Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-03-07

to live ID. Un,ll something Of this sort is done,
the men of n.oney will " salt down. their capi al
where II does nothing towards increasing the
products or the population OF their nel ghborbood
where il Will rust, while their houses are rot
ting down over their heads.
Terrnont Central Railroad We see by the
Vermont Watchman and State Journal, that the
Vermont Central Railroad completed to Bur
lington) is doing very heavy freight business
-2S loaded freight are daily passing over
this road.-Boston .hlaS.
We are much obliged to the Atlas for afford
ing opportunity to try our hand again at that
item. 1t was of The dorn freight trains we were
speaking, end of that part of the down train run
ming into Montpelier from Burlington. The
whole number of cars in the down train will
very far exceed the number stated-an then
that number must be doubled Ito include the up
train) before "the heavy freight business of
the central can be correctly understood. We
have sscertained the average each way for a
week, and will report anon.
First let us bring in the following specimen of
scolding, which we find in The Boston Evening
Journal:
VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD
Mr.. EDITcR:-l am not greatly gifted in the
Of complaining, and am not much addicted
TO the practice; but such gifts have am
disposed to exercise somewhat in relation 10
some things pertaining TO this road. | am not
dIspos d to find fault with the manner in which
the road is Constructed or the time IN which 1t
Is run, or with the ease. quiet and Stiffness with
which passengers are carried over i. This Is
oil well, and above reproach and not only well
and above reproach, 1t is truly worthy of COM
mendation and example. What | complain OF
is, The fak OF running accommodations for both
freight and passengers For instance, there is a
lack Of cars. Business recently called me over
this road. From Sanons, SIX or seven miles
this side of Burlington, 10 Waterbury, we were
crowded almost to sutfocatiol. As many as tif-
teen or tweuty persons were obliged to stand up
But at Waterbury another car was added 10 the
train, which was flied to OVERLOOKING, hut the
difficulty was, in great degree, removed.
saw large quantities OF freight at the depots
upon the upper end of the rold, trditIng for cars
Ihese evils should be remcdled. The business
community and the public generally soould call
the managers of this road to an account in a
public form for these deficiencies. II people are
obliged to travel, and if they pay for it all that
is asked of them, they should be fairly accom-
modated If two cars in train not enough,
there should be more. If twenty double freight
cars In one train are not enough, let there be
twenty five or fifty if needed. Nothing is plain
er. The grades will allow almost any number.
CENTRAL.
Too true, sir. The managers of the Central
Road did intend to I've fully equppe with furni-
ture to do the business anticipated: the cause of
ho hat he bue and b,o
outrun their anficipations Certainly it is IN
fortunate that the stock of road furniture is not
adequate for the business; but we opine that the
Stockholders will consider it u most excellent
fault. We trust the Company will increase its
furniture as fast possible; and we guess
there is no danger of getting too much. The
Central road is yet doing simply its local bust
ness: in one year, if the Northern roads are
completed. 1t will have net only large through
business, buta large increase of local business.
Now as to the trans: from Windsor to We
terbury about three iourths of the llne) two long
passenger cars run daily each way-from
Waterbury to Burlington one. As occasion de-
mands the train is increased by one car. We
u
day each way. There has been an addition OF
about one third TO the number of passengers
within two weeks: and hence, probably the
complaint published in the Journal.
As to freight. The average number of car
loads up daily, in the whole line, is 35-and the
same number down: will our friends of the At
las note that the sum total daily is seventy on the
whole line? Remember, we before spoke only
of the train from Burlington into Montpelier
On Monday last the up freight train consisted of
50 car loads; one train down, last week, to
White River Junction, numbered 66 car loads
The largest single train yet was Sc carloads:
that was drawn over the Central road by a sin
gle but powerful locomotive. The same train
required two and even three engines on other
roads no matter where. On the whole, the
road is now doing smart business: let it, and
its stockholders,be prepared for large increase.
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