Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-02-11

inent friends of the road had got contracts at both
ends, we thought we saw the movngs Of the
prudent man who foreseeth the evil and hideth
HIMSELF while the simple pass on and are pun
ished we thought the Directors had retained
CONTROL and that probably very little money would
be expended until accessiors of stock had been
secured. We believed it to be a new measure,
hopeless so far as success in Boston is concern
ed, and injurious to the Central road there, by
exciting groundless hopes on the one side and
groundless fears on the other. Thus believing,
we spoke. But the Free Press tells us we CUES
sed wrongly as to the policy OF the Rutland
Company that its policy is to have road to
Boston. and that it 0W go head Very well !;
if you are really in earnest, and bent upon start
ing noto with a capital which would equally have
warranted starting in 1880 ahead. We have
no objection to the building of two roads from
Burlington to Boston. Interested as we are in
the Central road, we have not fear from com
petition. AS observed last week, the laws of To-
comotion settle that point forever in favor of the
Central road.
To the people of Western Vermont we have
no hostility: it is only when we have believed
that the Rutland road cannot succeed, and that
its friends have seemed to us to be aiming more
to iniure the Central than to help themselves,
that we have spoken out. Even in this course
we have forborne much We have thought the
idea of building a road so near navigable waters
chimerical-that the road could not pay and
when to this has been added the obstacle ofhigh
grades, rendering competition with the Central
at Burlington entirely out of the question, we
have really supposed that the Directors as intel
ligent and prudent men, never would undertake
it. A part they might build, from Bellows Falls (;
and this we have thought would be all. But a.
gain we say, that if the Rutanders have started
mind their own business, we shall make no Of
fensive war. We are as much for peace and
kindness as the best of them.
BURLINGTON TO OGDENsBuReH The Free
Press thinks the passage of the Railroad across
the Lake by Bridging or otherwise at Grand Isle
quite our Of the question, and that there must be
transhpment from Burlington to Port Kent,
making Burlington the terminus Of the Boston
roads. On the other hand the Montreal Courier
has the following paragraph -
"Latterly most distinguished and expercn-
ced Surveyor has been employed to find out the
most advantageous Railway route between Bur-
lington and Ogdensburg, and it appears that af-
ter a competent survey, that gentlemen has dis
covered and recommended new and most ia
vo,abc line
This line in leaving Burlington is TO run along
the cas-. side of Lake Champlain until it reaches
St Abans,-trom thence through Hog Island
and S.. Albert, in direct line to Rouses Point,
where every facility is found for the construction
of permanent Bridge across the Richeeu )
the line then pursues its course through level
tract of land little to the south and parallel
with the divisional line 49, passing through the
thriving village of Malone, and from thence TAX
ing the direction upon the borders of the ST.
Lawrence to Ogdensburgh"
O. The Burlington Free Press authoritative =
ly says that this bridge never will be built, moi
any other bridge across the Lake. We cant
dispute the General: he is death" on bridges
and if one should happen to be built he will with
exceeding great gravity aver that it is nothing
but Bridge of Signs"
COST OF RUNNING RAILROADS. For the in
formation of such persons as are doubtful about
the value of railroad stock, we gather the follow
ing facts:
The cost per mile of running is as follows:
Connecticut River Railroad, 35 cents.
Fitchburg, 43
Western 60
The first two are new roads of light grades
averaging the cost of running at 40 cents pei
mile, it will be seen that ttoeniy passengers at
cents per mile will pay all expenses, leaving the
excess for profit, or income from the capital
The Western road is older and has very severe
grades--yet hirtyfr passengers will pay tn;
cost of running even upon that road.
OGDENsBURGH RoAD. The Chief Enginee
! (Mr. Hayward has completed the surveys. liz
passed through this place recently on his way tt
Boston. His expectations as to the Ogdensburgl
and Central roads have become very exalted up
on possessing the facts in the case.
The Cheshire railroad has recently contracted
with Davenport 81 Bridges for six first class pas
senger cars, three second class and passenge
baggage cars and 100 freight cars, to be deliv
cred IN July. A contract has been made wit
the Central railroad by the same well accredite
builders, for a like number of passenger an
freight cars to be delivered next fall. They hav
also contracted with the Northern Concord, an
other railroads now constructing or ncreasin
their power and means of transportation, for car
to amount Of one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars. The work turned out by theI
speaks decidedly in their favor as skilltul mt
chancs, whose vicinage to this cty-the gre;
grand centre of railway movements-is an i'll
! portant advantage both to them and railroa
} agents. Boston Post.