Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-02-16

urnt.ons first |, might be found ch,'.
tr g. locate the Road farther South audlt
both ruutcs are equally ncar | suppose tie
r!acc is equally accommodated, tic srgu
mont IN this case would hc that mari
l,a'cr, and others want To send west by IT,.
Lake and new projected canal 1t would cost
hui nrt, more 10 putt aboard OF The car
and send il g. Burlington then by the oth,r
way and the difference ~ time would hclp
ru.d deal Bu, It the indications o' Pr
IN, interested are carried out We look iDr
the completion Of a long looked Tor project
hv n lew e. have road built t. Sackcits
llarhlr OF point in that vicinity which
W., Doe opened to the vessels ct the West
long after the waters ut the 81 Lawrence
are chilled aud subducd hy the cold, aud
storms Of winter
Already there have been meetings west
ia regard t. tbs road. aud within the las;
two or three years the subject has been
talked If by few railroad men. as thing
not far distant when the cars would run
from Lake Ontario To- the eastern part 90
the State of New York at or near Fort Am.
aud it wss thought by those same lndivid
uals that 1t would be quite an object Tor that
road 10 connect with one Of the Same grades
aud advantages and on as direct route to
Boston. as possible that was one reason tho
route from Rutland 10 Fort Ann was SUI
yr,cd last summer. and route was found
e. exceed the expectations Of its warmc't
friend, line slaughter and nearer level.
and one that can be- huA, for or near the
same amount OF money that the White.
hall route cal for 1t is n fact that the
cstiulltca did not differ much AS locomo
tive thinks for while one was half million
the other was considerable over 100000
wi'hou, any additions Cor contingencies, &c,
and as 1t j. ouly talk 10 regard 10 estimates
hcrc can be found intelligent contractors
that will build the south route Tor the est
mate; for further particulars look at the re-
port published and circulated at the time,
making the distance from tastlcton to Sar-
atoga about G.ty -onc miles or four milcs at
least nearer than the Whitehall route
Would not the town Of Fairhaven be as well
accommodated hy road running south or
ar better than poultscy. Pawlct, Danny.
Wells, UiddictoWn and number Of others
hy route running norhl or Is Falrhaycn
Of tar more consequence than all Of these
towns Docs she contain all the water
p wcr in the vicinity Of the line of New
York and Vermont 4 railroad passing
through 81 near tier Of towns like those
above mentioned, must bc good stock, oven
II there were never n pound of freight than
that produced on the Inc from Rutland to
II, termination aud from present indications
1t must and will be tho route ! win add
few moro lines aud am done. The south
or Poultncy route has few advantages
which are not generally known presume
it is conceded 10y all that the route from
Rutland to Castlcton would be the same
From Castictou Ia Font Ann those acquau.
ted with the country between the two places
will acknowledge il at all acquainted with
ralroad matters to he place where a railroad
can be casil constructed line for three
miles north and three miles south of pouli-
ncy can be huilt entirely straight, and
strange as 1t may seem to those not &C
quauted with the country in passing from
Poul,ucy River to Pawct River there i, no
summit to encounter for it is Il fact that a
road built to cross the pou,lucy River ut
PouItucy requires no ascending grade 10
reach Pawlct River. | would ask are not
the marblo quanos Of the southern towns
of Rutland County nearly or quite equal t.
FairhAycn or docs the paWlet River flow
irum i, head t. It's mouth without n single
nipple sufficient tor n dam ~ on the 9th
or hand are there not more wator PRIVILEGES
than will be- occupied FOR a long time. |
have been told and rather tiiuk it is SO
that the town OF Mhddlctown has been in
;hc Practice and IS now making a few nail,
a. well a, another town aud that it possess.
c- capital and powcr to improve in case an
easy communication can be bad for its pro.
ducts The Ioultucy route can be built with
grades equally favorable to the Saratoga
and Washington Road, which | think IA
only thr'y.ulnr feet per mile at any one
pnlut and with this route cOun,ctinr
with 1t at Fort Ann, there is no doubt
the distance from Troy to Rutland can
b" run ~ three hours or a soon a. passcr.
gers are generally chuiod from Castlcton t.
Whitehall BY this line all the southern
and western roads are four miles nearer To-
Boston and Burlington. and would ask il
It not an object to have the dycrgiug point
as far south a. possible Locomotive says
that the Herald hints that a route will l..
built from Poultnoy south he thinks the
whcrcVth will be lacking would ask ii
such thing could not be brought about as
70 continue road from the Hudson River
up through Washington county county
he'''r calculated t. support a road than any
other IN The eastern part oi the State Of \.
f'-E--aud would they stop ,hcrc7 would
cot the waters of Lake Cnampain north or
Chpman.s Point be an Object for such
road 70 reach point TINT is open SOME timo
alter the navigation from that place South
O. u m'ahall has retired into ordinary for
"int ! close hoping soon T. hear tho