Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-24

Journal olthe lih inst. wns not, rs usual,
received bv US; and !, is only by the kind.
ness oil a friend tina, we are enabled to no,
tico the leading article Of tina, paper, headed
'Bosfop and Montreal Railroad, -
which, as we think, is no, marked with the
fairness and lIbersliiy that usually eharnc.
terircs the remarks of the able and gentle.
manly conductor Of thu, paper Weaccord
most cheerfully with The sentiments ex.
pressed by the Waterman IN the frs, para.
graph Of The article alluded ,o-and
mos, sine rely do we believe tina, 'Ver.
mont i'jua the stale for profitable rai'r roads
The spirit and enterprise of our people
the cS,cn, Of our trade--our agricultural
products and the incaculable value Of GU
mineral resources, places this question en-
,irey beyond a reasonable doubt and
whether the Western or Central route
should eventually be the one selected, it
viii not, we freely ndmit, materially change
the fact, in this view of the case We be.
lievc ina, rniroad from Boston either via.
Rutland or Montpelier to Burlington and
from thence to Montrea-wll do an amour!
Of business that few railroads in the coun.
try can boast Of and tina, the stock in either
route would give the holders large divi
dends. And yet, when we take into con.
sidera,ion the fact that the section OF coun.
try through which the Western route
would pass, is at least rs rich in agricul,u.
raj possessions, as is that through which
the proposed route of the Central would go,
aud especially when we take into the
nccoun, the decided advantages ofthc Yves.
tern route over all others, us it regards the
ex,cn, and richness of the mineral resources
Of Western Vermont, we cannot but rei,ter.
ate our belief in the fact that even in this
respect, the Western route will be regarded
as the preferable one-lhough we do,there.
by bring upon the 'Rutlanders' the charge
Of inordnalely putting and blowing their
route into notice
We do no, desire to make any comments
upon the ill-humor manifested by our friend
WALTON in the article to which we refer
nor will we more than alIude to the incon.
gruous character of his article, which first
makes him lken US 'Ru,anders' to drown
ing mrn catching at s,raws'-and nfter.
wards to admit virtually ,ha, the current OF
popular ceiling 'nBos,on Is altogether in ia
vor ofOurroute Nothing bu, fit of,he'blucs'
OF IL humor, consequent upon indigestion, or
perhaps the change that has so sudd enly
come over hrs vision in the contemplation
OLA projrc, which so lately, ali the beau,
~ wore Of promise, could have led our
friend 10 give US arguments SO loose, and
visit US with remarks SO apparently lima
iured
In arguing the advantages of the two
routes the Waterman says first 'as 10 dis.
tanee the 'RulIanders put it thus
BY Keen and Montpelier, ISL miles,
from Boston to Montreal BY Keene and
Rutland 525 miles, from Boston TO Mont.
real
Now let il be borne in mind ha, the
'Rutlander'' have mol 'pu, i, thus The
nbovr, connected with the distance of other
contemplated routes, we took from the Boston
Atlas as an Official s,a,cmen, made before
genera railroad convention or NEE, NJ in
Boston and which has been published
without contradiction, as to It's Correctness,
by almost every paper in Boston AMI Yer.
mon, In publishing thi, sts.emen, howev.
GER, we believe tho Ws,ehmsn omitted 10
put in the Rutland route at all, and we
are sorry to say also, that tho Vermont
Chronicle, in publishing the sane state.
men,, dst their Rutland County friends The
injus'ce OF making the ssur- m:ss,oo -
/ Bm the Wste Imam in endeavoring 10 Get
rid OF ihi, arparen, advantage to the Rot.
lspd route, talks largely oftbe un,urv.yed
portion OF the distance beyond Burlington
and finally By an excessive hard labor, b,
brings US out With On advantage Of only
rr miles and sir,y four hundreds ola mil,
over the Montpelier route, end claims tbs
hu Difference Is oceas'oned only BY a dali
snee' Of the central route among the isniI,
fields OF The Vernon, Eden--,he plesssn
, bank, Of the Colnee,lcui, in CID Wiad,or