The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-16
Canadian Road Wants Boston
Connections
OPINIONS OF INSIDERS
The Providence Line Believed to Be a
Side Issue Competition Would
Be Restored By Such
Move.

Boston, June To- The Transcript
prints the following story about the
Crank Trunk rairoad.
The Grand Trunk niiroad Il appar
emily coming 20 Boston, AZ well as to
Providence. To the B0ods island city
il win 70 al once, e It gets is permit
from The Massachusetts railroad commits
sion, while to this city il viii come as
the next and wholly logical step. This,
at least, IS the view held 10 quarters
where the facts ought 70 Be known.
The hearing before the railroad com
missioners, called for tnis morning, over
granting the Grand Trunk the right to
construct 4 road from. Palmer to the
Rhode Island line, this has larger in-
terest for Boston than on The face Of
it appears
Railroad men regard Il as manifest
destiny that the Grand Trunk should
come to Boston Its decision 70 come
into New England they Say. means gear
ing up q the hub 81 New Eaelands
wheel II would Be absurd. these ob.
servers say. for The Grand Trunk system
to work is way into this territory, with
such effort, only 10 connect with a sec-
ond rate port IKE Providence.
The Crank Trunk controls the Cen.
trail Vermont IT, relations with the
Boston q Maine now the New Haven,
have become 50 unsymnathetic that The
pieces 81 track on TIE Connecticut yiyer
line formerly used jointly By TIE two
roads viii IA the near future probably
be allowed to serve but one. The Bps,
ton s Maine has already completed sur.
yeys for the construction % the two
stretches 81 track there which viii make
it independent Of The Central Vermont,
and It Is assumed that the latter, under
Grand Trunk management. win follow
suit and relieve itself 81 The necessity
of running over any Boston & Maine
ffaekRge on its way 70 Providence
Insiders say chat Of course the Grand
Trunk viii not be content 70 terminate
AZ Providence No official announcement
Of its purpose to come To Boston has
vet been made, nor viii any be made for
some time, ID any event Tire Grand
Trunk Is Beneficiary 81 the dominion
government end the Canadian people are
somewhat sensitive as 20 the prestige
Of their tidewatcr ports Canadians are
iealous Of any threatened diversion Of
business that might follow The sending
Of Grand Trunk shipments directly into
Boston
On the principle Of one thing AZ
time the Grand Trunk BOW has all that
Il can 10 u get into Providence While
permission aas been granted Ia Rhode
Island under pressure Of public sentl-
ment, for construction from Providence
to tie state iine the road now awaits
the authority af the Massachusetts, rail.
read commissioners fer building from
Palmer 10 this state down 70 the Rhode
Island boundary After that, the Bos-
ton problem will be taken up
THE coming ~ the Grand Trunk e.
Boston would Be an event of Gret-rate
importance Il is one 81 the great rail.
road systems Of this continent It has
one Of the longest stretches Of double
track N America III lis line from Mont
real 10 Chicago Tt Is pushing out
through the Canadian West 70 Prince
Rupert q new commercial city to the
far North. which win shorten by week.
II y claimed. the journey around TIE
world That city at the edge Of Alaska.
is ass miles nearer Yokohama than any
otner Pacific port To bring the center
Of manufacturing New England into
touch with the great western Canadian
territory now opening up. into which
100000 immigrants are now going an
nually. would seemingly Be Of very great
industrial Importance It would aIso re-
store railroad competition "a this terri
tory. and that hv a line essentially Ca
madam, and So less hampered by the re
strictions Of the interstate commerce
law
The New Haven has not yet disclosed
les hand It has generally affected IN.
difference q the project It's attorneys
bave asked tie railroad commissioners
for some delay, and 1t IS likely that at
the hearing to day they win make posi-,
tive objections to granting the Grand
Trunk its permit The report thst the