Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-06-23
THE HERALD.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JuNE %
VERMONT RAILROADS AND THE
BOSTON LEI1ER WRITER'S.

DOS ION LETT FIR WRITER'S
We had supposed from the reports Of the
officers Of the Central Rsl.road Company .,
theif lNs, rnec'lnc-and The srraren, unsf-
ir icd pptoss,ons OF satis!s,l'r from the
IeiA oi iue ,.n.,Ly sILce--inai az g.. q
blowing Of irumrcis--no more siuliing and
no more songs Of praise 10 lha, portion Of oil
Vernon, that lies on the route OF the Central
Rosd-would bc needed to speed on their
great enterprise I" a ha>iy and successful
completion Ia tbs supposi'ion, however,
II would seem ihatw were most egrceious-
ly mistaken. No less than four representa-
hvcs, aswe are informcd OF tho Boston press,
have rocen,ly been upon the liuc Of tina, road
and the Courier and A,las are teeming with
the praises OF Vtfmoni, rs described in the
letters uf these gcnllemcn-who have ,rav.
llnc,on, via Montpelier and the Central
roule'-and who seem to have embraced The
delusiun tina, all tina, il valuable or beautiful
IN the Green Mountain State is to be seen
within stones throw OF ,h. magic line
Now, III The present situation Of affairs on
tia, route require the wri,ing and publication
Of such letters as these to which We refer
or the prospective Interests Of the compa.
ny render II necessary for them TO 60 back
and fciiicraie the numberess unluuaded and
unsusiained assertions 80 freely used upon a
former occasion IN controversy relative 10
the merits OF the Rutland and Central routes,
we say that II ii.s becomes necessary up
on either Of the grounds above s,a,ed-ihen,
whatever might be our right IN the matter,
we should certainly feel but lIulc disposed to
say augh' aeains,it. In view Of the presen,
situation and future prospects of MsW orn
road, the people Of Western Vernon, can
well Afford to tie generous, and await with
all due patience for the time when the prac
teal "pera,ion Of their road shall carry con
vi' ton TO the most thoroughly llnotured Cen
ual Rallioadile IN Boston, tha, some portion
OF the productive SOL IN Vermont, and some
small portion Of the enterprise and spirit Of
the Nctmont oharactei,is to be found ives, Of
The green hills. Bu, We arc assured by the
oil ers and particular friends OF the Central
road. that wlih them and their roule. "all is
WE'LL lha, their work Is gong prospsrously
onw arJ-and that one year from the present
fall the rad Viii be completed from Boston
To Burlington. Why then this new display
OF hreNoiAs' To i..umlne the peculiar adyan-
nges OF the Genital over the Rula nd road
Why does 1t become necessary ia describing
the unparalleled beauties Of the one route,
th'i tie other shou,i he d,sparaced Where
u t'c necessity tor in'it'ous comparisons al
all Are the o..,eIsand friends oil Tho { ca
Nll again teceI'i0g .,hemse,ves and the
lurnds OF thclr roai-or are we To receive
these las, mani'.,tauons Of their hostility
SIMPLY as last Kind kick a, parting
|, Ia. been mrttiiy-ii no, ,ruly-ssid, tina,
1t was 10y the perseverance,, unil.ing cnetgy.
and sauvity Of manners OF His Excellencv,
Es-Gov. PANE and the influence Of one
otter 'paisn, TIA, torso long a lime gave the
fnencs of the Genital so decided an adran.
,asc ovcf vs., poor bcn,ph,ed not,sls Of the
West. II Ii oetlalnly DOT iot US to deny the
psiency of ei,het ofihcse inAuences-nof are
We disposed 20 tad hul, on TIL, POINT, The
i1huence first named has always, so far as
our knowledge extends, been honor ably and
tart, used; and proper administration Of
tka ,,Io H..
Railroads. !, Is however shrewGly suspect
ed that ahrd pain may come as a sequence
to the Hhers-bui hts is a matter which mon.
'ed men and hoancicrs mus, settle on
ch,rce' hereafter. But. be tbs all AZ it may,
uthc condition of the Central Company l..
such - 10 rendcf the building Of Their road
no necessity iot the dtspassgemeni OF oiher
routes His course II persisted m (and
especially bv the Boston .e,,et.wfiier,) Vii
Prove no, ocly j sadvaniseeou. 10 the inter.
osls 81 the Central road Itself. b., w,il tend
20 the injury c losion-- " neither the Rg,land
road 10 tsi, or not. The people OF Wcs,ein
Vermoa,, many fVtem, have long Vel, that
Bo- ton, asa city, has not done Ne whole
duty IN ,ecUnng to them the sdvan,sees Of a
railroad oonnunicsilon ~,,h the great cip,-
,il of New England The people Of thu,
section vel KNOW the cspab,ui~. Of tie
counlt, the, inhsbii, they well know the
,.irs,ron IN winch lheir trade i, he ID IN \
ioii-,o which market they have eser t-rn
forced. -Aod OF course they well know the
uch boon ,hey offered TO Boston when ,hey
a,sed Tor asH,snee 'oersb,e them to change
the,t business associations and their make,
They .rememser, too, The extreme difI
euty they had. io' long umo. 10 ,sdsc,os