Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-01-05
RAILROAD CONVENTION

tension OF the Fitchburg Railroad TO P,a,
tleboro', VT, assembled at Alhol. on Ta
2lst December, and organized by the cbo;cs
of the following officers:
Calvin TownsIey of Brattleboro, Press;
dent
Justus Russell of Warwick, Tbeodo,,
Jones of Alllol, Leonard Stone Of Ten,nIo
Ton, and Rowland Cowing of Deerield VIZ VIZ.
Presidents.
The committee apr ointed 'io nrens,,
and arrange business to be laid beiore ~
convention" beg leave to report tina, ,bev
have attended to the business assigned ,bo,.
and recommend that the convention che
LIST. a committee Of Z, to report roso
lutions-to be nominated by The chair.
I'd. a committee Of ), to report nett.
tion--to be nominated by the chair.
Sd. A committee TO present a peti,;or
to the Legislature of Massachusetts. and !"
advocate It--of five.
4ih. a committee of Ways and Mean,
of fifteen, by nominating Committee
9TH A committee to prepare copdep,.
ed statement Of the Statistics and ady,r.
tages Of The proposed railway.
9th A central committee Of seven
which rcpor; was accepted, and
lst. The chairman appointed tie follow.
ing rs committee Oh Resourlons-J n
Bradley OF Brattleboro, Charles Dereps If
Mortified, ". ". Whitney Of Orange
W. Hoyt of Deerfeld, Isaac Stevens oc
Alhol, Henry Chapman and Il. G. New.
comb of Greenfield.
Cud NptaI a., ,,c-1a~z IL.
from to 0. to be nominated by the char
as committee to nominate ) 10 prepare
petition to the Legislature of Massachusetts
and the chair nominated Franklin RR.
ley of Greenfield, Charles Chaplin of Brsl.
tleboro, Play Arms of Deerfeld. II. G
Newcomb Of Greenfield, Leonard Stone nj
Iempleion, Ebenezer Torrey of Fnchburr
VIM. II. Williams of Aihol, Gardner {. H,1
OF BraItlebOro; and the above commn,e.
nominated the following gentlemen, viz
j. X. Blake Of Bratilebofo, Franklin Rim.
ley of Greenfield, Pliny Arms of Derr6eIJ
James White of Nouhheld, and Gilman
Day of Temp!eton--and they were chosen
and voted that this committee be in,trv,,,J
to report dreff Of petition to this con.
venuon this ATTENTION., to be acted unon bv
the convention.
Sd. The chairman nominated commit.
tee oil fifteen. as committee Of Ways and
Means. as follows, viz: Henry ". Clam
d. 5. Jones OF Greenfield, Ralph Williams
OF Deerheld, Noah Wells OF Rowe. John
of BerRardsion, J. II. Blake
Henry Smith of Bratieboro, S. c. Allen
of Mortified, j. +. Burrows Of Vernon
Theodore Jones of Athol, Joseph Davis Of
Templeton, Levi Haywood of Gardner
Joseph Whitman of Westminster. Ebep.
ezer Iorrey vf r:.~hhnrc .nd p.c,.
Bullock of Royasion-and they were c6o.
sen.
4th. Voted to choose a commiieeoio ne
from each town represented in this conyen.
ton, on Statistics, whose duty it shall be to
report to the central statistic committee be-
fore the 2Gih OF January next
Vo,ed-That there be call of the
towns, TO ascertain what towns were repre-
sented in this conyeniion-and the follow
ing towns answered to the call, and the
following persons were chosen COM
mitiee from their respective towns, viz:
7. Davis, Deerfeld-
Charles Williams, Rowe-Samuel II. Reed,
Gill - Roswell Purple, Bernardsion-Z
{. Newcomb, Mortified - Richard Coz
ton, Moutague-Timoihy n Dewey E.
wing = David Blackmer, Orange - DAVIS +
Goddard, Warwick-Jonaiham Blake, Roy
llston-Hiram w Albee, Athol-Ephraim
Parker, Templeion-Joseph Davis. Gard.
ler-James NJ. Woodbury., Westminster
Benjamin Wyman, Yernon-Marshal Whit
mead, Brsttleboro--G. c. Hall. Townshend
+. Thompson, Dummersion-
Iohn F. Stearns, llalifax--Rufus H. Hen
y, Wendel--Benjamin +, Cannon, New
Birchard, Phillipston--Jasou
Leyden- Davenport, and Win
,hester-Dayid Ball.
Voted--to adjouFn this convention until
O'Clock in the afternoon Al , o'clock in
he afternoon met according 10 adjournment
The committee on resolutions adopted
he following:
ResoIred, That whereas the portion Of
New England here represented is surround
ID by rail roads, it has become the urgent
md imperative duty Of cur constituents aud
TO provide facilities equal othose
Of oar neighbors for carrying on our bus
ness affairs. Therefore we will use our
United efloris to extend the Fitchhurg r'l
Dad, by Miller's river, or the hest rouiee e.
her through Mortified or Greenfield, 10
Brattleboro, VT.
Rcscired, That we are assembled in ar
herance of great and patriotic cause N
Is probable results, second in importance
o none which since 1916 has been attempt
ID among us.
Res0iped, That our undiridCd energies
ire required, aud if therefore We vonlI
rope for success, We must act together anu
IS one, and where there are local preudic''
If III matured opinions, lie best SERVES '.0
,ause who is most walchiul for mistsses u
limself md bis own inmeGiate nelghbois,