Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-07
VERMONT PHdENIx BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, April 4 1899
RUTLAND CANADIAN R. R.
A Trunk Line from the Cana
dian Cities

IT, New York and BOston---5OO Men
Now at Work and the Number Will
he Increased 90 $500.
From the Burlington News of tuesday,
The Rutland Canadian railroad is Great
ing a boom in Grand Isle county and bust
ness will soon be humming like bee hive.
The contractors for grading and building
the new Rutland Canadian railroad have
been at work since March 8. There were
300 men in the gang up to yesterday. To-
day 200 more men were set at work on the
rock cut at Trump's Point on the north
end of Grand Isle. AS soon as the ice goes
out of the lake 1000 more men will be dis
tributed at the various points along the
line and the road is to be finished by Octo-
Der l, next.
The work already done consists of cut
ting out several thousand yards of rock in
the cut at Aliens Point on the southern
end of South Hero and depositing the same
out in the lake as a beginning of the long
bridge from Colchester Point. A large
number of piles have also been driven in
the lake.
The contractors, O'Brien & Sheehan of
New York city, have drawn over to the
islands 10 steam drills, six hosting ma
chimes, four boilers, $50 dump cars, and
large quantities of small tools. No more
material will be drawn across the ice, as it
is getting unsafe. As soon as the ice goes
out the contractors will forward the other
necessary material from Plattsburgh, using
their own boats. They have three steam
shovels at Plattsburgh and three more on
the way. There are four steam engines at
Pittsburgh and four more on the way.
Large quantities of rails and fish plates,
about 400 tons in all, have been hauled on
the ice, and 5000 ties have been delivered
to tle islands.
An outline of the route may he of in
terest Leaving out the question of which
survey will be taken through Burlington,
the road crosses the lake from Colchester
Point-midway between Porters Point and
the extreme end-to Aliens Point in South
Hero, by bridge IA miles long. This
bridge is to be of rubble stone embankment,
with draw bridge 1916 feet long.
The road then runs nearly north passing
the village of South Hero a little to the
west, then skirts along Keeler's bay, Just
in front of the Iodine Spring House. From
here it passes east of the village of Pearl
and west of Grand Isle village to Trump's
Point. Here is another lake bridge one
half mile long to Bow and Arrow Point on
same construction as the long bridge, and
will have a like drawbridge. The road
then runs on the western side of North
Hero and out into the lake on Pelot's
Point. Here a bridge three-fourths of a
mile in length connects with the mainland
at Alburg. This is another bridge of rub
BILE stone embankment, and 1876 feet draw
In Alburg the road first skirts the east
ern side of the town, then runs a little
west of north to Alburg post-office, leaving
Alburg Centre east of the railroad.
At Alburg the new road connects with
the Central Vermont. Here branch runs
north to Noyan junction in the Province
of Quebec where connection is made with
the Canada Atlantic and the United coun-
ties road, which runs through the Richie
lieu valley to Sorel. The main line of the
road continues west to the lake where a
bridge about one-half mile long will be
built, Just north of the Central Vermont
bridge to connect with Rouses Point
Plans for this bridge have not yet been fin
lshAd or approved by the war department.
The specifications for all the other
bridge work have been approved already
| boy the war department. ir is prob
able that this last mentioned bridge
will bee similar % the Central Yer.
mont bridge Il.n.H r..| H
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