The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-08-20
Tot@l,
97.6s8

IL Is confidently believed that this c, mpu-
taIIon falls short of, rather than exceeds, Tho
present amount Of tonnage Of tie sect on of
country which it embraces. What would he
ITS probable increase, with the augmented
facilities for transportation to market, AID tho
stimulant 10 enterprise und industry, al d tho
inducements for the employment oft i'm
mense unoccupicd water power Of Tie NSYry
OF Otter Greek. which would be created ~
The construction of Railway, may be left to-
The calculation of business men. Such esri-
mates, founded on existing business Of given
territory, however exaggerated, and visionary
they may have appeared in the outset, have
almost invariably been found, especially iif
New England. To fall short of the reality
la the mean time, how ever, a calculation may
he aided by statement of some tie hrirciI;.f
manufactures now in operation on he line
of the proposed road. There are
Woolen Factories. (using 950000
lis of wool per GhnHn,) II
Iron Worl :. manufacturing over
5000 tons the present year) ~
Marble Mills, (capabc of cutting
from 10 To 10000 tens PER en-
NUM- IL
Nail Factory. /
Cotton Mills, =
Paper Mills, ,
Glass Factory, lean manufaeturs
10000 boxes per GHHuE,,)
Axe. Shovel. aud Hoe Factories, 3
Slate Pencil Factories, (scnt 30
tons to market in lS4I) s
Oil Mills,
Starch Mills, ,
Copperus Works. Capable Of pro-
ducing stj0 to COO tons per an
uum. i
The Valley of Otter Greek is beyond doubt,
and confessedly, the richest agricultural por-
ton of New England. The counties of Rut-
land and Addison alone, (neiIher Of " hch cat
be brought into business connection with
Boston by any Rail Road but the one We
recommend by the census Of 1910. posses
sed 5;2,737 sheep, producing more thai Il
million and half Of pounds Of wool; and go
COO tons Of hay are annually cut from the al
luvion valleys which these counties contain,
Great rs is the fertility Of this section OF Yer
mont, however, 10 agricultural productivehessf
it affords parallel TO the extraordinary
richness of its mineral resources. In the va
rieIy and extent OF IFS mineral wealth, il
NAV be safely asserted, Western Vermont eT-
cee,ls any equal area offeFritofy in Inc worlt;-
Providence with profuse benefcence. has
scattered exhanstless mines of lRoN, MAJ
twenty varieties. SLATE, (graphic and roof
ing) CoPPERAs, LIMESTONE, kAoLIx, Sc:
upon lis surface, and surrounded them with
facility for conversion into marketable forms.
In iron and Marble, this portion Of Vermont
is especially productive. Lying along the
base OF the Gietn Mountains, whose sides
are covered by the most valuable hard wood
for the production Of charcoal, aud between
the quartz of hills, and the limestone of the
v; lleys. It IS believed that The richest brown
hermatiie iron Ore may be fotnd on every
half mile of distance. for the sixty miles front
the South line of Rutland county to the
northern towns of Addison county. The
iron manufactured from this ore, is well
ir1wn to br, i'm all the good properties of
wrought AMI cast iron, of The very frs. quSfs
Try and nothing but the want of railway ia
Utilities for reaching market. preTeiffs II being
produced to an almost limitlcss exef
OF the qu1rries of Marble which abound in
the Valley Of Otter Creek it will he sufiicirnt
10 menriOn one. AT SuIherland's Falls, in
Il utlnnd county. Otter Creek is pcrcjitaiec.
by fall Of one hundred and eighteen tcei,
Dvcr one immense bed Of rtafi,le Containing
en or twelve beautiful Faficrlesf Directly
upon this extraordinary mlr:e Of macr;.I
wealth. and in close proximity to the mills
ilreadv erected, the rIute Of The Rail Roa.t
5 surveyed. Let the road be completed. ai.d
he demand prodigiously increased as IT ND
re by the chedphcss with which it can be at
orded, will furnish the only limit TO its pro-
Iucton. Ii NAV be added thar, with yut 4
single exception. each Of ilfe FATS of OUcr
Greek, from Rutland 10 VergeEiies, . oytra
marble quarry.
For the ready ard cheap conversion ofrhis
4 - IL L.
Creek and its tributary streams furnish All
amOtnt Of convenient nd -
'ailabIe water power. At one point alOuG.
Vergennes) this power is about equal re
o that at Lowell; and between this pc Mt aud
Rutland. it is found equal, at The least calcb-
alton TO fen times that of Lowell. This great
gent of production is at present, to largs
xtent, unemployed, in consequence Of the
xpensivencss of the inland transporra,iod
equired TO reach an avenue TO market.
from the Town of Brandon for instance, iron,
marble, and manganese are transported 10
lake Champaign, distance of but sixieen
niles, ut cost ofirom two 10 two and half
Collars per ton: n sum il is believed, nearly
+ not quite equal, 10 the whole cost which
would be required TO transport these COM
nodities from the same point, by Rail Road
0 Boston. The line Of the Rut!ald Road'
surveyed di ecIly through the centre ofth''
Grille. agricultural and mineral regioiIs, Of
which we have spoken, and bya route bet
da pied 10 accommodate the business awu-
en- the enterprise, and stimulate the indrs-
~ ofits inhabitants. Ii would appear In be
carcely possible. then, TO overesrimate The
Importance of this great work 10 Boston. Is
not an object of The first magnitude 10 the
US mess OF Boston, 10 facilitate and chearen
tThe Copperas works have been Is; enl II
oftheexpensvsEsSS of transports,
on TO market. Th- HrflrB hoadis ss1r y7daeGS
e ted