Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-01
THE HERALD.
BOSTON AND MONTREAL RAIL.
ROAD
THURSDAY, MAY I,1sIs

f.
IN par'e,ieular secns to be geluns quite
learned upon the .ubec, Of Rail Roads
he has come out in three successive mum.
bers, IN somewhat laborious ofor,. 10 con
vince the people OF Boston tina, the Central
Touie is the very best, and mainly for the
reason iha, II leads round by Montpelier
The Walchman has a way Of his own by
which he cyrhets down distances to no,
ing when they are agains, HIN, and he SETS
facts at defiance in his assumption. when
he endeavoD TO make the weaker seem the
better reason. Al one time he would hive
US understand in order that hs route mipht
no, be too long, that it is no, important 10
touch Burlington for he can take a shorter
cut and then, lest our route should be- foo
'hon Tor his argument, he compel, u. to 20
round some 10 miles to get into his road
This item OF distance, &C little a. he would
mike II, mos, evidently trouble. him. And
we even deem 1t OF some consequence, for
II must cost omefhiss to make eniy 80
miles Of road, II We reckon nothing
but the iron. But Boston can do j, all. 90
IT'S no matter, # 1t only comes BY Monlpe-
lier
But those men who have devoted n, much
time and study to tho subject of rail roads,
possibly, As our neighbor OF the Watch.
man, regard it important TIM, there should
be some evidence OF increase of business to
warrant the increase Of expenditure for
even 80 miles Of rond, besides tables and
naked assertions, though often repeated
The Waterman evidently considers it of
very great moment to warn the people of
Boston and to keep them warned, OF the
great danger Of going by the Rutland
route, because that route will como in com.
petition with the cheaper transportation of
the Lake. Blu, is this true 1-bccause if i,
IS true, all the business within 25 10 80
miles o! the Lake, even in The neshbor.
hood OF the Central route, upon q parity OF
reasoning, will 60 to the Lake, sooner than
take the Central Road. And il Is mos, n
parcn, 10 the least casual observer, that if
such competition will essentially affec, the
Rutland route, II will no less atIec, the Cen.
trail rou,c.
Bu, again, the good people Of Boston
are kindly warned tina, if the freig hi should
Perchance get upon the Rutland route, 1t
would all run cut at the tap Mt; Rutland
and SO right down to New York. Thi,
position must be founded upon a new prac.
,lca proposition, that freight will be sen,
from IS 10 100 miles farther, ut an increas
cd expense and trouble, for the solo purpose
oil hiding, what, by all admitted, poor.
er market Now this argumen, certainly
commends itself with great force TO oil sen
slb|e men -a.nd we will jus, set i, down be.
side Inc opinion Of our correspondents, Yves.
tern Vermont, in our present number that
the difference may be seen
We have noticed an article in the Alta. /
evidently originating no, far from the Cap.
''ai OF Vermont reilera,ing the same kind
Of nrgumen, as,he Wstchman. WealIude
70 for the purpose OF stating a fact in
connection with The staiemcn, TINT 5000
on' we're carried over The Burlington road
o Montpelier laa year" The towns Of
Brandon and Piltsford, in the county of,
Rutland had tonnage last year of 67S6
ons, with the ability to increase it,
A gain II is said, in the same paragraph,
that on the line OF the Rutland route,
feishi /" now lower than a rail road can
compete with II being from Vergrnnes to
Boston only - so, by water" Here is ,
probably small error; but no matter. We {
AXE II for granted that the writer wonld be ,
Considered as understanding hi, subject and
hat OF necessity the Central rou,e coob
lot compete with such low freipb, md
Consequently cannot compete with I,kc /
'anspot'ailon But we are well ad,;..d /
hat the Rutland route can compete wnh q
his low ireighI-an for one plain reo,o, |
hat as Tins road would carry NOR. frcish, =
''er 'hOrftr distance, it can carrv q, /
e" price by the ton. +
We would commend 10 our ne;cbho,
'f'he Wa'ehman, and to the people Of Bo,
On, the article in our columns TO- d,v ,;,. +,
d Western Vermont, as containing ,on. n
'aluAeIe facts IN relation to this ,ubiee,
We are graiihed 10 learn thu, .,
ng Of the Commissioner, is TO b. ho,a.. O
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