The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-08-21


I. binary The diminu,ion OF expense q
e "JeweiEs Brook" (where Mr. FELTol
t has asserted that "a million Of cubic CARDS
e OF embankment will be required,) and a
other points on the rou.e, where expensive
e cuttings and entertainments were ALLEGED
I to be unavoidable, is also very great; ant
! that it may be perceived at u glance t
what exlen, Improvements have beer
made in the grades of the line, the table o
: grades as established by the survey mad,
under the direction of Mr. FELToN is sub
joined TO the table furnished by Mr. GIL
BERT.
A single fact in reference to crossing
the Green Mountains, the undersigned
: deem OF special importance. 1.-THE Noun"
tain grades" have been urged most in
dusirousIy add pertinaciously against the
Rutland Road. The maximum grade re-
quired TO surmoun: this barrier, is now
found not to exceed sixty feet per mile ;
and it is too late day in the history of
Railroads to urge This grade as capital
objection against the construction of any
road, the business upon whose line is even
respectable in amount. But, ia addition to
the wealth aud resources of The Valley OF
Otter Creek, (and this is the fact 10 which
alluslon is made above the town of Mount
tloIley, which occupies the western slope,
and the rery summit of the Green Noun.
talnS, is One If the richest and most pro-
d~ctjce agricultural toaOns IN Vermont,
PGSLurl%g al this moment more than FIF
TEEN HUNDRED COWS, and producing
large amounts Of Butter and Cheese for
market. This fact we think, is we'll cal
culated atleast 10 mitigate objections to our
" Mountain grades" especially in the
minds Of those whose hostility 10 them is
stimulated by recollection of The SO feet
grades, and the barren summit of" Mount
W0shlngtOa."
In conclusion, the undersigned most
confidently appeal to the business men
and capitalists OF Boston for aid to carry
forward this great enterprise TO speedy
completion. 1t Is work which, in an
emlnent degree, should commend itself to
their favor. independently OF the very
large amount of business which Boston
would Immediately secure 10 itself, as an
acquisition, from its line in Vermont, The
immense Importance OF the Rutland Road, |
as link in The great chain of Railway
COMMUNICATION with Canada, Ogdens>
burgh, and the Great West, will at once
be perceived and appreciated. Its rights
and facilities, for connecting with the Og.
densburgh and Canada Roads, are precise
ly the same as those which are possessed !
by the Central Road. Not the slightest
shade of difference, in this respect, exists
between them. But the great advantages
which the Rutland Road will be found 10
present, render it apparent that it must,
unavoidably, become the main avenue Of
tFNvel and transportation. II is shOrter;
req"1res muchless outlay Of expense IN The
construction; affords infinitely more busi<
ness on as line; can be run IN quicker
time ; a0sN furnish q better return for cap.
'taI anceSted; and tend more TO augment
The prosperity and Importance Of Boston,
than any other road that can be built 10
connect that city with Burlington and the
Great Lakes. About two and half nils
lions OF dollars-one million of which is
alread y subscribed in Vermont" will
construct and furnish this road. Confident
mat lis claims upon capitalists and busi-
ness men have not been misconceived, nor
us merits exaggerated, The undersigned, in
view of the sagacity and enlarged public
spirit which have SO long distinguished
he cl'zens OF Boston, and made their city
he pioneer in the great and successful
commercial enterprises of the day, canno,
'olbt that the required balance will be
easily obtained.
Il. FoLLETT, I Com Of The 3.
GEO. II. HoDGrs, of Direc, of
CHARLES LINsLEY, Z The Cham &
II. N FULLERTON, CIR r REQ
No. 9 MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
Boston, August A, 1916.
AT the date of the Certificate Of the Clerk Of
he Company, on the Esd ult., the following was
he cassI 6caion OF the shareholders, as then re-
urned to him
1904 Farmers, $500 Shares
3l3 Mechanics and Manufacturers, 1856
Il3 Merchants, 1908
1853 Professional and others, 1904 e
2O48 Subscribers, 1850 Shares,
averaging about l~2 shares each. The above
subscriptions are from sixty-thrce towns on and
near the line.
MIR. GILBERT'S REPORT,
To the President and Directors Of the
Cbamptain and Connecticut Rirer Rail
Road Company.
GENTLEMEN.-The mpletion of the
survey OF the Champain aud Connecticut
River Railroad enables inc to furnish such
Information as will place before you the
most important facts by which the leasibil-
ty Of the route may be known.
The maximum grade and The minimum
radius of curvature, necessarily employed
in the location Of the Road, have been de
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