Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-24
GOVERNOR PAINE.

T. Is fact, which the liberal, cog.
veomanry OF Vermont should deeply
th9t The man, Who has done more than irf
man living or dead 20 advance and
wealth ami Institutions, by urging on hs- n
nal improvements against the incubus '-
ton aud habit has been most shameiui'y
by Jealous office seekers, and Others ea a-
been led on b. them.
+ No mao can look back six years, and b .'
upon what Vermont was then, and o3se1
to-day with ali her signal improvements, WITH.
feeling impressed that very notable adyan'.
has been made in the happiness and vei.a
her people by the introduction of Railroads
We then had no direct communication ail q
ocean; or hills and vallies had never rasolla
with tine steam whistle, we had but ier a'a'
capitalists 90 make a large stock lmesille
our produce was subject TO delay and er'
before getting to market, and our enter
seemed m measure hemmed IN by uou.
barriers. while our sister States, were las'
iectnr their internal Improvements, ana l'-
ocean, lakes aud rivers, IN one contnuol,
of inland communication. How few cola
be found, who believed that It could pc e.-
profitable or practicable, 10 attempt to keep ~
a railway among those snowy mountains ulo
a long Vermont winter. The eXpermou
an untred one, and none Of our Judases 0y-
ever have become pioneers m such an enc
man for the emergency was at hand anu -
Charles Paine, will be known, as long as =.
mont has a name, as the great instrll' A',
perhaps the only one that could ever have Al.'
ed so great and hazardous a work. ne e'.u'
into the work with his whole soul ana nus Hl-
secured for the corporation a reputation a'l
city capitalists SO great, that the s'9'A "
readily taken, and soon as pracucaOis ui' pr
was completed. ,-
There may have been mistakes committee l
the engineers in locating the road IN s'l.
stances, as there are in locating o'lsi
there may have been slight errors IN some o.
financial affairs Of the company. Al ieasE
TO be deprecated, that a complex com1inaH.'
circumstances has eventually brought ls
Of the Company down to about one tl'Il o.
original cost And the unrelentlng eA1~-
the road-and of Gov Paine land may
rs well say of the State Z? have seN.u
these circumstances, and trumpeted ln.'
charges throughout the country, WIN 'l'
ent design Of bringing the road under ~
troll Of far less worthy hands. Inc ~.
Central Railroad has done too much lol =.
terest Of all classes, by giving US reaey '.'-
ncation with a profitable market-NA'.
produce always commands a living price ,~
readily sole for cash, by virtually reno'Is
one hundred miles nearer to our prncipn
ports, ana by placing US on equal terms wv
sister competitors, TO warrent them DO" ~
ing opprobrium upon it, and all its mllIs. 4,
1t Is truly unfortunate that so many Of ~.
earned dollars of out citizens are as ,'u
lost by investing capital in this road ana M
but little appearance of anything to oe',. ....ts
condition until after the report of the Oo,lr, s,.
of investigation has been made. 1t may uo
worse then than il now stands. AdmiuA'5f
il is we cannot fellowship any measures st.us1
wholesale abuse of Gov. Painc.-tTe'" Nv
tain .Egis.