Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-02
MIR IlARBACtl'S REPORT
EhGINEER'S OrTIci PII1sllIlI
March 18Th lS46

Report Of the Sarrew Of lie rop',
Western Vermont Rail Roai
AgTecnbly TO arrangements eulcrl 4
with II Commute Of the CONVENTION
n, Bennington, Vermont, on tie secoa. 4
OF January last, have the honor to "a
that, after having made n careful prcr
~ EXAMINATION 81 the route IN Qu,S'-" 4
parties OF Engineers were orpan1d 4
set work at the CAtfrmIlIrs. The SD
crn portion was assigned to w. Il G.. 4
Esq md the Ncrthcn to T. l. Wn
Esq both skilIful and experienced I,
nccrs
Our object having been to ascer,air
cost Of the most direct md feasible rou,j
tween Bennington and Rutland. formm.|
connection with the Rutland Road On
North and the PlusGcld and AInms ii
on thc South n continuous hue from P'
field to Berlington shah proceed {" .
cribe tina, line, upon which those "S
were ob,aiocd, during our limited caUa
lions and surveys, without prJuilc.a.
particular local inter all Of which b..
event Of The construction of TINS Road v-
be carefully considered
Beginning, then, nj the termination q
route OF the Adams and Bennington sun
IN the cas,orlv pant Of the vlhcc o. Z
Bennington, the first object WIS TO cto"'
valley of the Wnlloomsic, n branch O.
Hoosic River, which flows westerly r
the Green Mountains, this has been ai
BY pursuiuga norlhclv direction, eros
the stream at rlgh, angles infer wht''
line bears of 10 the westward passing ,
the poor house, and crosses the Coz
road from bennington to Shnitsbury .
one and a fourth mile nouhely OF Beni,
Centre, from t.enCe tho line bears O." 3.
north and northeast again, and follows.
utatv OF the lIoosic, which flows soulh'
erly from the summit, IN SALISBURY, iii
once in This valley. follows It To the he.
,ers Of toe Baton XII, ahOu, half n mil
Of Judge bottoms, previous 10 whch ,hn
er, II Ie-crussss tie County road N :
SALISBURY, near the square manuia0-
w nipple From the summit 10 s.
bury tue line follows the south branch
Baien Xii 10 lis junction with the 2
sire am near McCaulrys, half mile ne
Arlington Church. Between Bennlng,-,
this place "a miles, are encounlereii -
iority Of all the heavy work and maj Z
grades upon the emit re. route. One
were run through bennington, over lb' =
NIT and through West Arlington, al. o''s
would he worthy of attention, and Z
things being equal would be preieab'er
at least they were orlhy Of IL r. "a
examination Than we were able to bes'''
on them. From McCauley's, the.i'n' 4
the river bottoms and follows a
with grades adapted TO Their nj
ascent and descent; first up the Baa
| Kill 70 the summit in Dorssi
dawn the Otter Creek 10 Rutland.
line, after leaving Bennington, -
near South SALISBURY, half a ms 4
Of SALISBURY Center, between " \
lagos of Arlington, thrcc-iOuri
mile east Of Manchester, IAN lmfM1
town upon the line, and half shire
Of Bennington County onelou'b
mile east Of Factory Point tlI.
East Dorset, Dandy Borough. -
Walllngford and Clarendon, an1 T.
inmates within haitian ilcoilhc' .
House IN Rutland, on the route .
| COnucctcutRlvcr andl.akc tha~a~
| Rail Road.
! Upon about AZ miles Of this i."
extremes Of either cutting orh'iI..
not exceed 10 feet, averaging a'
feet embankmenr, made prn'..
from the sandy nlluvlon, he coa''
ton Of the flats over winch 'h' .
passes. About 33 miles have -
from level mp TO ~ fect-lhc ~
mum being - feet per mic 81 J
are straight, aud ~ curved-miH
radius 1882 feet ThcToute w0' .
- unqnestlonnbly much improve
grades and alignment on NOR 3D.
ough examination.
The following plan has ben 40
, ed as basis for our estimates o.
gle track Railway;