The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-08-21

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line Of Rutland county TO The norIher
tbwns OF Add son county. The iron mar
ufactured from this ore, is well known
be, in all the good properties Of wrougl
and cast iron, Of The very first qualt
,y; and nothing bat the want OF rail-
way facilities for reaching market, pre-
vents is being produced 10 an almost lin
iless extent.
Ofthe quarries Of Marble. which abounC
in the Valley OF Oler Creek, it will be SUI
tieieu TO mention Que. At Sutherland
FalIs,in Rutland, Coo ter Greek is preci'
plated, by fall Of one handred and eigh
teen feet, over one immense bed Of Bile
containing ten or twelve beautiful varie-
test Directly upon this extraordinary
mine of mineral wealth, and in close proS-
Unity to the mills already erected, the
route Of the Railroad is surveyed. Let
the road be completed, and the demand,
prodigiousy increased as it will be by the
cheapuess with which it con be afforded,
will furnish the only limit 10 its produce
hon. It may be added that, with but a
singls exception, each Of the Falls OF o.
Ter Creek from Rutland 10 Vergennes, is
over marble qoarry.
For the ready and cheap conversion Of
this iron and marble into marketable forms,
Otter Creek and its tributary streams fur,
nish an extraordinary amount Of convea-
lenI and available water power At one
point alone, tVcrgennes) this power is
about equal to that at Lowell and be
tween this point and Rutland, it is found
equal, al the least calculation, 10 ten times
that Of Lowell. This great agent of pro-
duction is at present. 10 large extent, un.
emp Dyed, in Consequence OF The expen.
sjveness Of the inland transportation req9ir
ed 10 reach an avenue TO market. From
The iowa Of Brandon, for Instance, iron,
marble, and manganese nre transported 10
Lake Champaign, distance of but sixteen
miles, at cost Of from two, to Two and
half dollars per ion: sum il is believed,
nearly it not quite equal, to the whole
COST which would be required to transport
these commodities from Ihe same point, by
RliIfoad. to Boston. The line Of the
/" Rutland Rold" is surveyed directly
through the centre OF the fertile, agricuhu.
raj and mineral regions Of which we have
spoken, and by ronie best adapted 10 &c,
eommodate the business, awaken the en-
terprise, and smu ate he Industry Of its
inhabitants. ltwoud appear TO be scarce.
ly possible, then, to overeslimate The iln>
portance Of this great work 10 Boston. Is |
I, not an object Of The frs, magnitude to
The business OF Boston, TO facilitate and I
cheaper the introduction TO its alkpls OF
the IRON the MANGANESE, (whosc bleach
ing properties render il so invaluable to
cotton manufacturers Inc MARBLE, the
LIME, of Western Vermont, 10 which re-
gion they can be produced more cheapIy |
than in any other portion Of the country
And can it require an argument 10 show
thai the opening Of any otter RliIroad |
from Burlington to Boston than The Ru.-
land road, can exert no Influence ia in
cfeasing the production Of these articles,
or in diverting them from their eristiag
markell
Another element in just estimate oil
the probable pfoducliveness of The stock Of
any proposed railroad, is the p0pulousnesS
of the country through which it is 10 pass;
the amount Of travel being Of course al.
fecled by the ex:ent and character of the
business transacted on its line. The pop
ulation on the line OF, aud best accommo-
dated by, the "Rut!and Ro,d." is as foI>
Iows:-