Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-01-31

uiHe- "IIdHgcneHs 0i the ermOnt and Can
'da Railroad arc about right. Whether a third
'dIslntcrcsted" person can he found, from the
Canaia Lime to California, of the same opinion,
Is good deal doubtful We repeat that the
for running the Cars on
the Vermont and Canada Road are simply an
outrage on the pnblic,-anl the public so re-
gard 1t. They arc established wholly rrcspcc-
tive of the wishes or accommodation of,hcpu
lie, and the public understand it. This is
what we yentured, very "umbly," as Uriah
llcep says, to say, and this is what has called
forth the above very PLAIN and thorough" ans
wer.
Now then, let us see. We ask our rea-
dcrs TO read, once more the communication of
NmdeX. The Sentinel says his 'name" will
be given to any anxious en- iuircr who will call
at lis Office. We incline to the opinion that
the especial pleading" of the communication
will leave nobody in doubt as to the "name."
NndeX IS the slme gentleman at whose in.
stance, few months ago, VIC chcerfully wrote
very hurried, but very satisfactory, article
touching Vermont Railroads in general, and
the Vermont Central Railroad in particular,
and who was then, and is now, in the cnploy-
mtent of the latter Corporation His indigna-
ton at our article, therefore. is not only "vrtu>
Gus" but paid for,-not only doorous but dol
larous. We hope the entire "relding public
will so regard it. Virtue, in these deg, ncrate
days, that not only has "its own reward" but
is on salary, ought to be an trun, lie to "tho
the "answer" of NindcX may be re-rcad. If it
do not prove an example for imita ion, it may
serve an equally benotic-nt purpose by proving
IA warnng.'
II will at once be noticed that Vindex adj
dresses himself to the Rutland Railroad, and
! implicitly assumes TINT the article in our Darer
to which he replies is an official document from
tlat Corporation. lie will be surprised, doubt
less to learn that our article was written in pro-
found ignorance f either the wishes or views
o. the "Rutlanl Railrold;" TINT no Rutland
Rll 'o1d' man ever suggested thought or a
word that it contains, or ever saw, or heard of,
it, till it was published to the world No "Rut-
l.nd Railrold' man has ever compllincd to US
in the matter or requested us to say word
about the abominlble " Encouragement to
which we referred SOLITARY AMI alone" we
wrote the article that Nnlex comments on, and
without any solicitation except from that por-
ton Of the Public who, like the l. litor of the
S 'ntinel, "hlvc no property" in either the Cen
trI or Rutanl Road. We spoke as an indie
pendent journalist, cnlenvoring to reflect the
PUBIC OPINION in regard to the grievance ais
lied to. And when "Nnde1" imputes our
opinions to the "Rutlanl r llroll," AMI says
or article was written "b ddr1nce the interest
ora rd,rord, ana not toscrvc public purposes,
h proves himself to be mere plr;isln, and
m kes a gra,uitons ass of himself in addition.
TAo only article EVER wrote for this paper,
for the specific purpose of '.alvlncing the inter-
est of a ralroId,' was written at the special in
: stance AMI request of NinleX himself, and we
respectfully rcquos; him to "put hr in his pipe
and smoke it,"
but let us examine, for a moment, this
"p'ain and thorough answer Or objection
was, and is, that that the m ,rning train of tho
Vermont and Canada Road, arrives half an
hour after the Rutland aud Burlington train for
Boston, Trey, New York &c, leaves, and the
afern ION train departs half an hour 1--WE should
p, have said fifteen minutes, as the fact is y before
the Rutland and Burlington train, from Boston
Troy, New York &C., arrives. This is simple
and specific. The "plain and thorough an.
, svcr,' according 10 the SaniIei, is that it is
- clearly the fault of the Rutland Railroad that
tie public cannot be accommodated - Why {!
Because the RutIaod Company do not adjust
their Interchangeable" so as to accommo-
date the w. and Canada Company This is
!, mode 81 assurance with veng 'ance! II, says
Nndex, the Rutiand Road, which is a great
trunk Road, between the Atlantic cities and
!, Lake Champan and the Great West, would so
E, fix their "time-arrangements," as 10 meet the
: "time arrangements Of the Vermont and Can.
= ada Ga short spur that runs a few miles into
, the country and stops then the public would be
. accommodated" 1t matters not that the
d Rutland Road has been running for more than
d year, connecting Burlington with Boston,
t and New York and that the Vermont and Cam
+ ada is hardly ont of its swadiling clothes
. Oh, n! This 25 or 80 miles Of road has ad-
justed its 'time-arrangementS," and all other
roads that do not govern themselves accor ding.
ly, are ncommoding the public What would
: be thought if a spur Of the Rutanl Road,
= running, for instance, to the head of MaIe's
i, Bay, shou ID give notice TO the Vermont Cen
= trail Company tn at unless tLey so fixed their
II " time arrangements as TO meet their trains'
: the public would hold them uhe Vermont Cen-
: tral) responsible And yet this is precisely the
4 modest answer" to our objectons-and the
j cn,ire and only answer
= Tho Rutland Railroad can take such
notice O. this silly trash they think it entitled
= to. We are not speaking for them We are
?. speaking for the Pubic, who with entire unan-
Il unity condemn the 'time-arrangemehts' of the
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