Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-29
G~v fks Hersis,
VERMONT RAILROAD.

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ID. The popsls,iou 10 greater to the
square mile, 90 the wssisrn eide Of the noun.
,ains than on the east And that the Gfasd
Lie, Of the western eooaiiss 10 larger In pro-
por,ioo 10 the population and sI,sn, Of terri
tory. Than that OF the counties bordering Oh
the Central Route.
eth. With the exception Of the sowns Of
Ludlow and Aoontholly, the whole lios Of
,hs wssisrn routs 10 ssldoa covered with
soow mole Than siI inces deep while
the whole line NJ tho Csnusl route
(which &. twenty sish, miles longer than the
wss,srnl 10 generally s an svsrsss Of four
fest deep, and rsmsins,ss . matter Of courss
longer on the ground than on the Western
route.
The logic Of the Vernon, Ws,chmsn. 10
favor Of The Central toute, would be, LIST,
The road would PISS 10 sigh, Of q splendid
State House surrounded BY lofty mountains
which render the scensiy pie,uiesque.swful-
" grand ! and sublime. 2nd This, the
Central route 10 peculiarly adapted to apply
ing the motive power to rsnnsrs on the bob
sled principle, thus avoiding tho necessity OF
purchasing that expensive item In the con-
s,ruc,ion Of ordinary rail roads, rail read
iron At The prssen, high prices. ID. That
the eurpss on tho Central route. like the
MississippiRivsr winding to oil points OF com
psss. like irsvsrse sotiing on tho Ocean,
would facilitate the onward course in . head
.cind while with adverse winds, no al
Tentative would be left, but to pull the tap 81
Rutland, run to tho quarantine ground q,
New York, via Whitehall, and Sara,oga, and
,hers TO ride until the Boston health fficcr
arrived with = certificate Of Az Wei.
The other night, the writer OF this, dresmt
. dream. and |, was no, all 4 dream. Me-
though was in Boston, and stumbled into
tho company OF several rail road gentlemen,
i'll may Be allowed the phrase. when after
listening to the views of several gentlemen,
| could s,and it no longer and, came to the
conclusion TO stand in the Mountholly Gap,
though single ha dded and alone'and defend
Western Vernon, from the vile..sianders OF
some Of tho speakers. Ny heart jumped to
my mouth, and ! involuntary gave u.ersnce
10 the following strain, "Fellow Ci,izsns Of
Vermont. from Burlington and BellowsFslls,
Gentlemen stockholders Of the Cheshire and
Fi,c hburgR Rail Roads, and Capitalists Of Dos.
ton! Arc you ready TO gulp down tho ab-
surd reasoning. Governor Paine and the Yer.
mon, Watehman' ! paused for 4 reply,
whom up start. an elderly gen,Isren, Il think
he was direction in tho F,ebimig Road, and
msmbles out in an undsrions, but with dc
terminsd gesture, Darn tie Cenirol route
was it not for the probable extension OF the
Concord Road. 10 the mouth Of White River
! shonh not for = moment think Of il. A
friend on the Cheshire road, q believe from
Ksshe) whispers 10 hin, Let me tell yor
that the Concord road Is ~ likely',o be OK
tended 10 the Connecticut River, il We take
the Central route, as If we,ake the West,
srn route. Plague take me Western route.
saysa Bra.tleboro' man. these Ru,landsrs
Burlington TO Boston; Now IL, ~ lead
them and take q circuitous ono. Governor
Paine who had jus, stepped IN, Il overheard
the last sentence, quickly replies, NO, SO
very circuitous sir; and you &c n,lemsn whose
interest lie South and Eas, Of Bs,lowsFalls
if you attempt TO favor The Rutland route. VI
will oppose you BY Q parallel ono in the sE-
,enson Of tho Concord Road, via Mon,pel.
Ter. Aud you, addressing . Burlington
gentlemen) whose influence ought TO be neu.
trail, unless you favor the Montpe Her route
we will endsavor TO have tho Cheshire road
extended up White River, thence to Mont
Pelisr, and siser for Montreal. clear east OF
you. A, this momen. got somewhat excl.
10 d by the Governors remarks, snd Twas a.
bou'io inform my friend from Burlington
that We could accommodate him with vel
feasible route, via Rutland and Bennington
to Pit,shsld, Mas. or Troy, N. Y, when
awoks, and on looking on, through my win
dow, Tho sun wss jus, peeping over the
Green Mountains and throwing her rays O.
yer Western Vermont, and to my great JOY
no land slide, M earthquake, no,hias terri,
BILE had secured.
Now, Mr. Editor, it seems to me, ,ha, al
this log rolling, threatening, and m,nsuvsr.
ing will fall hsavsest on those pr.e,icine il,
II any gentleman on the EAST aide Of the