Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1850-01-10
For tie H.rtla
Influence Of the Railroad upon
the growth of Rutland
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How often do we hear the cnqui,
:, d" What viii be he fec Of the rail road
upon he hu,in IS AID growth Of Rutland 2
! Now ,his is very ra,i ma and proper in.
q4iry b,'h for tb" now r'siden, aud for
those who a'c seeking the best place for
the ouIoy OF money to lhr best advantage.
As a cilzrn feel thai every man should be-
, come rs conversan' as possible with the in
fiencc Of otter ra' roads upon place which
b ar the same ot s,mllrr'lntlnns to them
tat Rutl,nd bears to the Rutland and
Burlington road as well as to other roads
now uni.r construction. Am not jls'id' d
in saving, that the rs1l' will and must be
he same as in all o'b'r places, where they
have similar natural advantages ? How
ran We Judge of he future except by the
fus'o'y Of the pasr7 Let us then examine
some Of our advantage, which / ad US to
such a conclusion.
F,ts,lv, then, ,h, is 10 BE- the great cen.
tire Zone Of the Longest roads Ia New Eng
I,nd n r. is to be the greal machine
shop for repairs a 50 large pass ocer de.
rot "a, house. engine lose and al Other
'uddrg> tina nus necessarily h eo"'' ''e''
win the central roInt Of An imponaH' 'oa'
Of / 10 mile. il lenGth--thls is the point a
so where IN, Engines VIII he changed on all
'r,ins, and W ere the mos OF the Engines
mus, If necessity be- kept THIS is also the
county seat Of t c most wealthy county in
he S,a'c bu, one, as well us b ing the most
wct thy town but one
Secondly. we ae 10 be put in contin-
nous rail r 4 com ct'on with Troy, A b,-
ry nd the Yves. probably within 'l2ht or
tn moths, vi, The Tr,v and Rutl,ul, from
Ruaud to the west lne Of CIstlctnn
h, n cornec, h he Whrehall aud Ru.
laud, uh'ch viii courert with the While
hall S,ta'og', at whitehall.
Tiirdly, the Books are now open for sub
s,riptions to Raj from this place to
Bennington and North Adams, which will
give Us tn mos, d ct and important rnut'
70 New York. and running through \ very
rich and fertile va ley, IN which also ahounts
vast min, "a! wealth; This IS road that can
be ch.afly built au. no doubt the enterprise
aud capital Of the business and u. oneyeo
men along is line, the roads below. with
which il would connect, and the capital II
Ne" YOk. viii very soon complete the pro-
loct
Founhly. there i. another project, to
which ! iurgnt to aludc IN is proper con.
nectian. mean the Troy and Rullrnd
road this road Is BOW marty graded and
r. ady for The tail f''n this place to Casll",
ION d s,.nce of II miles the wo'k is al.
50 be'og pushed South Of C"stI't in the
town Of l'oultncy. and ain info med that
a sufficient amour, OF sock is sec"rd TO
ensure the bui ding OF the road at an early,
dsy Tits road has many warm and weaI
,hy friends along it's line Among the
prom.nrnt may he men,ioned the nance
Of 81 rsce and VI rrd, Clark II. Snnly
and iu laci there would be M tnd were |
70 si,erp, an enumeration, ba, n road 10
.aeh hands. with Nj G l. Prescott, as
eh ef Eogln'e', can hardly f,l Of success
Th',; !. au important rad to kuilsnl aud
one la, osll be Of iIealeul,tIe value to
IN. gosh d The town Now, si,h ih-se
srea: sdysnisges hos can Kai4td fail Of
beIog tie mos important .9vo ~ wsssrn
Vernon.