The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-03-18
THE ALBANY AND PROVIDENCE RAIL
ROADS


Fit will be seen from the following Report and
Resolutions, that the question whether these
works shall be undertaken by the State, is re-
ferred to the next session of the Legislature,
with decided expression of opinion in their
favor, aud a strong recommendation of the sub
ect to the attention of the people, and that of
the next Legislature Resolutions of SIMILAR
purport were adopted by the House of Repre-
sentatives 1t is greatly to be desired, that the
public may take pains to make up their minds
upon this subject, and that gentlemen, who may
be chosen to the next Legislature, may be pre-
pared to act decsively upon it ]-BOstOn .7d1.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
IN Senate, Feb. %, 1899.
The Committee, to whom was referred
the Report OF the Committee of both Hous-
es on Railways and Canals, on SO much of
the Message Of His Excellency the Govern
or, as relates to the subject of Railways,
and on the Report of the Board of Directors
Of Internal Improvements. on the practica-
bility and expediency of constructing Rail
Roads from Boston to the Hudson River,
and also from Boston to Providence, res
pectfully
REPORT:
That the public Improvements which
| form the subject of the Report, referred to
the consideration of your Committee, have,
for several years past, engaged the atten-
ton of the Legislature and of the public
and that the information which must I've re-
lied upon. in Judging of the expectancy Of
legislating upon this subject, has been OBJ
tanned. under various commissions granted
by authority of the State, and submitted to
the Legislature in successive official Re-
ports.
In June, 1896, Committee of the House
of Representatives was appointed to con-
slider the practicability and expediency of
constructing a Rail Road from Boston to
the HUDSON River and they in the Janua-
ry following made an elaborate report to
the Legislature, expressing their full con-
viction that the undertaking was both prac-
ticable and expedent, and recommending
the appointment Of Commissioners and an
Engineer to make the necessary surveys
In March, 1927, a resolve was passed by
the Legislature, directing the Commission
ers of the Board of Internal lmproveme hts
to survey and report upon a route for Rail
Road from Boston to Providence. In June
of the same year, resolve passed author
izing the appointment of Commissioners
and an Engineer, to explore and survey
I
Hudson River. The Commissioners of these
two Boards executed, as far as the time al
lowed them would admit, the duties assign
ed to them, and in January, 1928, severaly
reported the results of their inquiries, with
an expression of their unanimous opinion of
the utility of the proposed works, in promot-
ing the welfare, and increasing the wealth
and population of the State.
In March, 1923, an act was passed, ap-
pointing Board of Directors OF Internal
Improvements, with authority to make more
thorough and complete Investigations, for
the purpose of determining the prarticabili-
ty, the cost, and the utility of the proposed
works, with instructions to report the re-
suits of their investigation to the Legisla-
ture, and to propose the hest methods for
carrying the meditated improvements into
effect.
During nearly the whole of the last sea-
son, the said Directors, and the Engineers
and Agents acting under their directions,
have been employed in making the neces-
sary examinations inquiries, surveys, and
estimates, for determining the questions
submitted to their consideration, and have
completed all the Investigations which they
consider necessary, for deciding whether It
is expedient to undertake the construction
of the said Rail Roads or not, and all which
they deem it expedient to make before that
question is decided.
On the application of the said Board of
Directors, the Legislature of the State Of
New York has passed an act, by which
they engage either to cooperate in the
construction of the proposed Rail Road
from Boston 10 the Hudson River, by build
ing on the account of that State such part
of the road as falls within its limits. or TO
permit the extension of the road to the Hud.
son River under the authority of this Com
monwealth, with the right Of taking the
same rates of toll as shall be authorized to
be taken within this State. They have,