Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-07-21
Rail ROAD CONVENTION.


At an adjourned meeting ofihis body, the
following resolutions were presented by the
committee on resolutions, and adopted
Resolved, That for Vermont the tune
has now come, when in self-delence, her Cit
izens must seriously and energetically en-
ter upon a well digested and comprehensive
system Of internal improvement, or consent
to see her population diminish. her property
deteriorate, and her comparative influence
and standing among her sister states de-
cline
Resolved, That ifthe citizens of Vermont
do now enter upon such system OF utter
nal improvements, instead of diminished,
we may reasonably look for an increased
population, for property TO be enhanced IN
value instead Of being lessened, and for Yer
mont to gain instead Of losing in compar-
alive standing and estimation among her
sisters.
Resolved, That in the judgment Of this
meeting, 10 induce the citizens Of Yer
mont to enter upon such a system Of i'm
proyemsnt it is only necessary to gath
er aud arrange the parts aud spread them
before the people.
Resolved, That the committee appointed
10 report TO the legislature ofVermoni upon
the subjects embraced in the foregoing res
oluiions, be instructed TO submit 10 the Leg
islature the propriety and necessity Of ma
king thorough Geological Survey of the
State, as a proper prerequisite to under
standingly entering upon system oil IN
ternal Improvements.
To the friends Of Railroads in Vermont
the meeting at which the above resolutions
were passed, was Of most encouraging
character. II was obvious that the feeling
IN favor Of railroads was beginning 10 find
favor among the farmers. The wealthy and
intelligent cultiyators of the soil, along the
valley Of the Connecticut, upwards from
Bratileboro are seriously asking themselves
whether it is necessary that IT should cost
more to transport every ton OF the surplus
that they purchase in market, to and from
Boston, their natural market, than IL costs
the farmer living along Lake Champlan
even as far as twenty-five miles back from
the lake shore, to get to the same market.
They had heard to be sure and II IS true,
that the distant western farmer on the shore
of Lake Erie, and even Lake Michigan,
could send his produce 10 Boston for about
the same cost that the farmer from the riy-
er towns on the Connecticut could, and for
less than the farmers could living three tiers
back from the Connecticut They had heard
OF this and il was true, aud they had a sort
Of bEef oft, but it did not seem TO make
the same iUing impression upon their minds
as TO find that their neighbors living from
thirty TO sixty and even one hundred and
twenty miles West and North from them
could send to Boston cheaper than they
could. Their Lake Champlain neighbors
had in the mean time been making precisely
the same set Of comparisons between their
own situation aud that of the farmer situated
along and on the line Of the Massachusetts,
the Connecticut aud the New York Rail
Roads. Not only does it cost less TO trans
port from Burlington, from Vergennes, from
Addison. Bridport. Shoreham, Orwell, and
all the towns lying directly on the shores OF
Lake Champaign, than il does TO transport
the same freight from the Connecticut river
towns, but even from Brandon, from Castle
ton, aud Mddlehury, il costs less TO send to
Boston than it does from Braitleboro, from
Bellows Falls and from Windsor
Let the farmer sit down and compute for
himself the number of pounds he consumes
in his house and OIL his farm that comes
from market, and on the other hand the
number Of pounds weight that he sends to
market--let him multiply the sum thus
found by the number of farmers in Vermont,
aud he will see that the tax they pay for
freight is a mighty one, and that saving OF
even two or three dollars per ton, would TO
the community be most important one.
Among other gentlemen, Mr.. John Cain
and Dean Worcester addressed the meeting
and showed, the first from actual survey and
the other from personal exploration, the
entire possibility Of a route either across
the Green mountains through Mt. Holly, or
along the western margin o! the Green
mountains, through the valley OF Outer Creek
and the Battenkill to Bennington and TO
Piits6eld, Mass, where il would iniersect
with the great western rail road leading
from Boston TO Albany. Much interesting
information was communicated to The meet
ing from Weston and Bratileboro, in Wind
ham county, and from Vergennes aud Mid.
dlebury, in Addison County. Sos
An entire freedom from narrow sectional
views seemed to pervade the meeting, and
al the same time was manifested deep and
pervading conviction Of the necessity o
united, immediate and persevering action.
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