Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-12-22
CITIZENS OF VERMONT.

The subject Of a Railroad from Boston
through Permont 10 Lake Champiain, is be-
coming one Of deep interest.
was highly gratifed with the proceedings
OF the Convention recently held at Bratilebo-
70. The facts and arguments there set forth,
must have been convincing and satisfactory to
every unprejudiced mind. The importance of,
at least, one Railroad through Vermont, to
connect the City of Boston with Lake Cham
plain, can no longer admit doubt. II is not
a question, noto, whether "the country would
not have been better off without Railroads." %
but, since her neighboring States have Rail-
roads, shall Vermont have them, to enable her
TO compete with her sister States in the faciIi-
ties for transporting her surplus products to
market Vermont must have Railroads, or
her Agriculture, Manufactures and every
branch Of industry must anguish, and her har-
dy sons will migrate TO the West to get near
er Boston, or market. Railroad, for all
the purposes of trade and intercourse, would
bring Vermont within twenty miles of Boston.
The difference between the present expense OF
transportation and what it would be, on a
Railroad, would Of itself net a handsome
profit TO the producer and manufacturer. A
Railroad through Vermont, would, under the
existing state Of things, prove highly beneii-
cia TO all classes Of communicated perhaps,
to no one more so, than to the laboring class.
The agricultural products would not be in
creased in value more than the price OF labor
would advance. The means of employment
would be vastly increased ; and all articles OF
consumption brought into the State, as salt,
sugar, molasses, tea, coffee and the like would
thereby be much reduced in price. Many ar
ticles among Us now almost valueess--which
will not pay the transport-with Railroad
would become of importance and net fair
profit in market. The Importance Of making
the Fitchburg Railroad connecting link in
the road from Boston TO Lake Champlain,
when canddly and impartiay considered, must
be acknowledged. A Railroad entering the
State, at the South East corner thence 10
Brattleboro, on through the State, crossing to
Rutand-thence TO Burlington, must prove
vastly more beneficial to the State, at large,
than road entering and barely crossing the
State from East TO West-therefore, the
road which would afford the greatest benefits to
the greatest number of the citizens ofVermont,
ought to be preferred, patronzed and prose-
cuted. All must be satisfied that Railroad
cannot pass every ones dwelling or through
every town. Let it be located on the most
practicable route, so as to accommodate the
greatest number OF Townsend there will not
be town in Vermont which will not be more
or less benefited by il. If this view of the
subject be correct, the sooner the work can be
commenced and accomplished, the better for
all concerned.
shall hereafter endeavor to show, beyond
contradiction, that the stock, in the Railroad,
through Vermont, from Fitchburg to Lake
Champlain would be good invesiment-yield-
ing fair income, and that il would be desra-
BILE that every citizen OF Vermont, so far as
practicable, should share in, and encourage it.
A VERMoNrER.