1^ €^ \.. \\ N r ir IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 ^^ I2i 1.1 ?. lit 120 lj25|U ij^ :%\\%Mk%\% Scm)es Carparation <> ^^ 13 WIST MAM STRUT wflurm.N.v. MiM (n*)l71-4S01 ' an equally produc- tive country to Canada Line, where it will connect with the St Law- rence and Atlantic Railroad, leading thence to Montreal. . . THE CHARTER. The act of incorporation is liberal and ample. The capital may be llaeiwaied to $3,000,000. Tlie rates of toll may be «ataUi«bed by the Directors — " Provided, however, that the Si^eme Court on an appUca- tion)&c.i may alter or establitth the rates of toll for a term not exoeadiog ten yaars at any one time, and in such a manner that aaid .corpor€di9ni$heli ftat tf$wtt U$a than tteelve per centum per annum.'" AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS. ^ The following table of agricultural products is taken from the United States census of 1840. It embraces the counties of Caledonia and Or- leans in Vermont, and — for the purpose of instituting a comparison — the county of Worcester in Massachusetts. Worcester County has been selected as being very generally known, and ranking high as an agricul- tural district Caledonia County, Vt,. Nnmber of Towns, 1/ Population, 81.891 No. of Horses, 5.8;)< No. of Cattle, rK.6t)8 No. of Sheep, 100.88fi No. of Swine, 18,991 Bushels of Wheat 52.109 Bushels df Oats, 342.4;W Bushels «f Rye, 1.799 Bushels of Corn, 52.350 Bushels of Potatoes, 1.066.848 Pmmds of Wool, 183. 198 Pounds of Sugar, 665;)!>7 Products of Dairy, $21.5.377 Tons of Hay, 67.077 Orleans County, Vt. 20 ....13.634 3.462 ....18.209 . .4(i.6<)9 ...9.7.'50 . i;j.3.30l . . .2.400 , .20.186 ,.'>(i!).8: . . 107..'i80 . .507^144) $104,606 ...37.291 Worcester County, Mats, 65 9.'».313 10.657 .67.667 26.128 >•••••■• ^o*<% / <% 375.471 84.914 372J591 1.146.092 70.059 00 $511,073 Averofie valuaiwn .$75.00 .$1.9.00 ..$l.liO ..$7J00 ..$1.25 .35c 75c ....75c ....20c . . . .85c 7c .$10 The value of these products varies in tJio different counties, but ibr the pwrpose of inatitiKing a comparison, an average valuation has been amumed — and at the prices indicated, the county of Caledonia, with a nust prove B road be- Fohnsbury, refits upoii Ein road, y |)roduc-* 5 St Law- tal may bo led by the in appUca- exoeeding the United a and Or- [iparison — y has been an agricul- 3 Attract vfdvMtwn .$75.00 .$15.00 ..$1.S0 ..$7.00 , . . $ 1 tHi .35c 75c 75c 20c a5c 7c .$10 es, but ibr n has been ni«, with a jpopulitiQP qf ,Ali(891, and an aroa of 700 square miles, exhibits in the agpwgfite »^|\wtiojai»f i$^045.306.T^|:qMal to $93.43 for each injiabitujnt. Aod the ciQW^. of Worcester, with a population of 95.313, and ^n )M«a of 1500 «qH«]^ inil<^s,« valuation of $3.458.919.— Equal to $36J30 forocavh ijahabitaot It is admitted that the proportion of the whole population engaged in agricultural pursuits is less in Worcester than in Caledonia County, but in proportion to the amount produced, the number thus employed is ob- viously much greater. Again. — While in Worcester County the agricultural resources ai-e pretty fully developed, and no considerable increase can l)e expected in the articles enumerated,-^ in Caledonia County probably less than ono third of the arable land is yet cultivated, and no doubt, with a Rail Road communication to the markets, the time will soon arrive when these ai tides of produce will be fourfolded. Indeed, the iqcrease has already been very considerable since 1840, and the capabilities of the county with its present population are ade- quate to a still greater increase, if the means for transportation to mar- ket were sw;h as to encourage the production of a surplus. These remarks have been confined to Caledonia County for the sake of the comparison with a well known district in Massachusetts, but they are equally applicable to jthe whole region traversed by the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Rail Road. MINERALS. Iron Ore is found at several places along the line of the route, both in -Vermont and New Hampshire. "In Ptermont occurs an important bed of micaceous specular iron ore, which was examined with great :<.•. — The beds of ore vary in thickness, from a few inches to three or < >ur feet. An analysis shows the following result. In 100 Grains > ^ ^ ^ / '^/ifl^ Ihinviltf t£y lutii-l llimxv "■II.IK •'•»-, '1" / ii.'"' ,h« .h.« X?*' -^^ |i(«H" '/^ .'«/• ;^' ilictrwui .y-.. ^-.. l_. V, ^i '•4 ^1 % t"'. \^/^ s-b .^^^ *^. '. „OlM',S«-.tV«'«'-''^ R I i . » LlMU. JttA^ ■tfJII. 'iy/^/* HB,^^"^®'^^ y:'^^( p""^ , iMMI i P— .^^^^ 7IMI