Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-07-27
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We propose 10 speak of the Importance Of con |
meeting Boston with the head Of Lake Chsmpian, Al
Whitehall by Of railroad ~ means Of fran'
po,iag,sa Of produce and morchsndize-,hc frerc OF
such routes being necessarily oou,iugcnt and DO
pendent in great measure upon The business which
tho road commands in other respects Tie route VIC
propose, directly n,ctsccis The riches, agricultural pof
lions OF the states Of Vermont and New hampshire.
The large counties Of Windsor and Rutland In Yer
mont constitute the Of tha, state and the pro
posed railroad command all the trade the north
ward OF is location and also very considerable Por
ton Of the business 10 the southern counties OF
Nindham aud Bennington white Il the rad we're To
be carried norhward, ~ as To pass through the gap Of
the Green Mountains at MONTPELIER, suggested by
some, the trade of than half OF The state would
still, be left It's present announcement aad expensive
channels.
There are in the state Of Vermont, appears by
the grand list returned 10 the legislature, about
| million one hundred thousand sheep, and ~ New
Hampshire and north of the proposed railroad,
! perhaps four thousand more. These sheep will Weld
aggregate from three TO four millions Of pounds Of
wool eyond the presen, domestic consumpton-whioh
is Of itself very important item OF transportation to
Market and nearly the entire Of this wool would
seek the proposed railroad means Of conveyance,
just naturally the river seeks thu Much OF
II now comes TO the Boston market, but very great
portion finds its way down the North River TO New
York
From fifty to one hundred thousand head Of cattle
yearly driven TO market from the valley Of Lake
Champain and the upper valley OF the Connecticut
Thy loss of weigh, these cattle, by driving them SO
far is nearly TENTH and the expense of keeping
them the road, and the delay Of sale,
rily subtract very materially from the profits OF til,
drover and farmer. BY railroad they be convey
ed to market, in England, in single day, subJec
, TO no depreciation in quality or weight
The quantity of butter cheese and the various kinds
grain, raised in the sections Of country referred TO
beyond the demand for domestic consumption, w
have certain data for asccrtaning but II must o
r course be very great There arc some Of tho fines
diaries in the world Of the mountains 10 Vermont
and much Of what is sold in this market as "Goshe
butter is in fac, the produc, Of these daires, who
now finds its way TO us through the New York marke
The facilities Of transportation Will Of course incteas
the supply only of this but Of all other articles
domestic produce. Nothing puts life, and energy, an
enterprise into tie heart Of the farmer, like a goo
market for di>posing of the produc, of his toll.
We come to mineral wealth. There are thrc
the whole length of the of Vermont, between tn
Green Mountains and Lake Champlain, neXhaustibl
quarles of blue and white marble but very little ha
as yet found its way to this market. 1t can be QUAR-
ed and worked for less than half the expense of gran
lite, and for many purposes il is far superior. 1t Nigh
= be made important article in trade.
: In the town of Shrewsbury, Vermont, within fe,
rods of where the road necessarily pass is an e,
,ensive establishment for the manufacture of coppeTa
or sulpha,e Of iron. Enough be manufactured ;
that place TO supply not merely the United States, bu
n the whole world with that necessary article and k
Is every other product which may under the Unfit
a, the enterprise havs in view, the supply
be easily increased or diminished, according 10 de
ST mand.-BOst Daily NJ AL.