The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-06-13


The Ro,ami and wsshingsrn Ros,l
has been w,' anlc, rcnsrsrt as fcllcws -
Tho first division of II miles. fFom Ru,.
Ian 10 the State line. a, pouhncy, va.
let nearly war ago, to Mc-ru Ssruog L.
60. snd Is n, this tine alrndy graded To-
the Poulsncy hnc The iron l. purchased
and Is mnw on lis way ,o Rutland. ~
much of the mad ~ lays b~twccn Gas.
,lc,nu and Ru,land---hcing n distance O,
10 milcs--will lr opened f,r usc by The
first of August next. The remaining d.
vision from l'oultnry limo to Salcm---S
distance Of - mlrs---was contracted IN
February last. to Mcssrs Eastman l. fag,
who have given ample security fur II.
completion Nv the first of May. ls5t.--~
Groana has already bccn hpkcn III the
towns Il Poultncy Granville. aud Paw
let and l'y the lss of July neat cl~ra-
tons will bc commenced In Rupert Sc,.
cral Of the heaviest sections have slrcWdy
been gradcd--anl W. have the ssrcngc.t
guaranty. in the VOL known character a,
the contractors, ,ha, the work viii h.
pushed with the utmost energy.
The Tr"y and Rutland lt",l, from Sc
lon to its intersection with the Troy and
Boston Road, at Eagle Bridgc--a distance
OF IL mlcs--was on the 2l-t inst. let 10
Gcorge W. Barker \ Co. who have
given the required security for is com.
plc'lon by the Is, Of july 1881. With
in the next ten days ground viii he hro
ken hy these contractors, and tho work
pushed To completion by tho day specified
IN their contract, All the stock which
they wer required to tnkc, has been sui
sribed hy those living along the line ot
the road from Eagle Bridge TO Rutland.
ten per cen, of which was paid in April
last
From Eagle Bridge to Troy. the Road
/ will he built by the Troy aud Boston
Company, the particulars Of which have
been spread before the public. 1t Is aI-
ready under contract, and operations will
be- commenced in the course ii few
DAYS.
When these reads nrr completed, they
Will form. III connection with the Troy
and Boston road, the most dmcct commit
nication. no, on y from Troy, Rutland hut
also from New York TO Montical--lc,ng
IL miles -hoitcr than the Saratoga md
White hall road, aud ut least "a miles
shorter than the Bennington or Western
Vermont route. Should il. however. be-
come necessary to shorten the line still
more, IN consequence Of the building ot
a rival road through Western Vermont.
il will he in our power to do NO at any
time, ly extending the Rutland aud
Washington road from Caalct"n TO Lri-
cestcr-a distance Of X milcs--thcrc 10
connect with the Rutland and Burlington
road. at point within AZ miles Of Bur
lineton. This would give ns un addition
al saving Of IL miles, and would make
total saving of29 miles over the lienning
ton or Western Vermont route. The
distance from Troy to Burlington would
he only l3l miles, and calling i, 10 miles
from Burlington to Montreal, and $50
from Troy to New York, it makes total
of 35l miles. or, at the speed run upon
the Hudson River rnad, about II hours
from Montreal to New York-~thus fur
nishing the most direct route which eau
be built, with tighter grades and .frwer
curves than can hc found upon any con
tcmpatcd road between illcse two tc,mi.
nj.
We do not propose to enter into the
business prospects OF our roads. " II
were necessary We could show statistics
far superior To those Of any otl or route.
According to the United States census,
we have upon the line Of our roads, three
times fhe rediM. hnicc Mc popniafion,
and more Mon f,rice He business rss0ur-
crs, possessed along the line Of the pro-
posed Western Vermont road. These
matters, however. arc well understood.
and thcrcf re need not be- presented hy
W..
II has been our policy heretofore 20 n
void ostenfatious disp'a, and newspaper
warfare with other AMI rival prjsts.--
The Directors M our respective roads
have quietly hut IN u,tr ously been n,
work in preparing the way for TN early
completion Of the whole, and We arc hap
py 10 say. that thus far their efforts have
been crowned with success. We can now
with certainty snnmnrc that our respsct-
ipe roads WH be bnih, and we expc, ,o
see the whole line from Troy TO Eutland
in running order by the lit July, 1851
BERNARD BLAIR,
Pres, OF the Troy and Rutland Road.
MERRITT CLARK.
I'rcs't. of the Rutland d Wari,, Hoad.
Salem, May 2sib, 1860.