New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-11

Mr Gilbert SAWS we Unsupported Ia Gaming
81 the line of the Albany and Rutland hoad a nies
longer than it actually is he calls IL 60 mhes;
From evidence furnished by the foregoing tables anu
from other sources. we claim distances as loio"s'
" a at the point in the Rutland and BUR
l;neton Railroad where the Troy and Rutland and
the Albany and Rutland Roads separate or diverge,
.nd take those respective routes going south
Distance rom the point stated to point where Mr ha.
hscLs survey commenced <0' luics'
Erom that point to Bennington az appears HOh o.. II,
table tbove. 6O miles
FROM Bennington to Esgle Bridge, as ascef-
taiped by Mr. Johnsonf's survey, IaOe NO Il "a. Ill,
% shovs miles
F,om sU Eseic Bridge TO Troy by be same sur
vsy Ssse ,s .1Se SS Of Mr. jo6n,oss survey
NJ Troy TO Albany, hthrough C0hoes, VIII be
I'll miles; II through GieenOush Il VIII DO IT,
II miles 800 mics
Total distance by actual survey miles lO5 IL 100
But n ia said shorter line can be obtained to
Rutlapd if 30, it has not yet been found by sur
vey. and Mr. Hanback, informs US that his was 1.-THE
shortest practical line that could be found
The distance from Rutland 10 Troy through salem ~
miles " 20
From Troy to Albany through Gfoebash.......... 50
Whole distance miles. " d.
Do not the facts furnished by these tables justify
the undersigned in the statement heretofore made,
and do thew not also prove that MIR. Gilbert may
have been mistake in bis estimate OF distance
We CAV estimate, for we have not been able 70
learn that Mr.. Gilbert has ever surveyed the line
of the Albany and hutand Road
Some weeks since expose appeared in the
AIbsnv naners signed by Hon. NJ. Clark, and other
d;,ectors of the Western Vermont Railroad, in
yhich il was claimed there " as not mile differ
ence in the length Of the two roads, from Eagle
Bridge 70 Rutland. IL is impossible for US to ascer-
tain how such statements could be made, and made
honestly.
MIR. Gilbert, it is said, was Assistant Engineer
upser Mr. Hanback, in 1876, aud aided in making
the accompanying table Of grades and distances.
Attbat time the distance from Rutland was 90 90
miles in his communication he now makes 1t 81
miles. We leave the reader to reconcile this as
well as other discrepancies.
The statements made the 30th ult. relative to the
situation and progress Of the Road from Troy
through Salem to Rutland were in accordance with
indjsputabe evidence in possession, and ruth
ONT anv desire 10 misiead or fqlsty.' We feel
TOO much selfrespect and too much responsibility
TO the public, TO make any statements which are
not drawn from the most reliable sources
In conclusion, we have nothing To say relative
10 The motives which govern the friends of the AL
bany aud Rutland Road, in their state ments and
claims; but in drawing a comparison between then
line through Bennington and the line through Salem
we can say confidently that the Salem line is IA
miles the shortest, has more than twice the popula
ton has twice the number OF merchants and trad
ers. has more capital employed in manufactures,
raises nearly three times the quantity OF wool, has
twice the amount Of stock, viz cattle, horses,
sheen and swine; has three times the value in per-
sonai and real estate, and possesses IN far larger
proportion all the elements of building owning and
sustaining a railroad The contradictions In the
statements of the friends OF these rival projects
may, perhaps, surprise the public, but as far as
the undersigned are corcerned they pledge their
veracty as to their assertions and challenge nves.
tigation.
M. CLARK, President Z and w RR.
June 6, 1850.