ms. Bu:lei2h msy be sad to be
the chief pro1cteE 81 the proposed Bangor
q Aroostnsk Railroad, al the Aroostook end.
and cut Of ghe labyrinth Of IDEAS proposed,
10 have formulated ihe present plsn whereby
sis county can sid herself. fndeed she
AtoDstook press is prone 70 speak Of the
Coming lice a. the "Blrleigh Line" IL is
evident he hAs gone deeply into the matter,
| for a commercial representative enjoyed 3
long Conversation with him yesterday snd
last evening, and the time being now ripe,
Mr.. Burleizb kindly aufolded some Of the
proposed plans looking &c the thorough
establishment OF the road, and also gave
valuable Information which must be OF a
pleasing nature both &c Bangor and Aroos-
took county people.
The situation 10 this The county AZ
| Arooseok ls ssked to vote to subscribe for
$500 coo Of preferred stock, and there must
be- majority Of the voters vote fsVorabiy.
The outlook 10 that this will be done. SID
with fonsing margin Ia spare. but that
every voter may know Just what he ts gaked
L. Cat 10
arc 30 lar rs the wisdom OF man can decide,
dr Burlslgh GOES iat5 detaii for the b7ue-
1T ~ ALL
There is to he some opposition. and it
will come largely from the sly Canadian
Pacific. that great foreign corporation
w3ich having been given right of way
acrcss the State an1 having gobbled up the
New Brunswick, holding Aroostook county
at It's mercy, will try 70 dsfea. the will Of
the peopls Of section of Maine who de-
sire 90 have facilities for reaching the
outside world quickly su1 BY short line
Then in come isolsted sections Of the
eountry. along the river st. John and
10 towns Ike Orient, the people will be led
to believe no good can come to them per
sonslly and will be asked to vote against
the measure II British gold will do It
British gold will be used to defest the
measure Ia order that this bAleful iutlu-
snee may be met and overcome, il has heen
arranged 10 hold big railroad meeting in
Caribou SATURDAY, ard ut that lime and
p sce to arrange for other meetings to be
held IL ell the towns Of SIZE in the county.
Good speakers will be selected; gentlemen
who know Of the resources of the county
and her needs, and it is stated Hon LEW
eiiyn Powers OF Boston hiss promised TO aid
IN this wsy. Houit0n, Caribou, Presque
igie and Fort Fairfield are said to be all
rigk. ard gentleman from Monticello re-
ports that towl 10 full accord with the
movement. In fact cheering news is being
received from sll the business centres, but
the friends Of the road are reminded il Is
unwise to stay from the polls when the vot-
ing time comes. simply because they know
their town viii vote IN favor OF subscPib-
ing. and they ALEC are reminded that every
vote tells for thera mast be majority in
the county The grange, and that is 3
powerful body u Intelligent men, is for
the nev line ard for voting the subscrip
ton.
Bot just what does the Aroostook farmer
NJ 5usiness man vote fotS
As hss been said, the proposition is to
y0Ie 10 have the county subscribe for
$500 900 worth " preferred stock. The
money is TO be paid out in certain sums as
fast ~ ave mile sections Of road are
graded within The county. Aroost0ok
morer "a cot psa until with other money.
sor'e one hss prepared fosdbed within
afoossook equity. When the road shall
have been completed ard run
uing the bill provides that per cent
shall be paid ON ibis Aroos,ook
preferred stock before dividend
is paid on any other stock. Now
While Mr. Burleigh SAWS that in his opinion,
it would be good Investment were AEoos-
took county 70 give this sum outright even.
in return for shor. line, be shows that
actuslly the resident population will nos
subscribe 80 40 actual TACT but 70, oDe-hslf
the saD named, which viii bs explained
below,
A careful estimate has beer made where
upon Ia hssfd the statement that, taking
The trsfflc as found II The number Of loaded
cars In ami out Of Aroostook county, ooun-
iug from, or goiBg to Boaton, 81 the tariff
rsles, it cos. 81 200 0eo last year for trans
parta,ion. and the producer who sends aut
sad the consumer wha briggs in, pays
this. Take potatoes. They may be worth
81 % pes bushel IN Boston. TIE
AroostoOk man mus get them there.
Agricultural tools hsve value in Bos.
ton. The Aroosfuok man must add trans
por:siion charges to the cost when landed
In Afoostook. The aversgs distance from
Aroost1ok shipping roints to Boston by the
present lines is AZ miles, and by the iro.
posfd new line 39s miles. making = saving
IN ihe haul 70 snd sf6m Boston of - miles.
Now isin. rate IL based on so much per
t9H per mile. The distance by the pro-
posed rev line being 5 less, there wilt be
saving CT i5 IA the trsnsportsti IN expen-
ses, or over 100000 ssca year saved to the
business OF the county. This is solid
fact. This is net aiding Tie non-residents
but tho men who run the forms, mills ard
other industries and the merchants. The
saving alone would ne. the people, the
actual people there. the sum of $500. goo
In two years and half. Blu tbis Is not all.
The &. ?. read would be obliged TO raduce
rstse on freight and fares SAD give better
service to that portion of the county not
reached BY the new line, snd here once
more is gain 10 ATOosfock.
But here are some figures.
is SIS 657,i5s The rate per cent on this
vslasticn in raising the $500, 600 would be
3 | 8 per cent. Nov figuring on this basis.
the owners CT wild lands, grsss and timber
thereon, become lisbls as thair proaorsion
of the rum for $50 0o0 Of the $500 900.
leaving $500, 900 to be raised by toSn. Ard
pisntstions. But in these towHs and plan
sstions ara Wild lands not included above,
etsssG By roE residents which mast pay
$4,000 Of this $500 600. sntually leaving
for the resident population Of Aroos-
took TO subscribs. S250.000 sud not
$4,000 Mere than this. what comes
back in the yearly per cent. comes
10 the actual inhabitants ard rot to
the non-resiieats. The C. z. business
has increased the pas. year 10 per
cent, sad the question now 10 whether the
grsstee business shalt be taxed for sill time
or wins tier Aroosteok shall have line of
her o~e. Qaite likely the increase of bust
ness NJ the end Of two yesss following the
c. P. control viii be so per cent.
The Canadian Pacific does not foster and
encourage business enterprises nor the til
Ing of the the soil in Aroostook. Mr.. Bur-
Leigh says il was qnite noticeable that when
potatoes we're at high priee in Boston this
winter. and Aroossoos farmers we're
srx,oas 70 get their goods to market. they
celid net get the necessary ears, while the
New Brunswick farmers Just over the hna
we're AL the time we'll supplied. getsiag
sheir merchandise fcrvad spesdily aud
gettirg the leng price. The English srs
clsnnish, the road on which Aroostook nov
Seee1ds il an English road built by Eugiish
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