The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-08-06
correspondence Of the Spy.

md many think inc onsidcrate and unjust in chart
miles or railroad than will or can be built from
tho resources of the sate in fifty yeas And is appte
bended that much suffering win ensue from the abandonment
ofroads begun which, completed are located through
on Of country that cannot yield them adequate support
II estimated that total valuation of the state is about
e hundred and twenty-five Millions and that the railroads
b,,eed will REQUIRE onc-nh of this amount TO put their
Trucks in running odea large proportion to be withdrawn
.on the initial of farming and grazing people, Though
IN egs to the roads that the Stae the means for
THAR construction furnished in good part by capitalists
beyond the State who looking 10 the rich countries
the north and west give them return for their invest
m,nts In reply to question the other day, man said
$50 YOU suppose these expecting TO make money
out of these New Hampshire swamps and rocks? Why,
said he they aIe making themselves highway for the pro-
duce Of Vermont New York, and the region of the lakes
md they have to dig through New Hampshire because it
cheaper than go round."
You may remember the breach which occurred in tie
Democratic panty in hi State years ago. the ques
ton of internal improvements The party had held quiet
and undurbed control of the ars of the State for many
years They opposed corporations and all other
heaess monsters that might lead away the hearts of the
people and nnoyate upon the established order of things
and they opposed railroad corpo aon the worst kind
monsters they would seize uPon the land whether
the owners were willing or not Isaac Hill wished for
party He is a man who allows himself 10 think Of
defeat any scheme which benefit either himself or the
people, il the party did not grant his wish,
that he would blow the Democratic party sky high and he
went about doing earnestly TINT the central committee
called meeting resolved that they had no confidence
in him Democra-tl he had sold himself othe Fed
eralists But he elder Democrat than of them
they feared his influence The feceness with which
he attacked the radical leaders Of that tme pelledthem
to yield the point to him.
From that time the party changed its policy, and has
granted every man railroad charter who has asked for
until of miles thus chartered exceeds eight hun
ded for population Of about hundred thousand scat
tered over an of thousand square miles Whether
this pursued by the politicians from sudden
conviction of the immense benefit railroads. that they
might head off the public sentiment their favor by being
lavish of their favors is still an unsettled question:
Tbs NShsFB Efa sB4f e o % f"h and ter
inmates White River functions opposite Lebanon The
Concord Montreal road the Mermac Concord
ard three miles distant parallel with the Northern
eighteen miles Fauklin where it branches off ind
terminates miles beyond Lake Village the Wiuni
pseogee. One road would have answered the purposes
the companies Franklin thus have saved eigh
miles of expense but difficulties in adjust
ing the Details which the legislature sctedby granting tw,
charters But not going to complain of the policy
the State allowing rival eaousies eat up the sub
stance of the people they will remedy the matter we
their dividends fail.
/ WISH particularly to speak of the Northern road an
the advantages its connections afford other travee
routes to north Its location through coup
try aordng every variety Of scenery from pine barrens
and gently rolling fields the widest views
along tho banks and lakes and through forest
shat before scarcely traversed by
well stocked with elegant carriages, and equipment
all Of superior order. Its conductors and agents
gentlemen seek win favor for their road only
their approachabeness, by spirit accommodation
all who do business with them. They kind and attentive
all who commit themselves their II. F. Lamber
ESQ., the general supervision of the road, assistant
agent. He is Pennsy lyanan, and thorough prac
gneer He says he to the east only learn how thu
Yankees manage their railroads. His services have con
uted greatly the success of the roBd
The stock of this road is selling seventy per
Why much below par is me, outsider unskill
ed the of trade perfectly unaccountabe But
the assigned is the Directors
pay off their debts from last years earnings, and would
borrow money pay dividend, he capital have lost
have pretended confidence poductveness
of construction exceeded the estimates and the Drec
pursued the which seemed to them the
nomica With my unskiIled eyes cannot why the
stockholders should lose thirty per of their
The patronage of the road 10 be good every
day thee freight trains each way stretching their slow
lengths
dopping here and there the different stations
making ready for the produce of the forest field
and garden which before roted where grew and mpoyer-
shed the Two daily passenger trains rush through
TO Worcester and Boston, stopping almost here pick
up any person who has wit enough hold up signal
can be
said II was expensive road. From Concord to White
River Junction is seventy miles, and the now
stands was three millions The of the toughest
kind-not at all like that which is described husFaci-
lis descensus Avernbut much in its features,
to that Of the Pilgrim the city of Destruction the city
of the New Jerusalem.
The other day jumped upon freight train and went up
as baggage to White River Junction. The comforts of the
ride were not great but seckoned live freight,
had free run of train However the unrestricted view
Of many fine landscapes made forget every thing ese.
Nothing can exceed the beauty of the ride round the raker
pond of Enfield. The road makes here in the form
of semi-ccle for the distance of mile and half the
edge of the wafer and all the way in full view of
Shaker village lying like gem upon the earth the mids
Of gardens, orchards and fine fields.
The place called the White River junction is destined
be important one. Here the Northern road inersects
with the Passumpsr Wells River, forty miles the Yer
mont Central Montpelier seventy miles, and the roads
leading 10 Boston via Ftcbburg, and to New York via
Springfield 1t is situated in the village Of Hartford con-