Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-02-04
Railroads.

Gray of Boston,) engines and cars for the whole
road, and will commence laying the rails in the
spring.
Central Road. The impression which has pre-
vailed to some extent, that the rails have been
contracted for only part of the road, is erfone-
Gus. All the iron is contracted for; and although
the policy OF the company is to complete and run
the Southern half of the road at the earliest peri
cd, the work is still progressing at heavy points on
the remaining part of the line, so as to have the
whole completed as soon as practicable.
RUTLAND RoAD.-The last Burlington Free
Press says, through a correspondent, that some
of the contractors "broke ground" on the 2Sth
ult. and that active preparations are making 10
work on the two ends of the line. The middle
Mount Holly seems to be in abeyance-thus
confirming the suggestion we made last week
upon this subject The following resolution
was adopted by the Directors:
Resoired, That the Executive Committee be
directed TO have the line of the road from Bran
don 10 Mt Holly located and prepared for let
tngs; and that the lettings be advertised in sea-
son to have the grading completed by the LIST
OF Jan. 1870"
Disputed points settled. In a controversy, be-
tween our friend who now presidcs over the Bur
lington Free Press and oursef, carried on III the
pos,on nows,ooers in ls45 # was commended on
our part that the Rutland route would be for
.Ns,o York rather than for Boston-a point which
was quite unpaaiable 10 our Rutland friends,
H., I'D bof,-o pos,o, ,oodors IN ,ho ,os,
Wv"
free ffess Is communication III favor ola route
from Burlington to New York, via Rutland, Bel
lows Falls. VT. SPRINGFIELD. Mass, and Hartford,
,nd Nor uoro, Corn ,yhoro,,nor orr orc;o,t
0AU Ave-" i"''"' O'''''' D"''0',
railroad adversary comes piu'nPy OUT '"uS' anu
sustans our objection TO the Rutland route:
,rbore arc three routes bv which. we suppose.
:, ,ronld he entirely practicable to connect Bur
i;,otor with N Y nv means of the iron eIeciyi
80 of roilrood dist Nv the way of Trov and
,ioo Hudson River road: Sd. Through the Valley
e'ro 49, Vorront no wov of The Benn,n1ton.
Wor,b Adams Housatonic, and Harlaen roads (;
and I'd Rv The avenue suggested by our cores.
nondent below, OF these 1t is presumed that the
second is the most direct though we pretend to
yerv slioh, knowledge of the considerations
toncbing gradients. curves, amount and character
rf hnsiHess Sc. which mlobt be used in adyo.
Mt
balance n bare-superiority in length of line. We
believe il is conceded that. bv CONTINUING the
Nor,h Adams TO n connection with the Cham
main and Connecticut River Road at. or near
Rutland. and bv the construction of a short
CONNECTING link of some ten or twelve miles be-
tween the Housatonic and Harlem roads, a con.
tinuous line of railway communication between
Burlington and N.York would be secured, which
would be some miles shorter than what appears
to be almost an airline by the way Of the Lake,
Canal and Hudson River. Other things being
equal, therefore, this route would defy COMPETE
ton. But it is rarely the case that other things
are equal, on railroads. The route suggested by
our correspondent +. W., makes me distance
uu. aToue LILY Jr oF 1roSnO,
cmrvotnres ;nterrenino markets. &c. &c. con.
nected with the latter route which would out
weigh TINS disaGvantige M 'ne mater o. o'i-
.a"ts. e m'an;isst interest TO the stockholders
in the Champlain and Connecticut River Com
pany-freight and passengers would be trans
ported by over tlie eIu"e s'e oi 'mG i,n 'o"u'
fdance Of the comnaratye merits of these differ
ent lines. Indeed we venture these remarks,
Introductory to the communications more as an
acknowledgment o! our sei,SV H H ,o iPo,.Gnoe
ton and New York, than with any other purpose.
That there is a choice of routes by which SO de-
sirabIo connection may be secured is certainly
n mater Of interest 10 the public, and that the
friends Of each OF those mentioned are not asleep
we are clad TO learn. ne extension OF the
rrroy and Saratoga road TO whitehall, and OF the
North Adams to Bennington, may be looked Tor
nt an early period and VIC learn that the por-
ton of the Vermont and Massachusetts road from