The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-01-05
THAT ROAD.

THAT ROAD.
The friends of the Rutland Il DAD can now
rejoice in anticipation of the speedy accom-
plishment of this noble enterprise For this
great credit is due 10 The courage and perse-
verance OF our iadomitable President an d
others who haze SO resolutely co-operated
with him under the most discoura geing cir
c1mstances.
We have been permitted 10 peruse letter
written by a Director in Boston to a Direc-
tor here. informing the latter that the 200
thousand additional stock required for COM
mencement of operations has been completed
by the subscription oilorty thousand dollars
by the Fitchburgh corporation. Every new
ard more accurate survey oil the road by the
Engineer has resulted in reduced estimates
OF the cost.3 we have been credibly informed
that the offers of tie contractors will verify
tle lowest calculations o. expense in contrac
ton. In many respects ihc Rutland road
has very great advantages over any other in
New England. There are no extensive cut
iings through hills and rock excavations. no
deep ho,lows 10 be filed up, no long walls
and high entertainments, TO costly bridging
and viaducts. a lew exceptions and those
Of no alarming character should perhaps DC
EIade 10 this general assertion Even the
passage about . miles through The Mount
Holly gap excepting at Jewels brook will
need no very extraordinary outlay, and even
for this short distance the average is only
double 10 that ef other portions of The road.
There is another poiut of importance 10 the
stockholders Of this road. From tho situa-
ton Of Western Vermont in the great vallirS
of Otter Creek and Lake Champlain bound
ed on lhe lake on one side and the mountain
on the other, this road may he considered as
eccure from competition. which ;hreatcns ru-
in 10 many roads. in other sections OF the
country.
The transportation oipassengers, produce
and merchandise upon this road penetrating
through the richest mineral and agricultural
district in New England cannot Iai 10 br
constantly on the Increase, and in the course
Of Il few years rs in the history OF all other
rail roads Will double and thrible the csti-
mates of the most sanguinc calculators.-
Experience shows thatRailroads wonderfully
increase passage, traffic and business OF every
description wherever they go. They are
like an electric spark which imparts new life
md energy INTO every section orcouuiry into
which they penetrate. Lands, minerals.
rocks and forests rise in value, and property
before lying useless becomes valuable and
productive. In our judgement il is about
certain that within two years after this road
is put into operation the stock lrll be at IA
premium and probably yield 4 net income OF
ten per ccu:.
Let every man in Western Vermont ru'
his shoulder 10 the wheel. and especially lei
all who have taken stock immediately pay
an lis assessments We pcrcVivc from The
burlington Free Press that numbers OF the
most distinguished contractors in the conn-
try have made their proposals, for birding
the road. which ere 10 he settle at the meet
ing OF the stockholders aiRuland on the 18Th.
Should the assessments he principally paid
the next season will be busy one, on the
line of the road. All will find full employ
ment and full pay, aad The farmers a ready
sale and fair prices Cor their produce. Much
the llrgcst proportion of the hundreds OF
thousands. which will he expended on the
road will at last find their way into Their
rockets Shame would it be 10 them should
they longer hesitate to cast 'hcif bread upon
the waters which within very lew years
promises 10 be returned four folded.