Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-02-01
A TRuE BLUE VERMoNrER,

:, patto Vermont will soon be built the directnes.
ofte 'ute, the faci lilies for building the amour
tran,ort atom but above all the spirit enterprise
!, and perseverance of Vcrmonters, have proolaime,
in tonesso loud and 50 clear, that whe all hav,
heard, bv are left to doubt. We cannot but fee
that the rcat object in view should be so pressed
homo Jpn every mind as to dissipa,e every mere
seciional,nd selfish effort. Blu, while we admit
the prineoe, we yc, feel tina, we have duties to
perform b,h towards ourselves and the public ;
that ,helpblic mind should not be permitted to
sleep uniilt has Investigated Tho whole subject
To this On we offer for your columns the following
consider ssins.
That Alasachusetis in granting her charter will
consul, fSand principally The in,ercs, Of her own
people, wcray safely reckon. But, sir, it is the
interest OF Mssachuse,s to extend this road along
her notlhern ounties, west so far she may with
out defeating lis ultimate object that Of becoming
The great chanel Of communication betwe en- Bur-
ling'on and 1oston. This will appear in many
ways il will Sre railroad communication to some
twenty tow ms ~ any other plan shut GU, from such
privileges Bn, sir, these twenty towns will be
represented instc Massachusetts legislature, and
they viii there psad their own cause-,hsy will
there have claimo an amount of agricultural and
mechanical prohibition, unsurpassed by any equal
territory in New England and will their prayer be
refused and viii he road be granted to a stranger
and ,ha, stranger Pew Hampshire,
AS regards New Hamp sh liz, 10th her interests
and previous courAeof legislation arc opposed to
the charter OF railhad through the southwest cor.
ner OF the state. lta no, probable that more than
one railroad will at pesen, be built from Vermont
to Boston, New Hampshire is aware of this fact,
and If she pa,ronzcshilroadsa at all, will encour.
age the one that is .hemos, beneficial 10 the great
est number of her iahs ti,an,s That the continue.
ton of the Concord roa would best accommodate
Inc people oil New Hamshire, no one can doubt.
But will she alter her system of Legislation on
this subject! Will hsteld to the Wings OF Chesf.
ire county that which sh has refused to others Of
more congenial poli,icsi Such superstition pre. |
suPposes that she has no principles, nor sense e.
nough TO conceal the hutua,ions of her follv.-I
Hence we infer that th Massachusetts charter
will extend from Fitchbdr,o Mortified and thence
to Bralileboro Now hampshire wi IL no, gran,
an acceptable railroad caler 10 any coroora,ion
but certainly not through Cesh ire county, the,ebv
'ofec'osing every prospectd railroad accommoda-
ton 10 the great body Of iIc inhabitants.
These considerations hive convinced ia that
n'"''eooro must be one OF tc termini Of The Fitch
"u'g railroad Aud now forhe shortest, cheapest
and most productive route thnce TO Rutland. Tho
Po"''o "i'nd mas entered uPortwo; and these ;wo
commencing at Rutland, FOLLOW the same track ,u
they arrive near the south dee,incbouse in MI
i"ny' distance OF IA mllesarong, thence il is
'"'es !" weston thence to B'rows in Londonderry
1t is 7, thence to Townshend ia Is. theme. IN
brauleboro 10, being 50 mlss on an extremely
crooked travelled road, but wiic, will be shor,ened
at least miles on the railroad, n that mus, ma.
through the gap in Jam,ica, leavAo tho distance ~
miles from Rutland 20 Bral,lebor. The distance
on the travelled road from Rula ,o I,elIows Fila
Is a, least 40 miles bu, one is nd ,s,ro Bellow.
Falls at the separation of the rons near the .ou,h
Westinghouse in Mt Holly, than Cu,,iocsville
hve nit back consequently we ae to add the
to the Z hester rouie. king 81 mls from Rutland
to Bellows Falls by way Of the rarod or G mile,
farther from The point Of separa,ionto Brau,eboro
than to the Falls. Deduct this from the dis,anc,
between the Falls and Brauleboro, q. u;l.. and !,
raves miles farther from Bra'tlebro by Ches-
ter to Rutland than by Yves, River
but, sir, it may be said that you h,y. n, ,bouob,s
oil going down the river below the Fab bu, thence
directly through Walpole and Keene The re,o,,
OF the engineer on that route is concl.ve IT.
says that several miles between those t.vn. ,,r.,
have an ascending gra lie Of rs or more 8, +, IN.
mile and cut 5000 feet long and 40 deet
Again our brethren Of New II,mpshiu are e..
iremely anxious that the shortest route .t,,,,a
dopied. Very well, il is 67 mile. from R,,na -
bratilehoro by West river, thence through, yio, bss
iofto fitehburg 4s-total distance los mis-. from,
h"'land to the Falls on railroad route 8 miles
thence 'y Keeneio Fitchburs so--,o,al III m,L.
ing "e winchester and West river rou,e miles
the shortest.
Suppose we adopt hi. route. I, will n. .;h
!" IL miles Of Keene, where they can have h.
canal or rallroal. thus accommodating all tho.h
ire county On the other hand branch devy, ua Z
'e' : hsef To Gfeen6eld would accommodate ~ |
-" county while II would be Is miles nea,s,,h,,
!" 3" ny 'reenhelj. which at s2o.Oo no, IN.
w"o'1 amount 20 $50 ooo,a larger sum ,b,a ~ ~ 4
va county would be likely to take /, stool ~
mus route we avoid The high hills in Ne, r.. =
." = '"a 'he'r sep grades an .,.., .,.. .