Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-06-20

RAILROAD HUMBUGGERY


There is no one subject routed of by an
onymous writers in the newspapers which
ought to be received by the reading public
with greater caution, than ARTICLES relative
to Railroads. 1t is SO easy for interested
brokers or spcculotors, IN the thief like
guise Of anonymous scubblers, to crack up
or cry down, as the case may be. any pub
lie enterprise OF the kind, that the public are
duped and deceived, instead Of being enIighl
ened and improved. We have seen speci-
mems Of deception in regard 10 railroads,
/ Published IN respectable papers, which a.
reused our indignation and yet what can
one newspaper do towards disabusng tho
public, when Spectator has the free run'
oil al the other newspapers, AMI uses them
to snI his purposes Of public plumber
We had our attention ca lied 10 an article
relative 10 the Vermont Central Ra ilrood
published in the Olive Branch. and copied
INTO the Courier, Traveller, and perhaps
other papers. This article is written. The
Olive Branch says, by one intimately &C
qualnIed with the nfnlrs oil this and oil 9th,
er Railroads in New England and We,
this writer thus eduorialIy vouched for
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and continues TO pile one ialsehood upon an
other, 'Pelion upon Ossa and Ossa upon
PeIlon, until he reaches half column of
as gross Misrepresentation rs we have seen
huddled together into the Same space since
humbUg became intact He sians with
saying that the Vermont Central Railroad
IS "a part Of the line OF Railroads from Bos-
ton 10 Ogdcnsburgh : whereas il is no more
n ParI ofhe line than the Lowell is the line
IN distinction from the Fuchburgh. The .
Rutland Railroad is Just as much partof
the line to Ogdensburgh as is the Vermont
Central, and he that states the contrary will
fully dcceives.
The next assertion is That -four can be
brought from Ogdenburgh to Boston for if
ty cents per barrel but where. We would
ask is there any data for such cheap rail
road transportation? That -four can be
brought at that price. under favorable cir
cumstanccs, may be true: but the public are
led to believe that such 1cH be the case
when tho line is completed. and this we
are constrained to say we think will prove
an illusion Tho whole article is based on
just such assumptions as these; and vet tho
PuuHc are not informed that the whole worl
of tho Vermont Central Railroad he's l.oon
grossly mismanagcd -that II viii ms, IL
completed nearly double a., oric,n,I csr.
ma'l1n-that II is almost hopcle,sly in debt
that 1t has tl'!ce issued stock at one hnlf
par vain 10 order to raise funds-aD3 that
MS completion is now one Of those ,,pncer.
families Of The ago on which it is useless 10
speculate. In this condition. this road nro-
pesos 10 issue its credit Cheaven save tho
mark'l in order to build the Vermont and
Canada Railroad and to force a connection
IN some way with theOgdcnsburgh. in the
lace OF refusal on the part Of the Lepisla
ture Of \. Y to grant bridge across Lake
ChamPlain We are. and have been from
the trst in favor IF railroad communiea-
ton between Boston and Ogdenburpb. but
we are not disposed T. msrop resent It's
cost, or 70 put il under the management of
hose who control the Vermont Central
Railroad In their hands We believe il
wall prove o cheat and ultimately a failure