Litchfield enquirer., 1850-01-03
From ths Ness Hases Rsgislsz.
 TIE CANAL RAELROAD INJUNCTION,


 oneof the largest Cily Meetings ever held he6s, enl, sened on Saturday Afternoon, in iha midA Sf violent storm i, ta consider the ex- aranIdinafy decision of Judge Ellsworth in lht injunction tsss. The meeting was ably apd eloouently adGfessed by Charles 8. Lines, and Charles A. lrgsrsOll, Esqrs. who copnssIIed ;a slienifed buf finn course on the part of the ; scitazens, fniher thaR spirit of retaliation against the malign influences which had aa. ssfIed inc iufefesls ot New Haven. while ai th6 same time we would make all honurabls sssisiance There was 5nl one vaicesin that Ia1gs concQpKse ,f citizens and the Address ana ResoIations below which were offered hy Mir Lines, were adopted by exclamation: A Tlfasilg incident If the meeting. was the presence of number of gentlemen iron the fine uf towns i'd Hartford co. through which the Canal Ruai passes, and who eviHeed the MarEness interest in it's success.
 A DECLARATION.
 The ci.izsns ot New Haven. ill ciig inesties AsseHnnled put forth tu their teltD,gseiiIZkMs at C and fs slt ellaers isha may he ' interested the following statemsnI add res0- lations:--- -.N
 l r We nave ever felt it to be important, that the resources of every pat ot our Si ate. should be lully deveiOped by means Ut lniernat im- movements. gage III, an enterprise ot tnis kinds bS the con- .sl u.tion ol the Farsninston Canal--a work cl importance to ms city, and To the reglon thiouyn winch il passed, sufficient t0 justify, as we believe, the expenditure of the tw millions when were necessary tor its con- affucticn. although as in other cases ot public inproyernant. Il was accomplished only whh m tny sacrifices on the hart of lndiysduAl citt- zsns. Afterwards, when railroads were found itu have the auvanlake oyer canats tor both freisnt aud travel we were aln0ng the hrst to undertake thrir construction. Al great ex- ,pellse .lid tn,ougn much oppositlOns we began and completed the New Haven and Hartford q Road. Altnough We have oeell mueh oisaps pu,aled as to lns Dsneti,s oui owA city has Received tro.n that ruad, owing to the iaci Ina, atrer the cunlrvi vf u was allowed 10 pa.4 info other hAnds than onr own, II was ina.axed win disregard If oui interests--so muc,, so, that tol many years no person lv- inp tI,oh the liAe 0i II cOu.d do business here and re;urn nome the same day--yet, We believe it las neem Ol great advan age tO u', aud We rpi,,ice il l.ds been tO other paris at lne state
 H.It we would not cam tor ourselves any ure-ell,i,,ence of pubhc spirit m these matters. By the euergy almost 0f single man, the yailiss oi tue ti0usaioMlc and the Nausatuck are her. led by lnss if sUads thioughoUtth the.r wnole extent. By similar elei psize, the re- sources oi tue yatley 0t tue Frencn Kiyer and the Qa,nneDaag. have been develol.sd oy the N.rvv,c,, aud Wuicestrg Railrna&; a..d mare rere.,,,x an,,.ilsr road has besii undertaken un. sfthx aus,,pces sit the city ot New London winch is u extend from that city thr ugh Wtlltmamlic tO Palmer, ln Massachusetts. But wutls inc energies of yur cltizens were pushtnv these roads up tlirJigh the Asefal basi,,s s5f The Slate. there seelptd 10 be leeas' ed fms If communication n al cppOsile U s reetl.,.,. so eunisecl these channels Vf inteEg es,Irses and thus tu unite more closely lhe ferept parts 0t tlie State. and io dsyeiope 5s ResuaFces oi all Thls iplpertant ssniefpl IF heen aadeFsal ls s; cas 0A
 ia The e0Is1lEnel lisn ul sne sNsll'LAs'asic foaq Thsse vafia,s works of internal improvement v,e hay. eycs regarded as component parts of fhat NEstem yt Raiito0is, which is clearly indicated Dy the natural features oi the Staie. None vl them have ever lIiet with any opposl- t,op fron us. Although the Naugatuck valley road d,yeris to the neighb0EiGg city 0f Bridge nort. trade thai before came here. and although inc road frori Hartford to Plainviite taps the line. rf Our railroads 10 COlinsyilie and Tariff vile. we did n0l Feaistglheir construction, nor have we opposed ihem ia any way whatever We have believed It tO be the true policy ot the State tpsgive every part an equal advan. tase, aud xe the result t, the industry and sagaeity ' enlerprize of the citizens. ln- ! dsed ws 6sve ioaLsd up"n this mult'pl'ca'lon z .,t raiIreais lhrongh he natural vallies and kssinsl 1T the cvuntry, 1, as fu.nlshing que of the uecuisar adyadt4k kfy &hish The people of the staie are to receivs3s 3s6iG this system oi Intern- al imprayemenis-we mean ihe pTeVenftpR Q . most odious monopoly The dgcirine that rai,road facilities shall 0e deniAtfo regiop of country which needs them, sim becak*e they may interfere with an existil toad tn ansiher region, or with the preseist channels ot business, IS tou illIberai and too unjust to receive the sanctioit of any intelligent com- nuaiiy.
 In our exhibition of the iailroad system of the State, we have thus tar omitted to mention one of its nost important partss The Farm ing,un valley rnad, the present sitrafion ol winch under the injunction of one ok the Jnd- ges of the State, is ihe occasion of the present address. has as much claim 10 be regarded as great public improvements as any road ln the Siaie. ,
 The canal, n this age of railroads. did not satisfy the people Ot That region The large manufacturing establishments on the Farm inyton river, the waier powers still unoceuPi- ed. the minsral wealth still developeu but m part, all requisrd facilities af communaca which could not be furnished by the ~cana;. Tale New Haven anu 1NNttuo'upbOu bOs eouSs- flock to supply these iaciluiee, and thus to place the enterpriz,ns inhabitants of this fine region upon the same footing with other re- eions si,ni. ariy situated. which have been ia yored with tallroad advantages. Ineir plan was as follows: They proposed to construct road. first. from New Haven to Pennington at the point where the Pennington river turns to the north-frotn thence, 10 extend branch uP inc western arm of that river through Union- ville aud CoIlinsvlle to New Hartiord. ana further on az business would justily-ihen to carry the main road from Farminglan in a straight line up the other arm into Sim.bnry, at the point where the liver turns 10 the east, and u follow 1t thence to rarifville; and then lastly, tn order to connect this valley with ihe other roads of New England, in the same way as the valIies af the Qaiunehaugh. the Will l,mantic, ;he Connecticut and the Housatonic, are connected by junction with the great Western road, to extend this road through Granby aud West Springfield to the Great West an as a noint about mid way between Wesi6eld