The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-21
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LAND RAILROAD.
Ii by no means requires the Dsmory
,r the recollection Of the ~oldest inIaO- |
int" to recall the time when he an
Of the projection or COM
ple,ion Of Railroad between the points
,bove named, would eacitc but little, II
any, interest in the minds Of the people
IF ver,nont--and any remarks then
made here in reference to such matter,
would be treated with far less indiffer.
ence thsn would bs now manifested in
The announcement Of a contemplated
road in China, or the Sand wich Islands.
But not SO now. With the more gener.
al diffusion Of intelligence and the con.
sequent rapid advancement Of the age.
the farther most shore Of California ia
far nearer to Us now than was Buffalo
then while Chicago was, Mt that time,
altogether too far beyond the d" Holland
Purchase to hold any particular
place in the New Englander's geogra-
ply. But with the present relations
existing between the East and the far
Wcst--the social ties and the commercial
interests, that so closely bind them to.
gether, deep interest is now taken in
the advancement Of any project whereby
the distance can be diminished between
US and our western neighbors.
With this feeling and with these
views, all who rejoice over the succe IS
Of Yankee enterprise; who feel an in.
terest in strengthening the bonds that
now bind the East and West together
and who go for the " largest liberty" to
that spirit Of Yankee exploration tina,
requires means Of rapid locomotion, will
be pleased to learn that the above ma.
med road the last, though not the least
important link not heretofore unde1
contract, in continuous line of Rail
way from Chicago to Cleveland, ant
from thence to New York and the hear
Of New England.) is now under con
tract. and its rapid completion place.
beyond peradventure.
We learn that the contract for the
grading and bridging Of the entire line
Of this road from Fremont to the poin
of its connection with the Cleveland
Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
some 25 miles west of the first named
city. has been given to Messrs. Chand
Ter, Redfeld, Baxter and Brown, al
we'll known contractors here, and who
under the firm Of Brown, Baxter & Co.
have associated themselves together 70
the purpose of going on with this larg'
and important work. And while w
would express our qualification in com
mon with all friends interested in ou
eastern lines of Railroad, and all wht
like to see the "iron fingers " still pen
etrating farther into the western world
in the certainty now given for the com
pletion of this enterprise, we would als'
congratulate those more directly inter
ested, in the selection they have mad
in the gentlemen to carry out their de
sign. These gentlemen are individual
ly strong men-and amply possessed
with all the requisites necessary TO con
stitute them energetic, thorough an
successful business men. Each is a gi
ant in himself, in his profession, and thu
the work will ego on" under their U
nited forces admits Of no question; il Al
doubt this, they may be satisfied b
looking At the works they severaIly leav
behind them here, where they have, f.
the past two or three years, been ensa:
ed in rectifying few Of the mistakes Z
Nature, and which, If it has not impro,
ed the beauty Of the scenery Of Vernon
has added muth to the comfort an
prosperity Of her people.
I& In answer to our friend VII
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