Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-22
VERMONT RAILROAD
Wkirh reuE lhall itp,

I iains the sikth aumbef ot It's seues u Rail.
road articles, accompanied by q dim and
shadow y ~sp OF Vermont and part. ads.
cent which we suppose Is intended az Hos
i'a'ive OF the superior advantages Of The cen
trail route over Tho Western, aud To impsess
more fully spon tlsc minds OF ihoso unsc-
quainssd wuh tbs topography OF our S,a,e,
toe nan, frsfAs cosasiDed In the articles oil.
luded TO. The sap is we'll calculated "a
| render, il posi- bic, mole vsgoe and ipde6
! mite, the grounds upoR which the friend. OF
the Central route rest their hopes. When
our eyes first fell upon this curious looking
affair, We though, |, Was chart designed to
rspfesen, the difIersn, states Of civilization
Of some newly discovered land then we
thought IL might be an astronomical table oi
come kind; and finally we though, 81 an old
drawing representing the dark valley, &c. -
when by dini Of further examination we be :
gan 10 find certain landmarks, which led Us
10 sull further invesuga,ion-wbsa 10 and
BEHOLD ligni broke In up"a US, and made
me whole matter as clear % the 'pooa day
sun Sull, the map is very imperfect, even
Tor The purpose for which Il 10 desiRaed. We
hsve looked 10 vain for the 'mesLderings' II
the Central road, Us laid down, along the
verden, and fowery fields Of old Windsor :
the terrific WsR so iorcibly and feelingly
described in a previous number ofthe Watch
man, we can no where find on the road indi-
ca,od for the Western rouie--snd the tap
at Rutlind. u it was ever on tho type from
which this engraving was taken, it had got
broken 81 or drove 10. before oar paper was
printed.
The -fgureing,' too, OF the wtissr Of these
articles, is as remarkable az tie map Of Yer
nom which accompanies The last numbsI-
I, 10 absolutely slaiuine! Tho boy who
'ciphered the cat into the oven and the dog
up chimney was no touch To INN; and II he
keeps on a, the rate he is now going, no will
cipher the whole OF Wes,een Vermont eli.
,hsr in,o Lake Champlain, or out Of the tap
Al Rutland. down TO New York.
We have no Intention Of folio - ing the gen.
liemsn through his long array Of figures to
prove that all Vernon, lies on the east side
Of the Mountain, nor shall we more that al.
Jude 10 his one sided statements, many Of
which are 80 entirely prepos,crous asto rem
der any comments unnecessary. Our cor
respondents, Western Vernon, and Others,
have sufficiently shown Tho true state Of
s..ttors, as regards the clsims OF The two
routes upon tie consideration OF the Boston
interest, and we do not believe that these
statements can be fairly controveHe d.
The writer OF these articles, in an early,
number, had much 10 say Of the danger tina I
threaiene tho Boston interest, in case the
route through Rutland County was selected,
by whs, he was pleased 10 term tap thai,
would be inserted by the New Workers, Sy
running a tailrosA 10 Rutland from White
hall, and which would thus draw of the
amount of,ravel and btyiness from the main
route, TO Now York. That such con nee
ton would take place, we have not the least
doubt; but that tho result. which our friend
p edicts, would follow, is TO every one who
knows any thing Of our relative situation with
Boston and New York, orAhe natural current
Of our business on this side Of tho Mountain,
an idea as preposle rous az that Otter Creek
would change its course and empty into the
Hudson, in consequence ofsueh connection.
'Tha dtat. =.
railroad, will be about on. hundred and 6hy
niles,-to New York, loo hundred and forty.
IRE m,Ie'. by the nearest route we shall ever
be able TO avail ourselves OTTO say nothing
Of the disadvantages that would occur by the
frequent chonges which would he upon this
route unavoidable Upon our making this state
meni before, tho Waterman at once turned
around, and, with ~ affected modes,y tina,
would have looked we'll without spectacle.
asks" Who made Rutisad, the grand point OF
divergement - "Whs, has the relative dis
'ssce Of kuaen< from Boston or New York,
to do with this question 7" And with the
'cipherng' mania snh raging he says.-",aks
hSenireS AZ the s,srang po,u,, and then
compute the difference OF distance between
that city ssd Boston OF Nsw Yors-sud |,
vim s' once appear 'h" rhe CREATES, danger
will ihiessen tho Boston interest, II ,bey
huild their Manural road through Ru,lan nd
County" We'll. We have calculated the
question both ways, add We are utterly at
loss To find iss difference Of distance.
II Rutland Is s'll to be the poin, OF d,rerge
meals he sers 10 his las, numbsr-w,
canno, for the hie OF Ne, see why the differ.
e"ce would not all occur from ,hi, point.
Bu, oot mathematical powers wore new.
very s'roeg--s' least they never would com
osf, 1--WE presume We have 'sm erssI)--an.
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