The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-02-03

directed to the subject, and through whose
agency and fundamentally we have reason
to hope for an early and satisfactory ADJUST
ment of the subject.
The Board take much pleasure in being
able to state that for the cast iron work re-
uured in the construction of the road, and
for its car furniture, we shall not be obliged
to depart from its line. The iron manufac-
tured at Brandon and Pittsford from the
brown hcmatite ore, has acquired. as 1t de-
serves, a high character for strength, tenacl-
ty, and solidity. BY the manufacturers there,
we are to be supplied with our rail chairs and
all other necessary cast iron appendages. In
this connection it is proper further to remark,
that enterprising individuals have recently
erected an extensive mandatory at Bran
don, for the construction of railroad cars OF
all descriptions, with whom we have contrac-
ted for 100 freight cars, 40 gravel cars, and
eight baggage cars. We shall be enabled,
we trust, to procure from them any further
quantity we may require, including perhaps
passenger cars, of materials, workmanship;
S lyle and finish equal to any now manufacture
ed in the country.
The Directors have also contracted with
the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing
Company, for eight Engines Of IS tons each
for passenger service, and four Engines for
freight service of twenty tons each. This
contract, compared with present prices for
such machines, is highly favorable for the
Corporation, and we have the fullest conf
dence in the ability and disposition of the
contractors to give them to us Of the very best
material and workmanship, and embracing all
the improvements Of the present day.
Contracts for Il large portion of the mate
rials to be used in the superstructure OF the
road, such as subsills and ties, and for fencing
lumber to a considerable extent, has been en-
tered into.
The Directors have concluded an arrange
ment with the Cheshire Railroad Company,
by virtue Of which the two corporations are
to use, in common, the Depot grounds and
Depot buildings at Bellows Falls, the common
termination of both roads at Connecticut
river A large saving of expense, Is by this
measure secured to both corporations, and the
greatest facility afforded for the Interchange
of business, on both lines OF road.
On the subject of land required for Depots
and land for the road bed, the Directors have
to communicate that at Burlington, Yer
gennes, Middlebury, Brandon, Rutland and
Bellows Falls, the land for Depot use has
been principally secured. The quantity tax
en- varies at the different localities, as IN the
Judgment of the Board the future wants OF
the Corporation may require. An opportu-
nifty was presented at Burlington for the pur-
chase of a tract of land of about seventy acres,
on terms considered SO favorable, that it was
embraced at once. Portions Of this tract will
not be required for immediate use, and should
the Corporation so determine, might be sold
: either now, or probably at any future period,
at a considerable advance upon It's cost. 1t
is rapidly increasing in value, and IN connec-
ton with other lands owned by the Corpora
ton, (giving us lake front of about $500
feet contiguous to the business section Of the
town and in immediate connection with our
Depot buildings,) cannot fail to increase IN
value for many years to come. These grounds
afford ample room for the accommodation OF
all the roads which may ultimately terminate
| at Burlington, and it cannot be doubted that
:, the wise and comprehensive policy which orr
ginated these great enterprises, will IN the
end connect them where the public conve
, nience unites with the interest of each cor
= poration to bring them all to common ter
mination.
$ The Depot grounds at Rutland have beer
r laid out, and the grade and track ADJUSTED
with reference to a connection with the hut
), land and Washington railroad,- road re-
d Gently chartered, and one, it is conhdentl,
o believed, soon to be built. This last road con
" Meeting with the Whitehall and Saratog
r. railroad, opens to us the waters OF LAX
n Champlain, at the head Of navigation, the
s. markets of the Hudson river, and the I'm
\, mense trade and travel of the great " est
k So again at Bellows Falls,-our ground
A. there will afford ample accommodation nc
< only for our own. and the Cheshire railroad
le but forthe roads in the valley Of the ConneC
ID ticut, diverging therefrom both above and be
Ill low; to all of which the access is easy, wit
d, favorable grades and curves. From this poln
" railway communication is soon to be opened
a Northwardly, through the valleys of the Con
If. necticut and PaSSumpsic to the north line
he the State and thence with Montreal; Soutt
IN wardly, through the valley of the Connect
IN cut, with Springfield, Hartford, New Have
C. and New enthusiastically over the CheS
ne ire and Vermont and Massachusetts, wit
ed Boston and the great manufacturing towns
IS the Merrimack river Indeed 1t may be sa
r. that when the line of the Rutland and Bu
IS lington railroad is completed, with all Its Co
ms nections now in progress of construction,
h. have a direct railway communication with a
i'll most every important city and town IN Ne
England and New York, and access to Il
,at great markets of Canada and the trade OF Il
he boundless West.
d. The Depot grounds at the other very in
,se portant and thriving villages named, are
IN sufficient extent to accommodate, amply 1t
We, believed, the business of those towns and tt
he country which surrounds them-the Drecto
of intending in this matter, to secure roo
a enough at all places, for every probable co
ed, tingency.
ZEN Much effort has been made and de-
anxiety felt to secure the land for our ro
ors bed, by private negotiation with the proPr
ON tors In this effort the Directors have be
emit successful to a considerable extent, thou
at not entirely so. 1t has been found necessa
BILE to call upon the Commissioners appointed u