The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-22
cir CalrhuEda.
S r. 10 I'm s BURY,
sATURDAY, NOVEMBER a, 1881


CT The bill relating TO the Atlantic and
~. Lawrence Railroad, Il will be seen by the
Legislative prnceedngs FINALLY pasasa- boil.
Houses, hitcr being amended by the Senate.
The Till Allnsrs - lesTer timu 70 construct the
Road and the privilege Of changing IL loca-
lion. Il had been locatod through CanAan,
the uppcnnost town Of the State, bat for rea-
sons doubtless we'll understood by the man.
ayers ofthnt Corporation, a location lower
down was deemed Of importance. The locA.
t6n now desired l., 70 strike tho Connecticut
from the New Hampshire side at or near
Why're the NulhigAn enters Il irom the Yer
mont sidethenee to island Pond n Brighton,
touching the town Of Morgan. and thence to
nee, the Montreal road east OF Derby, some
dozen miles, we believe.
The amendments by the Senate. 30 Ear rs
We understand them, allow the Aiissi~quoi and
The Passnmpsir road. 10 connect With the At
laniic az any place whore they shalt choose.
requiring the Atlantic aud ~. Lawrence road
To convey passengers anil freight brought 10
II by these roads, on n. favorable terms n, Il
carries other pN'Sengers and freight, and re-
'irieiing IL from carrying freight to and from
Boston, for any different prices than It Is car.
ricd over tho FNssumpsir. In case the com
panics do not agree what this common price
shall be, Il is 10 be settled by commissioners
appointed nv the Supreme Cnnrt
What will be the effect OF this amendment
of the charter OF tho Atlantic Road upon the
rassumpsic, must br determined by time II
was Opposed by the officers aud friends Of the
Passumpsic Road az injurious to It's interests,
and as prcseniing a serious e not fatal, absiA.
Gle to its extension.
Ono thing however. u apparent namely,
iha a1sHs1- ,,f timber larris IN fyEgx S0uhTv
will stand \ chance to make nice spccula.
dion out Of them, provided they can eonrinee
Road N Portland, to compete with the lum.
bcr or Maine, rW pay. Tho owners OF these
lands reside. With tSiala s-esreFTsIgg1s. wiFTo5s
tho iimiy Of Essex county, and have felt a
deep interest in the success OF the bill to a.
mend the Atlantic charter. We hope tho
people of Essex county may realize sdbstan.
iial benefit from the construction ofthc Road.
Some Of tho people Of our State ought to be
benefited when so many are injured.
Serious and wciGhty objections existed to
the course pursucd by tho Legislature. The
Atlantic Road adopted the broad guagc, in or
der TO prevent other roads connecting with
it. The cars OF other roads cannot run over
the Atlantic, or theirs over other roads. Thi.
was a shrcwd calculation to monopoliEe the
business ofthe States through which it pass
as. All that the Cooperation needed, TO do
this, beside the broad guagc, was a charter TO
allow them to trench upon the previously
guaranteed rights OF other roads. This they
have got in this State and New Hampshirc
too--ior IN neither State can road come i
with Them unless at so great q disadvantage
rs to mako a connection almost valuelcss. -
Freight, in all cases, must be changed from,
the ears Of either Company,
The Atlantic is foreign Corporation
owned cntircly by. ciiVeus Of other States
1t has the broad gusGo. No other road in
New England has adopted this wide track,
and no other road can do business with it
Yet, in This unsociai Attitude towards other
roads tha, might desire hconnection, the Cor
poration asked the Vermont Legislature to
permit them TO so change its location as to
approach within few miles ofanother char
tered line about two thirds Of which had been
completed, but which never could have been
done without the (then) certain prospect Of
the business, much Of which has now been
given over toahis foreign Corporation-and
all that It asked for has been granted, 1t
may all be right to grant such a monopoly to
a foreign Corporation; IL may all be right TO
head" another enterprise, owned in part,and
put in operation by citizens of our own State,
and thwart their designs, and stini-
ulated by, MS they thought; the plighted faith
Of the State Yes, this may all. be right yet
VIC should venture to question it, had not the
same Legislature shown itself merciful and
compassionate, in guaranteeing to the "small
birds Of the State, "lie, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness"