Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-08-28

gineer, u 10 evident that ettimal,s can fur.
nrsh The public With but ,nsll reliable IN.
formation The Iuih -, that this estimate
OF Mr. FELTON, 70 utterly unworthy sn ,ugin.
cct who tosscsses, or who seeks, q valuablc
reputation It's excessive beyond e,smpls,
snd II Nr FELTON, had bern governed by a
Jus srprce Iaiion OF the duty be owed 10
The community who employed his proi...
Ionsl serviees. and who thu, besos.d ihcit
confidence IN hun, IN a msiier deeply sfcc.
ung thar inter,ss, he would never have
permIucd himselfto increase the e rade.. 4
sggrara,s the expense Of their propose d
road, without At least the decent formapy
OF ravef,ng rs route
Again II IS well known that according
to the survey made uoder Nc +, ION. dl
feciions there was % m,'rs requiring
grade Of from 60 to 20 feet on the .tuy
five milo. OF tho Rnllaud route between
Rutland and Burlington By Mr. 6 bort,
survey. 40 feet !. the maximum grade on
this portion Of the Inc Of wh Oh there are
bu, SIX mice Mr. Fellon ,,t-rnp,s TO AVOID
the effect Of this improvement on,hi. work
by the disc redtsble sutsetfuge Of snying that
he had ALWAYS Admitted th,t,hl por;rn Of
the line might be improved W, call this
a most disc reditatle sub,crfugc. because Mr.
Felton, S,r,r ,rHnisd that this boosted al
mission should be understood TO embrace 10
tIi,a't,e an improvement, II he DID 80
intend how d'sq'-abIe appear, ,he psrnis
&. "i1 U''.s o. 90 T,t pra!o which in
ms .epau - he Fnehbug Boar "too.
elus.'t.y stl,.c the question between the
two roH,cs" Again, Mr. FELTON, says ,ha,
"rqual 'mprorsmtns may be made on the
Central route HIS zeal for his employ
er. carries him, in this instonce, to the very
verge Of ahsurdity for t".qnal improve.
II eoIs' should be made on the Central road
i, is hardly too much to an,ic pate that tina,
road will possess the novel advantage Of
having adessending grade both vays on its
whole line
The sIItv.fve milcs from Rutland TO
Burlington iurni.he. one the mos, favor
able routes for a railroad IN New. Eng land ,
and It may be Interesting to Engineers, al
least, TO learn by what process the survey
which Mr. FELTON, supplemented est, fishes
% mills Of grade Of from 90 TOO fee, per
mile on that route II will be rscolec,ed
tina, by GiIbeu's survey, 40 feet per mile IS
the maximum grade on this portion Of the
line, Of which grade there arc found but
six miles. This discrepancy will excite
le" astonlshmen. than the reason for it,
Rutland is +l6 fee, above Lake Cham plain
at Burlington BY a careful computation
from the report, and tables OF grade. fur
nlshed by Messrs Chase an Tracy, the al.
most incredible fact IS ascertained that there
are TEN THOUSAND AND FoRTy.EIGHr
FEET OF AscENDINo grades in proceeding
from Rutland towards the Lake, to Bur.
lington Thu, exceeds the elevation. re-
ouired bv Mr. Gilbert Al least 1876 feet -
Consequently there 10 accumulated on ,h.
65 miles, by the survey which is endorsed
with the Apr rotation Of MIR Fcfon. nm az.
gregate elevation and depression Of SIXTEEN
HUNDRED AND sEvENTy.TwsYEETw which
IS entirely unca He'd for and unnecessary
aud tiIiS iou without uiiug ifuo sin.
gle rod shorter that Mr. Glbeu's This
result IS well calculated TO excite asonsh
ment, and in no way can Mr. FELTON, avoid
the responsibility OF it, IN the estimation OF
honorabl' men Al 10 time pr, y.ous to,
nor during the progress or the survey
which he assumed 10 super,nenj and d.
rect, did he set hi. foo. 90 the hne Of the
road And he now dogmatizcs and de- .
claims upon its merits and difficulties with
the least possible acquaintance with either
He has never been over ii bur onc, and
then in the capacity Of Agent and Engin-
eer OF the "Fichbufg Board for the pur.
pose Of determining, by most expeditions
hshL, which precluded the possibility OF q
faithful examination whether or not il was
bes, for that Board to enter INTO " hal they
supposed TO be a moH ddcaniageons 'arang.
ment' This "Nrrangemenl" wa, omple.
lsl with iodc-cu, >stc a, NonhfeI b,.
'olo ~vrua iil,l OF tn Ccntr4. Route had
been sul .'c.,l to The keen inspection vi this
most rapid but discriminating investigator,
who now finds double motive as Engin.
eer 9th Fltc hburg and Locating Engln.
Of the CentralRoad to attack and dl,parage
route, which has long been lnboring IN
der the heavy burden Of an III pc rformed
and worse digesled survey, made under hi.
direction
The survey ofthe Rutland Route by Dir
Gilbert corvic,s MIR FELTON, Of u most culp
able neglect of hi, profess onn duty and es.
inblIshes that route as one of the mos, feast
bic and advantageous in New Eng land -
MIR, GIlben has done jus, hat Mr. FELTON,
wa, honorably bound to do when he aetept.
ed oilhe office of Engineer lof that route
- he has determined The best general locs-
hon ofthe road He has determined il BY
lsborious and faithful persoxa! survey
That survey vii! endure the test of the most
critical examination But Mr. FELTON,, with
a great lack OF gen,lemnniy,as well as pro
fessIonal courtesy, without waiting for the
maps, prohl-s and estimates, which he knew
were nrena rino with Ill nrncllcnhle rnnA