Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-04-19
RAIL-ROADITIES
A WARNING.

The friends of the Central Road in New Hamp-
shire alive and at work. A meeting is to be
holden at Franklin, on the 9Th day of May. Let
them go ahead earnestly and quickly, and obtain
charter. Not only are the friends of the Southern
route, round New Hampshire, doing their best in
Southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts, but
we warn New Hamphire-and Boston, too--that
the Connecticut men and the New Workers are in
terestcd in putting the Connecticut River Road
through. Let that be done, and then let the New
Workers tap the Southern road at Rutland, running
a branch to Whitehall, and with Hartford, Troy,
Albany and New York to contend with, Boston will
lind her business from this whole Northern world
growing "small by degrees, and beautifully less"
If then, Boston wishes the trade of Vermont and
Northern New York, and if New Hampshire would
nos have us utterly forsake her, they must extend
the Concord road to the Connecticut.
We copy the following article from the journal
of Commerce, and in connection wish to say, that
Committee of the citizens of Northampton is ex-
pected to visit Hartford in a few days to solicit
subscriptions of the stock of the Springfield and
northampton Railroad. The extension of our
road up the valley of the Connecticut, is matter
which should interest all our citizens-C Connecticut
Coran
From a Gentleman IN Ne,o Hampshire.
If | were merchant in New York. and knowing
what now know of the Connecticut river valley /
should advocate most strenuously the completion
of the road up that valley. There is charter Civ
en- for all the road except from Northampton to
Greenfield 40 miles, as far up as the Vermont
folks may choose to go, on the river before branch
ing oil to Montpelier. II is probable they NAV
come as high up as White River four miles be-
low Hanover-or $50 from Hartford The Mas
sachusetts Legislature lately chartered by three
routes road to Connecticut river, to Vermont,
around our State, and refused or indefinitely
postponed" an application for road to our South
hne from Fitchburg, which route would have eros
sed our State via Keene to Bellows Falls. Every
effort will be made to get charter from our Leg
islature for road from Concord to the Connecticut
via Lebanon, to be continued via Montpelier to
Burlington, but the Locos have the election all
their own way, it is questionable if proper char
ter can be had. In the mean time we pay $l5 a
ton for all orr Boston supplies. The amount of
tonnage IN the towns about us is such, that if we
had Railroad, the amount saved in freight would
be equal to about our tph0le tar list Again, by the
surveyed route of road to Concord it is $50 miles
from here to Hartford. Suppose the Fichburg and
Boston road done to Bratteboro, it is not as fur
from Brattleboro to Hartford as Boston. Freight
is certainly less expensive from New York to Hart
ford than from New York to Boston and goods of
all kinds, except domestic cotton, are cheaper in
New York than in Boston Hartford may just as
cheapy furnish the upper country at Wholesale as
Boston, for she is nearer New York, which is the
great market for Boston merchants to obtain their
supplies. 1t would be no inconsiderable item in
an increased business in New York. if the sound
credit of our valley should be added to it. and it
strikes that little part of the attention that has
been lavshed on the Albany and New York road
would be sufficient to secure a continuous line of
railroad for 200 miles of this valley, and no other
interest would suffer from this division.
of the Massachusetts and Vermont Railroad were
opened at Brattleborough on Wednesday last and
i'll the course of two hours $4,000 were subscrib-
ed, and it is confidently expected the amount will
| carried to 100000 in that town alone and to
100000 in the towns west of Fitchburg which
will insure the construction of the Raroad.-Brat-
Heboro Phoenir.