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by the friends of the Stony Brook road, that a junction should be 

 formed with the Nashua and Worcester at a point where that road 

 would cross or intersect with the Fitchburg road and if possible to 

 avoid the necessity of using the Fitchburg. This desirable object can 

 be obtained by running the Stony Brook up to near School-house No. 

 1 2, in Groton. At this point it will also intersect with the Townsend 

 and Peterboro' road, as well as with the Fitchburg. The whole dis- 

 tance from North-Chelmsford to this contemplated junction is about 

 twelve miles, which would be the length of the Stony Brook road. 



We now hope our citizens will take hold of this enterprize and build 

 the road with as little delay as possible. The whole line of the 

 Worcester and Nashua road is under contract, and it will be all graded 

 by a year from next January. Such, we understand are their terms of 

 contract. If the stock for the Stony Brook is now taken up, we may, 

 in about a year and a half, have a continuous line of railroad from our 

 city to Albany in the West, and Portland in the East, and with several 

 other places which cannot fail to add vastly to our wealth and to the 

 increase of business and population. — [Lowell Courier.] 



The East Wilton and Groton Railroad, mentioned in the 

 next paragraph, was incorporated by the New Hampshire 

 Legislature, on July 10, 1S46, and was to extend from East 

 Wilton to the State Line, where it was to connect with the 

 Groton and East Wilton Railroad, which was incorporated 

 by the Massachusetts Legislature, on March 25, 1845. The 

 railroad, however, was never built, as its importance was 

 considerably modified by the subsequent construction of the 

 Worcester and Nashua Road and of the Wilton road from 

 Nashua. 



East-Wilton and Groton Railroad. At the first meeting of the 

 Grantees and Associates of the East- Wilton and Groton Railroad Com- 

 pany, holden at Smith's Hall, in Brookline [New Hampshire], on 

 Thursday last, Asa F, Lawrence of Pepperell was chosen President, 

 and L B. Sawtell, Clerk. Thomas Brown and I. N. Worcester of 

 Hollis, Luther Tarbell of Pepperell, Wm. Gilson and Isaac Sawtell of 

 Brookline, Wm. Lovejoy of Milford, and Ephraim Hackett of East- 

 Wilton, were chosen managers for the corporation. 



" Boston Courier," Friday, October 23, 1846. 



