Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-06-19
OUR RAIL.


Since our last, nothing has occurred TO
weaken our faith in the eventual success OF
our project for n Railroad from Boston TO
Burlington. on The uest side Of The Mountain
IN Vermont but on the other hand, much
has taken place 10 strengthen US in the belief
tina, the advantages Of this route are no, TO
be los, sight Of by the Dos,onians, though
they have, we must confess, been for a time
somewhat hid in the fog and mist raised by
the extraordinary eXerlions Of the friends Of
other and interested routes
In the frs, place, the subsc rp,ion Tor the
stock in our road is rapidly advancing. In
our town, alone, it has already reached TO up
wards Of ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS; and tina, it will
be materially increased there can be no
doubt The number OF persons subscribing
men and true. There is not a man OF straw
among them, and bu, very few, if any, that
could no, double the amount Of their sub
scrplion From Other towns on the line
we have mos, favorable Veporis, and conf
dence is everywhere felt as to The profitable
ness of The stock.
10 the second place, we see unmstakable
evidence as We think, that the recent action
OF the Directors Of the FitchbuIgh Railroad
Company; and the report OF their famous 'ex-
plorA,ing committee will have but little weight
with the Boston peope;-and we think the e.
ven, will prove that Filchburglis not ye,Bos-
ton quite ,--nor The men who guide the desl-
MES Of the Fnchburch railroad the sole dicta-
tors as TO the whereabouts and whllherlo's of
they are So ally led by their active and
sagac ious englhecf, Mr. FELTON,. We once
knew a Paddy who, in driving along upon a
dark night, suddenly found himself and horse
between the leaders OF stage coach which
was going IN contrary direction. The dri-
ver Of the coach poured out a yoley OF oaths
upon poor Pat, and IN conclusion asked him
u Ae did MOI ser the lights! Whereupon the
poor Inshman exclaimed And is it me
that you think il so stupid as hiatt Didn't
see them l-ani didn't aIm 10 steer righl
beinceH 'en - And so With the vaultnp ex
ploratot, and the sagacious engineer Of the
Fuchbureh RalIropd Company, Mr. FELTON,
He has seen the lights along the line OF the
Concord Railroad, and the ,ov,e projected
through Western Vermont TO Burlington, and
with the peculiar cunning Of the Paddy, he
has underworld 10 engineer the Fiichburgh
Company befreen htm and II we are not
mistaken he viii hud himself and his com.
pany, in the end involved IN the difficulties
that ever attend dishonesty < double dealing
The third reason, we have for a well
grounded dope IN the final success OF our
route, is 10 the fact il.at We aye To have
ner swrSy Of our route (rom fhis PO,ai, north
We intend to cas-, no fePrusch upon the en-
gineer who surveyed this route, nor upon
those who directed him m the route Ia be
taken. But 1t 10 and has been known to ev-
cry mon who 10 al all acquainted with the
lay ofthe land, from This 10 Middlebury and
Burlington, that the 'urTsy,d route Is no,
the mosi feasible route we have. The line
RON this point, should have gone imnedl.
s'sly To the ousr Creek valley. Il has been
n'Het " vsry srss sIrff.ss % many, 'ss'