Litchfield enquirer., 1846-09-17
Hartford and Bristol Rail Road.
EOy the ENQUIRER.

70! "c enquirer.
We are informed in communication pub
lished in the Times a few days since, that the
citizens Of Hartford have generously subscribed
two thirds OF The amount nee essary TO construct
The Hartford and Bristol Railroad; and we are
further informed, that the patient, laborious
and sel-sacrificing spirit, which they have
been necessitated to undergo TO accomplish this
object. has not been induced in the hopes OF "a
ny peculiar benefit to themselves, bat because
:he CHIEF and direct advantage is to be received
by The country towns
Now Sir, regret that the inhabitants OF the
country towns cannot better appreciate the
purely disnterested motives, by which the Cit
IZens OF Hartford are actuatcd in this matter
| regret when Hartford takes 50 much interest
in our welfare as to lavish her treasure for our
good, and when SO little il needed to secure to
US such extraordinary advantages. that we
should be backward in furnishing our quota OF
the needlul, and that we should hesitate to CO
operate with our city friends in carrying on this
great work. But it is lamentable fact, that
the citizens of Plymouth are so blinded to their
own interests, that from one end OF the town to
the other, do not think there can be found
man who will subsci ibe single dollar toward
this TO ID.
The manufacturers say that it would be as e.
economical and as convenient to transport then
freight with their teams the whole distance, as
to paw whatever charges company might
choose to exact, and still be obliged to haul II
over the worst OF the road themselves The far
mers say TO the manufacturers and Merchants,
as long the profits Of yonr business are such that
you can afford to transport your wares and mer-
chandise with your own teams, we shall be
very much obliged to you to continue to do it
for your horses annually consume vast quaint
ties OF our hay and grain. Besides, say they, as
we raise little or thing to export. and as we
depend chiefly upon home market Tor the sale
of our produce. we do not exactly see how we
are to be benefited by cheap transportation :;
our fields are stony, and our hills hasd TO cult
vate. but as we have thus far lived at such a
distance from Rail Road, that those who ha ;e
better facilities cannot compete with Us, and
that the operatives in the manufactures have
been obliged TO purchase OF US. we have man
aged to live. We are little afraid then that
this cheap transportation may work the wrong
way TO do VI much good
Notwithstanding the vast saving Of time and
exnense, which rail road would afford. there
are those who have occasion TO visit tine city
now and then, who consider it quite as agreca-
BILE to take their families into their carriages
and have pleasant drive, as to be Jammed m
TO rail car, and hustled through without any
time to see what their friends in Bristol are do.
ing, how the crops look along the road, or to
visit their cousins in Pennington. There are
others here who keep wonderful fast horses.
who take great pleasure in seeing how soon
they can drive there, who would hate to- be de-
prived Of this privilege.
But we are to have easy access TO the amuse-
menis of the city. Now that would suit some
Of us young men, for we are quite fond of city
amusemenis But the old people object to this
and say that access to the city is not so difficult
now but what we can get there quite often e.
nough for our own good. and don't know but
there may be some truth in the remark
Since then these honest but misguided peo.
pie are so foolish not to see that the subscrip-
lions of Hartford are nothing but generous
act towards the people in the country, wish
the correspondent Of the Times would endeav-
or to enlighten the benighted inhabitants Of
| this region, and to answer some of the objec-
tions which they make to this road. Otherwise
| fear that this great improvement will be lost
for want of due exertion on our part.
... RUSTlCUS.
Plymouth, Sept g, 1916.