Burlington Free Press

The Telegraph

We had hoped, in common with many of our readers doubtless, that Burlington would by the 1st inst. have been in Telegraphic communication with Washington. The delay, we happen to know, is not by any means attributable to the Trustees or the Contractor, who are, and have been, faithful and unwearied in their efforts to complete the work. The posts are all up on the entire distance from Troy to Montreal, and the wire for all the northern section, from Whitehall to Montreal, is already distributed along the line, and the glass caps are nearly prepared.- The delay is occasioned solely by the failure of the Mills to supply the Wire: the whole of which was positively engaged, on cash contracts, to be delivered by the 1st of November. The Mills are yet behind in their contracts, and it may be that the line will not be opened for operation before the 1st of January, though no effort will be spared to secure the earlier completion of this enterprise, the importance of which to the community generally, as well as its value as an investment to stockholders, becomes every day more certain.