The Northern galaxy, and Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1843-1844, 1843-11-22
From the Ruilaul Herald.
RAIL ROAD.

Some Of the readers of the Herald are al
-saar ACQUAINTED with the fact, that several
pal,oad COMPANIES were incorporated at the
,.. q. OF oar Legislature-one from Bur
ll-toli. I'D In" ral,cy of Onion river by Mont
.e.;.-to some convenient pOintOn Connecticut
river; another up the valley of the Connecticut
and PasSuinpsic rivers: another from Brattle-
bo.o To sachusetts line, and the other from
burlington. -ouiherly, through the counties of
.lili>1n. Rutland, Windsor and Nindham, to
Connecticut river, intended to meet the Bos-
ton aud Fitchburg rail road either at Bellows
Falls or by the way of BrattlebOro.
With this last route your readers have the
deepest interest. it is the object OF the friends
Of ;h> route, TO open a rail road commnnlca-
ton between Burlington and Boston. And
the friends of the central rail road, also con-
template rail road communication between
Burlington and Boston. and are already calling
fublc attention to the subject. Its supposed
10 be the leading object of the Central rail road
company to meet, en- Connecticut river at the
mos, convenient point, a cOntemplatedrail road
from Concord, n H., from which there Is al
ready a rail road completed to Boston.
1t is not only possible but most probable that
in a very few wears, rail road will he extern
ded from Boston to Burlmgton-and it there
iore becomes question ofno smalimportance,
which route is the most feasible, taking into
consideration. the distance, the practicabllity,
fhe cost. the freight to he transported, and the
ability OF the people to meet the expense
Southern and Western Vermont have vast
interest in the decision on this question; and
to this interest. their attention can not too soon
he directed. For though the distance, the cost
a. +bo abiiitv IN SunnOrf
Tai; road between the points above mentioned
greatly preponderate in favor Of tho route from
Burlington to Rutland and thence to Bellows
Falls. or Brattlcboro. vet we shall have to con-
tend. with wealth, with shrewdness and with
interest.
Its notthe purpose of this article, TO enter
INTO minute details, being. merely Introductory
but il NAV as well be stated, as facts that can
be substantially demonstrated; that the whole
distance from Boston by Fitchburgh, thence
the shortest route through Rutland to BurlinG-
ton is less BY more than forty-fve miles, land
by the longest route twenty-five miles, than
from Boston by Concord, Lebanon and Mont
peier. TO Burlington; and that the cost of con-
siruction for the whole distance upon the ives
'em route, would not probably exceed four
millions of dollars, while that of the eastern
route would probably exceed seven millions, and
il has been estimated at eight millions Of dol
lars
The western route would run through ter
ritory, that will afford vast amount OF freight,
that cannot he had on the eastern route, snch
as marble, and inhaustible quantities OF iron
: and manganse-besides the rich and abundant
products Of the soil and the forests.
1t will also be found, that it will require less
length of rails, to reach Burlington from Bel
ows Falls through Rutland, than from the
mouth of White river by Montpelierto Burning
ior-And that it will cost more TO construct
Ioai from Montpelier to Burlington, than from
i burlington to the foot of the mountain in
'lona.holly, distance of more than seventy
mics. Let the people of Western and South
e'n Vermont look to their interests without de-
lay. B.