The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-04-01
From the Green Mountain Freeman.
The Vermont Central Railroad.


Mr. EDITOR BY the Charter ne ,b;ss
Road the income, over and above a rorto;r
per cent is to be the nronertv re a.,
State Therefore every ono has ,either -
direct or indirect interest in its ,,rosner;tv
and to protect this interest. it was mddo Il,
duty of the Directors to renort annually 10 H.
Legislature the condition of the Road that
they NAV know whether tboir ir4nTast, S
regarded: and this report. wo nndors+or'd
was. through the EXecntive sul,nitt,d 20 ~
Legislature, thence to a COMMITTEE wLoss dn1
ty It was to receive like communications ord
and farther we have seen No accornt 80 .,,.
ton upon it either bv tho Con,n,;t,,c ~ A.
legislature and tbus tho fscIs tbst i ,,.(,D+
neccessasorilv contain sro ,,ot H. fo,a 49,
people. Peibaus il mnv ha &C wal tto+ y
was not discussed in the oI,;sio,,no ,o,.n,t
lished abroad for had i Ia,, wa ~ --'t pu,.
to believe chat il m;ght boyo ,ro51,oo5 a..
dissatisfaction ,ybicb vo,,11 l,,iro 49,, '.'.'
mons n thn nntorr.;an E ,,"o P.o;eu ~
in tlo cbc,,+o,. ,Iorl,, ol,o, a,'.i
tnra bcoved tho ;ntoraSt ''tt'. INC
n,ordod IL;s wood WI ~.
,nbioot tI,oI, soo,,,,d Ia,a,;,Doa Nv. VI :no
on ;bn;r ,,oyt sLa,,Id ba T,,nn4;1 .'' iIo'iIlL9
tho host nterosts ~ 10 cta.a ~ P'V .I
fora oronted tLnn, i,st s,,ot, ''. w.
w;sbed which r,as oo G1,anoITa 't t 90 Ivy
it, a,"'4,l IA VI man "y
Stato TLa, ti %;n'eI ~ oipc9 III tLe
;ynd Ing 10 t t W.: 'll ,e prom
fora the nfn9lnn;t, VIC to'0 oe,na pacvI ot
the naonIe in f,yn. IS ,.aiI n H "
limo was ol,ost nnon;n,o,s ~ f,,or 'G az ~
Cn99+roi tbroHoIoI,+ thn Sto4a - I'eo4 y, ,Ao
At tbat tima ,Shoso ;,,4arn,t' ~ a 4 ~,
roct or tho PvtI,nd ro,'+ ,,,dn,, ~ a1,0 49,
al ironross;on +Lon T,o,.oio,t I,nt t,,t -
tho rdods ,ro1,ld La Fn;It A. ~, $50 o-'I ~
t;oo Tho boots ,noro n-,roJ SD-' 60
and VII cIossas Of cor,,pvn;tr nonoo fn ,pso
and snbsrr;bed Ib6ornlI, n;on, nm "Ii
ovtaTt n tLo;n ai;I;t,'4a' ~ 41'i
mon interest tonr ~ III S3 "nu 'ne w
roLlo ;n'1,,o,sn,, obraa " 80
time there was stock toIon 70 tbn az 1, IS
t,,,o r1;1o, ~ Ell. Nv " ,Ie a.'.0'ilI u
o,'tin ,vas - "a 4,iSo' ,tu ~
as 70 ho .ccanrIi. . b noa,;' ",l l;l
tho FitcLb,lro I'll, ;,nc III WI ~,
lance some fiieen ;las Rnt ti;so i 1t.4 1,o-
annaarnd tr;Ann--Lordlr -,lr4h t@l-;"a ~
tbe account wbSor contr:s+oJ ,,th ~ ,i''"
nd vantago r,aned IN tho "on,aio+a ,C
other most fnrridsble co,rpot;to+ ,rsl.:,,
courage from newly acnn;rnd r; , 49,
nroceeded Icontrsr,- ~ +io I,;sins of , ,,ao
mart oftbe stocLLoldors and c;t;Iers of e.
State. ITO add from five to ten ,n;los nova ~
the slreadv IpngtLonod Inc of tbo rond ~,
locating 4 thTongb NnrtbGal5 Th"s ~
Gnd tie rorta 1onr+bonod f,or, $500, =.
twenty-five miles without tak;na into coIs;d.
orat;on tho r;rc,,;+ors ro,,to ona $3.50
of GETTING into BURLINGTON end vet Ioro,
the nresent loc.tions arc tbronob a ,n,,nh Ios6,
business and nrosnnrors rort r. Vorrno,,+ n
Hampshire and Massachusetts than II wonlc
have hpnn on tho sLortor enJ d;rnot no,,to
The ircreased canital rec,,;rcd IN bn;ld this
Iono routo with tbo nx4ro oxnensa NJ ,,,,,.
nin6 over + seemed to d;sronrYre and dos.
troy the confidence Of the stock 6oldeye. md
doubts beoan IN he entertained of ;ts be;nn
safe and inJic;ons investment fo,. a, 20,
dictod bv many. the nononol;z;no, oI;o,, i,r,
suad hv the directors Of +bn contr9i po.i noe
bpen the means Of buildinr mn instead of tow
inc down the Rutland and Pdssrmreic rood.
for it iseyident that these roads have rrc.,n
IN, and have been continually oconirine rcys
strenotbI brouoh the crooked and yasc,'7aIi,.r
course pursued on the Central Tor VII
the funds and Stockholders If these ron..s
have been increasing. there has hear,
an upbcard Of falling off in this ronts
for wc find from the calculations of a a+o, y
holder in vonr naner. founded on tbe -.
ports Of the company' out of the 20Eao
shares subscribed 6nIv abont 519o bavo coa.
Tuned to INV the fnll smornt assessed nh
wa bnl;nvn tb;s !, ost;uoted too h;oL
LARGE rnio,itv mid notL;ng, or only five d..
lars IN . sLate Now # We add al o0o g.,
What w"c noi6 On those sbares that MD onI,
i've doII.rs . md r,on otber so ,, P wa e.
only 500 600 Which hos. or nrohahIy will La.
nod in on the nTnsent snLscr;ntioys All
ib;s shows that pcarI,, thrnn.farrtbs IF l.s
stock ,,r Subscribed has NOT hrcn ns;d vl..5
nrobsbIy nrndcs fiyc-sixtbs Of the nm,p be-, 81
fmbsrritcrs We ask why this rr,at ta'l.rg
oT2 wbv rofusc 70 ,;av'if tbnre Is no. 800
o,jort ,rron,, IN tLe ,oononan,e,t of ~
c,l"NH' W. jug AZ NV 1'l''i''SO ~ Vi w. -'