Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-26
BURLINGTON WAKES UP
Boston Hears of the New Era of
Progress in Vermont.
demands for Improved Transportn-
ton Facilities, Large Hotels and
Publicity Of states Attrnc-
lions.

Tho Champlain tercentenary celebration
has begun q new era IN Vermont
The Green Mountain State wants, be-
cause II needs. an all-water route from
Montreal through Lake Champlain to
Boston and New York; a cross-state rail-
road from Rutland to Montpelier; new
summer hotels with cottages on the
grounds. a mountain trail across the
Green mountain range like that over the
White mountains; an increased summer
market at home for the farmers pro-
duce: better roads for automobiles; an
awakened agriculture to I'll neglected
soil; wider and more persistent adver-
Using of the States resources and at
fractions for the summer visitor.
The unqualified success Of the cele-
braton has filed the State with renewed
vigor and optimism. and the new Yer
mott" Is now the slogan Of every civic
betterrnent association. from the state
board OF agriculture. which Is instruct
Ing farmers In the utilization OF waste
lands and tho necessity for the inhah-
itation Of abandoned farms to the small
est womans club. ono Of which, backed
by the merchants, has recently sot the
pace for the others by establishing n
rest room for visitors In the heart OF
Bennington.
Burlington, perhaps ia making Its
demands loudest in this new Vermont
campaign First Of all. the citizens have
not forgotten the motto Of the CONNER
cal club during the celebration: Mon
treal to New York by inland waterway
in 1918" The business men see the i'm
mense advantage that such a waterway
would bring. not only to this city hut
4,
waterway over the greater part OF the
distance and the enlargement Of two
comparatively short canals now In use
is the only work necessary 10 open such
a route.
local subscription to supplement the
5000 expected to he contributed by
hotel men for new summer hotel IN
that town. The Queen city Of the state
is demanding such hotel nearby on
the lake front. II has been proposed
that tho hotel be located at oak Ledge
Row the property OF DR. w. Seward
Webb Of New York. wno summers at
Shelhurne VI.
The Vermont Fish and Game League.
which will hold its annual outing Sept
II. ut Bluff Point hotel. New York, with
L.
is compelled TO go outside Vermont to
find hotel large enough to accommodate
the hundreds Of prominent politicians
who make this affair the real birth OF
the Republican gubernatorial campaign
other cities and towns are taking UP the
summer hotel cry. and the farmer Is
heartily in accord with the movement
Give him a home market. he says. for his
cra hut ND t,,t
three months in the year and there Will
he n Transformation Of the states rural
economy that will mean prosperity for
him, and for the town or city where ne
buys his goods
Burlington IL also demanding new
union railroad station. and has named
an aldernnnic committee and n CONNER
cal club committee to bring the subject
before the state public service commits
sion.
At mass meeting recently Mayor
Burke introduced prominent citizens who
voiced the citvs need of n new station.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted and petition
drawn Up which will he circulated for
signatures and then laid before the rail
road companies.
AS for the automobile state Highway
Commissioner c. q. Gates of franklin
IS doing his best for the now Vermont bv
aiding the towns to better their roads
by utilizing the automobile tax money
made available by the last Legislature
This tax amounts to about s20no
Evidence OF tho new spirit is seen In
the action Of several business men who
have formed n club 10 develop tho noun
tnins OF tho State and make them more
attractive 10 the summer mountain
climber These men, who call them
selves the Cancels Hump club. have
erected tent on tho ton Of that noun
tain. ut the end OF a new trail hlazed by
themselves. The tent Is ntted with
heater and cooking utensils. besides
sleeping accommodations. and IL may
he used by any mountain climber for the
price he thinks II Is worth. The money
thus secured Is expended entirely in i'm
proving tho trail and camp The club
hopes TO cooperate with the Appalachian
Mountain club in an effort to build
trail across the Green mountain range
like that over the White mountains.
Rutland and Montpelier. for many
wears have led the chorus Of the Yer
mont travelling public IN their demand
for cross-country railroad between
those cities. Under present conditions
10 70 from one Of these places 70 the
other, one must travel by way Of Essex
Junction.
Reports from the summer resorts
throughout the State show that the num-
her OF visitors Is larger than usual this
year This would indicate that the re-
mark OF Ambassador Bryce during the
celebration. that Vermont Is part Of
the most delightful region Of eastern
America" is bearing fruit in booming
summer trade