Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-06-12
WESTERN VERMONT AWAKE.
FIRST DAY OF OPENING THE
BOOKS.
LOOK OF + FOR THE ENGINE
WIEN THE BELL RINGS"

The controversy between the friends Of
the Central and Western (or RuIani) Rail.
road rolt s, has to the present lime been
one Of words merely. The time hs now
come when harder arguments are to be
used and nov we cXpec, TO see these nrgu.
mcu's gwen with sich spirjt nnl prompt.
ness as will force The friends Of the Mont.
pcli route u admit Iha, there is at least,
now and 'hon nan, on the western side of
Vermont aud that we haze the means OF
reducing maternity the heavy grades Of
our route, and Of keeping in due suhjcclion
the tap a, Rr.lanN Never until 10 day,
(Tucsday) have the people on the proposed
line through Rutland County, hal an 90
portun;Iy Of manii,siiug the entire conf
dcnce they feel in the stock Of the Conncct.
leu, River ana Lake ChampIlIn Rail read.
Al, meeting this day, conscquon, u1on
the frs, opening Of the books, large mum.
Der OF our owh towns men, are assembled,
and zeal and spittt is manifested, well
calculated to inspire the hope Of all as TO
the Success Of our most gIorons enterprise,
and to show conclus vc!y that our own PEG.
Pile are alive to their interests, and that they
are determined to carry on TO is compile
ton work more important 10 thu prosper.
Nv Of our STATE than any other which has
been PROTECTED since the state was formed
The books were opcacd at . o'clock,
this afternoon, and closed at 6, when it was
found that OVER ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS had been sub.
scribcd IN ths,own alone, IN sums from
800 to $4,000 We regard it as favor
able, and wc were glad to see lha, this en-.
tire amount, was mostly raised ia small
Sums; beng takonb y our most cnl ehlcned
tarmers and mechanics, who subscribed for
sock wth an uacr,y that well conforms
Nilh their Intelligence and enterprise --.
These Subscriptions ranged from ONE 10
TWENTY SHARES. We now confidently
look for nm increase OF subscriptions 10
this town 10 one hundred and thirty, aud
we hope one hunfred and ffy thousand
GoNaJ1.
We aNl,i an,ousIy to learn he sacc, IS
OF our lrlrnls IN olker towns on the line
and we know that we shall not be disap.
pointed in The expectation that they have
gone ahead Of us in well doing.
The report in another column in answer
to the reccmcircuIlr put fouh by the friends
q the Central route, was hastily drawn up
yosicrday ,afcr the organization oflhc meet
'ng and unauimosly adopted We com
mend tins report 10 Che attention Of every
man interested IN our projcc,
p 5 Atihe Time OF going to press this
"Wednesday morning, we learn that the
sal srrlpion IN lhis town Tor stock has gone
urm sllO00a
From Btandon, we learn that ss7 600
was already subscribed last evening. and
that it w,H 60 over 100000 there can be
no doub
I Ia Pnisford the books were no, opened
anil quite late yesterday afternoon and on
/ Iy about $50 900 was subscribed when we
last heAId tom that town;----bui P,Aford
vii come up,o The good work ~ due ses
son aul N order
Ia Shrewsbury, he books had only been
op'n 40 hour or two, WHEN We learn $50
9eJ was subscribed. Shrewsbury viii BE-
good for $4,000
WeSave no dous bot that 100000
Il tins sock viii be taken on The 10. 0 The
road, 10 Vermont, and we should be sur
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